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Abidjan, 18 March 2016...The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire and Head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), Mrs Aichatou Mindaoudou, UNOCI personnel, United Nations Volunteers and personnel from United Nations Agencies in Côte d…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire, Aïchatou Mindaoudou, participated in a ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of the attack on 13 March 2016, organized by the Minister of Solidarity, Social Cohesion and Victim Compensation on Sunday, 20 March…

20 March 2016 This year’s International Day of Happiness is focused on Climate Action for a Happy Planet. Everyone can be part of our campaign: governments, civic groups, the media and individuals. This year, even cartoon characters have joined in as the United Nations teams up with a group famous…

UNOCI pays final tribute to Senegalese peacekeeper Corporal Baye Saliou Faye who died on 9 March (Abidjan, March 2016)

21 March 2016 In the 15 years since the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa, the world has undoubtedly come a long way in ensuring equal rights and non-discrimination. Member States have adopted new laws and safeguards…

22 March 2016 This year’s World Water Day focuses on the links between water and jobs. Almost half of all workers – 1.5 billion people – work in water-related sectors, and nearly all jobs depend on the availability of freshwater. Despite its paramount importance, water as a sector generally does not…

As part of its capacity-building training programme for Ivorian defence and security forces, the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), through its Security Sector Reform (SSR) Section, on 21 March 2016, launched a series of activities at the base of the Security Battalion for the West…

Quadripartite meeting between the Liberian and Ivorian Governments and UNOCI and UNMIL forces: The FRCI Chief of Staff, the Minister in charge of Defence, and UNOCI Force Commander, having an informal chat (Grand-Bassam, mars 2016).

24 March 2016 Between 2000 and 2015, tuberculosis prevention, diagnosis and treatment saved 43 million lives. The TB mortality rate has fallen by nearly half. The Millennium Development Goal target of reversing TB incidence has been achieved. But, the fight against this deadly disease is only half…

23 Mars 2016 Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continue to rise. So too does the temperature of oceans and land. Climate change is accelerating at an alarming rate. The window of opportunity for limiting global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius – the threshold…

The United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), through its police component, on 23 March 2016, presented certificates of participation to some 40 gendarmes from San Pedro at the premises of the San Pedro Port Security Group at the end of a training programme on maritime policing. The…

Three weeks after violent incidents between residents in M’Bazo and Dougako, two villages situated north of Divo (situated at 189 km from Abidjan), the sensitisation caravan of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), known as ONUCI Tour made made a stop in Mbazo on 18 March 2016. The…