7358th meeting on the situation in Côte d’Ivoire

Vigilance Key to Protecting Gains made by Côte d’Ivoire in Stability, Prosperity, Special Representative Tells Security Council
7358th Meeting (AM)

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 00:57:06
• Production Date: 13 January 2015
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: COTE D'IVOIRE
• MAMS Id: 1281111
• Parent Id: 1281111

Description

Côte d’Ivoire was making progress towards sustainable peace and economic recovery, but hurdles remained to improve security, reintegrate former soldiers, punish human rights abuses and carry out electoral reform ahead of presidential elections later this year, Aïchatou Mindaoudou Souleymane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), told the Security Council today as she briefed the Council on developments in the West African nation in the last six months and the Secretary-General’s latest progress report on the mission (document S/2014/892), dated 12 December 2014.

Cristián Barros Melet (Chile), Chair of the Council’s 1572 Cote d’Ivoire Sanctions Committee, also briefed the 15-member body regarding his trip to the country from 2 to 7 November 2014.

Following those briefings, the representative of Côte d’Ivoire, Youssoufou Bamba, praised the depiction of his country’s situation in the Secretary-General’s report, adding that Mindaoudou’s presentation and Barros Melet’s visit confirmed “remarkable advances” in
his country. He affirmed that his Government was working to ensure that the October elections were inclusive, transparent and peaceful, for which purpose national dialogue and the independent electoral commission had been established.

The meeting began at 10:05 a.m. and ended at 10:46 a.m.