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Security Council Urges Nepalese To Respect Electoral Outcome After Peaceful Vote
Abstract:
The Security Council today congratulated the people of Nepal on the “largely peaceful” Constituent Assembly election held on 10 April, and urged them to abide by the outcome of the historic polls.In a statement read out to the press by Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo of South Africa, which holds the Council’s rotating presidency for April, the 15-member body urged all Nepalese parties “to respect the will of the people and the rule of law in the coming weeks as the results are being counted.”The UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) today confirmed that the country’s Election Commission declared results in 239 of 240 constituencies in the first-past-the-post vote, and in 232 constituencies in the proportional representation race.
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Press Release  in  English
Keywords:
 ELECTORAL MATERIAL, SECURITY COUNCIL, HISTORIC POLLS, ELIGIBLE POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL CONFLICT, PEACE PROCESS, NEW CONSTITUTION, CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, AMBASSADOR, ELECTION
Thematic Group:
UN, (2008)
Thesaurus:
01.01.00 - Political Conditions, Institutions, Movements
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Security Council Urges Nepalese To Respect Electoral Outcome After Peaceful Vote
Abstract:
The Security Council today congratulated the people of Nepal on the “largely peaceful” Constituent Assembly election held on 10 April, and urged them to abide by the outcome of the historic polls.In a statement read out to the press by Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo of South Africa, which holds the Council’s rotating presidency for April, the 15-member body urged all Nepalese parties “to respect the will of the people and the rule of law in the coming weeks as the results are being counted.”The UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) today confirmed that the country’s Election Commission declared results in 239 of 240 constituencies in the first-past-the-post vote, and in 232 constituencies in the proportional representation race.
Publisher: UN Type / Script:
Press Release  in  English
Keywords:
 ELECTORAL MATERIAL, SECURITY COUNCIL, HISTORIC POLLS, ELIGIBLE POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL CONFLICT, PEACE PROCESS, NEW CONSTITUTION, CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, AMBASSADOR, ELECTION
Thematic Group:
UN, (2008)
Thesaurus:
01.01.00 - Political Conditions, Institutions, Movements
PDF | File Size: 31 KB   Download
Feeder: ANJANA SHARMA, Editor: , Auditor:
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