The international community seems powerless to prevent the steady worsening of the crisis (AC Vol 45 No 11). A United Nations Security Council mission arrived on 22 June and the UN threatens a travel ban on figures in Laurent Gbagbo's inner circle, though not the President himself. This wouldn't alter the internal situation but might affect contacts with external backers, such as Evangelical leaders in the United States, which Gbagbo privately visited on 11-18 June.
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