U.N. Demands Stop to Ivory Coast Fighting
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The U.N. Security Council demanded an immediate halt to all military action in the Ivory Coast and confirmed Saturday that U.N. peacekeepers and French forces were authorized to use "all necessary means" to carry out their mandate.
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The BBC reports new government attacks on rebel territory in Ivory Coast. The United Nations condemned a series of air strikes on towns held by the rebels.
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United Nations chief Kofi Annan on  Tuesday demanded that the world body's human rights watchdog,  meeting in special session on Sudan's Darfur, send a clear  message that the "nightmare" of violence had to stop.
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Arab nations demanded in a draft UN Security Council resolution yesterday that Israel immediately halt its incursion into the northern Gaza Strip, where fighting has left at least 65 Palestinians dead.
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The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday called on all parties in Ivory Coast to redouble efforts to hold elections by June and extended the mandate of U.N. and French peacekeepers in Ivory Coast to help organize the ballot.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Thursday to issue &quot;the strongest warning&quot; to the forces fighting in Sudan to bring an end to the civil wars there.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Thursday to issue ``the strongest warning&#39;&#39; to the forces fighting in Sudan to bring an end to the civil wars there.
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Ivory Coast on Sunday ordered a pullback from an offensive on the rebel-held north after France destroyed its airpower in a retaliatory strike which sparked mob attacks on French citizens and property.
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The UN Security Council has voted to impose a 13-month arms embargo on the Ivory Coast. Battles between government and rebel forces in the troubled African nation prompted the intervention
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The United Nations Security Council today demanded Rwanda withdraw any military forces it may have in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and warned of potential instability brought about by the presence of Rwandan rebels in the DRC.
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The UN mission says it needs extra troops to continue to maintain order in Ivory Coast which has seen renewed fighting between rival factions.
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The United Nations sent a tough message to delegates at peace talks on the civil war in Sudan's western province of Darfur, warning them that the international community would not tolerate mounting ceasefire violations and attacks on civilians.
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President Laurent Gbagbo appealed for an end to anti-French crowd violence which erupted after France destroyed most of Ivory Coast's small air force in retaliation for the killing of nine French peacekeepers.
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PARIS, Nov 16  - Peace must be &quot;imposed&quot; on Ivory Coast if the warring sides there refuse to abide by a ceasefire, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said Tuesday, hailing sanctions voted by the UN Security Council against the west African state.
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International leaders have urged the Ivory Coast government to exercise restraint after warplanes reopened hostilities in the West African nation&#39;s civil war, bombing rebels&#39; northern stronghold.
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The United Nations on Thursday urged   Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and his opponents to use   talks set for next week to untangle the political deadlock   which is obstructing elections in the war-divided country.
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - Rebels in Ivory Coast said  on Thursday they were withdrawing from a long-delayed  disarmament process, warning that the war that broke out in the  world's top cocoa grower in 2002 could start again soon.