Closure of ONUCI

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire successfully completed its mandate on 30 June 2017. You can find out about the mission's past activities and achievements through this website.
The United Nations family remains committed to supporting the Government, ensuring that the hard won peace is sustained and that the country and its people continue to progress and thrive.

250 UNOCI peacekeepers deployed in MINUSCA

20 Nov 2015

250 UNOCI peacekeepers deployed in MINUSCA

Abidjan, 20 November 2015.... Some 250 peacekeepers from the Rapid Reaction Force of the Senegalese Battalion of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), based in Yamoussokro, are to be deployed in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Mission for the Stabilisation of the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), from 25 November 2015.

The redeployment, which will be for a duration of between six to eight weeks, is part of the UN's action to strengthen the capacity of MINUSCA.

UNOCI's Force will remain operational in Côte d'Ivoire in accordance with its mandate as outlined in UN Security Council Resolution 2226 (2015).

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