Let me first congratulate you, Mr. President, on your leadership of the Council for this month. On behalf of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and my own Government, allow me to express our gratitude to the Security Council for the opportunity given to us once more to express ou…
His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, who was not able to be here today, wishes me to express, on behalf of the people and Government of Côte d’Ivoire, the warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his well-deserved election to the presi…
Let me at the outset congratulate you, Sir, upon your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September. I would like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs for his comprehensive and very encouraging presentation. Like him, we place great hope in th…
Last weekend, the western part of Côte d’Ivoire once again experienced violent events. At approximately 4 o’clock in the morning of 20 July, four individuals armed with kalashnikovs struck down four persons in the Kokoman
neighbourhood of the city of Duékoué. A fifth person, critically injured by g…
I have just returned from Addis Ababa and took a taxi directly to the Council from John F. Kennedy Airport, so I would ask members to bear with me.
Mr. President, my delegation would like to congratulate you on your accession to the presidency of the Council for the month of July. My delegation has…
My delegation would like to express its congratulations to the Côte d’Ivoire Sanctions Committee established
pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004), as well as its Group of Experts, for the outstanding work that has been done in the six months since the publication of the report to the Council containe…
As this is the first time that I take the floor under your presidency, Sir, I would like to convey to you the sincere congratulations of my delegation on your election to the presidency of the Council for April.
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It is my honour, on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara,…
Allow me to express my delegation’s warmest congratulations to the President of the Council on his assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of February, and above all on his leadership in taking the initiative to organize this debate on a topic of great importance to my country, who…
I should like to begin by wishing you, Sir, and the other representatives present good health, happiness and peace throughout 2012. I also take this opportunity to convey my delegation’s warmest congratulations to you on your accession to the presidency of the Council this month.
My delegation than…
As the members of the Security Council are aware, Côte d’Ivoire is emerging from a violent post-electoral crisis that killed 3,000 people, displaced 1 million people internally, and led 300,000 refugees to flee to neighbouring countries. It also led to the deterioration of much economic and institut…
At the outset, I would like to convey my delegation’s congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. The Ivorian delegation is pleased to participate in this debate on the situation in Côte d’Ivoire, which demonstrates the i…
Like all States represented here, Côte d’Ivoire welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 1981 (2001). My delegation stresses that Côte d’Ivoire is in transition and gradually emerging from the recent crisis. The security situation remains volatile, particularly in the western part of the countr…
My delegation welcomes the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 1980 (2011), which reintroduces the embargo on arms imports into Côte d’Ivoire and renews the travel ban and financial freeze imposed on a number of political actors linked to the Ivorian crisis, in accordance with the relevan…
Beginning four months ago, the Ivorian post-electoral crisis, provoked by the refusal of the former President, Mr. Gbagbo, to accept the verdict of the ballot box, reached a critical point when he was arrested by the Forces républicaines de Côte d’Ivoire (FRCI) on Monday, 11 April. This event is a t…
The protection of the civilian population in Côte d’Ivoire, which is living under threat, compounded by a deteriorating humanitarian situation marked by massive numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons, remains a matter of the greatest concern to the President of the Republic of Côte d’I…
As this is the first time that I am taking the floor in the Security Council since having been appointed and
begun my work as Permanent Representative by the President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, on this solemn occasion I should like to convey the profoun…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your brilliant election to the presidency of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly. That election is a sign of the unanimous recognition of your personal commitment to promote the role of this Organization and to defend its ideals. It is also the c…
It is a privilege and great honour for me to address the Assembly on behalf of Côte d’Ivoire and of President Laurent Gbagbo.
The report before the Assembly (A/64/665) is commendable, as it clearly and courageously sets out the challenges we face in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)…
This meeting of the Security Council gives me the opportunity to give an overview of developments in Côte d’Ivoire since our meeting on 28 January.
During the period under review, the situation in Côte d’Ivoire has been marked by a serious crisis caused by the matter of fraud on the electoral list …
I would like to take the opportunity of the presentation of the twenty-third progress report of the Secretary- General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (S/2010/15) to share with the Council the latest developments in the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement.
However…
