Political parties in Sierra Leone have agreed to refrain from activities detrimental to the holding of peaceful local council elections in July, the UN website report said Wednesday.
The political parties reached the agreement at an inter-party dialogue meeting hosted by the United Nations in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.
The UN said that dialogue between the political parties was very positive and commended the political parties for their contributions to the dialogue.
The Security Council said in a briefing last week that the political and security situation in the West African nation was "generally calm," despite several recent violent incidents involving supporters of the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) and the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP).
Dmitry Titov, the assistant secretary-general of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), told the Council that Sierra Leone's local council elections would be "another major step towards enhancing its democratic process," but he warned that tensions between APC and SLPP supporters would rise in the run-up to the polls.
Source:Xinhua
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