Côte d'Ivoire
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UNOCI
UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UN-Geführt)
Beginn: 04/04
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(UN-Mandatiert)
Beginn: 09/02
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Government Releases Details on Alleged Coup Plotters (04.09.2003)
(Quelle: Irinnews) Many of the alleged conspirators were linked to the military government of General Robert Guei which ruled Cote d'Ivoire from a coup d'etat in 1999 until fresh elections in 2000. One of them, Master Sargent Ibrahim Coulibaly, who was arrested in France, was also linked to a failed coup on September last year which plunged Cote d'Ivoire into civil war.
Côte d'Ivoire requests UN assistance for upcoming elections (02.09.2003)
(Quelle: UN-News) As preparations for upcoming general elections get underway in Côte d'Ivoire, the country's fledgling government has asked the United Nations to help lay the groundwork for the 2005 ballot and to monitor the procedures to ensure fair and creditable outcome.
Prime Minister Accused of Complicity in Coup Plot (28.08.2003)
(Quelle: BBC World) The power-sharing government in Ivory Coast is looking increasingly shaky after President Laurent Gbagbo's party accused the prime minister of inciting an alleged coup plot. Eleven men were arrested in France at the weekend and accused of plotting to assassinate Mr Gbagbo. Up to 30 more alleged coup-plotters have been detained in the Ivory Coast commercial capital Abidjan.
French Soldiers Killed (26.08.2003)
(Quelle: BBC World) Two French soldiers have been killed in a clash with former rebels in Ivory Coast, military officials say. They are said to be the first French soldiers to be killed in combat in Ivory Coast since France sent 4,000 troops to the country to monitor a peace agreement it brokered in January.
Possible Plotters Arrested in Paris (25.08.2003)
(Quelle: Irinnews) France arrested 11 people at the weekend who were planning to destabilise Cote d'Ivoire with the assistance of mercenaries, an Ivoirian police source said on Monday. … The source said all 11 were arrested on Saturday at a Paris airport under the terms of a new law to combat the activities of mercenaries on French territory, which came into effect on April 15.
Prime Minister Warns of Deadlock (21.08.2003)
(Quelle: BBC World) Speaking on national television, Seydou Diarra warned the peace process would be at risk if the new National Security Council - set up under an accord signed in Accra in March - failed to fill the defence and security portfolios.
Annan: Côte d'Ivoire Peace Shows Promise (13.08.2003)
(Quelle: UN-News) The peace process in Côte d'Ivoire has made encouraging progress in the past six months, but according to the first report on the new United Nations mission in the country, the road to true stability is long and fraught with contradictions that must be resolved in order for the new Government to fully implement its promising work plan. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's first report on the UN Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI) was released today. … The Security Council is scheduled to discuss the report next Wednesday.
Government Releases 54 Political Prisoners Under Amnesty Law (12.08.2003)
(Quelle: Irinnew) The government of Cote d'Ivoire has released 54 political prisoners accused of supporting rebels who occupy the north of the country under the terms of an amnesty law which was approved by parliament last week, a Justice Ministry spokesman said.
Amnesty Law Passed (07.08.2003)
(Quelle: BBC World) The amnesty will not be applied to those who have committed serious human rights abuses or economic crimes during the hostilities. … BBC correspondent Liz Blunt says the bill removes a significant legal hurdle to disarmament, reassuring the rebels that they will not be prosecuted for treason the moment they abandon their weapons.
Warten auf die Grenzöffnung (06.08.2003)
(Quelle: taz) Dem Bürgerkrieg in der Elfenbeinküste fiel auch Burkina Fasos Wirtschaftsader zum Opfer: die Eisenbahnlinie nach Abidjan. Damit wurde eines der ärmsten Länder der Welt vom Außenhandel abgeschnitten.
Security Council Sees Progress and Dangers for Peace Process (25.07.2003)
(Quelle: UN-News) While welcoming progress made towards ending strife in Côte d’Ivoire, the United Nations Security Council today voiced concern at the continued existence of regional factors of instability, particularly the use of mercenaries and child soldiers, and the spread of small arms and light weapons which prevent a lasting solution to the crisis in the region. … The statement stressed that much remained to be done to fully implement the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement, a French-brokered peace accord reached in January that calls on the Government, rebels and political opposition in the West African country to share power in a transitional administration until elections in 2005.
Ivory Coast “at Turning Point” (24.07.2003)
(Quelle: BBC World) France's senior army chief has warned that the fragile peace in Ivory Coast is at risk unless fighters involved in the recent civil war rapidly begin disarming. … Returning from a field trip to the western rainforest zone bordering Liberia, General Bentegeat said he had witnessed the first signs of normality, with thousands of people beginning to return to abandoned villages.
ECOMICI Funding Guaranteed until November (23.07.2003)
(Quelle: Irinnews) The United States and several European donors have pledged sufficient funding to keep a West African peacekeeping force of nearly 1,400 troops deployed in Cote d'Ivoire until the end of November. … (T)he financial controller of the five-nation peace-keeping force told IRIN that the donors committed about US $8 million of assistance for the second half of this year at a meeting in Paris on Friday. This included $2.2 million of new money from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy and Luxembourg.
Rebellen erklären Krieg für beendet (07.07.2003)
(Quelle: SZ) Die Regierung und die Rebellen der Elfenbeinküste haben den im September vergangenen Jahres begonnenen Bürgerkrieg offiziell für beendet erklärt. … Schon seit April sind die Aufständischen unter Vermittlung der ehemaligen Kolonialmacht Frankreich an einer Übergangsregierung beteiligt und haben neun Ministerposten inne. In einer Erklärung hieß es nun, sie erkennen die Autorität des Staatschefs an. Die Friedensvereinbarung sieht auch vor, dass den Aufständischen Amnestie gewährt wird und sie in die nationalen Streitkräfte aufgenommen werden.
Peace Process still on Track (02.07.2003)
(Quelle: Irinnews) 'For us, this war is finished. There is no question of taking up arms again,' said Sports Minister Michel Gueu, one of nine rebel leaders who sit in the cabinet of Prime Minister Seydou Diarra. Rebel military commanders, who still control all of northern Cote d'Ivoire, also sounded a more conciliatory note, after declaring a state of emergency on Monday and ordering all the rebel ministers to return to rebel capital Bouake.
Security Council Delegation in Cote D’Ivoire (01.07.2003)
(Quelle: UN-News) A United Nations Security Council delegation in West Africa exploring opportunities for regional peace and stability, has wrapped up a series of discussions with top officials in Côte D'Ivoire on ways to fully implement a six-month old power-sharing accord. … During their stay in the Ivoirian capital of Abidjan, the mission reviewed the status of implementation by all the parties of the Linas-Marcoussis agreement, a French-brokered peace accord reached in January that calls on the government, rebels and political opposition to share power in a transitional government until elections in 2005.
Rebel Ministers are Ordered to Leave Transitional Government (30.06.2003)
(Quelle: Irinnews) The military high command of the three rebel movements that occupy northern Cote d'Ivoire ordered all nine rebel ministers to withdraw from the government at a meeting on Sunday night in the rebel capital Bouake. However, several of the rebel ministers told a press conference in Abidjan on Monday that they would only decide whether or not to pull out after meeting a visiting delegation from the UN Security Council on Tuesday.