A/HRC/17/50 CNDD-FDD, UPRONA and FRODEBU-Nyakuri. CNDD-FDD came out clearly ahead with 81 seats, followed by UPRONA with 17 seats and FRODEBU-Nyakuri with 5 seats. A participation rate of 66 per cent was announced. International observers considered that the ballot had been well organized and had been conducted peacefully. They nevertheless expressed regret that several members of the opposition had been arrested and that CENI had been reluctant to take steps to enhance the transparency of the electoral process. 13. On 28 July, CENI called for the election of senators by the communal councillors even though a number of those councillors had not taken their seats in the communal councils owing to the boycott decided by ADC-Ikibiri. Only CDDD-FDD and UPRONA presented candidates. Following the senatorial elections, CNDD-FDD won 32 of the 34 seats to be filled, thereby consolidating its majority within all the political institutions. 14. As for the elections of the colline or district councils and the colline or district chiefs, they took place without incident on 7 September 2010. Of the 14,534 representatives elected, 2,286 were women. 2. Formation of the new Government 15. On 29 July 2010, the Head of State officially appointed the commune administrators of 105 of the 129 communes in the country, following their election by the communal councillors. The election of commune administrators won by the opposition parties was initially held up by a call from ADC-Ikibiri to its elected councillors not to take their seats in the communal councils. Subsequently, in some communal councils, the seats were gradually taken by elected officials of the opposition who defied the boycott called by ADC-Ikibiri or by other candidates on the rosters of councillors. At the time of writing this report, 127 of the 129 communal councils had been set up. 16. On 26 August 2010, President Pierre Nkurunziza was sworn in for a second term of office. In his investiture speech, he announced that security, national reconciliation, transitional justice and the fight against corruption would be the priorities of his new Government. A few days later, the President, in accordance with the Constitution, formed a new Government, composed of 21 members. B. Economic and social situation 17. In the second quarter of 2010, the Government made an assessment of its strategic framework for combating poverty (CSLP 2007–2010). The results of the assessment were mixed in terms of economic growth, poverty reduction and the creation of a pro-business environment. However, it clearly reveals gains in terms of peacebuilding. The process of developing the second stage of the strategy began in September 2010. 18. Furthermore, on 16 September 2010, the Government published its 2010 report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which showed that a great deal remained to be done to achieve those Goals by 2015. The United Nations Development Programme, while acknowledging the possibility of attaining the Goals in respect of universal primary education and making significant progress in the field of health, has stated that it would be difficult to achieve the Goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger in Burundi by 2015. 19. It should be noted that the results achieved under the Millennium Development Goals are the outcome of initiatives taken by the Government of Burundi in 2006 to guarantee free and universal primary education but also free health care for pregnant women and children under the age of five. The independent expert regrets, however, that insufficient resources were allocated to ensure the effective implementation of those measures. 6 GE.11-13751 (EXT)