News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Contribute to the protection of human rights by strengthening the capacity of the agents of the Ivorian Office for Parks and Reservations (OIPR) in Bondoukou, situated 416 km northeast of Abidjan, was the objective of the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)…

UNOCI organised a cultural and sporting event for the young people in Kong, situated 740 km north of Abidjan, on Saturday, 8 June 2013. The aim was to encourage them to become involved in promoting social cohesion and the national reconciliation process. The Prefect of the Department of Kong…

Some 100 people representing the different communities of Olodio village à 490 km northwest of Abidjan, came together on Wednesday 12 June 2013, to discuss ways of consolidating social cohesion in a forum organized by the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The meeting was opened by Rouafi…

Opinion leaders in the department of Didievi, 60 km from Yamoussoukro, have been discussing their role and commitment to social cohesion and national reconciliation. Some 50 of them met in a forum organized by the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Wednesday, 12 June 2013. UNOCI personnel from…

L'Expression: UNOCI has been sensitising the people of Olodio, 490 km north-west of Abidjan, on the need to consolidate social cohesion and lasting peace. Some 100 persons representing the different communities in the area attended the sensitisation forum. Le Nouveau Reveil: Prime Minister Kablan…

The UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) took part in a reopening ceremony on 14 June of the documentation and information centre on human rights at the Felix Houphouet Boigny University in Abidjan. The documentation centre which was created in 2009 by the Association of Law Students in Côte d…

L'Inter: Interim Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Cote d'Ivoire, Arnauld Akodjenou met on Wednesday with the visiting delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, accompanied by some Ivorian parliamentarians to examine ways in which the UN System and the Ivorian Parliament can…

The UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire on 17 and 18 June 2013 organised a workshop in Daoukro, 242 km north of Abidjan, on the management of rumours and respect for human rights. The workshop was attended by some 30 participants drawn from independent non-profit radios, local press correspondents and…

Nord-Sud: The government and opposition parties were today due to resume talks aimed at normalising the political situation in the country. While government Spokesman Bruno Kone declares that "national reconciliation has made significant progress", the opposition states that "the reconciliation…

The people of the Sub-prefecture of Gohitafla in Zuenoula district, on Saturday, 22 June 2013, discussed fair-play and social cohesion during a sports and cultural event organized by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). Administrative and political authorities joined the population…

The Acting Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Arnauld Akodjènou, took part in an official ceremony to celebrate World Refugee Day on Friday 21 June at the Ivorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abidjan. This year's ceremony, organized by the UN High Commissioner for…

Talks that were expected to resume this week between the government and the opposition FPI Party might be delayed after FPI interim President Miaka Oureto posed certain preconditions in a correspondence to Prime Minister Kablan Duncan. FPI Secretary-General Richard Kodjo said he would not, for the…