First of all, on behalf of the President and people of Côte d’Ivoire, allow me to express our gratitude for the numerous expressions of sympathy that followed the deadly stampede that took place on the evening 31 December, which resulted in approximately 60 deaths.
My delegation takes note of the e…
In his statement during the Security Council debate on 10 December, the Minister of State and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, warned of the imminent threat posed by the increasing presence of terrorist groups in northern Mali:
”Northern Mali is gradually being transfo…
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…
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…
On behalf of my delegation, I wish to express my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. May I wish you and the members of the Bureau full success and assure you of my delegation’s full support and cooperation.
I would like to pay tribu…
Allow me to convey to you, Sir, on behalf of the head of State, the Prime Minister and the Government and people of Côte d’Ivoire, my sincere congratulations on your unanimous election to preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session.
Africa is proud to see, yet again, one of its son…
I have the great honour of conveying to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session the greetings of the people of Côte d’Ivoire, President Laurent Gbagbo, Prime Minister Seydou Elimane Diarra and the Government.
The delegation of Côte d’Ivoire has the pleasure of warmly congratulating the Pre…
