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Civil Administration Reform – 2008

The redeployment of the fiscal and customs administrations, which was supposed to be completed by the end of December 2007, did not happen as provisioned in the supplementary agreement.¹ Therefore, the Evaluation and Monitoring Committee called on parties to implement the supplementary agreement in a meeting on 21 March.² As of March 2008, out of 24,437 civil servants, 6,094 were still waiting for redeployment due to a financial shortfall.³ While progress related to the redeployment of law enforcement, justice, and corrections personnel to the north did not happen, Forces Nouvelles transferred administrative authority to the redeployed administrations as of early July 2008.⁴ However, it was reported that the commanders of Forces Nouvelles were reluctant to give up their administrative control.⁵

1. “Sixteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2008/250), April 15, 2008.
2. “Sixteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2008/250), April 15, 2008.
3. “Sixteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2008/250), April 15, 2008.
4. “Seventeenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,”United Nations Security Council (S/2008/451), July 10, 2008.
5. “Eighteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2008/645.), October 13, 2008.