And U.N. rules provide for participation in debate by observer delegations when the issue concerning them comes up.

Hong Kong and Macau usually send observer delegations.

In a statement issued before a news conference this afternoon, the observer delegation sent to Panama by President Bush indicated that its members unanimously considered the election fraudulent.

"I think that one can anticipate administratively that there will be problems," said Robert Pastor, a member of Jimmy Carter's observer delegation.

Pakistan and Israel have sent observer delegations to this monthlong conference called to review and extend the treaty, which went into force in 1970.

The Bukovina Bundistn sent a two-member observer delegation to the 1908 congress of the Galician party.

The various observer delegations will not necessarily agree on the fairness of the elections, and some may be more critical than others, especially if the results are close.

Later, I chaired the observer delegation to the Palestine elections.

It also benefited from the cooperation of an observer delegation from Parliament, led by Mr Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, who is here today as well.

Based on my experiences, I have to say that the coordination of the work between numerous international observer delegations was an exemplary success.