Quotes by Pierre Schori

“The term free and fair elections is not applicable in these elections.”

“There must be a clear position. It is a serious matter.”

“ZANU-PF leaders seemed to sanction the use of violence and intimidation against political opponents and contributed significantly to the climate of fear so evident during the election campaign.”

“This is a temporary measure we are taking. Given the vitriolic messages we hear on the radio and in the media, we think that the next few days are not going to improve very much the situation.”

“There are 14,000 people who feel threatened. We will do all that we can to ask the government to do something to ensure their protection.”

“We hope that the Secretary Generals message was clear to the leaders that encouraging and maintaining violence is very serious... but I believe that the situation will change.”

“These are not large numbers and it still has to go through the Security Council.”

“We were not prepared ... we are under attack, under siege, having to temporarily relocate personnel.”

“The paradox [in Cote dIvoire] is that while we have everything ready for the path to peace, we are also ready for the road to crisis.”

“The recommendations from our last meeting were erroneously interpreted and regrettably led to the considerable slowing down of the peace process.”