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Abidjan, 04 June 2009...The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y.J. Choi, will meet the diplomatic corps accredited in Côte d'Ivoire on Thursday. This was announced earlier on Thursday by the Spokesman of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)…

Abidjan, 8 June 2009...The Under Secretary-General for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, Alain Le Roy, is scheduled to pay a working visit to Côte d'Ivoire between 10 and 13 June 2009. The visit, his first since he was appointed in June 2008, will give Mr. Le Roy the opportunity to assess the…

Abidjan, 10 June 2009... The Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Abou Moussa, on Wednesday, urged Ivorian civil society to promote tolerance, love, harmony and peaceful co-existence. Speaking at a seminar organised by the United Nations Operation in…

Abidjan, 8 July 2009.... The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Y.J. Choi, on Wednesday received the new French Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Jean-Marc Simon, in Abidjan. After the meeting, Jean-Marc Simon said he had come to establish contact the head of…

Yamoussoukro, 12 July 2009....... The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y.J. Choi, met with Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire's political capital on 12 July 2009, as part of his periodic consultations with the protagonists of the…

Abidjan, 16 July 2009... The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Section of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Thursday organized a meeting with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to identify the challenges that should be taken up in order to expand…

Abidjan, 17 July 2009...The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) gave logistical support to villagers in Daliguepa, in the district of Gagnoa, 280 kilometres northwest of Abidjan by providing them with a16000-litre water tank on 17 June 2009. The shortage of water shortage is one of the…

Abidjan, 21 July 2009...The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), regrets to announce the death of a Bangladeshi member of the UN police (UNPOL), serving with the Special Forces Unit. Sergeant Showkat Ali died on Monday 21 July after falling ill. Sergeant Showkat Ali arrived in Côte d…

The operation to process data obtained during the identification and voter registration operation has been facing difficulties including strike action in some areas of the country, said the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in Abidjan on Thursday. The Mission's Spokesman, Hamadoun…

Abidjan, 12 August 2009...The United Nation Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) regrets to announce the death of Sergeant Gnon Kpakpa serving with the Togolese Battalion (TOGOBATT), on Thursday, 6 August 2009. Sergeant Gnon Kpakpa, who died following a short illness, arrived in Côte d'Ivoire on 27…

Abidjan, 13 August 2009...The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y.J. Choi, will next week assess the results of the 1000 Microprojects Programme, aimed at ex-combatants, militias, young people at risk and women victims of conflict. This announcement was made in…

Divo, 17 August 2009 ...The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), participated in the third edition of the Festival of Dida Arts and Culture, organised in Akabia, some 25 kilometres from Divo, from 12 to 16 August 2009. More than 4000 people from various areas came to listen to peace…