COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

UNCLAS STATE 054958

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UNSC IC
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT


1. (U) USUN may support adoption of the French-drafted
Presidential Statement on Cote d'Ivoire. The text is in
paragraph 2 below.


2. (U) Begin text:

(1) The Security Council welcomes the communique dated 18 May
2009 of the Permanent Consultative Framework of the
Ouagadougou Political Agreement, which provides a
comprehensive electoral timeframe leading to the first round
of the presidential election in Cote d'Ivoire on 29 November

2009. It stresses that this timeframe has been endorsed by
all the main Ivorian political actors, as requested by the
statement of the President of the Security Council
S/PRST/2008/42 and resolution 1865 (2009).
(2) The Security Council underlines the importance of the
effective implementation of each of the five stages leading
to the elections, as referred to in the report of the
Secretary-General dated 13 April 2009 (S/2009/196),namely:
(l) the publication of the provisional voters list at the end
of voter registration operations, (2) the publication of the
final voters' list, (3) the production of identification and
voters cards, (4) the distribution of identification and
voters cards and (5) the electoral campaigning period.
(3) The Security Council, consistent with its resolution 1865
(2009) underlines that this timeline binds the Ivorian
political actors and that the way it will be implemented will
reflect their level of political commitment towards the
holding of free, fair, open and transparent elections in a
secure environment. The Security Council urges the Ivorian
political actors to meet their commitments in full and
without further delay. It urges again the political actors in
particular to comply fully with the Code of Good Conduct for
elections they signed under the auspices of the
Secretary-General on 23 April 2008.
(4) The Security Council reaffirms its full support to the
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Cote
d'Ivoire and to the United Nations Operation in Cote
d'Ivoire, and recalls that the Special Representative shall
certify that all stages of the electoral process provide all
the necessary guarantees for the holding of free, fair, open
and transparent presidential and legislative elections in
accordance with international standards, consistent with
paragraph 20 of Resolution 1865 (2009). It takes note of the
request by the Ivorian parties that the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General make known and
explain to all Ivorian stakeholders the content and modus
operandi of the five-criteria framework referred to in
document S/2008/250 and in resolution 1865 (2009).
(5) The Security Council reiterates its full support for the
Facilitator, and calls on the Ivorian political actors to
continue to cooperate fully with him, in particular in this
critical phase of the peace process.
(6) The Security Council expresses the hope that the
announcement of the electoral timeframe will give a new
impetus to the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political
agreement and its Supplementary Agreements. It takes note
positively of the ceremony of transfer of authority held in
Bouake on the 26 of May 2009 and urges the Ivorian parties to
continue to make progress.
(7) The Security Council reiterates its determination to
bring its full support to a credible electoral process in
Cote d'Ivoire. To this end, it requests the Secretary-General
to keep it closely and regularly informed of the progress
made by the parties in the implementation of each of the key
stages of the electoral timeframe.

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CLINTON