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New York, 9 August 2014 This year's International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples comes at a critical moment as the world endeavours to meet the Millennium Development Goals, forge a new vision for sustainable development and prepare the groundwork for the adoption of a new legal climate…

The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Côte d'Ivoire, Antoine Arnauld Akodjenou,on 5 August 2014, participated in the 19th edition of a brown bag lunch organised by the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Division of the United Nations Operation in Côte d…

12 August 2014 A new publication from the United Nations shows that 20 per cent of the world's young people experience a mental health condition each year. The risks are especially great as they transition from childhood to adulthood. Stigma and shame often compound the problem, preventing them from…

18 August 2014 There are many fires raging around the world today -- political turmoil, bloodshed, public health emergencies and human rights abuses. But there also burns a flame of hope – encouraging progress in the global drive to improve the lives of the world's poorest through the Millennium…

The mobile grassroots sensitisation team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) dubbed on 15 August 2014 made a stop-over in the village of Zro, 530 km west of Abidjan to mobilise the population toward reconciliation, disarmament and the prevention of the Ebola virus. The campaign led by the…

19 August 2014 On World Humanitarian Day, we renew our commitment to life-saving relief efforts -- and we remember all those who died serving this noble cause. Last year, more humanitarian workers were kidnapped, seriously injured or killed than ever before. This is an outrage. In recent weeks…

Residents of the Haoussadougou neighbourhood of Korhogo have been sensitized about the physical, medical and legal consequences of female genital mutilation (FGM). The sensitization which was organized on 15 August 2014 in Korhogo, 580 km north of Abidjan, by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI…

The grassroots sensitization programme organised by the Public Information Office of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) made a stop-over in the village of Bla, some 15 km from Daloa town on Thursday 21 August to encourage the various communities to work for a peaceful presidential election in…

The town of Bouna (600 km north-east of Abidjan) recently hosted the second phase of the programme "{Social dialogue for development in Bounkani region}" organized by the Civil Affairs Section of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The awareness-raising programme was aimed at consolidating…

The Special Representative of UN Secretary-general in Cote d'Ivoire, Mrs. Aichatou Mindaoudou on Monday 25 August 2014 declared the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and the UN System were at the entire disposal of the Ivorian government in the management of the Ebola virus epidemic and support…

Three young women are competing with the menfolk as they struggle to dig a gutter that would channel water into newly constructed fish ponds. Aimee Ouluzon, Laure Oulai and Olga Sea are among 25 ex-combatants who decided to take up fish farming after a one- month training programme at the re…

The Special Representative of UN Secretary-general in Cote d'Ivoire, Aichatou Mindaoudou on Wednesday 27 August 2014 took part in the launching of public hearings of victims of the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire orgnised by the Ivorian Commission for Truth, Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDVR). After…