Media Reform – 2004
2004
Intermediate Implementation 
Laws regulating the media and establishing its financial independence were not passed this year. A UN Operation in Cote d’Ivoire report noted that “most Ivorian media…remain under the direct control of political parties.”[1]
[1] “First report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Cote d’Ivoire,” United Nations (S/2004/443), June 2, 2004.