<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The United Nations has said they do not deploy observers to elections like Bangladesh one, noting that they rarely do that without a specific mandate.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The UN is not deploying observers to these elections. We don't… we rarely, rarely do that without a specific mandate," Spokesman for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric told reporters at a regular briefing on November 29.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said they have seen the reports from Human Rights Watch and other organisations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We again call on all parties involved to ensure that people are able to express their votes freely, their opinion freely, free of any harassment,” the spokesman said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Candidates of 30 political parties out of 44 registered political parties have submitted nomination papers for the January 7 national election. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>