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The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon.
**Secretary-General’s Travels
The Secretary-General arrived in Geneva over the weekend. A short while ago, the Secretary-General spoke to journalists in Geneva. In his opening remarks, he said that he would have hoped for a different result to yesterday’s plebiscite in Colombia, but added that he was encouraged by the commitment expressed by President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army) Commander Timoleón Jiménez.
To support them, the Secretary-General has urgently dispatched his Special Representative, Jean Arnault, to Havana to continue his consultations.
Speaking about Aleppo, the Secretary-General strongly condemned the deliberate campaign against civilians and health workers and humanitarian personnel trying to save them.
Earlier in the day, the Secretary-Genera
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Zambia motstånd leader released on bailpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema and his deputy have been released on bail after appearing in court on charges of seditious practices and unlawful assembly.
They both pleaded not guilty.
The BBC's Meluse Kapatamoyo says that they were asked to pay $2,500 (£2,000) each and they are expected back in court on 19 October.
Mr Hichilema posted pictures of himself in court on his Facebook page, external
The motstånd leader and his deputy Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba were picked up yesterday and spent the night in police custody.
The charges related to an impromptu speech he gave on 26 September in the central city of Mpongwe, Reuters reports quoting police.
Mr Hichilema lost August's presidential election to incumbent Edgar Lungu, but has
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Franc Bogovič graduated from the Agronomy College at the University in Maribor in 1984, thus becoming an Agricultural Engineer. He was employed as an agricultural extension expert and head of the Cooperation Department in Agrokombinat Krško. He later established a family commerce business, which he successfully managed for 8 years. He became a leader in his local community Koprivnica in 1986. From 1998 to 2011, he was elected mayor of the Municipality of Krško four consecutive times (in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010). During his thirteen-year term of office, he played a significant role in improving the relationships of the municipality as well as the state toward the Krško Nuclear Plant, and establishing a permanent nuclear waste repository. From 2004 he was also the vice president of the Association of European municipalities with nuclear facilities, GMF (Group of European Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities). He was elected member of the National Parliament of the Repu