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  1. “Most of those difficulties - essentially logistical and financial - are being resolved. Indeed, I am pleased to announce that, as of 31 March 2009, the executive boards of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have agreed that Cote d'Ivoire is eligible to benefit from debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative (HIPC). I take this opportunity to express once again the appreciation of President Laurent Gbagbo to all our development partners, including the French Government, for their tireless support. He encourages them to continue their efforts until HIPC is concluded. With this support from the international community, we can now be less apprehensive about the rest of the process of emerging from the crisis.”

    2009-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6113 (2009) · source

  2. “First, on behalf of my Government, I wish to reaffirm that political will and the genuine willingness of the major actors in the process to overcome the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, despite what some outsiders have suggested in recent weeks. As acknowledged in the Secretary-General's report, in the two years since the Ouagadougou Agreement was signed in March 2007, significant progress has been made towards a return to normalcy in Cote d'Ivoire. That progress was reinforced by the signing on 22 December 2008 of a fourth supplementary agreement to the Ouagadougou Agreement, which 3 paves the way for completing the reunification process and holding elections. It is true that, despite the significant strides made in the process of emerging from the crisis, we have noted a number of difficulties and constraints regarding its implementation.”

    2009-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6113 (2009) · source

  3. “Mr. Djedje (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): First of all, allow me to congratulate the Secretary- General on the high quality of his twentieth report (S/2009/l96), which gives an update on the main developments in my country over the past three months. Taking the opportunity offered by this meeting of the Security Council on that report, my delegation would like to outline for the Council the prospects for the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement in the coming months, culminating in the holding of presidential elections in 2009, since none of the signatories of the Ouagadougou Agreement, be it President Laurent Gbagbo, Prime Minister Guillaume Soro or the facilitator, President Blaise Compaore, have any agenda other than the successful holding of presidential elections in 2009.”

    2009-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6113 (2009) · source

  4. “The war has ended, and those three individuals are playing a significant role in putting an end to the crisis. My delegation hopes for an end to their ordeal, which has become a tragic one for those individuals, who have been forgotten during the national reconciliation process.”

    2009-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6071 (2009) · source

  5. “That is why my Government is requesting assistance in financing activities related, in particular, to the demobilization of former combatants, the restoration of State authority, the redeployment of State administration throughout the country and peacebuilding in general. Regarding peacebuilding, I take this opportunity to thank the French Government for its ongoing support to Cote d'Ivoire in the relevant bodies, with a view to substantially reducing Cote d'Ivoire's debt; this is necessary for reviving our economy and for post-crisis reconstruction. I wish in conclusion to draw the Council's attention to a situation that is on the verge of becoming a humanitarian issue: the individual sanctions that 09-21513 remain in force on Mr. Charles Ble Goude', Mr. Eugene Kouadio Djue and Mr. Martin Fofie Kouakou.”

    2009-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6071 (2009) · source

  6. “This financial effort on the part of the State of Cote d'Ivoire has been supported by the international community through ONUCI, the United Nations Development Programme and the European Union. More than 3.5 million individuals have now been identified, accounting for over half of the 6.5 to 7million persons who will ultimately comprise the electorate. It will be noted that prospects for the electoral process are promising, and by mid-February the Permanent Consultative Framework of the Ouagadougou Agreement will be able to meet and propose to the Independent Electoral Commission dates for the holding of presidential elections, probably in the last quarter of 2009. Cote d'Ivoire is indeed a stable country, but the prolonged crisis ultimately exhausted the financial resources of the State and is jeopardizing its financial equilibrium.”

    2009-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6071 (2009) · source

  7. “With regard to the identification of the populace, on 15 January the Government of Cote d'Ivoire disbursed 4.6 billion CFA francs, equivalent to some $10 million, to the Independent Electoral Commission and all the national agencies in charge of the registration process so as to continue and complete the operation under way by 28 February. This disbursement is supplementary to the 2.3 billion CFA francs disbursed by early January for a total of 6.9 billion, equivalent to approximately $14 million, towards the $15 million requested by the Commission to fund the nationwide deployment of 4,000 teams in charge of identification and registration on electoral lists. The next disbursement of 2.7 billion CFA francs - about $5 million - will take place in February.”

