Chronology of Events

revised on 5 July 2017

Côte d’Ivoire

7 February 2006

The Côte d’Ivoire Sanctions Committee approved a list of three Ivorians subject to a consolidated travel ban and asset freeze: Charles Blé Goudé; Eugène N’goran Kouadio Djué; and Martin Kouakou Fofie.

January 2006

A wave of violent protest against the UN was led by the Young Patriots. In response to the violence, the Council implemented individual sanctions against two followers of President Gbagbo and one commander of the Forces nouvelles.

4 December 2005

Charles Konan Banny, the governor of the Central Bank of West Africa States, was appointed interim prime minister by the mediators.

29 November-3 December 2005

The Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Juan Méndez, visited Côte d’Ivoire. After numerous interviews, he declared that the ethnic orientation of the conflict could lead to “massive and serious violations of human rights”.

8 November 2005

The first meeting of the newly established International Working Group was held.

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