SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BY ORDERLY, PEACEFUL ELECTIONS IN SIERRA LEONE

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

The Secretary-General is pleased to note that the second round of the presidential election in Sierra Leone took place on 8 September in a generally orderly and peaceful atmosphere, in spite of the tensions and violence that marred the campaign period.  The Secretary-General urges the political parties and people of Sierra Leone to exercise restraint as counting of the ballots proceeds and to resolve all arising disputes through the existing legal channels.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BY ORDERLY, PEACEFUL ELECTIONS IN SIERRA LEONE