Côte d’Ivoire police to serve with UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo

Eight police officers selected by the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) will serve with the world body’s peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), it was announced today.

“Côte d’Ivoire has for some time been a contributing country of troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions,” said the Officer-in-charge of UNOCI Abou Moussa during a ceremony at the mission's Headquarters in Abidjan, where he helped distribute UN berets to the new police, who are the latest Ivorians to serve with the world body in other hotspots.

Mr. Moussa called on the current batch of officers to offer their experience to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and to bring honour to their own country at a time when “Côte d’Ivoire enters a new phase in the peace and reconciliation process.”