SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION

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SUBJECT: SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION
1782 RENEWING SANCTIONS IN COTE D'IVOIRE

REF: STATE 149685


1. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution
1782 on October 29, renewing the sanctions regime in Cote
d'Ivoire and the mandate of the Group of Experts--the Cote
d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee's investigative body--until
October 31, 2008. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo,
a ban on the import of Ivorian diamonds, and an international
travel ban and assets freeze on individuals impeding the
peace process. Following calls from China, Indonesia, and
especially Italy to demonstrate the Council's willingness to
amend the sanctions in line with political and security
progress, resolution 1782 mandates an interim review of the
sanctions following the full implementation of the
Ouagadougou Agreement and holding of "open, free, fair, and
transparent" elections, or alternatively by April 20, 2008.

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Recalling its previous resolutions and the statements of its
President relating to the situation in Cote d'Ivoire,

Reaffirming its strong commitments to the sovereignty,
independence, territorial integrity and unity of Cote
d'Ivoire, and recalling the importance of the principles of
good-neighborliness, non-interference and regional
cooperation,

Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General dated 8
October 2007 (S/2007/593) and of the reports of the United
Nations Group of Experts on Cote d'Ivoire dated 14 June 2007
(S/2007/349 and 21 September 2007 (S/2007/611),

Recalling that it endorsed the Agreement signed by President
Laurent Gbagbo and Mr. Guillaume Soro in Ouagadougou on 4
March 2007 ("the Ouagadougou political Agreement",
S/2007/144),and that it has supported the appointment of Mr.
Guillaume Soro as Prime Minister,

Paying again tribute to the Chairperson of the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS) President Blaise
Compaore of Burkina Faso ("the Facilitator") for his
continued efforts to facilitate the inter-Ivorian direct
dialogue that led, in particular to the signing of the
Ouagadougou political Agreement, and welcoming the
appointment of Mr. Boureima Badini as Special Representative
of the Facilitator in Abidjan,

Reiterating its strong condemnation of any attempt to
destabilize the peace process by force, in particular the
attack committed on 29 June 2006 in Bouake against the Prime
Minister of the Republic of Cote d' Ivoire, Mr. Guillaume
Soro, that resulted in several deaths, and stressing that the
perpetrators of such criminal acts must be brought to justice,

Welcoming the initial measures to implement the Ouagadougou
political agreement, recalling its request to the Ivorian
parties to implement their commitments under the Agreement
fully and in good faith and urging them to take, without
delay the specific measures necessary to make progress in
particular in the identification and registration of voters,
the disarmament and dismantling of militias, the disarmament,
demobilization and reintegration programme, the unification
and restructuring of the defence and security forces and the
restoration of State authority throughout the country,

Recalling that the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General in Cote d'Ivoire shall certify that all

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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,

Reiterating its firm condemnation of all violations of human
rights and international humanitarian law in Cote d'Ivoire,
and recalling its resolutions 1460(2003) and 1612 (2005) on
Children and Armed Conflict and its resolution 1325 (2000) on
Women, Peace and Security,

Recalling that the Committee established by paragraph 14 of
resolution 1572 (2004) (the Committee) will consider and
decide upon requests for the exemptions set out in paragraphs
8, 10 and 12 of resolution 1572 (2004) which are submitted in
accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Committee, and
expressing the availability of the above mentioned Committee
and of the Group of Experts to give technical explanations as
may be needed,



Determining that the situation in Cote d' Ivoire continues to
pose a threat to international peace and security in the
region,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations


1. Decides to renew until 31 October 2008 the provisions of
paragraphs 7 to 12 of resolution 1572 (2004) and of paragraph
6 of resolution 1643 (2005);


2. Decides to review the measures imposed by resolution 1572
(2004),in particular its paragraphs 7, 9, and 11, and by
paragraph 6 of resolution 1643 (2005) and renewed in
paragraph 1 above, in light of progress achieved in the
implementation of the key steps of the peace process as
referred to in resolution 1765 (2007),by the end of the
period mentioned in paragraph 1, and decides further to carry
out a review of the measures during the period mentioned in
paragraph 1 above:

(a) Once the parties have fully implemented the Ouagadougou
political Agreement and after the holding of open, free, fair
and transparent presidential and legislative elections in
accordance with international standards, or

(b) No later than 30 April 2008;


