SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY REGRETS OVERTHROW OF MAURITANIA’S GOVERNMENT

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General deeply regrets the overthrow on 6 August 2008 of the Government of President Sidi Mohamed Ould Chiekh Abdallahi of Mauritania.  He notes the Government was elected in a multi-party democratic election in June 2007.  The Secretary-General calls for respect for the rule of law and for the immediate restoration of constitutional order in the country.

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