UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has pulled nearly 400 civilian staffers out of restive Ivory Coast, fearing fresh unrest when the Security Council slaps sanctions in the next few days on people blocking the peace process, U.N. officials said on Thursday.
The temporary evacuation leaves another 800 U.N. civilians still in the country along with some 11,000 U.N. and French peacekeepers, said Pierre Schori, the U.N. special envoy for Ivory Coast.
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