United Nations Security Council Resolution 1933
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1933, adopted unanimously on June 30, 2010, after reaffirming resolutions 1893
(2009), 1911
(2010) and 1924
(2010) on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire
(Ivory Coast) and Resolution 1885
(2009) on the situation in Liberia
, the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
(UNOCI) and supporting French forces until December 31, 2010 and expanded UNOCI's mandate with provisions to strengthen its capacity to consolidate stability in the country.
and Prime Minister Guillaume Soro
in 2007 and follow-up agreements. It appreciated the efforts of the President of Burkina Faso
Blaise Compaoré
as mediator and supporter of the peace process in Côte d'Ivoire and of the Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS) for its efforts.
The Council stressed the need for a strategic approach to peacekeeping
deployments in which a substantial engagement would lead to a durable peace when all parties abided by the obligations. Attempts to destabilise the peace process were strongly condemned and there was concern at continued violations of human rights
and international humanitarian law
in parts of the country despite attempts to improve the situation.
, the Council expressed concern at the continued delay of elections in Côte d'Ivoire
, urging Ivorian stakeholders to publish the final voters list without delay that was crucial for holding free, fair and transparent elections. It reiterated that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
had a role in the certification of the electoral process and of the involvement of Ivorian society in the process with full respect for human rights. Political parties had to comply with a code of good conduct and it was important that the population had access to diverse information through the media.
The international community
was urged to provide assistance to the electoral process in Côte d'Ivoire by the provision of election observers and technical assistance. The Ivorian people were called upon to refrain from calls for hatred, violence or intolerance, and noted that the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
called for sanctions against those in media who publicly incited violence and political tensions in his report. Ivorian parties were urged to make progress with regard to disarmament
, identification and reunification operations and the issue of displaced persons. All reported human rights violations, particularly sexual violence
, was condemned by the Council.
UNOCI was issued with a newly expanded and comprehensive mandate
to effectively support parties to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement. The new mandate included provisions relating to monitoring armed groups; protecting civilians; monitoring the arms embargo
; public information; human rights; humanitarian assistance
; support for the elections; identification operations; disarmament, demobilisation
and reintegration of former militia and storage of weapons; redeployment of Ivorian state administration throughout the country; security sector reform; mediation; and the protection of United Nations personnel. It was further authorised to carry out all necessary means to enforce its mandate.
All Ivorian parties were urged to guarantee the safety, security and freedom of movement
for UNOCI and supporting French
forces. The resolution decided that UNOCI would comprise a total of 8,650, which included 7,392 military and 1,250 police personnel. The Security Council expressed its intention to temporarily increase the number of UNOCI personnel by up to 500 before and after the elections. The supporting French forces also had their mandate extended until December 31, 2010 by which a review of UNOCI would have taken place by the Council.
Finally, the Secretary-General was requested to report on all aspects of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire, particularly with regard to the protection and promotion of human rights and international humanitarian law. He was asked to monitor compliance by UNOCI with the United Nations zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation
, report on the achievement of benchmarks in the political process and inform the Council of the final publication of the voters list by October 22, 2010.
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1933, adopted unanimously on June 30, 2010, after reaffirming resolutions 1893
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1893
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1893 was unanimously adopted on 29 October 2009.- Resolution :Noting with concern continuing human rights violations against civilians in Côte d'Ivoire, including numerous acts of sexual violence, the Security Council this morning renewed for another year...
(2009), 1911
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1911
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1911, adopted unanimously on January 28, 2010, after reaffirming resolutions 1880 and 1893 , and reiterating its determination to bring about a credible election process in Côte d'Ivoire, the Council approved a four month extension of the United Nations...
(2010) and 1924
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1924
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1924, adopted unanimously on May 27, 2010, after reaffirming resolutions 1893 and 1911 on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire and Resolution 1885 on Liberia, the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire until June 30,...
(2010) on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
(Ivory Coast) and Resolution 1885
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1885
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1885 was unanimously adopted on 15 September 2009.- Resolution :Noting with concern the threats to subregional stability, in particular posed by drug trafficking, organized crime and illicit arms, and reiterating the continuing need for support by the...
(2009) on the situation in Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
, the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire is a peacekeeping mission whose objective is "to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the peace agreement signed by them in January 2003"...
(UNOCI) and supporting French forces until December 31, 2010 and expanded UNOCI's mandate with provisions to strengthen its capacity to consolidate stability in the country.
Observations
In the preamble of Resolution 1933, the Security Council recalled that it had endorsed the Ouagadougou Political Agreement signed between Ivorian President Laurent GbagboLaurent Gbagbo
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo served as the fourth President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011. A historian by profession, he is also an amateur chemist and physicist....
and Prime Minister Guillaume Soro
Guillaume Soro
Guillaume Kigbafori Soro has served as the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire since 4 April 2007...
in 2007 and follow-up agreements. It appreciated the efforts of the President of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré has been the President of Burkina Faso since 1987 following a coup d'état that ousted then-President Thomas Sankara. In 2011, a mutiny by soldiers over unpaid housing allowances forced him to flee the capital for his hometown...
as mediator and supporter of the peace process in Côte d'Ivoire and of the Economic Community of West African States
Economic Community of West African States
The Economic Community of West African States is a regional group of fifteen West African countries. Founded on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, its mission is to promote economic integration across the region....
