The mobile grassroots campaign team of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) dubbed in collaboration with its local partners visited the village of Tie Ine (572 km north of Abidjan) on Tuesday 23 September 2014 to discuss a wide range of issues with the population including the need to maintain social cohesion, a peaceful electoral environment and how to prevent the Ebola virus fever.



Pierre Aby of the Public Information office recalled UNOCI's mandate to protect the civilian population and vulnerable persons including women and children. « This mandate involves the promotion of human rights and the rule of law, » Mr. Aby said. He reminded the people of next year's presidential election, pointing out the need for a calm atmosphere in order to permit everyone the freedom to choose their candidate.

The representative of UN Police, Hammami Mohsen laid emphasis on UNPOL's duty to protect civilians and their property by taking part in joint patrols in collaboration with the local security forces.



Jonas Siekpo of the NGO called on the population to respect traditional authority. He said the lack of respect for the village chief

could harm social cohesion. « We can keep certain problems under control through dialogue. Banish the use of machetes as a means to settle problems, » he stressed.



The Chief of Service for Surveys at the regional department of Agriculture, Teya Koffi spoke on land disputes as harmful to social cohesion and called on the population to make use of the 1998 land law to obtain land certificates whose processing is free of any discrimination based on sex or nationality.

The Chief of Service for Health, Gbato Bamba warned the people against the consumption of in order to prevent the Ebola virus. He spelt out the symptoms of the disease and encouraged them to respect preventive measures taken by the Ivorian government.







The traditional chief of Tie Ine, Landry Pahou said apart from land disputes, there was peaceful coexistence among the people of his village. He said he would facilitate access to persons wishing to invest by carving out a parcel of land for that purpose.