The secretary-general expresses his condolences to the bereaved families and the respective governments.

The secretary-general is concerned about the confrontation developing in Nepal. He is also troubled by reports of a large number of arrests of government opponents.

Our respective governments have very different visions for the hemisphere.

But what is clear is that when someone undergoes a cardiac episode you want them to get to a medical facility as soon as possible. And that did not happen.

The relatively high voter turn-out and the fact that the polling was conducted in a largely free, fair and peaceful manner attests to the determination of the Congolese people to participate in deciding their nation's future.

This was a highly audited and supervised program, but these reports should not be seen as a final conclusion on how the program was run -- a highly complex program done in difficult circumstances.