UN mulls arms ban against Ivory Coast
A pillager with his loot on his head passes a French soldier from Operation Licorne, part of a UN peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast, as he guards Sunday the De Gaulle bridge in Abidjan during operations to evacuate French and foreign nationals to the United Nations peacekeeping mission (ONUCI) headquarters following the pillaging of French properties by "Patriot" partisans of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo. Gangs attacked French properties after French peacekeeping forces retaliated for an airborne attack by government forces on a rebel stronghold in Bouake that killed nine French troops and a US citizen. PHOTO: AFP
A vote was not expected until Monday at the earliest, and it was unclear if a final text would be ready by the end of the day.
Senior UN officials were not expected to make public statements on Sunday, the UN press office said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The French draft resolution calls for "individual and collective new measures," including an arms embargo, to be imposed on the country which was again teetering on the brink of war, French UN Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere said Saturday.
"This resolution should include individual measures against those who block the peace process or who violate human rights," de La Sabliere said.
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