UN Security Council calls for calm in Guinea

The UN Security Council yesterday, Thursday, expressed regret for the violence that followed the announcement of final results of presidential elections in Guinea, and called on all parties to calm down.

Said Philip Parham, Assistant Britain's ambassador to the United Nations, who heads his country's Security Council in November, the Security Council "deplores the violence that took place in Guinea after the announcement of results" are not final, he said, adding that the members of the Security Council "URGE all the leaders in Guinea to avoid carry out any action that could incite violence and to call their supporters to keep calm. "

The day after the declaration of a state of emergency in Guinea had been relatively quiet on Thursday on the suburb of Conakry, Guinea in the middle, the heartland of the losing candidate in the presidential election Cellou Dalein Diallo.

And the imposition of interim President of Guinea, General Sekouba Konate last Wednesday, "a state of emergency throughout the territory," the Guinean until the announcement of final results of presidential elections, to the year without the occurrence of new violence after the fall of seven people since the announcement Monday that beat Alpha Conde.

And read out the resolution of political violence related to the announcement last Monday of the provisional results for the second round of presidential elections won by opposition historic Alpha Conde b 52.5% of the votes on the rival Cellou Dalein Diallo '47, 5% '.