UN ambassadors end Africa tour praising Ivory Coast

UN Security Council Ambassadors ended their now annual tour of Africa with high praise for the progress made by Ivorians in their socio-political regeneration. In this tour of Africa the Security Council visited Sudan, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti and Ivory Coast in an attempt to see for themselves developments in the Continent’s trouble spots and were particularly impressed with the progress made in Ivory Coast’s political process. South African Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo noted that rapid and groundbreaking political progress seen over the past year was achieved by the Ivorian’s working by themselves; In the past 12 months conflicting sides in the Ivorian crisis have managed to agree on a process leading to the holding an election at the end of November this year. Several U.N.-mandated agreements failed to produce concrete results in steps to come out of conflict and National disunity. A lot of work remains to be done to ensure free and fair elections but the Ivorians have proved that home grown solutions do work.

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