<span style="color: #222222;">Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, has said the United Nations will not be involved in observing the elections in Bangladesh unless it gets a mandate. </span><br />''<br />''"Just to point out that the UN is not in the business of observing elections unless it receives a mandate," he said while responding to a question during a regular briefing in New York on October 16. <br />''<br />''Bangladesh has welcomed foreign observers for the upcoming national election, likely to be held in January next year, reports UNB.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The spokesman for the UN Secretary-General also said they want to see a free and fair election in Bangladesh, and a climate where people can speak out without fear of retribution from whichever side they speak out against. </span><br />