UN / GAMBIA ELECTIONS

The Security Council reiterated its request to outgoing Gambian President Jammeh “to fully respect the results of the presidential election of 1 December 2016” and to transfer power to President-elect Adama Barrow by 19 January 2017 “in accordance with the Gambian constitution.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:27
• Production Date: 21 December 2016
• Asset Language: Spanish
• Personal Subject: AL HADJI YAHYA A.J.J. JAMMEH; ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF
• MAMS Id: 1802574
• Parent Id: 1802574
• Alternate Title: unifeed161221c

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STORY: UN / GAMBIA ELECTIONS
TRT: 01:27
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS

DATELINE: 21 DECEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY

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21 DECEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY

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4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares Palou, Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations:
“The Security Council reiterates its request to outgoing President Jammeh and the relevant Gambian Authorities to fully respect the results of the presidential election of 1 December 2016, to respect the will of the Gambian people and to carry out a peaceful and orderly transition process, and to transfer power to President-elect Adama Barrow by 19 January 2017 in accordance with the Gambian constitution.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares Palou, Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations:
“The Security Council commends the initiatives of ECOWAS, including the visit of an ECOWAS / UN high level delegation in Banjul on 13 December 2016, led by Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia and Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority, aimed at ensuring a peaceful and orderly transition process in The Gambia.”
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Storyline

The Security Council today (21 Dec) reiterated its request to outgoing Gambian President Jammeh “to fully respect the results of the presidential election of 1 December 2016” and to transfer power to President-elect Adama Barrow by 19 January 2017 “in accordance with the Gambian constitution.”

In a Security Council presidential statement read by Spanish Ambassador Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares Palou, the Council welcomed the initiatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the political situation in Gambia, including the visit of an ECOWAS / UN delegation led by Liberian, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, “aimed at ensuring a peaceful and orderly transition process in The Gambia.”

The Islamic Republic of The Gambia held presidential elections on 1 December 2016. Initially, President Jammeh, who ruled the country for 22 years, conceded defeat to president-elect Barrow, but later Jammeh rejected his electoral defeat and called for another vote.