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The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Aïchatou Mindaoudou continues her courtesy calls on the different authorities in the country. The Chief of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) was received on Friday, 26 July 2013, by the Minister…

Strengthening social cohesion and promoting peace and national reconciliation were at the centre of sensitisation sessions organised by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on 25 July 2013 in Fengolo and Bouapé in the departments of Duékoué and Adzopé. In Fengolo, during the session…

Informing people about their legal rights – that was the main objective of an event organized in Soko, situated 424 km northeast of Abidjan, on Friday, 26 July 2013. The session was organized by the Legal Clinic of Bondoukou, a project launched to improve the population's access to legal rights and…

It's Sunday, 23 June 2013. As a young man named Cissé walks past some bushes in the village of Tiénigbé, situated at 95 km northwest of Séguéla, he is alerted by screams. He could not imagine that he was about to witness a female genital mutilation (FGM) ceremony involving several girls from his…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Tuesday, 30 July 2013, met with a delegation representing members of political parties of the Standing Framework for…

As part of the Project to Assist and Improve Access to Legal Rights and Justice in Côte d'Ivoire, the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), in partnership with the Association of Women Lawyers of Côte d'Ivoire, organized a training session on human rights on Tuesday, 30 July 2013, at…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Wednesday, 31 July 2013, continued her meetings with Ivorian political actors. The Special Representative was…

As part of the implementation of the joint Project for Assistance and Improvement of Access to Legal Rights and Justice in Côte d'Ivoire, initiated by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), the European Union, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and…

Some 360 soldiers from the Benin Battalion (BENINBATT) of the United Nations Operation in n Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) received the United Nations Medal on 1 August 2013 at the end of their mission. The soldiers were decorated by UNOCI Deputy Force Commander, General Talla Niang. The medal is a mark of…

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY 12 August 2013 {"Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward" This year's observance of International Youth Day focuses on the issue of youth migration. Of the annual total of some 214 million international migrants, young people constitute…

Abidjan, 6 August 2013 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, takes note and welcomes the decision of the judicial authorities in Abidjan to provisionally release 14 officials…

"I'm happy that you came to sensitise us on social cohesion, gender-based violence and children's rights," said the village chief, Léon Siesson Bah, to the team from the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), which, on 1 August 2013, had organized an information and sensitization session…