UN imposes immediate arms embargo on Cote d'Ivoire
Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Wang Guangya (R Front) gives a speech after the voting by the UN Security Council on the issue of Cote d'Ivoire at the UN headquarters in New York Nov. 15, 2004. Wang said that China agreed to further actions taken by the Security Council. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday to impose an immediate arms embargo on war-torn Cote d'Ivoire for a 13-month period to press its government and rebels to revive the country's long-stalled peace process.
The member states of the United Nations Security Council vote on the issue of Cote d'Ivoire at the UN headquarters in New York Nov. 15, 2004. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday to impose an immediate arms embargo on war-torn Cote d'Ivoire for a 13-month period to press its government and rebels to revive the country's long-stalled peace process.
United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations John Danforth (R) reads the resolution as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (L) listens at the UN headquarters in New York Nov. 15, 2004. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution on Monday to impose an immediate arms embargo on war-torn Cote d'Ivoire for a 13-month period to press its government and rebels to revive the country's long-stalled peace process.
French Permanent Representative to the United Nations Jean-Marc de La Sabliere speaks to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York Nov. 15, 2004. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday to impose an immediate arms embargo on war-torn Cote d'Ivoire for a 13-month period to press its government and rebels to revive the country's long-stalled peace process.