NEW YORK (Nations unies) – L’ambassadeur de Côte d’Ivoire à l’ONU désigné par Alassane Ouattara, le président ivoirien reconnu par les Nations unies, a demandé mercredi à l’organisation d’agir pour empêcher un « génocide » dans son pays.
« Nous sommes à deux doigts d’un génocide, il faut faire quelque chose », a dit Youssouf Bamba. Lui et son équipe ont été reconnus le 23 décembre par l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies comme les représentants de leur pays auprès de l’organisation internationale.
La Côte d’Ivoire est en crise après le refus du président sortant Laurent Gbagbo de céder sa place à son rival Alassane Ouattara, reconnu vainqueur de l’élection présidentielle du 28 novembre par la communauté internationale.
La crise post-électorale a été marquée par des violences meurtrières. Au moins 173 personnes ont été tuées selon l’ONU autour de la mi-décembre, essentiellement des partisans de M. Ouattara.
Le gouvernement Gbagbo a évoqué un bilan de 53 morts depuis fin novembre, dont 14 membres des Forces de défense et de sécurité (FDS, loyales au régime).
Par ailleurs, plus de 19.000 Ivoiriens ont fui vers le Liberia voisin pour échapper aux violences dans leur pays, a annoncé mardi l’ONU.
L’ambassadeur ivoirien à l’ONU a indiqué qu’Alassane Ouattara était « vraiment inquiet » des attaques perpétrées contre ses partisans. Des personnes ont été tuées uniquement « parce qu’elles voulaient manifester, se faire entendre, défendre la volonté du peuple », a-t-il dit à des journalistes.
Il a expliqué que dans certaines zones les maisons avaient été marquées en fonction de l’appartenance tribale de leurs propriétaires. « Qu’est-ce qui va se passer après? La situation est très grave et c’est le message que j’ai transmis au cours des rencontres que j’ai eues, y compris avec le secrétaire général » de l’ONU Ban Ki-moon, a ajouté M. Bamba.
« La protection des civils est au coeur de (l’opération) de maintien de la paix (de l’ONU) et nous attendons des Nations unies qu’elles remplissent leur mission », a-t-il dit.
La force des Nations unies en Côte d’Ivoire (Onuci) est composée de 9.105 hommes et femmes représentant 42 pays. Elle prévoit entre autres mesures le recours à la force en cas de menace contre la paix.
Laurent Gbagbo a exigé son départ, l’accusant de soutenir l’ex-rébellion alliée à Alassane Ouattara.
(©AFP / 29 décembre 2010 22h02)
Il faut faire vite avant que Gbagbo ne lâche ses chiens avec à leur tête Blé Goudé pour aller assassiner Ouattara et son équipe,c’est sur ,c’est même certain il se prépare à ça.La communauté Africaine et internationale est avertie,faites vite avant qu’il ne soit trop tard.
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December 29, 2010
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Former Clinton aide Lanny Davis, who has faced criticism here for lobbying on behalf of the incumbent president of the Ivory Coast after his apparent electoral defeat, resigned the contract in a letter to the country’s ambassador tonight.
Davis had presented himself as a mediator rather than a lobbyist, and he cites President Gbagbo’s refusal to take a call from President Obama, who is pressing him to step aside, in the decision:
Unfortunately, as you know, the decision was made in Abijan not to allow President Obama’s call to be put through to Mr Gbagbo, despite my repeated objections to that decision. Nor have I been able to reach Mr. Gbagbo directly myself to offer him this advice, despite repeated requests, as recently as the last twenty-four hours. Therefore, without going into further details regarding disagreements between me and representatives of the government, of which you are aware, I have reached the conclusion that I have not been allowed to effectuate the mission that I was expressly asked to do by your government, despite all my best efforts to do so.
I therefore cannot in conscience continue to represent your government. This is a difficult decision for me because I truly believed that I could assist in finding a peaceful solution consistent with the international community’s concerns and the interests of the people of the Ivory Coast to avoid further bloodshed.
Full letter after the jump.
Ambassador Charles Koffee
Embassy of the Ivory Coast
2424 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington D.C. 20008
[email protected]
December 29, 2010
Dear Mr. Ambassador,
As you know, for the last two weeks, I have been working to help resolve the crisis in the Ivory Coast. As I said publicly in my statement on December 20th, my mission was not to say who won or who lost the election or who was right or who was wrong, but rather to help resolve this crisis peacefully, through dialogue, mediation and with leadership and participation of the international community.
As you know Mr. Ambassador, from the earliest moments of my involvement, I have publicly urged Mr. Gbagbo to invite an independent international investigation into his claims of electoral fraud and violence, and to respect the results of that review, as a path to the peaceful and mediated resolution of this crisis.
In the past ten days, I have spoken repeatedly with a senior official of the State Department toward this end, and specifically to facilitate a call between the President of the United States and Mr. Gbagbo so Mr. Gbagbo could be presented with options for a peaceful resolution, that would avoid further bloodshed and be in the best interests of his country and the people of the Ivory Coast. There is no excuse for a return to violence or civil war.
Unfortunately, as you know, the decision was made in Abijan not to allow President Obama’s call to be put through to Mr Gbagbo, despite my repeated objections to that decision. Nor have I been able to reach Mr. Gbagbo directly myself to offer him this advice, despite repeated requests, as recently as the last twenty-four hours. Therefore, without going into further details regarding disagreements between me and representatives of the government, of which you are aware, I have reached the conclusion that I have not been allowed to effectuate the mission that I was expressly asked to do by your government, despite all my best efforts to do so.
I therefore cannot in conscience continue to represent your government. This is a difficult decision for me because I truly believed that I could assist in finding a peaceful solution consistent with the international community’s concerns and the interests of the people of the Ivory Coast to avoid further bloodshed.
My decision is final.
I will continue to do all I can to help encourage the parties to resolve this matter peacefully, through dialogue and mediation and non-violence, but for the reasons expressed above I will no longer be able to do so as a representative of your government.
Sincerely,
Lanny J. Davis
Lanny J. Davis and Associates
Washington D.C.