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President Blaise Compaore

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2007-06-26
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2007-06-26
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  1. “The mission left Abidjan encouraged by the new dynamics it had noted, but also convinced that the international community had to continue accompanying this process resolutely. We have given assurances to Burkina Faso about the Council's support for its role as a Facilitator. We have exhorted the parties to persevere along the path they set out on in Ouagadougou. And finally, I would like to place on record my personal gratitude to the French delegation and, in particular, to Mr. Clement Leclerc, for the support he gave me in carrying out the responsibility that the Council was kind enough to entrust to me."”

    2007-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5706 (2007) · source

  2. “The request to terminate the High Representative for the elections - which had been made last April to the Secretariat's technical evaluation mission, should not be seen as any sort of reservation in respect of the certification, which was considered necessary. As for the institutional model to be established in the new resolution on the UNOCI mandate, Prime Minister Soro encouraged the mission to go along with the opinion of the Facilitator. The mission assured Mr. Bassole that the Facilitator's opinion would duly be taken into account at the time of preparing the draft resolution. "In conclusion, on behalf of the members of the mission, I would like to thank Mr. Abou Moussa and his team in UNOCI for their assistance, but more importantly for their daily activities in the service of peace in Cote d'Ivoire.”

    2007-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5706 (2007) · source

  3. “He highlighted that the prefects had been appointed to deploy the administration in the northern part of the country, and the judges in charge of holding court had already been appointed. The main matter still to be resolved has to do with the appointment of the technical private operator. The bidding process had been carried out, and it was not felt that there was any need to re-do it. The President of the Republic expressed optimism about the possibility of moving ahead rapidly in the identification process, in parallel with voter registration. "As to the electoral process, the parties agreed with the mission on the importance of securing the credibility of the process overall. We saw that there is consensus about the need for certification of the electoral process to be carried out by the United Nations at each stage.”

    2007-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5706 (2007) · source

  4. “Some courses of action were outlined to bring these contradictory concerns into convergence, but I must note that on this score, the mission did not have a mandate to adopt a stance, since it was confined to pointing out that the Council would 'examine the sanctions regime in order to contribute to the peace process, taking into account the peaceful implementation of the Ouagadougou Agreement'. "Among the problems of substance to be resolved in order to find a lasting solution to the crisis, the Prime Minister emphasized the importance of identification. The representative of the Facilitator also recognized that identification was at the heart of the concerns of Cote d'Ivoire's citizens.”

    2007-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5706 (2007) · source

  5. “They did, however, welcome that the Facilitator is presently trying to resolve the problem of ranks and quotas in the army, because if that were solved the process could be reinitiated. "In reply to our questions about President Compaore's request addressed to the Security Council for a partial lifting of the arms embargo, Mr. Bassole confirmed that the request sought to endow the police forces and the gendarmes with the tools suitable for maintaining law and order. He clarified that in presenting this request to the Council, the Facilitator had merely transmitted a request from the parties. Several members of the mission expressed doubts about a partial lifting of the embargo, as disarmament and reforming the security sector were still pending.”

    2007-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5706 (2007) · source

  6. “Indeed, since the elimination of the confidence zone on 16 April, there has not been a single significant armed incident in that sector. "But there are still elements of concern. The first is in the west of the country, where there are still active militias. The second has to do with criminality, which, though stable, remains high. In this respect, the commanders of the neutral forces have confirmed that there are still many illegal control posts on the roads, particularly in the eastern part of the country, and even inside Abidjan. The third factor of concern relates to the process of disarmament, demobilization, reintegration, disarmament of the militias and the reform of the security forces. The commanders of the neutral forces have pointed out that there has been very little progress in this area.”

    2007-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5706 (2007) · source

  7. “"The mission's interlocutors also appealed to the United Nations to continue assisting Cote d'Ivoire and to extend UNOCI through the period leading up to the elections. The process needs to be continued. Technical assistance and support in the field of security must be provided; international assistance for Cote d'Ivoire must be mobilized; and the certification of the electoral process must be carried out. I will refer specifically to this latter process in a moment. "As regards security, the mission's interlocutors pointed to a very meaningful improvement of the situation, which has remained fairly calm since the Ouagadougou Agreement was signed. The commanders of the neutral forces estimate that the risk of a return to hostilities is minimal.”

    2007-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5706 (2007) · source

  8. “"The political Agreement of Ouagadougou has created a new atmosphere in cote d'Ivoire that all our interlocutors highlighted. It is true that the Agreement has not immediately resolved the problems of substance that are at the very heart of the C6te d'Ivoire crisis, but it has unleashed a new dynamic to resolve those problems at the initiative of the parties themselves. Both President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro sought to emphasize that delays in the past two months were due exclusively to technical reasons. The negotiators of the Agreement had underestimated the time it would take to set up a new Government. However, at the political level, the determination of the parties to apply the agreement remained intact.”

    2007-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5706 (2007) · source

  9. “President Blaise Compaore: with Mr. Guillaume Soro, the new Prime Minister of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire; and with Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, President of the Republic. "In addition, the mission had a working meeting with the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abou Moussa, the commanding Generals of the military component of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and the French forces that support it, the main civil officials of UNOCI and the United Nations team in Cote d'Ivoire. "Thanks to these meetings, the mission observed certain matters that I will now bring to the Council's attention. I must state that the terms in which these preliminary observations are drafted are entirely my responsibility.”

    2007-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5706 (2007) · source