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10 december 2014 On Human Rights Day we speak out. We denounce authorities who deny the rights of any person or group. We declare that human rights are for all of us, all the time: whoever we are and wherever we are from; no matter our class, our opinions, our sexual orientation. This is a matter of…

18 December 2014 On International Migrants Day, we call for the fulfilment and protection of the human rights of the world's 232 million migrants. Far too many migrants live and work in precarious and unjust conditions. Many risk their lives at sea, attempting to seek sanctuary. They and their…

The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mbaye Babacar Cissé, on 12 December 2014, appealed to actors in the Bas-Sassandra region to think about the ways and means in which social cohesion can be promoted. « It is for you the elected officials and…

The Bangladeshi Contingent of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) based in the western region of Tonkpi, were decorated with the United Nations Medal, on Tuesday, 16 December 2014 in Man, situated at 600 km west of Abidjan. Some 750 peacekeepers from Daloa, Bouaké, Abidjan, Danané…

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), in collaboration with local government authorities in Biankouma (640 km North West of Abidjan), on Friday, 12 December 2014, organized a seminar for traditional and opinion leaders. The seminar, whose aim was to strengthen the capacity of…

The magic of Christmas was recreated by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) at its headquarters on Wednesday, 16 December 2014 during its traditional party organised for some 325 underprivileged children aged between 5 and 12 from 12 neighbourhoods in the district of Abidjan. In a…

An intercommunity dialogue encounter to better manage and resolve land conflits, organised with the assistance of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), brought together opinion leaders over a period of four days in December 2014 in Kouibly, in the Tonkpi region, 40 km from Man in…

The Principal Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mr. Simon Munzu, on Tuesday, 16 December 2014 received the Swiss Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Mr. Thomas Litscher, at the headquarters of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in…

« There is a time for war and a time for peace. As a representative of the Government, I would like to ask for your indulgence and your involvement in turning the sad page of the past and move along the road to peace as the slogan of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) says. We…

The women of Troya, a locality situated at 570 km northwest of Abidjan, on 17 December 2014, welcomed the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Ivorian Ministry of Health and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS. Preserving a peace ful electoral…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Thursday, 18 December 2014, opened a seminar to set up a platform of exchange between the United Nations, political actors and civil society groups on presidential elections in 2015 in…

Women, youths, electoral officials from political parties and civil society groups have reaffirmed their commitment and determination in favour of a peaceful electoral process in 2015, in Côte d'Ivoire. This was what came out of workshops held on the second day of the seminar organised to set up a…