Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution on the recent controversial presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire. The proposed Security Council resolution would have recognized Alassane Ouattara as the winner over incumbent Laurent Gbagbo. The Ivorian Electoral Commission declared that Ouattara won with 54% of the vote, but the Constitutional Council, dominated by Gbagbo supporters, partially cancelled the election results and declared that Gbagbo won with 51% of the vote. Of 15 Security Council members, 14 voted for the resolution, but Russia exercised its veto power, arguing that UN should not decide who should be the president of a country.
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia_blocks_un_statement_cote_divoire_vote/2242112.html
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1554040&NodesID=5
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