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The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and the Minister of State for Interior and Security, Hamed Bakayoko, on Tuesday, 19 November 2013, inaugurated the new Archives Centre in Abidjan Prefecture. The ceremony took place in the presence of the United…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aichatou Mindaoudou, on Wednesday, 20 November 2013, met with the Chairman of the National Press Council, Mr. Raphaël Lakpé, to discuss several issues, especially those pertaining to the recent events involving…

Some 30 women representatives of associations and NGOs in Akoupé, situated 142 km from Abidjan, were sensitized by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) about the need to promote peace, dialogue and social cohesion. The meeting was organized in collaboration with the divisional…

International Children's Day on 20 November 2013 was celebrated in Côte d'Ivoire with a ceremony in Niable sub Prefecture, 240 km east of Abidjan, organized by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and its partners: the regional department of the Ministry of Solidarity, Family, Women…

The people of Gozon have been urged to maintain social cohesion, respect human rights and promote development. UNOCI's mobile sensitization caravan known as ONUCI Tour stopped over in Gozon village, 534 km north-west of Abidjan on Tuesday 19 November 2013 to discuss with the people a number of…

Some 1,630 Bangladeshi soldiers serving with the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), were decorated with the United Nations Medal on Tursday, 21 November 2013 in Man, 570 kilometres from Abidjan in the west of Côte d'Ivoire, by the Special Representative of the United Nations…

Nearly 40 gendarmes of the Gendarmerie 4th Legion in Korhogo, 588 km north of Abidjan, attended a training course on the prevention and fight against terrorism organised by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Friday, 22 November 2013. The course centred on the phenomenon of…

25 November 2013 Violence against women and girls directly affects individuals while harming our common humanity. In response to this global challenge, I launched my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign in 2008. Since then, partners around the world have joined our drive to protect the human…

Conflict prevention and strengthening social cohesion were the two main subjects of a sensitization campaign organized recently by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in the village of Douandro, Zeo Sub Prefecture, 545 km northwest of Abidjan. One of the speakers at the campaign…

As part of its activities to commemorate the 26th annivesary of World Aids Day on 1st December, the HIV/AIDS Unit of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Tuesday, 26 November 2013, launched a series of activities at the UN Mission's headquarters in Sebroko, Abidjan. These…

The Security Sector Reform Division of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) held its 11th working lunch on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 with members of civil society and security sector reform stakeholders to discuss the inclusion of gender in the reform. The working lunch was…

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), in a bid to better educate the local population of Zoukougbeu about its mandate and to encourage them to serve as a role model of peace and development, organized a sensitization meeting with the people on 26 November 2013 in the village…