Stephane Dujarric
Stephane Dujarric
Stephane Dujarric de la Rivièreis the Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He was appointed to this position on 19 February 2014. Dujarric had previously served as Spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2005 to 2006 and then Deputy Communications Director for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon from 2006 to 2007...
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Ultimately, this will be a sovereign decision by the Iraqis, and it's up to the Iraqi National Assembly to decide on the appropriate electoral framework. That being said, it is our duty in our role in Iraq to point out when the process does not meet international standards.
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We've seen those press reports this morning. For now the letter that we have is the one we've received yesterday and that is all we have and we are studying that letter. But we have not received any other communication from them.
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There is clearly a sense of urgency, the clock continues to tick, the negotiators, I think, have left things perilously late in the light of the date of the summit, which was announced well in advance and Annan is concerned the work might not be done.
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We've relayed our concerns to them and as I said, it's our duty to speak up to them when we think that the framework they're talking about doesn't meet electoral standards. When there is a contradiction on two different interpretations within one text that would become an issue.
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The secretary-general expresses his condolences to the bereaved families and the respective governments.
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U.N. forces are exercising maximum restraint in dealing with these attacks.
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There is a sense of urgency because it is so perilously late.
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We would never know if his life would have been saved had he been able to take the helicopter flight director to the hospital.