elections

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Respect for fundamental rights and freedoms key for peaceful polls in DRC – UN mission chief

27 August 2018
Peace and Security

Confidence and consensus around key issues are still required ahead of this year’s presidential and legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Security Council heard on Monday.

MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko

UN Security Council welcomes results of Mali's presidential elections

24 August 2018
Peace and Security

The members of the Security Council on Friday welcomed the publication of the final results of the presidential polls in Mali, which saw the re-election of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, and insisted on the urgent need to accelerate the implementation of the peace agreement.

UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre

News in Brief 17 August 2018

17 August 2018
News in Brief
  • Afghanistan’s Ghazni ‘too dangerous to access’: UN aid agency
  • Zeid calls on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska to review Srebrenica massacre reversal
  • Cambodia urged to release political opponents amid election harassment allegations
  • UN Special Envoy invites Government and opposition in Yemen to Geneva consultations
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UN Photo/Ilyas Ahmed

News in Brief 13 August 2018

13 August 2018
News in Brief
  • Report underscores need to respect human rights during Somalia elections
  • UN Mission welcomes progress towards Afghanistan elections
  • Rights experts call for immediate release of Bangladesh photographer
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MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

UN chief welcomes DR Congo President’s promise to stand down

10 August 2018
Peace and Security

The United Nations Secretary-General has commended the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila’s decision on Thursday, not to stand in elections scheduled to take place on 23 December.

UNDP Zimbabwe/Sirak Gebrehiwot

News in Brief 02 August 2018

2 August 2018
News in Brief
  • UN chief urges restraint amid reports of post-election violence in Zimbabwe
  • New Ebola cases in DR Congo, UN health agency reports
  • Key foods see biggest price drop since late last year: FAO
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UNDP Zimbabwe/Sirak Gebrehiwot

‘Exercise restraint,’ UN chief urges Zimbabwe after post-election violence

1 August 2018
Peace and Security

After troops reportedly fired on demonstrators protesting election results in Zimbabwe, leaving three dead, the United Nations Secretary-General on Thursday called on the country’s political leaders, and the population at large, to "exercise restraint and reject any form of violence".

Girls learning to weave in Karachi, Pakistan.
UN Photo/John Isaac

UN ‘committed to continue to support’ Pakistan’s Electoral Commission in wake of general election

27 July 2018
Peace and Security

The United Nations Secretary-General has congratulated the people of Pakistan for “exercising their constitutional right to vote” on Wednesday, thereby reaffirming “their commitment to a democratic Pakistan.”

Brett Matthews

Cambodia: Before crucial vote on Sunday, UN chief calls for ‘pluralistic political process’

27 July 2018
Law and Crime Prevention

As Cambodians prepare to vote in general elections on Sunday, the United Nations Secretary-General issued a statement on Friday calling for “an inclusive and pluralistic political process” saying that it “remains essential for safeguarding the progress made by Cambodia in consolidating peace.”

UN Photo/Loey Felipe

DR Congo: UN envoy calls for ‘a level playing field’ in key upcoming elections

26 July 2018
Peace and Security

Major progress has been made on preparations for the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but “conditions for a level playing field are not yet in place”, said the most senior United Nations official based in the country.