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(CNN)<\/b> — The United Nations Security Council could vote as early as Wednesday on sanctions against self-declared President Laurent Gbagbo and several others in his circle, as well as a ban on heavy weaponry in the Abidjan area.<\/p>\n
The scheduled Security Council meeting to consider the draft resolution comes amid escalating violence in a west African nation that could be sliding into civil war.<\/p>\n
Forces loyal to Gbagbo opened fire Wednesday on a French Embassy escort car in Abidjan on Wednesday, according to France’s Foreign Ministry, which condemned the act. The ministry did not report any casualties.<\/p>\n
France, along with Nigeria, submitted the draft Ivory Coast resolution calling for sanctions.<\/p>\n
The resolution calls for targeted sanctions and travel restrictions against Gbagbo, his wife Simone, Desire Tagro, Pascal Affi N’Guessan and Alcide Djedje.<\/p>\n
Simone Gbagbo, along with being the nation’s disputed first lady, chairs the Parliamentary Group of the Ivorian Popular Front. Tagro is secretary general in the administration of “the so-called ‘presidency’ of Mr. Gbagbo,” the resolution states. N’Guessan is chairman of the Ivorian Popular Front. Djedje is a close adviser of Gbagbo.<\/p>\n
The resolution accuses all five of “obstruction to the peace and reconciliation process” and of rejecting the legitimate election of President-elect Alassane Ouattara. All but Laurent Gbagbo are accused of “public incitement to hatred and violence.”<\/p>\n
In recent days, the city of Bondoukou in eastern Ivory Coast fell into the hands of Ouattara supporters. Loyalists of Ouattara say pro-Gbagbo “mercenaries and militias” launched an attack against the city of Bouna. In response, the fighters pushed the pro-Gbagbo forces back into and out of Bondoukou, in the northeast of the country. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the United Nations reported Monday that one of its helicopters was fired on during a reconnaissance flight. They blamed the attack on Ouattara’s Republican Forces. It was unclear why their forces would fire at the U.N.<\/p>\n
Nearly 1 million residents have fled Abidjan and others are displaced from their homes elsewhere, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n
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