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The training on converting plastic and organic material into useable items, which is part of community reinsertion projects for ex-combatants, was officially launched on Saturday, 7 December 2013 in Guiglo, some 530 km west of Abidjan, by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and the…

A delegation of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) led by Mr. Brian Atwood, a professor at the University of Minnesota in the United States, on Monday, 9 December 2013, held discussions with the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mr. Arnauld…

The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Arnauld Akodjénou, on Tuesday, 10 December 2013, met with Catherine Inglehearn, the Director of the Africa Bureau of Great Britain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Speaking after the encounter, Mrs Inglehearn…

Ivorian civil society and media practitioners have been attending a four-day seminar on how to communicate on security sector reform (SSR) organized by the National Security Council in collaboration with the Security Sector Reform Division of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)…

A 16-day campaign against gender-based violence reached its climax in Grand- Bereby, 415 km south-west of Abidjan on Tuesday 10 December 2013. "The campaign, which was instituted by the United Nations General Assembly, is aimed at fighting to end violence against women and teach people to better…

Improving the living conditions of prisoners was the main topic of discussion at a working session held between the Deputy Special Representative in charge of Rule of Law, Arnauld Akodjénou and the Director of Prison Administration, Babacar Ouata, on Wednesday, 11 December 2013, at the headquarters…

The festivities for the celebration of International Human Rights Day and the 20th anniversary of the creation of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights started on Tuesday, 10 December 2013 at the headquarters of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), in Sebroko, Abidjan…

18 December 2013 International migration is a powerful tool for reducing poverty and enhancing opportunity. That is why there are now some 232 million international migrants bringing consistent benefits to countries of destination and origin through their essential labour and remittances. Yet, this…

The people of Allakro in the Sub Prefecture of Noe, 170 km from Abidjan, now have a social welfare centre donated by the United Nations Operation in CÙte díIvoire (UNOCI). It was inaugurated on Thursday 12 December by head of UNOCI's Civil affairs, Margarethe Matic in the presence of a high-level…

The town of Guiglo, situated some 530 km west of Abidjan, now has a legal clinic and a court of first instance detached from magistrateís court based in the western city of Man. They were inaugurated on Thursday, 12 December 2013 by the Chief of Staff of the Minister of Justice, Human Rights and…

20 December 2013 At the dawn of this century, at the Millennium Summit, world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to peace and security, human rights and good governance. They agreed on a set of time-bound targets, encapsulated in the Millennium Development Goals, to reducing extreme poverty, hunger…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, accompanied by the Ambassador of the Republic of Niger to Côte d'Ivoire, Mr. Moussa Aloua, on Tursday, 19 December 2013, decorated some 150 peacekeepers of the 20th Nigerien Contingent of…