MaximsNewsNetwork: COTE D'IVOIRE & UN SECURITY COUNCIL

MaximsNewsNetwork: 29 October 2009 - UNTV / ONUCI - United Nations: Following a Security Council vote extending sanctions in Cote d'Ivoire, Ivorian Ambassador Alcide Djedj says that the fact that very similar resolutions have succeeded since 2004 shows, "the anachronism of today's decision to maintain the sanctions for another year."

The Security Council today (29 October) extended the sanctions imposed on Côte dIvoire, warning that the situation in the divided West African nation continues to pose a threat to international peace and security for the region.

In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member Council voted to maintain for another year an arms embargo, restrictions for certain individuals on travel and financial movements, and the ban on any state importing rough diamonds from Côte dIvoire.

The Council pledged to review these measures no later than three months after the holding of open, free, fair and transparent presidential elections, which were originally scheduled as far back as 2005 but are now slated for the end of next month.

In addition, the Councils resolution called on the UN peacekeeping operation in Côte dIvoire (UNOCI), and the French force that supports it, to fully uphold the enforcement of the arms embargo on the country, which has been split for more than seven years between the government-controlled south and the rebel Forces Nouvelles-held north.
Following the meeting the countrys permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Alcide Djedj expressed his delegations disappointment after the vote. He said that the fact that the resolutions were succeeding and that they were very similar since 2004 while the situation was improving in the country showed the anachronism of todays decision to maintain the sanctions for another year.
He said that the resolution was not in touch with the Ivorian reconciliation process that has made great progress since the signing of the Ouagadougou Agreement.

Earlier this week, the Group of Experts set up in 2005 to monitor the sanctions told the Council in a report that the northern part of the country bears more resemblance to a warlord economy than to a functioning government administration.

Last week UNOCI launched its second military exercise codenamed Operation Umbrella 2 to provide security for the civilian population in the west of the country. The operation took place in Yoya under the supervision of the Beninois battalion. Its objective was to show the presence of the UN force and reassure the civilian population as elections draw near.

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[jimmyhoffa9]

screw the UN, they have no right to put in an arms embargo. oh well, south african showed them, made their own weapons.