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Ivory Coast UN ambassador warns of genocide risk
[Bangla Daily Star] Ivory Coast's newly appointed ambassador to the UN has warned the country is "on the brink of genocide".Youssoufou Bamba said there had been large scale violation of human rights ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... as a result of the ongoing political unrest. Laurent Gbagbo is refusing to step down despite his rival, Alassane Ouattara, being internationally accepted as the presidential election winner. The UN has accused state media of inciting hatred against it. Mr Gbagbo has said Mr Ouattara's victory in November was illegitimate. Both men have been sworn in as president. Mr Bamba, who was appointed by Mr Ouattara, was formally welcomed at the UN's New York headquarters on Wednesday, solidifying UN support for Mr Ouattara. At a presser, Mr Bamba said Mr Ouattara had been elected in a "free, fair, transparent, democratic election". "To me the debate is over, now you are talking about how and when Mr Gbagbo will leave office," he said. Mr Bamba said Mr Ouattara's main concern now was the "massive violation of human rights" in the past few weeks. He said 173 people had been killed "only because they want to demonstrate, they want to speak out, they want to defend the will of the people". Posted by: Fred 2010-12-31 |
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