COTE D’IVOIRE / INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS

On Cote d'Ivoire's Independence Day, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara honoured UN Special Representative Y.J. Choi for his efforts in promoting the return of peace and democracy in the country. ONUCI

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:05
• Production Date: 8 August 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS OPERATIONS IN COTE D'IVOIRE - UNOCI
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: COTE D'IVOIRE
• MAMS Id: U110808e

Description

STORY: COTE D’IVOIRE / INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS
TRT: 1.05
SOURCE: ONUCI
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 7 AUGUST 2010, PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, military parade on Palace Square of the Republic
2. Wide shot, President Alassane Ouattara, Prime Minister Soro Guillaume, Chef de Cabinet Gal. Bakayoko.
3. Med shot, parade
4. Zoom in, UN Special Representative Y.J. Choi receving his medal from President Ouattara’s hand
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Y.J. Choi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General
“This is a good beginning of for Ivorians, I dedicate this medal to them. We simply assist the Ivorian people. Long live the people of Cote d’Ivoire, long live to the Ivorian people, long live the Republic.”
6. Med shot, Guillaume congratulates Choi

Storyline

On Cote d’Ivoire’s Independence Day, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara honoured United Nations (UN) Special Representative Y.J. Choi for his efforts in promoting the return of peace and democracy in the country.
At the Independence Day celebrations yesterday (7 Aug), President Ouattara presented Choi with a medal of honour. Speaking acter the ceremony, Choi said he dedicated the medal to the Ivorian people adding “long live the people of Cote d’Ivoire, long live to the Ivorian people, long live the Republic.”

Choi will be leaving the UN mission in the country (ONUCI) at the end of the month. He will be replaced by Bert Koenders of the Netherlands who is the co-chair of the Working Group for the Fourth UN High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness and chair of the Rutgers World Population Foundation.