France and Nigeria have submitted to the Security Council a draft UN resolution on Ivory Coast calls for sanctions against the African country's ruler, Laurent Gbagbo, his wife Simone, and the Foreign Minister, Alcide Djedje , among others, to force him to cede power to the winner of the election, Alassane Ouattara.
Presentanción hours after the text, in the U.S., Barack Obama, said that his country recognizes that the president Alassane Ouattara as the legitimate leader of Ivory Coast. "The last year's elections were free and fair," Obama said in a video message addressed to the leaders and people of this country.
The text presented to the members of the highest security details that total are five persons against whom sanctions would be targeted. The document points to Gbagbo as the main responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Ivory Coast and places, alongside four of his associates, as the target of sanctions that include travel restrictions and freezing of financial assets and economic sources of those individuals.
The draft resolution accusing Gbagbo of "obstructing peace and reconciliation process" in the country for its refusal to accept the results of the 2010 presidential elections, in which it was recognized as winner Alassane Ouattara. His wife, Simone Gbagbo, who chairs the parliamentary group of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), also is accused of obstructing peace and national reconciliation process, while it is accused of "publicly inciting hatred and violence.
" Among the other people that focuses on the resolution also stresses Alcide Djedje, who was Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire to the United Nations and who heads the Foreign Affairs portfolio in the "illegitimate government of Gbagbo," according to draft resolution. The other two are Desire Tagro, who, in addition to participating in that government did not recognize the international community is "involved in the violent repression of popular movements of the past February, November and December, and Pascal Affi N'Guessan , chairman of the FPI.
The draft resolution, to be negotiated within the Security Council next week, giving "full support" to the United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) to use "all necessary measures" to carry out its mandate to "protect the civilian population." It also highlights "the need" for UNOCI to carry out "the seizure of heavy weapons used against civilians, within its capabilities and its areas of deployment." The text also calls for "immediate cessation of violence against civilians" and calls on both parties to "respect the will of the Ivorian people and the election of Alassane Ouattara as president of the country", as recognized by the Economic Community of African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU).
"The reason for the crisis is very simple: Gbagbo refuses to leave. There have been many attempts to find a political solution, but the president refuses to listen to our call," said France's UN ambassador, Gérard Araud, as reported their willingness to adopt a resolution on Ivory Coast.
The presentation of the draft resolution in the Security Council came a day after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) asked the UN more ability to maneuver to try to resolve as soon as the crisis in Ivory Coast . The international community, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, at the head, has been recognized as winner of presidential elections in Ivory Coast to Alassane Ouattara and Gbagbo has repeatedly asked to leave, something the latter has repeatedly refused.
Moreover, the Human Rights Council on Friday approved the UN to send an independent commission to investigate murders and other crimes in Ivory Coast, which is on the brink of civil war. Previously, the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations said that the estimated number of dead in Ivory Coast election violence had reached 462. 
Presentanción hours after the text, in the U.S., Barack Obama, said that his country recognizes that the president Alassane Ouattara as the legitimate leader of Ivory Coast. "The last year's elections were free and fair," Obama said in a video message addressed to the leaders and people of this country.
The text presented to the members of the highest security details that total are five persons against whom sanctions would be targeted. The document points to Gbagbo as the main responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Ivory Coast and places, alongside four of his associates, as the target of sanctions that include travel restrictions and freezing of financial assets and economic sources of those individuals.
The draft resolution accusing Gbagbo of "obstructing peace and reconciliation process" in the country for its refusal to accept the results of the 2010 presidential elections, in which it was recognized as winner Alassane Ouattara. His wife, Simone Gbagbo, who chairs the parliamentary group of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), also is accused of obstructing peace and national reconciliation process, while it is accused of "publicly inciting hatred and violence.
" Among the other people that focuses on the resolution also stresses Alcide Djedje, who was Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire to the United Nations and who heads the Foreign Affairs portfolio in the "illegitimate government of Gbagbo," according to draft resolution. The other two are Desire Tagro, who, in addition to participating in that government did not recognize the international community is "involved in the violent repression of popular movements of the past February, November and December, and Pascal Affi N'Guessan , chairman of the FPI.
The draft resolution, to be negotiated within the Security Council next week, giving "full support" to the United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) to use "all necessary measures" to carry out its mandate to "protect the civilian population." It also highlights "the need" for UNOCI to carry out "the seizure of heavy weapons used against civilians, within its capabilities and its areas of deployment." The text also calls for "immediate cessation of violence against civilians" and calls on both parties to "respect the will of the Ivorian people and the election of Alassane Ouattara as president of the country", as recognized by the Economic Community of African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU).
"The reason for the crisis is very simple: Gbagbo refuses to leave. There have been many attempts to find a political solution, but the president refuses to listen to our call," said France's UN ambassador, Gérard Araud, as reported their willingness to adopt a resolution on Ivory Coast.
The presentation of the draft resolution in the Security Council came a day after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) asked the UN more ability to maneuver to try to resolve as soon as the crisis in Ivory Coast . The international community, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, at the head, has been recognized as winner of presidential elections in Ivory Coast to Alassane Ouattara and Gbagbo has repeatedly asked to leave, something the latter has repeatedly refused.
Moreover, the Human Rights Council on Friday approved the UN to send an independent commission to investigate murders and other crimes in Ivory Coast, which is on the brink of civil war. Previously, the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations said that the estimated number of dead in Ivory Coast election violence had reached 462.
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