SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CALM, TRANSPARENCY IN ZIMBABWE VOTE COUNT

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

The Secretary-General has been closely following the situation in Zimbabwe, where results are still emerging from last weekend’s elections.  As the counting and tabulation of votes continues, he calls for continued calm and he urges the utmost transparency be exercised so that the people of Zimbabwe can have full confidence in the process.

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