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20 November 2014 The one thing all children have in common is their rights. Every child has the right to survive and thrive, to be educated, to be free from violence and abuse, to participate and to be heard. These are innate human rights, as inalienable as those held by adults. But until 1989…

At the end of six months of their mission with the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), during which they have shown commitment and devotion and made a lot of sacrifices, 754 peacekeepers serving with the 20th Moroccan Contingent were decorated with the United Nations Medal on Thursday…

The Special Representative of the United Nations SecretaryGeneral for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Wednesday, 18 November 2014, met a group of African ambassadors accredited to Côte d'Ivoire at the headquarters of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The meeting…

The Universal Children's Day was commemorated in the far western town of Toulepleu, 650 km from Abidjan on Thursday 20 November 2014 with a round-table conference on the fight against early pregnancy in school. Pupils, teachers, local administrative and traditional authorities and members of the…

At the initiative of the Legal Clinic of Bondoukou, the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) organised a training session on respect for human rights in the prison environment for guards in Bondoukou prison, situated at 420 km northeast of Abidjan on 20 and 21 November 2014. During the…

A delegation of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) was in Yezimala village (446 km east of Abidjan) on Wednesday 19 November 2014 to urge the population to consolidate peace during the forthcoming elections. « The elections will mark a turning point for a lasting peace in Cote d'Ivoire, » the…

As part of her regular encounters with Ivorian Government officials, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Friday, 21 November 2014 met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Charles Diby Koffi to discuss cooperation…

«Today, our goal is to promote peace in Côte d'Ivoire, because the development of the country depends on it, it is a sacrifice that we have to make and COJEP is ready and willing to do it »,declared the acting president of the Panafrican Congress for Justice and Liberty for the People – Congrès…

A 4-day leadership course for 20 women police officers was organized last week by the Police Component of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the General Directorate of the Ivorian Police. The course was aimed at inculcating the notion of gender in the…

A seminar to introduce gender issues, the fight against gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in the reintegration programme for ex-combatants was organised on 21 November in Man by the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) section of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). Twenty-one…

The mobile sensitisation team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in Man held a public meeting with the inhabitants of Mangouin and Yrogouin villages, Biankouma Sub Prefecture on 12 November 2014 in a bid to promote social cohesion and consolidate peace. About a hundred people and notables…

25 November 2014 Sexual and gender-based violence is the most extreme form of the global and systemic inequality experienced by women and girls. It knows no geographic, socio-economic or cultural boundaries. Worldwide, one in three women will suffer physical or sexual violence at some point in her…