Côte d’Ivoire
28 December 2010
Three West African Presidents (Benin’s Boni Yayi, Cape Verde’s Pedro Pires and Sierra Leone’s Ernest Bai Koroma) arrived in Abidjan to convey ECOWAS’s demand that Gbagbo cede power or face military intervention. They left with no clear result.
27 December 2010
The AU appointed Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga as its special envoy to pursue a peaceful outcome to the situation in Côte d’Ivoire.
27 December 2010
UN Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Alain Le Roy arrived in Abidjan and confered with Ouattara and UNOCI head Choi Young-jin.
24 December 2010
ECOWAS, following an emergency meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, announced that Gbagbo should stand down or face “legitimate force.” ECOWAS indicated that it would convene a meeting of its defence ministers to discuss possible military intervention in Côte d’Ivoire if Gbagbo remained recalcitrant.
23 December 2010
The UN General Assembly accepted, by consensus, Ouattara’s choice of diplomats to the UN as the only official representatives of Côte d’Ivoire to the organisation.
