News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The different communities living in Tabou, 480 km south-west of Abidjan have made public recommendations arrived at during a workshop held on 20 June 2014 to reflect on ways to strengthen social cohesion. In the recommendations adopted in the presence of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)…

Staff of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) accompanied by partners including the Surveys Service of the Ivorian Ministry of Agriculture and the NGO engaged the people of Sioville on 19 June in discussion on social cohesion and human rights. A representative of UNOCI Public Information Office…

23 June 2014 The annual observance of Public Service Day highlights the invaluable contributions of public servants and administrators in our efforts to build a better world for all. At a time of complex and interdependent global challenges, effective governance and efficient public administration…

23 June 2014 No woman should lose her status, livelihood or property when her husband dies, yet millions of widows in our world face persistent abuse, discrimination, disinheritance and destitution. Many are subjected to harmful practices such as widow burning and "widow cleansing" – an abhorrent…

The Deputy Special Representative of UN Secretary-General in Cote d'Ivoire, Mr. Mbaye Babacar Cisse and the Director of the Ivorian national Authority for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (ADDR) Mr. Fidele Sarassoro visited the resocialisation camp for ex-combatants in Guiglo on 21 June…

Some 50 elites, managerial staff and youths of Goh, Loh Djiboua and Gbokle regions met in Gagnoa on the 19 and 20 of June 2014 at the initiative of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) to reflect on the theme: "The contribution of regional opinion leaders in the consolidation of peace, national…

25 June 2014 Seaborne trade is the engine room of the global economy. Without shipping, the bulk transport of vital raw materials, affordable food and manufactured goods would simply not be possible. Keeping that engine running smoothly are nearly 1.5 million seafarers, many of whom hail from the…

26 June 2014 Every day, mental and physical torture and ill-treatment are intentionally inflicted on women, men, children in all regions of the world at the instigation of public officials – the very people whose job it is to enforce the rule of law, protect human rights and keep people safe. The…

26 June 2014 Drug abuse and illicit trafficking have calamitous consequences for the world's efforts to deliver greater prosperity and equality for all. There are up to 200,000 preventable deaths each year from overdoses. Illicit drugs spawn criminal violence and weaken a state's essential…

The town of Daloa on 25 June 2014 hosted a 2-day seminar-workshop for Prefects and Sub Prefects of the Haut Sassandra and Marahoue regions on the techniques of implementing security sector reform. The seminar was conducted by the Security Sector Reform (SSR) division of the UN Operation in Cote d…

A meeting to sensitise the population of Tehebly, 504 km north-west of Abidjan on social cohesion and human rights was organized on 26 June 2014 by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in collaboration with the NGO . UNOCI representative, Pierre Aby of the Public Information Office spoke of the…

The mobile grassroots sensitization team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) dubbed ONUCI-Tour made a stopover in Ahehoua village, Akoupe division on 25 June 2014 to discuss matters concerning peace and social cohesion with the population. The village chief and his notables, the divisional…