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Cease Fire – 2009

While the free movement of people, goods, and service was unhindered, the security situation remained very fragile due to unresolved issues related to the disarmament of Forces Nouvelles and pro-government militias. The full deployment of joint units was not achieved due to the Integrated Command Center’s lack in capacity.¹ As a matter of fact, the United Nations experts had warned of a possible escalation of violence as parties were rearming in the north, notwithstanding an arms embargo.² However, there were no reports of violations of the ceasefire provision of the accord.

1. “Twenty-second progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Security Council (S/2009/495), September 29, 2009.
2. “Violence may escalate in Ivory Coast as parties rearm: UN experts,” Agence France Presse, April 19, 2009.