und 27. Juni 2009 in Triest anberaumte Kontaktveranstaltung der G8-Ministertagung,
Welcoming ongoing efforts to ensure an orderly, open, fair and democratic process that preserves stability and security through the election period, underscoring the challenges that the Afghan Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is successfully confronting, and welcoming the announcement by the IEC to hold presidential and provincial council elections in August 2009,