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CÔTE D’IVOIRE / LEROY
STORY: CÔTE D’IVOIRE / LEROY
TRT: 1.59
SOURCE: ONUCI
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH/ NATS
DATELINE: 27-29 DECEMBER 2010, ABIDJAN, CÔTE D’IVOIRE / FILE
1. Various shots, Le Roy touring ONUCI facilities and safety devices
2. Med shot, Le Roy entering in Golf Hotel to meet with Ouattara
3. Pan left, Ouattara welcoming Le Roy’s delegation
4. Various shots, Le Roy’s delegation and Ouattara government in meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Alain Le Roy, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
"My primary objective as head of peacekeeping around the world is to come and support our missions, in particular when they face a particularly sensitive time as is the case now in Côte d’Ivoire; to support the mission of ONUCI, which faces a hostile part of the population, and party officials hostile to their presence. What’s important is to continue our support from Headquarters in New York, ONUCI, and ensure that it fulfills all the mandates it was given”.
6. Various shots, boardroom with journalists
7. Med shot, journalists
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Alain Le Roy, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
"We live here in a difficult situation since we are dealing with a population partially hostile: I mean a political class also hostile to our presence, but at the same time we face, we will face, we have to stay here. We have a very clear mandate from the Security Council, we shouldn’t be going.”
9. Wide shot, end of the conference.
The Head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Alain Le Roy arrived in Côte d’Ivoire on Monday (27 December) for a three day visit, during which he met with President A.D. Ouattara, and several diplomatic and civic personalities.
The UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire] is facing a population and political leaders who are hostile to its presence. In this context, he felt it was important for UN headquarters in New York to continue providing support to UNOCI and ensure it is fully and firmly fulfilling its mandate.
SOUNDBITE (French) Alain Le Roy, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
"My primary objective as head of peacekeeping around the world is to come and support our missions, in particular when they face a particularly sensitive time as is the case now in Côte d’Ivoire; to support the mission of ONUCI, which faces a hostile part of the population, and party officials hostile to their presence. What’s important is to continue our support from Headquarters in New York, ONUCI, and ensure that it fulfills all the mandates it was given”.
Le Roy met Ouattara in the Golf Hotel and held a press conference at the ONUCI Headquarters in Abidjan.
SOUNDBITE (French) Alain Le Roy, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
"We live here in a difficult situation since we are dealing with a population partially hostile: I mean a political class also hostile to our presence, but at the same time we face, we will face, we have to stay here. We have a very clear mandate from the Security Council, we shouldn’t be going.”
Today (30 December), two United Nations civilian protection officials expressed concern over the situation in Côte d’Ivoire, where they said some leaders are instigating violence and hatred between communities and warned that those responsible will be held accountable under international law.
Côte d’Ivoire plunged into a tense political crisis after the incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede electoral defeat to his challenger, Alassane Ouattara, following a presidential run-off poll held on 28 November. The international community has recognized Ouattara as the country’s president-elect.
Francis Deng, the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, and Edward Luck, the Special Adviser focusing on the responsibility to protect, said that there are continuing reports, thus far unconfirmed, of serious human rights violations by supporters of Gbagbo, and by forces under his control, as well as the use of inflammatory speech to incite hatred and violence.
Meanwhile, UNOCI denied reports by the state broadcaster Ivorian radio and television (RTI) that its soldiers on patrol fired at a crowd in the town of Abobo yesterday.
The mission said that a military patrol was confronted by angry youths in Abobo and came under small arms fire from buildings on the main road, following which the soldiers fired warning shots in the air and, with the help of Ivorian security forces, removed road blocks that had been erected on the way to its base in Sebroko.
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