U.N. peacekeepers will remain in Ivory Coast and fulfill their mandate despite calls by incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo for all blue helmets to leave the country, the U.N. chief said on Saturday. "The Secretary-General (Ban Ki-moon) is aware of statements by Mr. Gbagbo's spokesperson calling for the withdrawal of the U.N. Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)," U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said in a statement on Ivory Coast. "UNOCI will fulfill its mandate and will continue to monitor and document any human rights violations, incitement to hatred and violence, or attacks on U.N. peacekeepers," spokesman Farhan Haq said in a statement quoted by Reuters.
