Republic of Indonesia
Ambassador Hasan Kleib
Indonesia is an elected member of the UN Security Council whose term expires on December 31, 2008. Ambassador Hasan Kleib is Indonesia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Kleib’s statement during the UN Security Council debate on July 11, 2008. Indonesia has been following thedevelopments in Zimbabwe closely, and we wish to underlinethe significance of the negative reports of the Southern African DevelopmentCommunity (SADC), the African Union, and the Pan-African Parliament observerson the presidential run-off election held on June 27, 2008.Clearly, the conduct of elections has to be undertaken in a free and fair…