But can a nation as troubled as Afghanistan carry out fair and free elections?
"The elections will be fair and free and clean and exemplary, " Mr Bashir told a gathering in northern Sudan.
Elections, considered fair and free, have since been held in all three countries and each now has a democratically elected government.
It is urging Zimbabwe's friends to keep pressing the government to ensure that the election is fair and free of intimidation.
It has met with the opposition, and the opposition has felt that it is serious about moving towards fair and free elections.
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On the other hand I feel optimistic and happy to see, Somaliland's (my parents birthplace) fair and free election that took place on the 26th of June 2010.
And tonight, I'm announcing that we will launch talks on a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union - because trade that is fair and free across the Atlantic supports millions of good-paying American jobs.
While the Center welcomes the apparently fair and free Czechoslovak elections of 8-9 June 1990, it believes that the United States and other democracies must remember that Czechoslovakia is still in a fragile -- and perhaps perilous -- process of institutionalizing democracy.
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And I very much appreciate the efforts that President Mills has taken not only to ensure fair and free elections, but also to root out corruption, increase transparency, make sure that government is working for the people of Ghana and not just for the few.
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In order for Egypt to have a bright future -- which I believe it can have -- the only thing that will work is moving a orderly transition process that begins right now, that engages all the parties, that leads to democratic practices, fair and free elections, a representative government that is responsive to the grievances of the Egyptian people.
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There is a world of difference between fair trade and free trade, between globalisation and global capitalism.
She heads the Fair Use and Free Speech research project at the Center for Social Media at the School of Communications at American University.
Bhutto's unhindered return to Pakistan and free and fair elections.
We have -- the Secretary of State has met, as you know, with the leader of the National Council in Paris and in London, and we were -- we view positively the statement that was put out by the council about what their vision is for the future of Libya, and the fact that it is inclusive and tolerant and envisions free and fair democratic elections.
And we've got to move forward with these elections and have them free and fair.
The BBC's Wyre Davies says the new government is now tasked with speedily implementing the constitutional reforms and preparation for free and fair elections which Tunisians have been promised.
And we support the Egyptian people now just as we did then because I think they have made clear that they want a democracy and they want free and fair elections.
All this would seem to point to a major step toward a fair and drug-free Olympics.
Richardson has called for Musharraf to step down and has called for free and fair elections.
He wants the region and the UN to intervene to restore peace and conditions for a free and fair election.
That transition must initiate a process that respects the universal rights of the Egyptian people and that leads to free and fair elections.
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"We think that it is important that Kazakhstan's government and citizens honour their international commitments and continue to strive for free and fair elections, " the Embassy said in a statement.
And, it should be said, so long as Zimbabwe is run as a democracy in which the government respects the judiciary and honours the results of free and fair elections.
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The IEC is a constitutional body consisting of seven Afghan commissioners and charged with "conducting free and fair elections and referendums in an efficient and impartial way, " according to its Web site.
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On Saturday, Mr Ghannouchi had called on the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) to "complete the constitution as soon as possible and thus pave the way for free and fair elections".
Representatives of all of the parties, including Zelaya's, were anxious to have the elections go forward as planned and, on the basis of free and fair balloting, democratically select a new president.
These include a call for a postponement of the election by 60-90 days, an independent assessment of alleged coercive behavior by the Front government and a tying of Western economic assistance to the correction of any such practices and the holding of a genuinely free and fair election.
The Election Commission is an independent and autonomous constitutional body responsible for conducting free, fair and transparent elections.
" Rashid Qureshi, a spokesman for Musharraf, called the accusations "ridiculous" and said the election will be "free, fair and transparent.
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