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Media practitioners and members of civil society organizations took part in a 2-day training course on 13 June 2014 in Guemon region on conflict and rumour management as well as human rights as a means of reinforcing social cohesion and creating a peaceful environment. The course which took place in…

17 June 2014 '' {Land belongs to the future, let us climate-proof it } '' Land degradation, caused or exacerbated by climate change, is not only a danger to livelihoods, but also a threat to peace and stability. The warning signs lie in conflict between pastoralists and subsistence farmers competing…

The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Arnauld Akodjénou, on Monday, 16 June 2014, met with the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Dr. Chaloka Beyani, at the headquarters of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire…

The Director-General of the Senegalese national police force, Mrs. Anna Semou Faye ended a 3-day inspection tour of Senegalese police units deployed with the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire on 14 June 2014. Mrs. Faye lauded the units for work accomplished in the field as forces of law and order and…

The Security Sector Reform division of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Tuesday 17 June organized the 17th edition of its monthly luncheon-discussion in collaboration with the Centre for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The luncheon-discussion…

The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Arnauld Akodjènou, on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, received a military delegation from Bangladesh led by the Chief of Staff of the Bangladeshi Army, Lieutenant-General Mohammad Mainul Islam, at the headquarters…

Celebrations marking the Day of the African Child on 16 June 2014 were organised in Daloa, Tai and Toulepleu divisions by the Child Protection Unit of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and its partners to sensitise the public on the rights of children through roundtable discussions and…

Abidjan, 19 June 2014... The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) is surprised to see that certain publications are attributing statements to the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on issues of national and…

The Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) division of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on 17 and 18 June 2014 organised a workshop for some 25 community radio announcers and correspondents of the Ivorian News Agency based in San Pedro on the role of UNOCI- DDR and the national…

20 June 2014 Around the world, conflict has forced a record number of people to flee their homes. More than 50 million people are currently displaced by war and violence, some 33.3 million in their own country and some 16.7 million as refugees, mostly in neighbouring countries. Last year alone, more…

Boarders at the Youth Education Pack (YEP) Centre in Blolequin, 580 km west of Abidjan have made a commitment to sensitise elderly people on the consequences of female excision and forced and early marriages. They made the pledge after a sensitization meeting on 19 June 2014 organised by the UN…

The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) on Wednesday 18 June 2014 organized a cultural day in Bonguera, Mbahiako division which rounded up with a football tournament aimed at bringing together and reconciling the people of some 20 villages in the area located 250 km from the Ivorian capital…