Côte d’Ivoire: UN Rejects Gbagbo’s Call to Search Its Vehicles as Violation of Accord

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–21 January 2011 – The United Nations today rebuffed efforts by forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s former president, who refuses to step down despite his electoral defeat, to stop and search UN vehicles.

“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,” spokesman Martin…