Cote d’Ivoire / Children and Armed Conflict – Fact Sheet
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, January 27, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Cote d’Ivoire fact sheet
1) Which parties were listed? When?
• Alliance patriotique de l’ethnie (APWe) – in 2006
• Forces armees nationales de Cote d’Ivoire (FANCI)- in 2003
• Front de liberation du Grand Ouest (FLGO)- in 2006
• LIMA force suppletive – in 2005
• Mouvement ivoirien de liberation oust de Cote d’Ivoire- in 2006
• MPIGO- in 2003.
• Mouvement pour la paix et la justice (MPJ) – in 2003.
• Mouvement patriotique de Cote d’Ivoire (MPCI)- in 2003
• Union patriotique de resistance du Grand Ouest (UPRGO)- in 2006
2) When were Action Plans signed?
• November 2005
• [ On 20 September 2006, a task force on monitoring and reporting on child's rights violations within the framework of Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) was inaugurated in Côte d'Ivoire.]
3) When were the parties de-listed?
• All parties were de-listed in 2007
4) Sexual violence Plan of Action?
• Consultations with the Government on a draft national action plan on sexual violence were held in 2009. The Ivorian government has not yet adopted this national action plan to combat sexual violence in government-held areas, despite calls from the UN and other actors to intensify efforts to finalize it.
• On 19 January 2009, in response to the request of the UN Security Council Working Group, the leadership of Defence and Security Forces of Forces nouvelles (FDS-FN) developed and signed a programme of action to address sexual violence against children in areas under its control. This is expected to serve as a stopgap measure pending the establishment of the national action plan. Dialogue with the Armed forces of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) for the implementation of the Programme of Action against sexual violence has been largely impeded by the political environment. In October 2010, the FAFN Chief of staff restated his firm commitment to protecting children and pointed out that changes in the political situation had contributed to the delay in the implementation of the programme.
• On 30 January 2009, the leadership of the militia groups operating in western Côte d’Ivoire also committed to collaborate with the United Nations on preventing sexual violence, through a communiqué addressed to my Special Representative in Côte d’Ivoire. No further action has been taken to date.
5) Release of children?
• In 2005, 327 children associated with fighting forces in areas under the control of the Forces nouvelles were demobilized, of whom 251 were officially handed over by FAFN.
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• Further, FLGO, MILOCI, APWé and UPRGO in West Guiglo released 400 children in 2005.
• On 14 August 2007, FDS-FN submitted a report to my Special Representative for Côte d’Ivoire detailing action taken to finalize the implementation of the action plan, where 85 children, including 27 girls, were identified.
• The four militia groups have worked closely with the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire, and designated focal points for the identification of children associated with their forces, resulting in the identification and registration of 204 children, including 84 girls in 2007.
SOURCE
UNITED NATIONS
