UNOCI rehabilitates multi-purpose hall in Tiassalé prison
The prison in Tiassalé, a locality situated at 125 km from Abidjan, from now on has a more humane image. The 107 prisoners currently being held there have just been offered the opportunity to become literate and learn how to sew – a skill that would help them once they are released. In effect, the…
Special Representative officially hands over dormitories rehabilitated by UNOCI and UNDP for women gendarmes
The first group of women gendarmes in Côte d'Ivoire have just been provided with brand new dormitories. The official handover of the building, which was rehabilitated and furnished by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), with…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL: MESSAGE ON WORLD WILDLIFE DAY
3 March 2016 Global efforts to protect wildlife are gathering force. Last year, United Nations Member States adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, which include specific targets to end poaching. The General Assembly also unanimously agreed a resolution to limit illicit trafficking in wildlife…
ONUCI Tour in Koko : Encouraging youths to get involved in the peace process
In an effort to encourage young people in the Koko neighbourhood of Bouaké to get involved in the current peace process in Côte d'Ivoire, an exchange of information session was organised there by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire on 2 March 2016. The UNOCI initiative was supported by…
850 Nigerien peacekeepers decorated with United Nations Medal
« On behalf of the Secretary-General, it is my pleasure to award you this United Nations Peacekeeping Medal in recognition of your remarkable contribution to the peace process in Côte d'Ivoire », declared the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs…
Tabou and Grand Béréby benefit from several Quick Impact Projects financed by UNOCI
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), on 4 March 2016, went to Tabou (474 km from Abidjan) and Grand Béréby (417 km from Abidjan) in the Bas Sassandra region, to…
UNOCI’s Quick Impact Project: the director of “La Casa Del Sol” orphanage does a little dance while thanking UNOCI for rehabilitating her establishment (Tabou, March 2016)
UNOCI’s Quick Impact Project: the director of “La Casa Del Sol” orphanage does a little dance while thanking UNOCI for rehabilitating her establishment (Tabou, March 2016)
Tabou and Grand Béréby benefit from several Quick Impact Projects financed by UNOCI
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire, Mrs Aïchatou Mindaoudou, head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), on 4 March 2016, went to Tabou (474 km from Abidjan) and Grand Béréby (417 km from Abidjan) in the Bas Sassandra region, to…