Monday, March 28, 2011

UN Human Rights Council investigation team sent to Ivory Coast

.- The board of the UN Human Rights approved on Friday to send an independent commission to investigate murders and other crimes in Ivory Coast, which is on the brink of civil war. The 47-member board unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by Nigeria on behalf of the African countries, condemned the attacks and called for an end of violence.

Previously, the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations said that the estimated number of dead in Ivory Coast election violence had reached 462. His cabinet was also investigating reports of another 200 people in Africa, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Guinea and Togo, killed near the western city of Guiglo, a spokesman said.

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