The Young Patriots met Gbagbo in Abidjan on 29 December. SIA KAMBOUYoussouf Bamba, Ambassador of Côte d'Ivoire to the UN designated by Alassane Ouattara, Gbagbo recognized by the international community, Wednesday, Dec. 29 asked the organization to act to prevent a "genocide" in his country . 'We are on the verge of genocide, we must do something, "he warned.He added that Alassane Ouattara was "very worried" attacks against his supporters. People have been killed only "because they wanted to show, to be heard, to defend the will of the people," he told reporters, explaining that in some areas houses were marked according to tribal affiliation their owners.
"What happens next? The situation is very serious and that's the message I conveyed during my meetings, including with the Secretary General" of the UN Ban Ki-moon said Bamba. "The protection of civilians is at the heart of (the operation) of peacekeeping (UN) and we expect the United Nations that they fulfill their mission," he added.
APPEALS TO COMBATLa UN force in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) is composed of 9105 men and women representing 42 countries. It provides inter alia the use of force in case of threat against peace. Outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo demanded his departure, accusing him of supporting the former rebels allied with Alassane Ouattara.
In an interview with Le Monde on Monday, Mr Gbagbo has not hesitated to speak of civil war risk in case of foreign intervention. "There may be an internal disorder, civil war in Côte d'Ivoire, because we are not going to trample on our right and our institutions," he warned. Charles Ble Goude, leader of the Young Patriots, a movement in favor of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo out, has meanwhile threatened to storm Saturday at the Hotel du Golf, where Alassane Ouattara and his Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro, are entrenched under UN protection.
"I ask young people from Ivory Coast to get ready. That unarmed troops are preparing to recover the Golf Soro," he said Wednesday at his supporters, setting the deadline of January 1. Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara compete for the presidency last month. The latter was declared winner of the second round of presidential elections by the Independent Electoral Commission, a result recognized by virtually all of the international community, but contested by the incumbent.
The post-election violence killed at least 173 deaths according to UN and caused the exodus of about 19 000 Ivorians.
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