Secretary-General Welcomes Peaceful Holding of Cameroon Presidential Election

 

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the peaceful manner in which the presidential election took place on 9 October 2011 in Cameroon, and hopes this environment will prevail through to the conclusion of the electoral process.   He appeals to political actors to use established legal channels to resolve electoral disputes and calls on the authorities to ensure that all claims related to the process are handled in an expeditious and transparent manner.

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