The attacks against the United Nations continues in Côte d'Ivoire. Monday, February 28, experts from the Committee of UN sanctions and an officer of the forces of peace have come under fire from forces of the incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo at the airport in Yamoussoukro. Nobody was injured, said a UN official under cover of anonymity.
Two employees of the UN force in Cote d'Ivoire, ONUCI, were also kidnapped Monday in Abidjan by supporters of Laurent Gbagbo youths before being released several hours later. UNOCI had already announced Sunday that three peacekeepers had been wounded in an ambush Saturday in the town of Abobo.
"France stresses that those who threaten the peace process, hamper the work of UNOCI and other international actors or commit serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, fall under the (... ) targeted sanctions "provided by the Security Council of the UN, said his side the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Valero.
The worsening situation in Côte d'Ivoire should be in the agenda of the Security Council of the United Nations on Monday. The call for an emergency meeting, initiated by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, including on a delivery of alleged illegal weapons and any obstruction and violence against UNOCI.
The emergency meeting took place while there are reports of a current delivery of three attack helicopters and support equipment from Belarus in Yamoussoukro, for the forces of Laurent Gbagbo. The first shipment arrived by plane late Sunday, and other flights are scheduled Monday, added the spokesman of Secretary-General.
Deliveries denied by the Belarusian Foreign Ministry. In Abidjan, the climate was still weighing on Monday with sporadic gunfire reported in several districts since Sunday, including in areas hitherto preserved, as the wealthy neighborhood of Cocody. The curfew in force during the weekend was renewed on Monday for three days in Abidjan in the two neighborhoods have been fighting for several days, forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo and the armed insurgents.
Fief of Mr. Gbagbo, the popular district of Yopougon is now dotted with checkpoints "young patriots", his ardent supporters. Sometimes armed with machetes and clubs, they demand to search vehicles. Their leader, Charles Ble Goude, called last week young people to "organize themselves into committees" to prevent "by all means" to move UNOCI.
The Gbagbo government accuses the UN force, which he calls the start since December, to be complicit in the "rebel" New Forces, allied with Mr. Ouattara, who he says have infiltrated in Abobo. 
Two employees of the UN force in Cote d'Ivoire, ONUCI, were also kidnapped Monday in Abidjan by supporters of Laurent Gbagbo youths before being released several hours later. UNOCI had already announced Sunday that three peacekeepers had been wounded in an ambush Saturday in the town of Abobo.
"France stresses that those who threaten the peace process, hamper the work of UNOCI and other international actors or commit serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, fall under the (... ) targeted sanctions "provided by the Security Council of the UN, said his side the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Valero.
The worsening situation in Côte d'Ivoire should be in the agenda of the Security Council of the United Nations on Monday. The call for an emergency meeting, initiated by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, including on a delivery of alleged illegal weapons and any obstruction and violence against UNOCI.
The emergency meeting took place while there are reports of a current delivery of three attack helicopters and support equipment from Belarus in Yamoussoukro, for the forces of Laurent Gbagbo. The first shipment arrived by plane late Sunday, and other flights are scheduled Monday, added the spokesman of Secretary-General.
Deliveries denied by the Belarusian Foreign Ministry. In Abidjan, the climate was still weighing on Monday with sporadic gunfire reported in several districts since Sunday, including in areas hitherto preserved, as the wealthy neighborhood of Cocody. The curfew in force during the weekend was renewed on Monday for three days in Abidjan in the two neighborhoods have been fighting for several days, forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo and the armed insurgents.
Fief of Mr. Gbagbo, the popular district of Yopougon is now dotted with checkpoints "young patriots", his ardent supporters. Sometimes armed with machetes and clubs, they demand to search vehicles. Their leader, Charles Ble Goude, called last week young people to "organize themselves into committees" to prevent "by all means" to move UNOCI.
The Gbagbo government accuses the UN force, which he calls the start since December, to be complicit in the "rebel" New Forces, allied with Mr. Ouattara, who he says have infiltrated in Abobo.
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