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The United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI) was established
by Security
Council resolution 1479 (2003) of 13 May 2003 with a mandate to
facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the Linas-Marcoussis
Agreement, and including a military component complementing the operations
of the French and ECOWAS forces. The Council approved the establishment
of a small staff to support the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
on political, legal, civil affairs, civilian police, elections, media
and public relations, humanitarian and human rights issues, and the
establishment of a military liaison group whose tasks included:
- Providing advice to
the Special Representative on military matters;
- Monitoring the military
situation, including the security of Liberian refugees and reporting
to the Special Representative thereon;
- Establishing liaison
with the French and ECOWAS forces for the purpose of advising
the Special Representative on military and related developments;
- Establishing also
liaison with the Forces armées nationales de Côte d’Ivoire (FANCI)
and the forces nouvelles, in order to build confidence and trust
between the armed groups, in cooperation with the French and ECOWAS
forces, in particular concerning helicopters and combat aircraft;
- Providing input to
forward planning on disengagement, disarmament and demobilization
and identifying future tasks, in order to advise the Government
of Côte d’Ivoire and support the French and ECOWAS forces;
- Reporting to the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on the above issues.
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