SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY ORDERLY CONDUCT

OF ELECTION IN INDONESIA’S ACEH PROVINCE

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is encouraged by the orderly conduct of the 11 December 2006 local elections in Indonesia’s Aceh province.  This historic balloting marks the first such electoral exercise pursuant to the peace agreement signed in Helsinki last year between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). The Secretary-General calls on all parties to respect the results of these elections in order to help consolidate the peace process, which aims to build a secure and prosperous Aceh within a united and democratic Indonesia.

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