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UN Peacekeeping Force – 2011

After contested presidential elections in November 2010, forces loyal to former rebels and to the sitting president, Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, engaged in full-fledged violence. Resolution 1962 (2011) of the UN Security Council extended the mandate of UNOCI and Licorne until 30 June 2011. Peacekeepers were deployed to provide security and defuse tensions between forces loyal to each side.¹ Due to severe security vulnerability, the size of the UNOCI force was increased. By the end of December 2011, there were 9,616 troops, 995 police personnel, and 394 civilian police deployed.²

1. “Twenty-seventh progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2011/211), March 30, 2011.
2. “Twenty-ninth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2011/807), December 29, 2011.