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22 April 2016 International Mother Earth Day is an opportunity to highlight the interdependence between people and the astonishing variety of species with which we share this planet. This year’s observance brings hope of a…

A captive audience at a screening of a Côte d’Ivoire vs Burkina-Faso football match organized as part of UNOCI Days (Bongouanou, February 2012)

The United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) and the Legal Aid Clinic in Guiglo, on Thursday, 21 April 2016, held a sensitisation session on the UN Mission’s mandate and the role of the Clinic for school children in…

Some 735 soldiers from the Senegalese Contingent (SENBATT) of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), including 650 members of the Rapid Rection Force (RRF) and 85 members of the Helicopter Unit based in Daloa…

Pom pom girls welcome the UN delegation during a visit by the Special Representative (Daloa, April 2015)

How best can students in higher learning institutions in Yamoussoukro be made to promote peace and non-violence ? This was the question at the centre of a capacity-building training workshop organised by the United Nations…

The return of Ivorian refugees from Liberia facilitated by UNHCR and UNOCI: Returnees undergo routine health checks after stepping off a boat (Prollo, near the Ivorian-Liberian border, December 2015)

A practical exercise on close protection for high-level officials was part of a training session provided by United Nations Police to Ivorian gendarmes (Abidjan, April 2015)

Issues related to security, social cohesion and respect for human rights were discussed by the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), its partner, the Legal Aid clinic, and local people, during ONUCI Tour on…

Reinsertion of ex-combatants project: UNOCI conducts a workshop on human rights (Guiglo, June 2014)

People in the Kolia sous-préfecture, situated at some 705 km north of Abidjan, were sensitised on the values of the culture of peace, social cohesion, the fight to end gender-based violencee and the protection of civilians…

The United Nations in Côte d’Ivoire and the Ivorian Interior Ministry, on 14,15 and 16 April 2016, presented an analysis on conflict to local government officials, traditional and community and representatives of youth and…