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Bouaké, 18 August 2009.... Visits to a poultry project, a rice farm and a pig farm constituted, on Tuesday, the first leg of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y.J. Choi's mission to the interior of the country to assess the impact of UNOCI's microprojects…

Séguéla, 19 August 2009...Without the participation of Ivorian women, the crisis-resolution process will never end, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y.J. Choi, declared in Séguéla on Wednesday, on the second leg of his mission to the interior of the country…

Séguéla, 19 August 2009... The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y. J. Choi arrived in Séguéla on Wednesday, 19 August 2009, for the second leg of his mission to the interior of the country. The head of UNOCI, who was received on his arrival by the Prefect of the…

Abidjan, 17 August 2009... The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y. J. Choi, on Saturday, 15 August 2009, in Abidjan, presided over a medal parade ceremony for peacekeepers from United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire's (UNOCI) 11th Togolese contingent. During…

Daloa, 20 August 2009.... The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y.J. Choi, started the third leg of his tour of the interior of the country on Thursday. In Daloa, Mr. Choi visited a coordination centre blocked by identification agents from the National Office of…

Daloa, 17 August 2009...The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have built a water supply system in the central prison in Daloa. UNOCI provided funding worth 10 million FCFA through its Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme. The work…

Abidjan, 20 August 2009...The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y.J. Choi, who continues his tour in the interior of the country, has noted that work in some coordination centres that he visited was going well, the acting Spokesman Kenneth Blackman announced in…

Abidjan, 24 August 2009...The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y. J. Choi, on Monday visited the main centre for identification in the Abidjan neighbourhood of Plateau. Mr. Choi wanted to see what progress had been made in processing data from the identification…

Man, 19 August 2009...The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire, on 19 August 2009, organised training session to sensitize prisoners and staff at Man prison on sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV/AIDS. UNOCI initiated the training to provide prisoners with information, which is now…

Daloa, 19 August 2009...The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), on Tuesday 18 August 2009, organised training on human rights and election observation for civil society groups in Vavoua. About 50 people, including representatives of political parties, the media, youth and women…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary- General for Côte d'Ivoire, Y.J. Choi, opened this morning, in Abidjan, a co-ordination meeting of contingent and battalion commanders of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). At the opening of the twice-yearly meeting, Mr. Choi…

Divo, 28 August 2009...Youth leaders from the Sud Bandama region signed a commitment to help ensure a calm environment during the electoral period, at the end of a training seminar organized in Divo on 26-27 August by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The theme of the seminar…