NEW : U.N. leadership agrees to back Ouattara - picked PM . The agency said it and the African Development Bank have backed the AU and the Economic Community of West African States `` in sending the message to Gbagbo that he lost the elections and he needs to step down . '' But the U.N. force in Ivory Coast is being discussed . Obama - appointed PM calls for ` ` military leverage '' against Gbagbo . The World Bank has stopped lending to Ivory Coast .
NEW : U.N. leadership agrees to back Ouattara - picked PM . But the U.N. force in Ivory Coast is being discussed . Obama - appointed PM calls for ` ` military leverage '' against Gbagbo . The World Bank has stopped lending to Ivory Coast .