Own Correspondent|The UN Security Council was on Friday forced to hold an urgent closed-door meeting on the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, diplomats said.

France requested the meeting, which was scheduled for 15:00, as world powers await results from the landmark vote held last Sunday.

Not a lot of detail has been made available on what the council discussed. Speaking after the meeting, France’s U.N. ambassador only said the Security Council is keeping close watch on vote counting in the presidential election in Congo.

Ambassador Francois Delattre spoke Friday at U.N. headquarters after the closed-door council meeting that France called.

Delattre says Friday’s private meeting underscored that members are paying attention to the election for a successor to longtime President Joseph Kabila.

The Catholic Church on Thursday said it had information from polling stations that showed one candidate had come out as the winner of the presidential race.

The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) called on the election commission to “publish the election results in keeping with truth and justice.”

The United States demanded that “accurate” election results be released and called on the DRC authorities to remove restrictions on internet access.

Western powers and DRC’s neighbors hope sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest country will see its first peaceful transition of power since independence in 1960.

President Joseph Kabila, in power since 2001, did not run in the elections. A total of 21 candidates including Kabila’s handpicked successor, former interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, are vying for the presidency.

The council is scheduled to hold a public meeting on the DR Congo on Tuesday.