UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns Egypt violence, says change due throughout Middle East
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The head of the United Nations expressed grave concern Wednesday over the violence enveloping Egypt after supporters of embattled President Hosni Mubarak charged anti-government protesters in a main Cairo square.
‘I am deeply concerned by the continuing violence in Egypt. I once again urge restraint to all the sides,’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said during a visit to London.
The United Nations has been warning about the need for reform in the entrenched leaderships of the Middle East, Ban said, adding that the international community ‘should not underestimate the danger of instability’ in the region.
Ban’s comments, made after talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron, followed scenes of violent clashes in Cairo as Mubarak supporters charged crowds demanding his ouster, riding camels and horses and wielding clubs and whips against what had been a peaceful encampment.
‘Any attack against peaceful demonstrators is unacceptable, and I strongly condemn it,’ Ban said.
-- Carol J. Williams
