(NSI News Source Info) UNITED NATIONS - April 10, 2009: UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Thursday appealed for 
calm and urged full respect for human rights, the rule of law and the judicial process after the Fiji Court of Appeal declared unlawful the removal of elected government and the appointment of interim-government.
"The Secretary-general takes note of the ruling of the Fiji Court of Appeal ... and appeals for calm and urges full respect for human rights, the rule of law and the judicial process," said a statement issued here by Ban's spokesperson.
The Fiji Court of Appeal declared on Thursday that the removal in December 2006 of the elected government was unlawful and the appointment of the interim-government unconstitutional. It has ruled it lawful for the president to appoint a caretaker prime minister to issue writs for general elections.
The United Nations has also learned of the outcome of the meeting convened by Commodore Voreque Bainimarama on Thursday, which included a number of political parties, while excluding a number of major ones, and the position taken at that meeting with regard to the President's Political Dialogue Forum to be jointly mediated by the United Nations and the Commonwealth, the statement said.
"The United Nations, in consultation with the Commonwealth, will be reviewing its role in mediating a national dialogue in light of these developments and the prior understanding that the dialogue must be broad-based, inclusive, time bound and without prejudice as to its outcome," it said.
calm and urged full respect for human rights, the rule of law and the judicial process after the Fiji Court of Appeal declared unlawful the removal of elected government and the appointment of interim-government.
"The Secretary-general takes note of the ruling of the Fiji Court of Appeal ... and appeals for calm and urges full respect for human rights, the rule of law and the judicial process," said a statement issued here by Ban's spokesperson.
The Fiji Court of Appeal declared on Thursday that the removal in December 2006 of the elected government was unlawful and the appointment of the interim-government unconstitutional. It has ruled it lawful for the president to appoint a caretaker prime minister to issue writs for general elections.
The United Nations has also learned of the outcome of the meeting convened by Commodore Voreque Bainimarama on Thursday, which included a number of political parties, while excluding a number of major ones, and the position taken at that meeting with regard to the President's Political Dialogue Forum to be jointly mediated by the United Nations and the Commonwealth, the statement said.
"The United Nations, in consultation with the Commonwealth, will be reviewing its role in mediating a national dialogue in light of these developments and the prior understanding that the dialogue must be broad-based, inclusive, time bound and without prejudice as to its outcome," it said.
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