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The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Tuesday, 25 November 2014, met with a delegation of the Group of Women's Organisations Working for Equality led by its spokesperson, Mrs Rachèle Gogoua. Speaking at the end of the…

The Resident Representative of the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), Mr. Yao Ydo, on Tuesday, 25 November 2014, paid a courtesy call on the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou. Speaking to…

The mobile grassroots sensitization team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) dubbed ONUCI-Tour was in Ferkessedougou, 580 km north of Abidjan on 25 November 2014 to promote peace and social cohesion among the population. The tour was also aimed at calming the spirits of Customs agents whose…

The Special Representative of UN Secretary-general in Cote d'Ivoire, Mrs. Aichatou Mindaoudou on Wednesday 27 August 2014 decorated six penitentiary administration officers of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) deployed in various prisons in the country for concrete services rendered to the…

Residents of Bardot quarter in San Pedro, the most populated neighbourhood in the municipality have been called upon to make an effort to ensure peaceful elections in 2015. Officials of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) made the appeal on 26 November 2015 during a grassroots sensitization…

The schools sensitization campaign of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) was in the Lycee Moderne of Agnibilekrou on Wednesday 26 November to discuss the need to create a peaceful environment in school. The schools caravan, launched since 2007, was organized by the Public Information Office…

The grassroots campaign of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) visited the Mbengue municipality (700 km north of Abidjan) on 27 November 2014 to discuss with community leaders about the strengthening of social cohesion and measures to prevent the Ebola virus fever. ONUCI-Tour was led by Marta…

1 December 2014 On this World AIDS Day, I welcome the tremendous progress the world is making in responding to the AIDS epidemic. This year, world leaders made a commitment to end AIDS by 2030. The Fast Track approach launched last week will enable us to reach this goal. Almost 14 million people…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Friday, 28 November 2014, in Bouaké, presided over a medal parade ceremony for the Medical and Aviation Units of the Ghanaian Battalion of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire…

The grassroots sensitization team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) dubbed ONUCI Tour recently visited the village of Gbablasso in Biankouma division, 700 km north-west of Abidjan to promote peaceful cohabitation among the different communities and highlight the need for violence-free…

New York, 2 December 2014 The United Nations estimates that there are more than 18 million people kept as slave labourers. Each day, women are trafficked, sold and locked in brothels. Every day, young girls are forcibly married, sexually abused or exploited as domestic workers. Twenty-five years…

The villages of Gankro and Ampounou in Yezimala Sub Prefecture, 446 km east of Abidjan made a commitment to preserve peace and fight against gender-based violence during a recent stop-over of the mobile grassroots sensitization team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). On 1 December 2014…