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The firing range of the Gendarmerie School at Toroguhe in Daloa division, 400 km from Abidjan has become operational again following rehabilitation work by the military engineering corps of the Bangladeshi contingent of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) based in Daloa. UNOCI deputy force…

The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in collaboration with the UN Development Programme on Tuesday 27 May 2014 made a significant donation of materials to the surveillance and sensitization committee in Toulepleu, 650 km west of Abidjan. The donation consisting of chairs, canopies, a motorcycle…

29 May 2014... United Nations peacekeeping has a long and proud history, with more than one million peacekeepers having served in more than 70 operations on four continents since its establishment in 1948. Looking to the future, we can be confident that as new challenges emerge, United Nations…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Thursday, 29 May 2014, presided over the official ceremony commemorating International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers which took place in Korhogo in the Poro Region, situated some…

International Peacekeepers Day was celebrated last week in several towns in Cote d'Ivoire including Daloa, Mere, Bondoukou, Abengourou, Boguine in the Sub Prefecture of Man , San Pedro,Tolepleu, Toumanghie, Gbapleu, Adzope and Odienne. In Daloa, at the premises of the gendarmerie school in Toroguhe…

The population of Tabou 480 km south-west of Abidjan on Friday 30 May 2014 paid homage to the courage and self-abnegation of seven Niger soldiers of UN Peacekeeping Force who were killed in the line of duty when their patrol ran into an ambush laid by unidentified gunmen in the village of Para near…

The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) recently organized a sensitization meeting on social cohesion for security forces and civil society in Alepe, 40 km from Abidjan. The campaign was aimed at promoting better cohabitation and confidence between security forces and the population, the…

Staff of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) visited the village of Pona II (530 km north-west of Abidjan) on Tuesday 3 June 2014 to sensitise the population on the need to maintain social cohesion. UNOCI's Public Information representative told the people that it was important to have diverse…

About 30 officials of women's associations in Toulepleu on Wednesday 4 June 2014 took part in a seminar on capacity building for women leaders organized by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The seminar dealt with issues related to gender equality and equity and the need for decision making…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aichatou Mindaoudou, on Wednesday, 4 June 2014, discussed the issue of transitional justice in Côte d'Ivoire with the Itinerant American Ambassador for War Crimes and Director of International Penal Justice…

« On behalf of the United Nations, I wish the Elephants, who are the pride of Côte d'Ivoire, and who represent Africa along with Cameroon, Ghana, Algeria and Nigeria in this competition, plenty of success," said the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and…

Some 25 members of youth associations and NGOs took part in a workshop on the prevention and management of conflicts organized on Thursday 5 May 2014 by the Civil Affairs Office of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The workshop falls within the framework of UNOCI's mission to promote peace…