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The PLO was created in 1964, and all Arab states recognized it at a 1974 Arab Summit as the representative of the Palestinian people. The chairman's seat was vacated by Yasir Arafat's death on Nov. 11, and Palestinian law calls for elections to be held within 60 days. Elections are scheduled Jan. 9, 59 days after his death. The election will be only the second by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
The 1993 Oslo Accords granted the Palestinian people the right to self-government in the West Bank and Gaza through the creation of the Palestine Authority. Arafat, already the head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, which was formed to seek the creation of a Palestine state, was appointed president of the Palestinian Authority and officially confirmed through the nation's first elections in 1996.
"Due to the compressed timetable, the Palestinian leadership faces considerable technical challenges in holding elections on Jan. 9," said Dr. David Carroll, interim director of the Center's Democracy Program. "The goal for our observation is to identify any real or potential problems in administration and implementation, to recommend ways these can be solved, and to demonstrate the international community's support for open and transparent elections in the West Bank and Gaza."
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