Security Council Resolution 1826 (2008) [on Renewal of the Mandates of the Un Operation in Côte D'ivoire (Unoci) and of the French Forces Which Support It]

S/RES/1826(2008)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 196 The situation in Côte d'Ivoire, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2007–2009

This is an older version — the most recent is S/RES/1865(2009)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	S/RES/1865(2009)	Security Council resolution 1865 (2009) [on renewal of the mandates of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and of the French forces which support it]	2,446	38%Compare
2008	S/RES/1826(2008)	Security Council resolution 1826 (2008) [on renewal of the mandates of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and of the French forces which support it]	1,515	46%Compare
2008	S/RES/1795(2008)	Security Council resolution 1795 (2008) [on renewal of the mandates of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and of the French forces which support it]	1,249	48%Compare
2007	S/RES/1765(2007)	Security Council resolution 1765 (2007) [on renewal of the mandates of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and of the French forces which support it]	1,056	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

6 reports · 2007–2009

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2009	S/2009/196	Twentieth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	S/RES/1865(2009)
2008	S/2008/645	Eighteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	S/RES/1826(2008)
2008	S/2008/451	Seventeenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	S/RES/1795(2008)
2008	S/2008/250	Sixteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	S/RES/1795(2008)
2008	S/2008/1	Fifteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	S/RES/1765(2007)

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Decides to renew the mandates of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) and of the French forces which support it, as determined in resolution 1739 (2007), until 31 January 2009, in particular to support the organization in Côte d’Ivoire of free, open, fair and transparent elections;

Requests UNOCI, within its existing resources and mandate, to support the full implementation of the Ouagadougou political Agreement and its Supplementary Agreements, and in particular to contribute to bringing the security needed by the peace process and by the electoral process and to provide logistical support to the Independent Electoral Commission for the preparation and the holding of the elections;

Strongly encourages the Defense and Security Force of Côte d’Ivoire and the Forces nouvelles to jointly develop a comprehensive plan for the security of the elections, in close coordination with the Facilitator, with the technical and logistical support of UNOCI which is supported by the French forces;

Encourages the Ivorian parties to make further concrete progress, in particular in removing the remaining logistical obstacles that impede the identification of the population, the registration of voters, the disarmament and dismantling of militias, the cantonment and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, the unification and restructuring of defence and security forces and the restoration of State authority throughout the country;

Urges the political parties to comply fully with the Code of Good Conduct for elections which they signed under the auspices of the Secretary-General, and in particular urges the Ivorian authorities to allow equitable access to public media;

Calls upon all concerned parties to ensure that the protection of women and children is addressed in the implementation of the Ouagadougou political Agreement as well as the post-conflict reconstruction and recovery phases, including continued monitoring and reporting of the situation of women and children;

Stresses the importance of ensuring the equal protection of and respect for human rights of every Ivorian as they relate to the electoral system, and in particular of removing obstacles and challenges to women’s participation and full involvement in public life;

Invites the signatories of the Ouagadougou political Agreement to take the necessary steps to protect vulnerable civilian populations, including by guaranteeing the voluntary return, reinstallation, reintegration and security of displaced persons, with the support of the United Nations system, and to fulfil in this regard their commitments in accordance with the Ouagadougou political Agreement and their obligations under international humanitarian law;

Expresses its intention to review by 31 January 2009 the mandates of UNOCI and the French forces which support it, as well as the level of troops of UNOCI, in the light of the progress achieved in the implementation of the key steps of the peace process and of the progress of the electoral process, and requests the Secretary-General to provide to it a report in this regard three weeks before this date, including some benchmarks for a possible phased drawdown of the troop levels of UNOCI, taking into consideration the electoral process and the situation on the ground and in particular the security conditions;

Reiterates its full support to the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Côte d’Ivoire, recalls that he shall certify that all stages of the electoral process provide all the necessary guarantees for the holding of open, free, fair and transparent presidential and legislative elections in accordance with international standards and reaffirms its support to the five-criteria framework elaborated by the Special Representative and referred to in document S/2008/250;

Recalls that the publication of the electoral list is a crucial step in the electoral process, calls upon the Independent Electoral Commission, the technical operators, the authorities of Côte d’Ivoire and the political parties to redouble their efforts in this regard and requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to certify it explicitly;

Welcomes the financial assistance provided by donors to the Independent Electoral Commission, which made it possible to finance the electoral process;

Calls upon the donors to increase in particular their financial support to the cantonment, disarmament and reintegration of former combatants and militia and to the redeployment of State administration throughout the country;

Commends the Representative of the Secretary-General for his efforts to facilitate the reinsertion of former combatants through the launching of one thousand micro projects, and encourages donors to contribute to their financing;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take the necessary measures to ensure full compliance in UNOCI with the United Nations zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuses and to keep the Council informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to take appropriate preventive action including predeployment awareness training, and other action to ensure full accountability in cases of such conduct involving their personnel;

Recalls the importance of the provisions of the Ouagadougou political Agreement and of the Supplementary Agreements, including paragraph 8.1 of the Ouagadougou political Agreement and paragraphs 8 and 9 of Supplementary Agreement number 3, and urges the Ivorian political forces to rely on the mediation by the Facilitator, for any major difficulty concerning the electoral process;

Commends the Facilitator for continuing to support the process to settle the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, and requests UNOCI to continue to assist him and his Special Representative in Abidjan, Mr. Boureima Badini, in the conduct of the facilitation, including by helping the Facilitator, as appropriate and upon his request, to carry out his arbitration role according to the provisions of paragraph 8.1 of the Ouagadougou political Agreement and paragraphs 8 and 9 of Supplementary Agreement number 3;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep it regularly informed of the situation and of the preparation of the electoral process, including the process of the establishment of the electoral list, and notably by providing to it a report in this regard no later than 15 October 2008;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

Security Council Resolution 1826 (2008) [on Renewal of the Mandates of the Un Operation in Côte D'ivoire (Unoci) and of the French Forces Which Support It]

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