3. Demands in particular that the Ivorian authorities put an
immediate end to any violation of measures imposed by
paragraph 11 of resolution 1572 (2004) including those
violations mentioned by the Group of Experts in its report
dated 21 September 2007 (S/2007/611);


4. Reiterates its demand that all Ivorian parties to the
Ouagadougou political Agreement, in particular the Ivorian
authorities, provide unhindered access, particularly to the
Group of Experts established pursuant to paragraph 9 of
resolution 1643 (2005),to equipment, sites and installations
referred to in paragraph 2 (a) of resolution 1584 (2005),and
to the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and
the French forces which support it in order to carry out
their respective mandates as set out in paragraphs 2 and 8 of
resolution 1739 (2007) and renewed in resolution 1765 (2007);


5. Decides that any serious obstacle to the freedom of
movement of UNOCI and of the French forces which support it,
of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, of
the Facilitator mentioned in paragraph 10 of resolution 1765
(2007) or his Special Representative in Cote d'Ivoire shall
constitute a threat to the peace and national reconciliation
process for the purposes of paragraphs 9 and 11 of resolution
1572 (2004);


6. Requests the Secretary-General and the French Government
to report to it immediately, through the Committee, any
serious obstacle to the freedom of movement of UNOCI and of
the French forces which support it, including the names of
those responsible, and requests also that the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General, the Facilitator or
his Special Representative in Cote d'Ivoire to report to it
immediately, through the Committee, any attack or
obstruction of their action:


7. Requests all States concerned, in particular those in the
region, to cooperate fully with the Committee, and authorizes
the Committee to request whatever further information it may
consider necessary;


8. Decides to extend the mandate of the Group of Experts as
set out in paragraph 7 of resolution 1727 (2006) until 31
October 2008 and requests the Secretary-General to take the
necessary administrative measures;


9. Urges all the Ivorian parties and, in particular, the
civilian and military authorities of Cote d'Ivoire, to
collaborate more actively with the Group of experts and to
provide it with the information and documentation it requests
with a view to fulfilling its mandate;


10. Requests the Group of Experts to provide a mid-term
report to the Committee by the 15 of April 2008 and to submit
a final written report to the Security Council through the
Committee 15 days before the end of its mandated period, on
the implementation of the measures imposed by paragraph 7, 9
and 11 of resolution 1572 (2004) and paragraph 6 of


resolution 1643 (2005),as well as recommendations in this
regard;


11. Requests the Secretary-General to communicate as
appropriate to the Security Council, through the Committee,
information gathered by UNOCI and where possible, reviewed by
the Group of Experts, concerning the supply of arms and
related materiel to Cote d'Ivoire;


12. Requests also the French Government to communicate as
appropriate to the Security Council, through the Committee,
information gathered by the French forces and, where
possible, reviewed by the Group of Experts, concerning the
supply of arms and related materiel to Cote d'Ivoire;


13. Requests also the Kimberley Process to communicate as
appropriate to the Security Council, through the Committee,
information which, where possible, has been reviewed by the
Group of Experts, concerning the production and illicit
export of diamonds;


14. Urges all States, relevant United Nations bodies, and
other organizations and interested parties, including the
Kimberley Process, to cooperate fully with the Committee, the
Group of Experts, UNOCI and the French forces, in particular
by supplying any information at their disposal on possible
violations of the measures imposed by paragraphs 7, 9 and 11
of resolution 1572 (2004),paragraph 6 of resolution 1643
(2005) and reiterated in paragraph 1 above;


15. Underlines that it is fully prepared to impose targeted
measures against persons to be designated by the Committee
who are determined to be, among other things:

(a) a threat to the peace and national reconciliation process
in Cote d'Ivoire, in particular by blocking the
implementation of the peace process as referred to in the
Ouagadougou political Agreement,

(b) attacking or obstructing the action of UNOCI, of the
French forces which support it, of the Special Representative
of the Secretary-General, of the Facilitator or his Special
Representative in Cote d' Ivoire,

(c) responsible for obstacles to the freedom of movement of
UNOCI and of the French forces which support,

(d) responsible for serious violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law committed in Cote d'Ivoire,

(e) inciting publicly hatred and violence,

(f) acting in violation of the measures imposed by paragraph
7 of resolution 1572(2004),


16. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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Khalilzad