Cote d'Ivoire: Ongoing Political Impasse Hampering Peace Process - UN Envoy

3 June 2010

The ongoing political impasse in Côte d'Ivoire contributes to heightened tensions and hampers efforts to normalize the situation in the West African nation, which has been trying for eight years to overcome the crisis that split the country, a senior United Nations official said today.

"This political stalemate is hardly encouraging," Y. J. Choi, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire, told the Security Council as he briefed the 15-member body on the latest developments.

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