Assistant Secretary-General for UN peacekeeping operations, El Ghassim Wane, in Côte d’Ivoire on strategic review mission
The Assistant Secretary-General for UN peacekeeping operations, Mr. El Ghassim Wane, arrived in Abidjan on 17 February 2016, where he will head a UN Strategic Review Mission until 20 February 2016. The aim of the mission is to review the situation of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire…
Assistant Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations, El Ghassim Wane, discusses security situation with Minister delegated to the Defence
Continuing his meetings with national and international authorities as part of the strategic review of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Assistant Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations, El Ghassim Wane, accompanied by the Special Representative of the United Nations…
Assistant Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping and Minister of the Interior and Security discuss progress in security situation
The Assistant Secretary-General for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations El Ghassim Wane, on Thursday, 18 February 2016, had discussions with the Minister of the Interior and Security, Hamed Bakayoko. The two personalities talked about the remarkable progress made in the security situation in Côte…
Assistant Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations meets President Alassane Ouattara
The Assistant Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations, El Ghassim Wane, met with the Ivorian Head of State, President Alassane Ouattara, to discuss issues related to the strategic review of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), on 19 February 2016. Mr. Wane was accompanied…
Special Representative meets Foreign Affairs Minister of Burkina Faso
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Monday, 22 February 2016, held discussions with Burkina Faso's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alpha Barry, at the headquarters of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)…
POECI visits Special Representative
A delegation of the Platform of Civil Society Organisations for Election Observation in Côte d'Ivoire (known by its French acronym POECI), led by the president of its Administrative Council, Imam Ibrahima Koné, on Tuesday, 23 February 2016, met with the Special Representative of the United Nations…
Special Representative visits the injured in Abidjan’s main prison
Four days after the violent incidents at the main prison in Abidjan known as the Maison d'Arrêt et de Correction d'Abidjan (MACA), and following a report from the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the…
Special Representative meets new Minister for the Promotion of Women
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, on Wednesday, 24 February 2016, held discussions with the new Minister for the Promotion of Women, the Family, and Child Protection, Mrs Euphrasie Kouassi Yao. Speaking at the end of the…