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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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