CÔTE D'IVOIRE/ LADSOUS

The Head of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous has been in Côte d'Ivoire attending the Golden Jubilee of the African Union, and meeting with several Ivorian civil and military officials. ONUCI

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:02
• Production Date: 31 October 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: COTE D'IVOIRE
• MAMS Id: U131031d

Description

STORY: CÔTE D'IVOIRE/ LADSOUS
TRT: 2.02
SOURCE: ONUCI
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 31 OCTOBER 2013, ABIDJAN, CÔTE D'IVOIRE

Shotlist

30 OCTOBER 2013, FHB INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT/ ABIDJAN LAGOON REGION- COTE D’IVOIRE

1. Wide shot, landing of a plane on the tarmac at the FHB International Airport
2. Wide shot, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous upon arrival
3. Wide shot, the Golden Jubilee of African Union assembly
4. Med shot, SRSG of MINUSMA Bert Koenders
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Hervé Ladsous, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“The United Nations is intensifying efforts to mobilize all partnerships with the African Union, with the regional commissions and the regional organizations to achieve as soon as possible more credibility, more stability and stronger mechanism of response. I personally commit to work with you hand-in-hand to establish and continue to strengthen the best possible mechanisms for collaboration.”
6. Wide shot, participants of the African union golden jubilee

31 OCTOBER 2013, HOTEL IVOIR ABIDJAN- COTE D’IVOIRE / ETAT MAJOR OF IVORIAN ARMY- PLATEAU- COTE D’IVOIRE

7. Pan right, United Nations' Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire Aïchatou Mindaoudou and Ladsous arriving at the residency of Henry Konan Bedie, President of the Ivorian Democratic Party
8. Pan left, Bedie greeting Ladsous
9. Various shots, Ladsous sitting with Bedie and Mindaoudou
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Hervé Ladsous, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:
“I believe there is still work to do and including ensuring full national reconciliation, which requires the participation of all, without restriction, but I think it is a process that is particularly advanced and must continue and this is the message that I will express to other actors in the Ivorian political life and we are obviously still support.”
11. Wide shot, UN vehicles parking in front of the Ivorian Army Headquarters
12. Med shot, General Bakayoko, Ivorian Army Force Commander greeting Mindaoudou and Ladsous
13. Various shots, Ladsous, Bakayoko and UNOCI Force Commander General Iqbal
14. Pan left, Ladsous taking leave of Bakayoko

Storyline

Under Secretary-General for the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous arrived on Wednesday (30 October) in Côte d'Ivoire.

Ladsous, accompanied by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire, Aïchatou Mindaoudou, held discussions with the Ivorian Minister of Foreign Affairs,Charles Koffi Diby, on the progress made so far in the peace process, security, reconciliation and economic recovery, as well as the UN Mission's collaboration with Côte d’Ivoire.

Addressing the assembly of African Union’s Golden Jubilee, Ladsous said the United Nations was “intensifying efforts to mobilize all partnerships with the African Union, with the regional commissions and the regional organizations to achieve as soon as possible more credibility, more stability and stronger mechanism of response. I personally commit to work with you hand-in-hand to establish and continue to strengthen the best possible mechanisms for collaboration.”

Today (31 October) Ladsous visited the President of the Ivorian Democratic Party, Henry Konan Bedie.

After the meeting he said “there is still work to do and including ensuring full national reconciliation, which requires the participation of all, without restriction, but I think it is a process that is particularly advanced and must continue and this is the message that I will express to other actors in the Ivorian political life and we are obviously still support.”

Ladsous, said everything should be done to ensure the upcoming Ivorian elections are held under the best possible conditions for the consolidation of the situation and for the good of all Ivorians.

He also expressed satisfaction over the actions of the Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara in the management of the crisis in Mali.

Ladsous, together with UNOCI Force Commander, Major General Muhammad Iqbal, visited the Ivorian Army Headquarters and met with General Soumaïla Bakayoko, the Army Chief of Staff.