    2009-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6071 (2009) · source

  8. “As to the judicial administration, some 380 members of the judiciary - including judges, registrars and corrections officers - were presented in Bouake and are to be redeployed in the central, northern and western zones in the framework of the restoration of State authority and the redeployment of the administration throughout the national territory. The police and the gendarmerie are also being redeployed to support the other administrations. Police commissariats and gendarmerie brigades will be open to receive the 3,400 personnel of the joint brigades, the list of whom is being drawn up by the integrated command centre, which has already been partially funded to undertake the operation.”

    2009-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6071 (2009) · source

  9. “I am pleased to announce that the implementation of the fourth supplementary agreement began on Thursday, 15 January, with the celebration by the Ivorian Government of a dual ceremony marking the return of the financial and judicial administrations to the central, northern and western zones of the country that had previously been occupied by the Forces nouvelles. Regarding the financial administration, I note that, once the current mobilization phase is complete, customs posts will open in Ouangolo, Pogo and Bouake in less than 10 days, on 2 February. The tax administration, for its part, is now being deployed in the formerly occupied zones.”

    2009-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6071 (2009) · source

  10. “We also wish to thank Ambassador Choi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his objective assessment of the situation in Cote d'Ivoire and for his work to restore genuine peace to my country. This progress was consolidated by the signing, on 22 December 2008, of the fourth supplementary agreement to the Ouagadougou Agreement, which identifies the modalities and timetable for operations to disarm ex-combatants of the Forces nouvelles, disband the militias, relaunch the process of reunifying the Ivorian defence and security forces, and complete the redeployment of public administration throughout the territory, including local authorities, the judiciary and the tax and customs administrations.”

    2009-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6071 (2009) · source

  11. “On behalf of the Government of C6te d'Ivoire, we wish once again to express our deep appreciation to Ambassador Jean- Maurice Ripert and his team for their outstanding leadership of the work of the Council. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has carefully considered the latest report of the Secretary-General, which covers the situation in C6te d'Ivoire and offers criteria for a possible progressive drawdown of ONUCI troops. We welcome the strong signal sent by the United Nations through the Secretary-General's recommendations on reducing the United Nations military presence in Cote d'Ivoire. It reaffirms the significant progress made since the assumption by Ivorians of the process of overcoming the crisis with the signing of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement.”

    2009-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6071 (2009) · source

  12. “Mr. Djedje (cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): My delegation takes the opportunity offered by this meeting of the Security Council on the nineteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) (S/2009/2l) to describe, on behalf of the Ivorian Government, recent developments in the situation in cote d'Ivoire. Allow me first to thank the Secretary-General for the high quality of his report, which describes the efforts of the Ivorian parties to implement the peace 3 process launched with the signing of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement. We also wish to thank the French presidency of the Security Council for this month.”

