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STORY: UN / COTE D’IVOIRE
TRT: 2.09
SOURCE: UNTV / ONUCI
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT 2009, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations
29 OCTOBER 2009, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Ambassador Alcide Djedje at his seat
4. Various shots, Security Council vote
5. Wide shot, Ambassador Alcide Djedje approaching microphone at media stakeout
6. Cutaway, cameramen
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Ambassador Alcide Djedj, Permanent Representative of Cote D’Ivoire to the United Nations:
“The fact that the resolutions are succeeding and are very similar since 2004 while the situation steadily improved in Cote d’Ivoire shows the anachronism of today’s decision to maintain the sanctions for another year. The resolution adopted today is not indeed made to accompany the Ivorians in their reconciliation process that has made great progress since the signing of the Ouagadougou Agreement.”
8. Wide shot, Ambassador Alcide Djedj leaving stakeout area
FILE – ONUCI, 20 OCTOBER 2009, GUIGLO AREA, WESTERN COTE D’IVOIRE
9. Pan left, from sign of the UN military base to ONUCI vehicle leaving the base
10. Various shots, military convoy patrolling the area
11. Med shot, UN peacekeeper communication by radio
12. Med shot, UN peacekeepers marching in a field, then stepping into helicopter
13. Zoom out, helicopter leaving to peacekeepers watching
The Security Council today (29 October) extended the sanctions imposed on Côte d’Ivoire, warning that the situation in the divided West African nation continues to pose a threat to international peace and security for the region.
In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member Council voted to maintain for another year an arms embargo, restrictions for certain individuals on travel and financial movements, and the ban on any state importing rough diamonds from Côte d’Ivoire.
The Council pledged to review these measures no later than three months after the holding of open, free, fair and transparent presidential elections, which were originally scheduled as far back as 2005 but are now slated for the end of next month.
In addition, the Council’s resolution called on the UN peacekeeping operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), and the French force that supports it, to fully uphold the enforcement of the arms embargo on the country, which has been split for more than seven years between the government-controlled south and the rebel Forces Nouvelles-held north.
Following the meeting the country’s permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Alcide Djedj expressed his delegation’s disappointment after the vote. He said that the fact that the resolutions were succeeding and that they were “very similar since 2004” while the situation was improving in the country showed the “anachronism of today’s decision” to maintain the sanctions for another year.
He said that the resolution was not in touch with the Ivorian reconciliation process “that has made great progress since the signing of the Ouagadougou Agreement.”
Earlier this week, the Group of Experts set up in 2005 to monitor the sanctions told the Council in a report that the northern part of the country bears more resemblance to a warlord economy than to a functioning government administration.
Last week UNOCI launched its second military exercise codenamed “Operation Umbrella 2” to provide security for the civilian population in the west of the country. The operation took place in Yoya under the supervision of the Beninois battalion. Its objective was to show the presence of the UN force and reassure the civilian population as elections draw near.
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