UNOVER

UNOVER
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The UN Observer Mission to Verify the Referendum in Eritrea (UNOVER) was established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 47/114 of 1992-12-16 and lasted until 1993-04-25.^[1] The goals of the mission were to verify the impartiality of the referendum, report claims of irregularities, and verify the counting, computation and announcement of the results.

The referendum was completed under budget,^[2] and were considered free and fair.^[1]

The results of the referendum were as follows:

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Referendum Results^[3]
Region	Do you want Eritrea to be an independent and sovereign country?			Total
Region	Yes	No	uncounted	Total
Asmara	128,443	144	33	128,620
Barka	4,425	47	0	4,472
Denkalia	25,907	91	29	26,027
Gash-Setit	73,236	270	0	73,506
Hamasien	76,654	59	3	76,716
Akkele Guzay	92,465	147	22	92,634
Sahel	51,015	141	31	51,187
Semhar	33,596	113	41	33,750
Seraye	124,725	72	12	124,809
Senhit	78,513	26	1	78,540
Freedom fighters	77,512	21	46	77,579
Sudan	153,706	352	0	154,058
Ethiopia	57,466	204	36	57,706
Other	82,597	135	74	82,806
%	99.79	0.17	0.03

References

^ ^a ^b "Eritrea Birth of a Nation". Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
^ (1993-08-11) "United Nations Observer Mission to Verify the Referendum in Eritrea: Report of the Secretary-General". Forty-eighth session, New York City: United Nations. Retrieved on 2006-09-25.
^ "Eritrea: Birth of a Nation". Retrieved on 2007-01-30.

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