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Reintegration – 2007

The Ouagadougou Political Agreement provided that all young people who had received weapons training (including Forces Nouvelles personnel) be integrated into the civil service; it was agreed that a decree from the Council of Ministers would finalize the modalities and functions of the civil service. The accord also provided for the establishment of the Integrated Command Centre for carrying out the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of ex-combatants.

No significant progress was made in terms of reintegrating former combatants back into society other than establishing the Integrated Command Centre on 16 April, which was meant to carry out the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of ex-combatants, after the presidential decree of 16 March 2007.¹ In a meeting held on 14 December, parties reached an agreement to integrate 20,000 Forces Nouvelles combatants into the civil service. An estimated 6,000 combatants would benefit from reintegration programs developed by the Programme National De Réinsertion et De Réhabilitation Communautaire.² After the meeting, the government announced the launch of the civic service program, which was scheduled to begin on 22 December.³

1. “Ivory Coast Takes Step to Unify Military Forces,” New York Times, March 17, 2007; “Fourteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2007/ 593), October 1, 2007.
2. “Fifteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2008/1), January 2, 2008
3. “Fifteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2008/1), January 2, 2008