In the Central Liberian city of Gbarnga, Bong County, rival politicians hugged and danced together at a musical concert organized by the citizens of the county in an effort to reconcile their community and heal the divisions of the recent presidential and legislative elections.
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The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s UNMIL Radio Coffee Break Programme with special guest Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG)
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As part of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia to assist in the 2011 Liberian election by supporting Liberian institutions and political parties in creating an atmosphere conducive to the conduct of peaceful elections, UNMIL Radio will, on Thursday 1st September 2011, launch a new electoral programme dubbed “Hot Seat”.
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Zwedru, Liberia - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe Løj has called on all Liberians to ensure successful, free, fair and peaceful 2011 elections, and thereby contributing to sustain the hard won peace in Liberia.
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Monrovia, Liberia - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe Løj 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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Buchanan, Liberia - The head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj has hailed Ghana’s impressive democratic credentials propelled by transparent and peaceful elections, and called on Liberians to display similar democratic traits during their presidential and parliamentary elections later this year. “I urge all Liberians to redouble their efforts to ensure that the elections are free, fair and conflict-free,” she stated at a colourful ceremony in the Liberian port city of Buchanan during which she decorated 700 Ghanaian soldiers with the United Nations Peacekeeping Medal for their dedicated service to UNMIL.
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Monrovia Liberia - The UNMIL Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj has called upon political actors in Liberia to take advantage of the democratic space and express their ideas freely, without undermining trust and confidence in the democratic system.
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