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Ivory Coast newspaper covering the national elections. The opposition says it will not recognize the victory of President Laurent Gbagbo.<\/a>
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C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire: UN pursues multi-pronged strategy for peaceful elections<\/p>\n

1 April 2010 \u2013From high-level political meetings to workshops and sporting events, the United Nations mission in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire (UNOCI) is deploying a multifaceted strategy to create a peaceful environment for the repeatedly delayed elections that are intended to reunify the divided country.<\/p>\n

UNOCI is \u201cfollowing very closely\u201d consultations between C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s President, Laurent Gbagbo, and President Blaise Compaor\u00e9 of Burkina Faso, the African mediator in the crisis that began in 2002 when civil war divided the country into a rebel-held north and Government-controlled south, mission spokesman Hamadoun Tour\u00e9 said today.<\/p>\n

Originally scheduled as far back as 2005, the elections have been repeatedly delayed, most recently from November to last month, but a new crisis erupted in February when Mr. Gbagbo dissolved the Government and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Since then Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon\u2019s Special Representative, Y. J. Choi, has been holding intensive talks with all concerned, including the IEC\u2019s newly appointed president Issouf Bakayoko.<\/p>\n

At today\u2019s weekly news briefing, Mr. Tour\u00e9 reaffirmed UNOCI\u2019s readiness to help the new IEC executive facilitate the resumption of appeals regarding registration on the electoral list, assuring Mr. Bakayoko that the mission will make its human, material and logistical resources available.<\/p>\n

The latest impasse began in January after the production of a second electoral list, with some 5.3 million confirmed people and around 1 million people still needing to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

Continuing his efforts to establish a peaceful electoral environment, Mr. Choi today met with leaders of various youth organizations.<\/p>\n

Other mission initiatives listed by Mr. Tour\u00e9 include a workshop yesterday in Abidjan, the country\u2019s largest city and commercial centre, attended by 60 artists, focusing on their commitment and contribution to a peaceful environment, and a seminar in Adzope on civil society\u2019s commitment to promote a peaceful environment, attended by 40 representatives of various organizations, institutions and traditional chiefs from seven localities in Agn\u00e9by Region.<\/p>\n

In Daloa, 20 directors of private non-profit radio stations took part this week in a training workshop aimed at improving their processing of information and suitably informing voters.<\/p>\n

Finally, in S\u00e9gu\u00e9la, a mini-marathon and a football tournament are to be used to promote peace.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these initiatives have the same objective, revolving around three major principles: maintaining peace and security, preserving the achievements made so far including the provisional electoral list, and producing the definitive electoral list as soon as possible,\u201d UNOCI said in a news release.
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