SG/SM/11650
AFR/1716

The following statement was issued Sunday, 22 June, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General deeply regrets that, despite the repeated appeals of the international community, the Government of Zimbabwe has failed to put in place the conditions necessary for free and fair run-off elections. The circumstances that led to the withdrawal of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai today from the presidential elections...

24 June 2008

SC/9369
Security Council
5921st Meeting (Night)

The Security Council this evening condemned the campaign of violence against the political opposition in Zimbabwe and the actions of the Government that had denied its political opponents the right to campaign freely, regretting that the violence and the restrictions on the political opposition had made it impossible to hold a free and fair election on 27 June.

In a statement read...