Y. J. Choi after a meeting
with Gbagbo: « Everything must be done to maintain peace and stability »

Le Patriote  –
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte
d'Ivoire, Young Jin Choi was, early June in New York, United States, where he
attended the latest United Nations Security Council. And one part of the meeting
focused on the Ivorian situation. On his return from the United States, Young J.
Choi met with President Laurent Gbagbo, on Thursday 24 June 2010 at the
President's office to brief him on the meeting. "I have come to inform the Head
of State of the discussions held early June in New York and also to see in
general how to work together for the emergence-from-the crisis. We have two ways
to resolve the crisis-resolution process; that is to say, elections and
reunification. In this regard, everything must be done to maintain peace and
stability in Côte d'Ivoire. On this basis, we can build two pillars
(reunification and elections). In order to do so, we should first of all
concentrate on the definitive electoral list which will pave the way for the
feasibility of the two pillars: since the definitive list will resolve the
identification issue and end the deadlock in the issue of the national identity
card".

Source: presidence.ci

Séguéla – Peaceful electoral
environment – UNOCI sensitizes civil society

Le Quotidien  –
The United Nations
Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) organized on Friday 18 June 2010 in Séguéla
(506 km from Abidjan) a capacity-building workshop for the civil society in the
Worodougou region. The workshop was part of a follow-up to the forums, artistic
caravans and other sensitization activities organized by UNOCI in 2008 and 2009.
It gave an opportunity to traditional chiefs, youths, women, religious leaders,
Medias and NGOs to think about their involvement in the search for a peaceful
electoral environment. Speaking during the workshop's opening ceremony, the
Secretary-General of Prefecture, Blaise Kouassi, recalled that "through this
working session, UNOCI is helping Côte d'Ivoire through civil society to prevent
every sort and form of violence before, during and after elections. Conflicts
often stem from ignorance of the rules established by the very society. The
knowledge UNOCI is giving to you, will certainly allow you to prevent possible
violence during electoral period", he said. (...)

Jean Marc Simon (French
Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire):"Time is against us"

Le Patriote  –
The French Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Jean Marc Simon, met yesterday with the
RDR's Chairman at his home in Cocody (...)

Le Patriote:
Excellency, you have just met with the RDR's Chairman, what did you discuss?

Jean Marc Simon:
We did an overview of the political situation, especially the electoral process,
regarding the checking of the electoral list. The checking has started. The
appeals process should follow by next week. I have come to share my vision on
the development of the electoral process with the RDR's Chairman. We note that,
for the time being, things are on track. However time is against us. (...)

Youssouf
Bakayoko to Australian ambassador: «We are working on producing a credible
electoral list »

Le Patriote -
Australian diplomats led
by His Excellency Billy Williams, the Australian Ambassador to
Côte
d'Ivoire based in Accra were at the headquarters of the Independent Electoral
Commission in Cocody II Plateaux on Thursday, 24 June 2010 where they met with
the chief, Chairman Youssouf Bakayoko. The electoral process was naturally the
centre of discussions and gave the chairman of the institution the opportunity
to reassure the international community, through the Australian diplomats, the
IEC's willingness to organise elections which meet international standards and
in which everyone accepts the winner. «This is our priority, » said the former
Foreign Affairs Minister.

"The process is going well.
Our commissions are determined and
work night and day to produce a credible electoral list so we can organise
credible elections, » Chairman Bakayoko added.   (...) The head of the delegation,
His excellency Billy Williams said: «We came here today to meet with the
Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission. Australia is very interested
in what happens in Côte d'Ivoire. We are of course interested in the electoral
process and what is happening in this regard. These are the reasons we came to
meet and discuss with the Chairman of the IEC".

Presidential election - Issa
Malick: « We hope the electoral will be comprised of only Ivorians»

Fraternité Matin  –
Starting yesterday
and up until Friday, members of the high political council of the chief of staff
of the national campaign of the presidential movement are in a seminar in Grand
Bassam. At the opening ceremony, the representative of the head of state, Dr
Coulibaly Issa Malick, who is also the director of his national campaign,
defined the objectives of the seminar: « We hope the electoral lists will be
comprised of only Ivorians. We do not want any fraudsters on the electoral
list.   It is a fight which is not against any region or religion.
C'est une
lutte qui n'est dirigée contre ni une région ni une religion. » (...)