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The new Ivory Coast Ambassador to the United Nations, Youssoufou Bamba(L), shakes hands with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) after presenting his credentials December 29, 2010 at UN headquarters in New York
Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010

Open quoteWe are on the brink of genocide. Something should be done. Close quote

  • YOUSSOUFOU BAMBA,
  • Ivory Coast's newly appointed ambassador to the U.N., warning of large-scale human rights violations as the result of an increasingly violent tug-of-war over the country's presidency
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