Ban gives qualified backing to Ivory Coast talks
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon gave his backing to peace talks between Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel leader Guillaume Soro provided the dialogue takes place as part of an internationally backed peace process.
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âLa Francophonie has a large political role to play, especially to prevent conflicts,â said Deiss. The French bloc adopted a resolution on Ivory Coast after talks on Saturday in the Burkina Faso capital
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PRESIDENT Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast has assured the UN he will put no obstacles in the way of the peace process in the divided west African country.
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France is pushing to win passage of a UN resolution that seeks an arms embargo and other penalties against the Ivory Coast. France&#39;s UN ambassador, Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, hopes for a vote early this week.
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Francophone heads of state are urging Ivory Coast&#39;s warring parties to renounce violence and strictly abide by a French-brokered peace accord meant to return stability to the divided nation.
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President Laurent Gbagbo has called on the United Nations to impose sanctions on neighbouring countries involved in Ivory Coast&#39;s two year conflict.
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South Africa on Monday threw its weight behind a proposed UN arms embargo on conflict-wracked Ivory Coast ahead of a crucial vote on the issue in the Security Council.
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Supporters of Ivory Coast&#39;s President Laurent Gbagbo criticised on Tuesday a United Nations decision to impose an arms embargo on the world&#39;s top cocoa grower but rebel leaders welcomed the move.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said he supports talks between Iran and the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog about Tehran's atomic program, but the dialogue should not drag on for years.
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France is to seek a vote in the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo and other bans on the Ivory Coast. The move comes after a ceasefire in the Ivory Coast was broken and nine French soldiers were killed by government bombings.
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African leaders supported an arms embargo and other UN sanctions on the Ivory Coast government and rebels on Sunday. While they did, Ivory Coast President Laurent
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Ivory Coast&#39;s parliament on Friday approved a constitutional change which would allow an opposition leader to run for president, a key demand of rebels holding the north of the West African country.
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Ivory Coast&#39;s parliament is set to discuss proposed laws which lie at the heart of the two-year conflict. The laws are designed to make it easier for those of foreign origin to gain citizenship - a key demand of the rebels who control the north.
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United Nations troops are free to leave  Ivory Coast if they want to, President Laurent Gbagbo said in  an interview published on Tuesday, adding he was drafting an  alternative to a U.N. peace plan for his divided country.
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A summit of West African leaders to  address renewed fighting in Ivory Coast gave its backing to a  proposed United Nations arms embargo on both sides of the  conflict, a communique said on Sunday.
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Lawmakers approved amending Ivory Coast&#39;s constitution Friday to widen the pool of potential presidential candidates, implementing a crucial reform from a French-brokered peace deal last year for this war-riven West African nation.
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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon received the backing of the five veto-wielding members of the Security Council to become the next UN chief in a straw poll, diplomats said.