Congo-Kinshasa: Security Council Calls for Credible and Peaceful Elections

17 October 2011

The Security Council today reiterated its call for credible and peaceful elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), stressing that the country's Government bore the primary responsibility to ensure that the polls are above reproach.

In a press statement following a briefing by Roger Meece, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for DRC on the preparations for next month's elections, the Council emphasized the importance of free and constructive political debate, freedom of expression and assembly, equal access to all media and the safety for all candidates.

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