Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization (2014), para. 13
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Reaffirming the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 5 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 6 the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 7 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 8 and reaffirming in particular that citizens, without distinction of any kind, have the right and the opportunity to take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives, and to vote and to be elected in genuine periodic elections, which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors,