The Security Council of the UN expressed fears that Ivory Coast is heading towards a new "civil war" after the remarkable upsurge in political violence in recent days in the troubled African country. The fifteen members of the highest international safety urge all parties to "exercise utmost restraint" to prevent "the resumption of civil war and resolve their differences through dialogue, said the incumbent president, Chinese Ambassador Li Baodong.
It also condemned the threats, violence and impediments to the work of the UN mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) by forces loyal to president Laurent Gbagbo, faced with the international community for its refusal to abandon power. Baodong said they particularly concerned about the escalating violence that has occurred in recent days, particularly in Abidjan, where there have been attacks on the civilian population and that even women have been victims.
In this situation, reiterated their support for the efforts of the African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to find a peaceful solution to the conflict between Gbagbo and opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, to which the international community considers winning the last election.
The Ivorian ambassador to the UN, Youssouf Bamba, the government of Ouattara, considered insufficient statement of the Security Council and demanded action "stronger" of the international community in their country. "They're killing people by their ethnicity, kill aliens and anyone opposed to Gbagbo.
Is unacceptable," said the diplomat, who accused the Ivorian leader of committing "genocide" in his country. Bamba requested that members of the Security Council to "adapt" the mandate of UNOCI's reality Ivory Coast, where the "legitimate government" is enclosed for months at a hotel in the capital.
He explained that Gbagbo "is every way possible to arm" and gave credence to the claim that attack helicopters would have received from Belarus, despite the United Nations admitted that this information was not correct. Ivory Coast is on the brink of civil war since the last presidential election, as Gbagbo did not accept the UN-sanctioned results giving the opposition by winning Alassane Ouattara.
The Ivorian leader appealed to the Constitutional Council, composed of his followers, which overturned nearly a million votes in areas where Ouattara had a large majority and gave him the victory. Gbagbo was elected president in 2000 for five years and five others remained in power due to delays in the announcement of elections by the civil war from 2002 to 2007, which divided the country among the south, loyal to the government in Abidjan and the north, controlled by New Forces the current prime minister, Guillaume Soro. 
It also condemned the threats, violence and impediments to the work of the UN mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) by forces loyal to president Laurent Gbagbo, faced with the international community for its refusal to abandon power. Baodong said they particularly concerned about the escalating violence that has occurred in recent days, particularly in Abidjan, where there have been attacks on the civilian population and that even women have been victims.
In this situation, reiterated their support for the efforts of the African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to find a peaceful solution to the conflict between Gbagbo and opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, to which the international community considers winning the last election.
The Ivorian ambassador to the UN, Youssouf Bamba, the government of Ouattara, considered insufficient statement of the Security Council and demanded action "stronger" of the international community in their country. "They're killing people by their ethnicity, kill aliens and anyone opposed to Gbagbo.
Is unacceptable," said the diplomat, who accused the Ivorian leader of committing "genocide" in his country. Bamba requested that members of the Security Council to "adapt" the mandate of UNOCI's reality Ivory Coast, where the "legitimate government" is enclosed for months at a hotel in the capital.
He explained that Gbagbo "is every way possible to arm" and gave credence to the claim that attack helicopters would have received from Belarus, despite the United Nations admitted that this information was not correct. Ivory Coast is on the brink of civil war since the last presidential election, as Gbagbo did not accept the UN-sanctioned results giving the opposition by winning Alassane Ouattara.
The Ivorian leader appealed to the Constitutional Council, composed of his followers, which overturned nearly a million votes in areas where Ouattara had a large majority and gave him the victory. Gbagbo was elected president in 2000 for five years and five others remained in power due to delays in the announcement of elections by the civil war from 2002 to 2007, which divided the country among the south, loyal to the government in Abidjan and the north, controlled by New Forces the current prime minister, Guillaume Soro.
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