{"id":453217,"date":"2011-07-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/04\/un-envoy-urges-citizens-to-ensure-peaceful-elections\/"},"modified":"2011-07-04T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T12:00:00","slug":"un-envoy-urges-citizens-to-ensure-peaceful-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/un-envoy-urges-citizens-to-ensure-peaceful-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Envoy Urges Citizens to Ensure Peaceful Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"46.7766486486\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.analystliberia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/analyst180.jpg\" alt=\"The Analyst (Monrovia)\" title=\"Visit The Analyst (Monrovia)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe L\u00f8j has called on Liberians to exercise their civic duty and ensure that the 2011 elections is a peaceful and harmonious process.<\/p>\n<p>SRSG L\u00f8j made these remarks in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County on Thursday, 30 June when she awarded 558 troops of the 11th Chinese Contingent with UN peace medals for their support in maintaining Liberia\u2019s peace. The UN Envoy reiterated UNMIL\u2019s commitment to ensure successful 2011 elections stating \u2018\u2018The United Nations family stands ready to support Liberia\u2019s democratic transition. The UN Envoy added \u201cAt the same time, I underline that a successful election and a peaceful post-electoral transition is a shared responsibility of all Liberians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SRSG L\u00f8j commended the Chinese Contingent for contributing to the Mission and making a difference in the lives of the Liberians since their first deployment in 2003. She thanked the Chinese Transport Company 11, for its crucial role in ensuring the safe delivery of supplies and construction materials to UNMIL troops around the country, including essential UNHCR materials to the bordering counties following the recent influx of Ivorian refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Ms L\u00f8j similarly praised the Chinese Engineers for successfully contributing to UNMIL\u2019s work in Liberia by carrying out infrastructure development on the roads in the most remote corners of the country.\u00a0 \u2018Liberian children have been able to go to school, traders have been able to access markets, patients managed to receive medical attention they badly needed\u201d said the SRSG and applauded the Chinese engineers for constructing the 270 km roads connecting Zwedru to Fish Town, Zwedru to Tappita and Zwedru to Pyne.<\/p>\n<p>The SRSG also expressed her sincere gratitude to the Level II Chinese Medical Company for treating more than 1,300 patients since their deployment.<\/p>\n<p>Ms L\u00f8j further referred to the Chinese peacekeepers as \u201ctrue ambassadors of peace\u201d and thanked them for mobilizing their own resources and providing school and sporting materials to the N. V. Massaquoi Elementary School in Monrovia and also for their free medial outreaches in their area of responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018Your accomplishments in this Mission portray China\u2019s commitment to peace and global security, demonstrating its status as a leading country in peacekeeping\u201d said SRSG L\u00f8j.<\/p>\n<p>Attending the medal award ceremony were Chinese Ambassador to Liberia: H.E. Zhao Jianhua; Chinese Military Attach\u00e9 to Liberia: Liu Shengli; Force Commander, Maj. General, Muhammad Khalid; Police Commissioner, Mr. Gautam Sawang; Officer-In-Charge of Mission Support, Mr. Vincent Smith; Superintendant of Grand Gedeh County Christopher Bailey, and other Senior UNMIL Military and Civilian officials.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107041340.html\" title=\"UN Envoy Urges Citizens to Ensure Peaceful Elections\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN Envoy Urges Citizens to Ensure Peaceful Elections<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 4 July 2011 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe L\u00f8j has called on Liberians to exercise their civic duty and ensure that the 2011 elections is a peaceful and harmonious process. SRSG L\u00f8j made these remarks in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County on Thursday, 30 June when she awarded 558 troops of the 11th Chinese Contingent with UN peace medals for their support in maintaining Liberia\u2019s peace. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UN Envoy Urges Citizens to Ensure Peaceful Elections - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/un-envoy-urges-citizens-to-ensure-peaceful-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"UN Envoy Urges Citizens to Ensure Peaceful Elections - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"4 July 2011 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe L\u00f8j has called on Liberians to exercise their civic duty and ensure that the 2011 elections is a peaceful and harmonious process. 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