News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

"{The last Resolution 2112 adopted on 30 July 2013 by the UN Security Council puts particular emphasis on the protection of civilians, especially women and children - it was for this reason that UNOCI did not hesitate to support this work to improve the lives of women and children in in Danane}"…

Baradjan, a village situated at 15 km from Odienne has been given a building comprising three classrooms equipped with tables and benches, an office and a block of three latrines at a total cost of 12,395,000 FCFA. The building, which was officially handed over on Friday, 27 September 2013, was…

Ivorian refugees are gradually returning home. The first repatriation of the week led by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR ) and its partners took place on Tuesday 24 September 2013, and involved 239 Ivorians from 59 households . Bin Houye , Zouan Hounien and Danané were their final…

2 October 2013 Today we celebrate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and his resonant legacy of non-violence. Gandhi showed the power of peacefully opposing oppression, injustice and hatred. His example has inspired many other history-makers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Václav Havel, Rigoberta Menchú…

The people of Nanandi, 484 km north-west of Abidjan on Monday 30 September welcomed a UN campaign team dubbed ONUCI Tour and national security agents that had come to talk with them about development and the need to maintain social cohesion. The representative of the UN Public Information Office…

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Tuesday, 1 October 2013, donated school kits provided by peacekeepers from the 18th Contingent of the Moroccan Battalion (MORBATT) based Duékoué to pupils at the public primary school in Fengolo , situated at 511 km northwest of Abidjan. Some…

The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire in charge of Rule of Law, Arnauld Akodjénou, on Wednesday, 2 October 2013, in Abidjan,took part in the opening ceremony of the 2nd Ordinary Session 2013 of the Ivorian National Assembly in the presence of its…

In an effort to promote and protect women's right as well as their political, economic and social emancipation, the the Organisation of Active Women of Côte d'Ivoire (OFACI), on 1 and 2 October 2013, organised a regional seminar on the national and international mechanisms for the protection of…

The military force of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), on Wednesday, 2 October 2013, participated in a tripartite meeting at the headquarters of the Forces Républicaines de Côte d'Ivoire (FRCI). The meeting was attended by the deputy chief of staff of the FRCI, the Force…

Techniques of conflict resolution, human rights, child protection and the fight against HIV/AIDS were among the themes discussed during a one-day seminar held at UNOCI HQ on 3 October, 2013 for some 20 members of two NGOs involved in the fight against injustice and the promotion of social cohesion…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Thursday, 3 October 2013, held discussions with Mr. Laurent Bigaud, a strategic consultant on West Africa. They discussed the situation in Côte d'Ivoire and the West African sub-region.…

Mrs Ndioro Ndiaye, a former Minister of Social Development in Senegal and ex-deputy director-general of the International Organisation of Migration, on Thursday, 3 October 2013, visited the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou…