The five day Pre-Election Observation Mission to the Union of Comoros ahead of the Presidential elections set for 24th March 2019. The delegation was led by Madam Hope Kivengere a member of the COMESA Committee of elders from Uganda. The deployment of the pre-election assessment mission is in line with the Decision of the 16th Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs that was held in July 2018 in Lusaka that called on the Secretariat to support Member States planning to hold elections. The mission also covered Anjouan and Moheli Islands.