Côte d’Ivoire
21 January 2011
UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky said during a media briefing that “the call by the Ivorian defence and security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo to stop and search United Nations vehicles is a serious violation of the Status of Forces Agreement and Security Council resolution 1962 (2010) and therefore unacceptable.”
19 January 2011
Switzerland froze all assets held in that country by Gbagbo.
19 January 2011
The President of Botswana, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, invited Ouatarra to undertake an official state visit to his country “at a mutually convenient time.”
19 January 2011
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisers on the prevention of genocide, Francis Deng, and the responsibility to protect, Edward Luck, expressed their concern about “the possibility of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Côte d’Ivoire.”
19 January 2011
The Council authorised an increase of 2,000 troops in the overall strength of UNOCI military personnel and extended the mandate of troops temporarily deployed from UNMIL to UNOCI.
