.- U.S. President Barack Obama urged the controversial leader of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to resign after the November elections, to renounce the power to prevent further violence. "The last year's elections were free and fair, Alassane Ouattara and the president is democratically elected leader of the nation," Obama said in a video message addressed to Merfil Coast broadcast on Friday night.
Obama called for his resignation to end the violence that the country is suffering from post-election clashes between supporters of Gbagbo and Ouattara opposition that have left hundreds dead. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) gave the victor of the elections on Nov. 28 to Ouattara, who was recognized by the UN and the international community.
Obama warned that if Gbagbo resigns there will be "more violence, more innocent civilians killed and wounded, and more diplomatic and economic isolation." The president called on Gbagbo to take the example of other leaders who have taken the path of rejecting violence, which the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has caused between 700 thousand and a million displaced and 500 killed.
Obama spoke directly to the people of Ivory Coast: "You have a past to be proud after winning independence by passing a civil war, now you have the opportunity to make your future." Future, he said, "full of hope, not fear," while stressing that the Ivorian deserve leaders who can restore their place in the international community.
France and Nigeria presented Friday to the Security Council a draft UN resolution on Ivory Coast presented that calls for sanctions against Gbagbo, his wife Simone, and several members of his cabinet "obstructing peace and the process of reconciliation. " 
Obama called for his resignation to end the violence that the country is suffering from post-election clashes between supporters of Gbagbo and Ouattara opposition that have left hundreds dead. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) gave the victor of the elections on Nov. 28 to Ouattara, who was recognized by the UN and the international community.
Obama warned that if Gbagbo resigns there will be "more violence, more innocent civilians killed and wounded, and more diplomatic and economic isolation." The president called on Gbagbo to take the example of other leaders who have taken the path of rejecting violence, which the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has caused between 700 thousand and a million displaced and 500 killed.
Obama spoke directly to the people of Ivory Coast: "You have a past to be proud after winning independence by passing a civil war, now you have the opportunity to make your future." Future, he said, "full of hope, not fear," while stressing that the Ivorian deserve leaders who can restore their place in the international community.
France and Nigeria presented Friday to the Security Council a draft UN resolution on Ivory Coast presented that calls for sanctions against Gbagbo, his wife Simone, and several members of his cabinet "obstructing peace and the process of reconciliation. "
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