Côte d’Ivoire
25 March 2008
Election certification criteria proposed by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Côte d’Ivoire were welcomed by the Ivorian parties and promulgated.
17 March 2008
UNOCI transferred control of three disarmament facilities, which had been under the de facto control of the rebel Forces Nouvelles, in the country’s northern region to the Ivorian government as part of the DDR effort.
3-12 March 2008
A technical assessment mission visited Côte d’Ivoire to assess progress in preparing for elections and options for the mission in supporting the Ouagadougou Agreement.
28 February 2008
UNOCI’s electoral assistance division announced that UNOCI had repaired almost 90 percent of polling stations across Côte d’Ivoire ahead of the national presidential elections.
Mid-February 2008
Côte d’Ivoire was taken off the Secretary-General’s global list of child recruiters because militias and other armed groups were said to have stopped recruiting children in their ranks.
