News

« Development and peace are the two faces of the same coin », the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon recently declared. This principle serves as a guide to the United Nations actions all over the world and it is…

Women have always had a strong presence in activities organised by the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) to promote peace in the Zanzan region in the east of the country. Determined not to play a secondary…

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), on Saturday, 21 September 2013, officially handed over the keys to a health centre for voluntary HIV/AIDS testing to the general hospital in Taabo, situated 110 km from…

As part of its UN Security Council mandate, the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) should help the Ivorian Government draw up a National Programme for the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) of…

International Day of Peace is celebrated each year on 21 September. This year, the Day was celebrated by the United Nations Operation (UNOCI), in collaboration with partners, throughout the country. In Guiglo, secondary…

"{On this International Day of Peace, let us pledge to teach our children the value of tolerance and mutual respect. Let us invest in the schools and teachers that will build a fair and inclusive world that embraces diversity…

The district of Taï is at peace. One year after the last attacks in this border town situated on the far west of Côte d'Ivoire, some 700 km from Abidjan, the calm which reigns is mainly due to the people's will to move…

Some 19 village chiefs and community and religious leaders from San Pedro and Gboklé were instructed on the notion of rights by the Child Protection and Civil Affairs Sections of the United Nations Operation Côte d'Ivoire…

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has decorated 83 police officers based in Sector West with the UN Medal for services rendered to the peacekeeping mission. The official medal parade ceremony took place in…

Some 100 representatives of traditional authorities, youth and women's associations on Wednesday, 18 September 2013, took part in a sensitization campaign organised in Yakpabo-Sakassou Sub Prefecture in Tiebissou division by…

« The involvement of Ivorian youths in activities to promote social cohesion and national reconciliation" - this was the theme of a sensitisation and discussion session between the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire…

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), on Wednesday, 18 September 2013, organised sensitisation and information sessions with people in Niablé and Yorobodi, 240 km and 446 km respectively northeast of Abidjan…