    2009-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6071 (2009) · source

  13. “In conclusion, I should like to urge the United Nations not to resort systematically to sanctions when dealing with the issue of children and armed conflict, because situations differ from one another. As for parties to conflicts, I urge them to fulfil their obligations by respecting international humanitarian law and protecting the rights of children. Finally, with regard to development partners, during the period of post-conflict reconstruction they must give priority to reintegrating children into the family, school and society and must ensure that the resources provided are adequate and substantial.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  14. “Finally, resolution 1612 (2005) must continue to serve as a basis for improving and perfecting the monitoring and reporting mechanism as well as the Working Group's activities in general. It is paramount that the Security Council address the issue of the scope of the monitoring and reporting mechanism. Currently, the mechanism is activated only in the event of violations related to the recruitment and use of child soldiers, and it is applied systematically only to situations that are formally included on the Council's agenda. In fact, the mechanism should be automatically applied to all situations of armed conflict in which the safety and rights of children are violated by armed forces or armed groups.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  15. “Moreover, when we look at the issue of children in armed conflict, we must constantly respect and support the role of Governments, as stressed several times in resolution 1612 (2005). Governments bear the primary responsibility for protecting their children. Other parties must seek the cooperation of the Governments concerned so that they can together remedy the violations committed against children in armed conflicts. The Security Council and its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict must improve their communication with the Governments concerned. They must recognize and support the positive steps taken by Governments to improve mutual trust. At the same time, politicization of the issue of children must be avoided. The protection of children should not be used as a pretext for interference in a country's internal affairs.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  16. “As the Secretary-General indicated in his 2007 annual report on this subject (S/2007/757), the heart of the process is the formulation of action plans by States and non-State actors to put an end to the recruitment and use of child soldiers. Such action plans have proved to be effective ways to guide and measure the progress made. However, I should like to emphasize the following three points. First, the Security Council must intensify its efforts to prevent conflicts and safeguard peace, in order to protect children by preventing or reducing the causes of armed conflicts. However, when conflicts erupt, the Council must strive to increase the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations and to improve the humanitarian situations in conflict areas.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  17. “The international community must thus continue to provide the resources necessary to implement and promote national rehabilitation and reintegration programmes in order to ensure the long-term viability and success of such interventions. Such programmes must also take account of the particular concerns of girl combatants and girls associated with armed groups. We call on partners to include support for health and education as a priority in their emergency programmes, so that education, sanitation and health services and children's health care continue in camps for refugees or displaced persons during an armed conflict. We hope that the comprehensive efforts made at the level of the United Nations system and in cooperation with interested States produce concrete results that will improve the situation of children in armed conflict.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  18. “My Government welcomes the considerable work carried out by UNICEF, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and their partners. However, it is not possible to protect children without involving the Governments of countries that face conflicts or that are trying to rebuild after a conflict. In that regard, the United Nations and the Security Council must focus their efforts on promoting national measures aimed at strengthening the protection of children, at effectively implementing programmes for the demobilization and reintegration of minors, at creating social, economic and legal conditions that will prevent recruitment and at preventing other offences committed against children. The rehabilitation and reintegration of all children who have been associated with armed forces or armed groups are essential.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  19. “Those parties have been delisted because they have stopped recruiting children and have taken concerted steps to identify and release children in order to permit their reintegration. We welcome the fact that the Working Group established by the Security Council has taken note of the progress in Cote d'Ivoire, where parties previously associated with the illegal recruitment and use of child soldiers have put an end to those practices. Cote d'Ivoire would like to take this opportunity to discuss a situation - one of which we are sometimes unaware - that occurs following the demobilization of children. Often, the reintegration of children into their community is not as easy as one would hope. Recidivism, or children's inability to behave appropriately in their family or their community, is a problem that deeply concerns us.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  20. “The firm and committed reaction to that report led to the creation of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and to the formulation of a series of important Security Council resolutions that established a process to enable the United Nations and its Members to address this very serious problem. We welcome the progress made by the Council, including the monitoring and reporting mechanism and the development of action plans to end the use of child soldiers, and the important efforts made by the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. The Government of C6te d'Ivoire fully appreciates the deletion of the parties to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire from the list annexed to the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  21. “Mr. Djedje (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate of the Security Council devoted to children and armed conflict. The level of the debate and the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister demonstrate the firm commitment of the Government of Viet Nam to that critical issue. I also commend the work done by Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, to draw the international community's attention to the impact of situations of armed conflict on children. The subject that we are discussing today was first presented in detail to the international community in 1996, in Mrs. Graca Machel's report on the impact of armed conflict on children.”

