Côte d’Ivoire
12 February 2010
President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved both the government and the Independent Electoral Commission, accusing the head of the Commission, Robert Mambé, of adding names to the electoral register to boost the opposition vote.
18 December 2009
UNOCI announced that it was taking action to investigate allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation among its military personnel.
8 December 2009
The Council adopted a presidential statement in response to the Ivorian Permanent Consultative Framework’ decision to delay the election till the end of February or the beginning of March 2010.
3 December 2009
The Permanent Consultative Framework (Cadre permanent de concertation, or CPC) of the Ouagadougou Agreement, decided to postpone the first round of presidential elections until the end of February or the beginning of March 2010 .
23 November 2009
The head of UNOCI, Choi Young-jin, indicated that UNOCI had analysed the list and had not detected any political manipulation.
23 November 2009
The Ivorian Independent Electoral Commission published the provisional list of voters.