DATE=11/12/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=TAJIKISTAN-U-N OBSERVERS (L ONLY)
NUMBER=2-256098
BYLINE=BRECK ARDERY
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: The United Nations Security Council today
(Friday) unanimously approved a six-month extension of
the U-N Observer Mission in Tajikistan. V-O-A
Correspondent Breck Ardery reports from the United
Nations.
TEXT: In extending the U-N observers to May 15th of
next year, the Security Council welcomed what it
called "significant progress" in building peace in
Tajikistan. Opposition groups in that nation
disbanded their armed units in exchange for
participation in the political process.
Opposition leaders criticized as unfair the recent
presidential election, in which President Emomali
Rakhmonov was overwhelmingly re-elected. However, the
opposition seems more optimistic about Tajik
parliamentary elections scheduled for February.
Rashid Alimov, Tajikistan's ambassador to the United
Nations, said his government is committed to making
the parliamentary elections conform to international
standards. Speaking through an English interpreter,
Mr. Alimov said those elections will be critical for
Tajikistan's future.
/// Interpreter Act ///
The government of Tajikistan is sincerely
resolved to create all the necessary conditions
for ensuring that the forthcoming elections to
the two-chamber parliament will be another
milestone as we move to strengthening the
democratic basis of the entire Tajik society so
that, together with the rest of the world
community, we can enter the 21st century.
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Mr. Alimov thanked the United Nations and the
international community in general for their interest
in helping to promote peace and national
reconciliation in Tajikistan. (Signed)
NEB/UN/BA/LSF/JP
12-Nov-1999 14:22 PM EDT (12-Nov-1999 1922 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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