COTE D’IVOIRE / LEGISLATIVE POLL

Voting for the parliamentary elections in Côte d'Ivoire on Sunday went ahead "smoothly"according the United Nations envoy in the country, who toured polling stations in Abidjan. ONUCI

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:26
• Production Date: 12 December 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS OPERATIONS IN COTE D'IVOIRE - UNOCI
• Subject Topical: ELECTIONS
• Geographic Subject: COTE D'IVOIRE
• MAMS Id: U111212c

Description

STORY: CÔTE D'IVOIRE / LEGISLATIVE POLL
TRT: 1.26
SOURCE: ONUCI
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH/ NATS

DATELINE: 11 DECEMBER 2011, ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE

Shotlist

1. Tracking shot, woman depositing her ballot
2. Med shot, same woman getting indelible ink on her finger after voting
3. Close up, ballot box
4. Zoom out, man getting indelible ink on his finger
5. Med shot, people lined up waiting to vote
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Bert Koenders, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire:
“I am impressed by the work of the Independent Electoral Commission who has done a tremendous job to be everywhere in the country. I also see that the forces of order are present in the places you need. They are not in the polls, but they are there to protect the voters, and this is a positive sign.’’
7. Various shots, electoral observers arriving at polling station
8. Pan right, from Koenders to people waiting to vote

Storyline

Voting for the parliamentary elections in Côte d'Ivoire on Sunday went ahead "smoothly"according the United Nations envoy in the country, who toured polling stations in Abidjan.

Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Bert Koenders visited several neighbourhoods in the early morning in the company of members of the diplomatic corps and representatives of regional and sub-regional institutions, where he chatted with voters, representatives of the polling stations and representatives of the candidates, according to a news release issued by the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (UNOCI).

Koenders insisted that it was still premature to make an assessment at this stage, but said he was impressed by the work of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), as well as the discreet presence of the security forces.

SOUNDBITE (French) Bert Koenders, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire:
“I am impressed by the work of the Independent Electoral Commission who has done a tremendous job to be everywhere in the country. I also see that the forces of order are present in the places you need. They are not in the polls, but they are there to protect the voters, and this is a positive sign.’’

Parliamentary elections are taking place almost a year after Alassane Ouattara won a disputed presidential run-off election that led to months of deadly violence when the runner-up and incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down.

Gbagbo was later captured by security forces and has since been transported to The Hague in the Netherlands to face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the post-election violence.