    2008-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5936Resumption1 (2008) · source

  22. “Why is France so intent on hounding Cote d'Ivoire and some of its political actors? Is it to punish them? If that were the case, it would be contrary to the letter and spirit of the Charter. To conclude, I would like to recall the remarks of Chairperson Konare, who on 25 September in this same Chamber said (see S/PV.5749) that our partners must let Africans run their own business and that financing is important, but it does not justify unbridled intervention or conduct.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  23. “In spite of the competence and goodwill of our friends at the French delegation, who initiate draft resolutions on Cote d'Ivoire, my delegation proposes, following the example of Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare, an innovative interpretation of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, taking into account the regional dimension. Peace in Cote d'Ivoire was brought about by the sons and daughters of C6te d'Ivoire and was facilitated by a head of State of the West African subregion, with the support of Africa. The Security Council has three African members. Why not let them initiate draft resolutions on Cote d'Ivoire? One should remember that, in 2004, it was the African Union that came up with the idea of imposing sanctions against C6te d'Ivoire. Today, ECOWAS and the same African Union are requesting that sanctions be lifted.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  24. “Two days ago, on Saturday, 20 October, Prime Minister Guillaume Soro was invited to meet with Charles Ble Goude in President Laurent Gbagbo's native region. The war in C6te d'Ivoire is over. If sanctions were intended to ensure reconciliation and the end of war, why should they be maintained today? Is there is another objective that the United Nations wants to reach by maintaining the sanctions when the context of 2007 is totally different from that of 2004, when resolution 1572 (2004) was adopted? How can one continue, in October 2007, the content and the tone of resolution 1643 (2005), adopted in December 2005?”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  25. “The Ouagadougou political Agreement, which was ratified by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union, requested in its in article 6.4 that the United Nations Security Council immediately lift the individual sanctions imposed on actors in the Ivorian crisis. In article 6.1.2 of the same Agreement, the signatories request an immediate special authorization to import the light weapons necessary to maintain public order and security. Almost eight months after the Ouagadougou Agreement was signed, none of the measures expected of the United Nations in support of its implementation has been taken. On the contrary, an outdated draft resolution for the extension of sanctions for another year is being circulated. Those who were fighting each other yesterday are best friends today.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  26. “The staff of our Organization must work on the basis of facts and not allegations that are circulated here and there. I, too, regularly receive reports of corruption on the part of some UNOCI officials, especially from the Human Rights Office, aiming at having them include some assertions in their reports in an attempt to tarnish the image of the Government. Nevertheless, I have never included such information in an official document, as I do not have any evidence. It would be risky for me to do so. Therefore, my delegation solemnly requests UNOCI staff to be more strict when drafting their reports, as these reports involve the reputation of a State and of an entire people who are ready to correct their weaknesses, as long as they are based on facts that can be verified by all. The second item in my statement is about sanctions.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  27. “With specific regard to section VI, dealing with human rights, paragraph 40 refers to reports received by UNOCI concerning children being trafficked for economic and sexual exploitation in the south of the country, and cases of torture and mistreatment by the members of the Forces nouvelles and by Dozo traditional hunters in the north. Similarly, paragraph 61 of the report states that continuing human rights abuses are extremely disturbing and that the leadership of the Forces nouvelles and the command of the defence and security forces of C6te d'Ivoire have an obligation to address those problems and to ensure discipline among their personnel. The report of the Secretary-General is a reference document, and comments contained therein must be supported by specific facts that can be verified by all.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  28. “I will make a few comments on the report of the Secretary-General before coming to the United Nations management of the Ouagadougou Agreement. Allow me, Mr. President, to congratulate the Secretary-General on his fourteenth report on the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) (S/2007/593). This report shows pretty well that the political climate has generally improved since the signature of the Ouagadougou Agreement and adoption of resolution 1765 (2007). However, it contains a few statements that call for some comments on my part.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  29. “Mr. Djedje (cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I should like at the outset to thank Mr. Abou Moussa for his briefing and to congratulate Minister Bassole on his excellent summary of the situation in Cote d'Ivoire. I also thank Mr. Jean-Marie Bockel, Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony of France, for his presence. I appreciate the statements made by members of the Security Council, which were also encouraging. Finally, I welcome the appointment of Ambassador Choi as the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Cote d'Ivoire. We are meeting once again for another debate on the situation in C6te d'Ivoire, to consider the fourteenth progress report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1765 (2007).”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source