UNOCI supports Ivorian Government in DDR implementation
« I would like to reiterate my willingness and that of UNOCI to support the efforts of the Government and the ADDR in the implementation of the DDR programme in Côte d'Ivoire, which will lead to elections in 2015, » declared the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte…
Inhabitants of Poyably pledge to create peaceful election environment
The people of Poyably, Bakoubly Sub Prefecture of Toulepleu division on 5 November 2014 hosted the grassroots sensitisation team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) which had come with a message of peace. A representative of UNOCI Public Information Office, Vincent Kouakou called on the…
UNOCI and UNDP support radio stations in Hiré and Cavally region
The Mayor's offices in Hiré, near Divo (189 km north of Abidjan), hosted a training workshop for radio journalists organized by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 28 to 31 October 2014. The training sessions were attended by…
UNOCI peacekeepers helps rescue victims after building collapses in Attécoubé
The engineering corps of the Egyptian Contingent serving with the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), the United Nations Police (UNPOL) and the Togolese Contingent on Wednesday, 5 November 2014, extracted some 20 workers who were trapped under the rubble after a high-rise building…
UNOCI trains 35 NGO officials on managing projects for ex-combatants
A workshop to provide better training for organisations in charge of implementing Community Reinsertion Projects (CRP) for ex-combatants in the Tonkpi, Guemon and Cavally regions was organized by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in Man, (570 km northwest of Abidjan) on 5…
Marcory-Anoumabo : Residents make a commitment to promoting national reconciliation and local development
The local sensitization caravan of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) known as "ONUCI Tour", made a stop in Anoumabo village in Marcory, in the district of Abidjan on Wednesday, 5 November 2014. The theme of the information, training, and sensitization session with local people…
UNOCI trains traditional and community leaders in Ogoudou on techniques of prevention and peaceful management of conflicts
Leaders from 15 villages and different communities in the Ogoudou sous-préfecture, situated at 25 km east of Divo (189 km north of Abidjan), on Wednesday, 5 November 2014 took part in a capacity-building workshop initiated by the Civil Affairs Regional Office of the United Nations Operation in Côte…
International DDR seminar: participants carry out field visit in Bouaké
Participants attending an international seminar to share Côte d'Ivoire's experience in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR), on Thursday, 6 November 2014, went on a field trip to Bouaké to see concrete evidence of the disarmament, resocialisation, training and reinsertion of ex…
UNOCI Special Representative receives the ambassadors of Ghana and Switzerland
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire and head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Monday, 10 November 2014, successively received Ambassadors Peter Augustine Blay of Ghana and Thomas Litscher of…
Civil servants from Poro and Bagoué regions sensitised on Human Rights
Some 30 civil servants from Poro and Bagoué regions have made a commitment to relay information on human rights violations and their consequences on social cohesion to their colleagues. This resolution was adopted at the end of a training workshop held on 11 and 12 November 2014 by the Legal Clinic…
Inter-ministerial seminar on National Strategy for Migration Policy in Côte d’Ivoire opens in Abidjan
The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and United Nations Coordinator, M'Baye Babacar Cissé, on Tuesday, 11 November 2014, took part in the opening ceremony of an Inter-ministerial seminar on the National Strategy for Migration Policy in Côte d'Ivoire. Speaking at…
Lokosso population urged to strengthen social cohesion
The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has been discussing with the people of Lokosso (517 km north-west of Abidjan) about the 2015 presidential election, rural land ownership and the Ebola virus fever. At a sensitization meeting conducted by officials from UNOCI Civil Affairs, Public Information…