COTE D'IVOIRE / OPERATION TRANSPORT

A dozen vehicles leave Abidjan this morning as ONUCI begins the transport of the voters' lists throughout the country. ONUCI

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:21
• Production Date: 11 November 2009
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS OPERATIONS IN COTE D'IVOIRE - UNOCI
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL AFFAIRS; LAW; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: COTE D'IVOIRE
• MAMS Id: U091111f

Description

STORY: COTE D’IVOIRE / OPERATION TRANSPORT
SOURCE: ONUCI
TRT: 1.21
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE:

11 NOVEMBER 2009 ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE

Shotlist

1. Wide shot UN Flags at ONUCI HQ
2. Med shot, UN Peacekeeper at their observation post
3. Med shot, two UN vehicle parked in front of ONUCI entrance
4. Close up, UN vehicle loaded with boxes of provisional voters lists
5. Med shot, SRSG Y J Choi inspecting vehicle
6. Various shots, boxes in vehicle
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Y.J. Choi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Cote d’Ivoire :
“In the following days these posters will be carried by plane and maritime ways will also be used. So in a couple of days, the provisional electoral list will be displayed in all 10, 818 voting polls.”
8. Various shots, convoy of UN vehicles leaving ONUCI headquarters

10 NOVEMBER 2009, ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE

9. Zoom in, electoral technical operator showing a voters list to the press

Storyline

A dozen vehicles left Abidjan this morning as the United Nations mission in Cote d’Ivoire (ONUCI) began the transport of the provisional voters' lists throughout the country.

Over the next two days, the electoral lists will be distributed to polling offices, a step forward towards holding the much-delayed presidential poll in the West African country, split by civil war in 2002 into a Government-ruled south and a rebel-controlled north.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative Young-Jin Choi for ONUCI has called for accelerating the remaining technical steps, such as the printing and distribution of national identity and voter cards.

On Tuesday, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) handed over the provisional voters list to ONUCI.

The elections, originally scheduled for as far back as 2005, are now planned for 29 November after repeated postponements, but UN officials have voiced concern at possible further setbacks.

The Security Council established UNOCI in 2004 to help ensure a ceasefire and pave the way for permanent peace and democratic elections following the civil war.

Reauthorized repeatedly since then, most recently until 31 January 2010, it currently comprises nearly 8,400 uniformed personnel, as well as 407 international civilian personnel.