(ECOWAS) for its efforts.
The Council stressed the need for a strategic approach to peacekeeping
Peacekeeping
Peacekeeping is an activity that aims to create the conditions for lasting peace. It is distinguished from both peacebuilding and peacemaking....
deployments in which a substantial engagement would lead to a durable peace when all parties abided by the obligations. Attempts to destabilise the peace process were strongly condemned and there was concern at continued violations of human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
and international humanitarian law
International humanitarian law
International humanitarian law , often referred to as the laws of war, the laws and customs of war or the law of armed conflict, is the legal corpus that comprises "the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Conventions, as well as subsequent treaties, case law, and customary international law." It...
in parts of the country despite attempts to improve the situation.
Acts
Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations CharterChapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military and nonmilitary action to "restore international peace...
, the Council expressed concern at the continued delay of elections in Côte d'Ivoire
Elections in Côte d'Ivoire
2000 Elections in Côte d'Ivoire gives information on election and election results in Côte d'Ivoire.Côte d'Ivoire elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...
, urging Ivorian stakeholders to publish the final voters list without delay that was crucial for holding free, fair and transparent elections. It reiterated that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
A Special Representative of the Secretary-General is a highly respected expert who has been appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to represent her/him in meetings with heads of state on critical human rights issues...
had a role in the certification of the electoral process and of the involvement of Ivorian society in the process with full respect for human rights. Political parties had to comply with a code of good conduct and it was important that the population had access to diverse information through the media.
The international community
International community
The international community is a term used in international relations to refer to all peoples, cultures and governments of the world or to a group of them. The term is used to imply the existence of common duties and obligations between them...
was urged to provide assistance to the electoral process in Côte d'Ivoire by the provision of election observers and technical assistance. The Ivorian people were called upon to refrain from calls for hatred, violence or intolerance, and noted that the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before going on to be Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he...
called for sanctions against those in media who publicly incited violence and political tensions in his report. Ivorian parties were urged to make progress with regard to disarmament
Disarmament
Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear arms...
, identification and reunification operations and the issue of displaced persons. All reported human rights violations, particularly sexual violence
Sexual violence
Sexual violence occurs throughout the world, although in most countries there has been little research conducted on the problem. Due to the private nature of sexual violence, estimating the extent of the problem is difficult...
, was condemned by the Council.
UNOCI was issued with a newly expanded and comprehensive mandate
Mandate (international law)
In international law, a mandate is a binding obligation issued from an inter-governmental organization like the United Nations to a country which is bound to follow the instructions of the organization....
to effectively support parties to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement. The new mandate included provisions relating to monitoring armed groups; protecting civilians; monitoring the arms embargo
Arms embargo
An arms embargo is an embargo that applies to weaponry. It may also include "dual use" items. An arms embargo may serve one or more purposes:# to signal disapproval of behavior by a certain actor,# to maintain neutral standing in an ongoing conflict, or...
; public information; human rights; humanitarian assistance
Humanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity...
; support for the elections; identification operations; disarmament, demobilisation
Demobilization
Demobilization is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status. This may be as a result of victory in war, or because a crisis has been peacefully resolved and military force will not be necessary...
and reintegration of former militia and storage of weapons; redeployment of Ivorian state administration throughout the country; security sector reform; mediation; and the protection of United Nations personnel. It was further authorised to carry out all necessary means to enforce its mandate.
All Ivorian parties were urged to guarantee the safety, security and freedom of movement
Freedom of movement
Freedom of movement, mobility rights or the right to travel is a human right concept that the constitutions of numerous states respect...
for UNOCI and supporting French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
forces. The resolution decided that UNOCI would comprise a total of 8,650, which included 7,392 military and 1,250 police personnel. The Security Council expressed its intention to temporarily increase the number of UNOCI personnel by up to 500 before and after the elections. The supporting French forces also had their mandate extended until December 31, 2010 by which a review of UNOCI would have taken place by the Council.
Finally, the Secretary-General was requested to report on all aspects of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire, particularly with regard to the protection and promotion of human rights and international humanitarian law. He was asked to monitor compliance by UNOCI with the United Nations zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation
Sexual slavery
Sexual slavery is when unwilling people are coerced into slavery for sexual exploitation. The incidence of sexual slavery by country has been studied and tabulated by UNESCO, with the cooperation of various international agencies...
, report on the achievement of benchmarks in the political process and inform the Council of the final publication of the voters list by October 22, 2010.
See also
- Ivorian Civil War
- Ivorian parliamentary election, 2010
- Ivorian presidential election, 2010
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1901 to 2000 (2009 – 2011)