Ad Melkert, who is the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq, has strongly condemned the assassination of a female election nominee, Suha Abdullah Jarallah, who was shot dead in Mosul, just before Iraq’s electoral campaign is due to start. And Melkert said that such incidents cannot be tolerated. He said that campaign violence in Iraq must not be allowed to intimidate candidates or interfere with the right of every Iraqi to vote. We have a press release with more information in my office.
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