UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on Egypt’s ruling military junta to swiftly hand over power to a civilian government, a top United Nations official said. The UN chief believes that the transition to democracy in Egypt should fully meet the legitimate expectations of its people, said the Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco. “The Secretary-General continues to follow events in Egypt closely,” Fernandez-Taranco said in a briefing to the 15-member UN Security Council. “He looks forward to the early handover of full authority to a civilian government,” the UN official added. The UN chief “underscores his concern that the country’s transition should meet the legitimate aspirations of the Egyptian people and of the international community for the establishment of strong, representative, democratic institutions and for the popular will to be respected – both in the elections and in the drafting of a new Constitution,” Fernandez-Taranco said.
Un Urges Swift Power Transition To Civilian Government In Egypt
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on Egypt’s ruling military junta to swiftly hand over power to a civilian government, a top United Nations official said. The UN chief believes that the transition to democracy in Egypt should fully meet the legitimate expectations of its people,
