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3 décembre 2014 This year's International Day of Persons with Disabilities focuses on the theme, «sustainable development: the promise of technology». Technology has changed the world, bringing knowledge within reach and expanding a range of opportunities. Persons with disabilities can benefit…

The people of the far western village of Dohouzon in the Sub Prefecture of Meo, Toulepleu division have been mobilized to fight violence against women and to create a peaceful electoral environment. "We thank UNOCI for making us understand better the work of the UN Mission and how we can contribute…

The United Nations Under Secretary-General (USG) for Peacekeeping Operations Mr. Hervé Ladsous, on Monday, 1 December 2014 paid a one-day visit to Côte d'Ivoire to meet with Ivorian civilian and military authorities in Abidjan and assess the latest developments in the country. Mr. Ladsous held…

New York, 5 December 2014 Today marks the first observance of World Soil Day and the launch of the International Year of Soils (2015). Without healthy soils, life on earth would be unsustainable. Soils are the foundation of agriculture. They provide vital ecosystem services and the basis for food…

The Principal Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Simon Munzu, on Thursday, 4 December 2014, in Camp Gallieni in Abidjan, took part in the launch of Open Days on Human Rights in the Army. The Open Days, the first of their kind, were launched with…

Some 150 people on 3 December 2014 participated in an information and sensitisation session known as ONUCI Tour organised in Sakassou, situated 42 km from Bouaké, by the different sections of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The session was followed by questions and answers…

Maintaining social cohesion and peaceful presidential elections in 2015 : these were the two issues among others that were discussed during a sensitisation session organised by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in collaboration with the Ministries of Agriculture, Health and the…

ONUCI Tour, the mobile sensitization team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI), made a stopover in Katiola (400 km north of Abidjan) on 3 December 2014 and called on community leaders to encourage citizens in illegal possession of arms to hand them over to the authorities. The team from the…

Women traders of Carrefour quarters in Lakota, 244 km north-west of Abidjan, have been bearing a grudge against one another which aggravated during the 2010 post electoral crisis and led to the death of two people. In a bid to reconcile the women, the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI0, in…

Some 20 members of NGOs, the Legal Clinic and government agencies in the Tonkpi region on 7 December 2014 ended a 3-day training course on legal proceedings against perpetrators of sexual violence organized by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). "This shameful and dehumanizing deviant…

9 December 2014 Corruption is a global phenomenon that strikes hardest at the poor, hinders inclusive economic growth and robs essential services of badly needed funds. From cradle to grave, millions are touched by corruption's shadow. On this year's observance of the International Anti-Corruption…

The grassroots sensitization campaign of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) was held in the village of Tahiraguhe (a dozen km from Daloa) on 9 December 2014 to promote peace and national reconciliation. Members of the campaign team dubbed ONUCI Tour included Hyacinthe Brou Yao of the Human…