People of Kessa-Keklo sensitised on strengthening social cohesion and a peaceful electoral environment
After Kordrou village in the department of Kouibly on the 14 January 2015, the sensitisation caravan of the United Nation Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) known as ONUCI Tour, on Wednesday, 21 January 2015 stopped in Kessa-Keklo, a village in the same department, situated at 40 km from Man. The…
UN Days in Sassandra : Workshops organised on people’s participation in promoting peace
The 37th edition of United Nations Days in Sassandra continued on Thursday, 22 January 2015, with workshops organised with community leaders in the town's local social centre. During the four training workshops for traditional chiefs, community and religious leaders, members of women's associations…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL : MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST
27 January 2015 Seventy years ago today, allied forces liberated Auschwitz Birkenau, the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp. More than a million inmates, primarily Jews, were brutally and systematically killed in the place where the Nazis introduced the monstrous concept of…
Principal Deputy Special Representative participates in first debate on security sector reform.
The Principal Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Simon Munzu, on Tuesday, 27 January 2015, chaired the first lunch debate of 2015 on security sector reform organised by the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Division of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire…
Nouvelle traduction : Principal Deputy Special Representative participates in first debate on security sector reform.
The Principal Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Simon Munzu, on Tuesday, 27 January 2015, chaired the first lunch debate of 2015 on security sector reform organised by the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Division of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire…
UNOCI encourages Kouassikro to work for peaceful elections in 2015
On the initiative of the Public Information Office of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), people in Kouassikro, a village situated at some 15 kilometres from Daloa, were encouraged to work for elections without violence during the polls in 2015. The plea was made on 30 January…
Hiré : school children sensitised on the consequences of early pregnancy and the culture of peace
Some 2,000 school children from private and public schools in Hiré gathered to discuss the theme : « Pupils of Hiré and UNOCI, hand in hand say no to violence, early pregnancy and to promote the culture of peace and national reconciliation», at a school sensitisation caravan on Wednesday, 28 January…
Security Sector Reform : Lunctime debate on DDR process in Gbéké region
The third lunchtime dicussion organised by the regional office of the Security Sector Reform Division of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) was held on Thursday, 29 January 2015 at the headquarters of the UN Mission in Bouaké. The meeting whose theme was ''The Disarmament…
UNOCI prepares high-level UN mission to western Cote d’Ivoire
The Deputy Special Representative of UN Secretary-General in Cote d'Ivoire, Mr. Babacar Cisse on 29 January 2015 held a working session with administrative authorities in Duekoue, Bagohouo, Guiglo and Bangolo as a prelude to a visit to the western part of the country by the head of the UN Operation…
Oumé : Ivorian security forces commit to respecting ethics and professionalism in order to promote national reconciliation
Create the right conditions for peaceful cohabitation between the security forces and the people of Oumé : This was the objective of the Public Information Office of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) in Divo. In this regard, it initiated a workshop for some 60 participants…
Security Sector Reform : UNOCI holds discussions with partners in Haut-Sassandra
At the initiative of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Section of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), a lunchtime discussion was organised in Daloa on Tuesday, 3 February 2015 with some 50 participants comprising members of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), media practitioners…
Death of six UNOCI peacekeepers
Abidjan, 4 February 2015... The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) regrets to announce the death of six Egyptian peacekeepers on Tuesday, 3 February 2015, in an accident on the motorway between Yamoussoukro and Abidjan. Captains Montasser Hassan Abas aged 29 , Mohamed Tawfiq Mohamed…