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UN:
SIERRA LEONE: UN ENVOY PRAISES AGREEMENT BETWEEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:
05/9/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) |
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- 05 September 2007 –
The senior United Nations envoy to Sierra Leone has welcomed the agreement
of the leaders of the country’s two major political parties on measures to try
to calm rising tensions ahead of this Saturday’s presidential run-off
election.
Victor
Angelo, the Secretary-General’s Executive Representative in Sierra Leone,
issued a statement praising the agreement yesterday, a day after the President,
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, brought together the two presidential candidates for talks.
Ernest
Bai Koroma of the All People’s Congress (APC) and incumbent Vice-President
Solomon Berewa of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), who are vying to
replace Mr. Kabbah in the run-off poll, signed a communiqué on Sunday
stipulating the measures reached.
Mr.
Angelo congratulated Mr. Koroma and Mr. Berewa for their agreement and Mr.
Kabbah for his “timely initiative” amid mounting international concern at
the tensions inside the West African nation.
“The
historic meeting between the two leaders… marks an important milestone in the
collective efforts to foster an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity that had
characterized the first round of the ongoing national elections,” Mr. Angelo
said.
The 11
August presidential and parliamentary elections were Sierra Leone’s second
since the end of the decade-long civil war in 2002, and the first since the
withdrawal of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) in December 2005. The
mission has been replaced by the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL).
Mr.
Angelo urged all Sierra Leoneans to show patience and tolerance for the work of
the National Electoral Commission and the country’s security agencies to
ensure that the run-off election reaches a peaceful and successful conclusion.
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