Dispute Resolution Committee: Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA)

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Dispute Resolution Committee: Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA)

Implementations

Dispute Resolution Committee – 2007

The Ouagadougou Political Agreement had a provision for the establishment of the Permanent Consultation Mechanism (CPC), also known as the Permanent Consultative Framework (Cadre Permanent de Consultation), which had peace process stakeholders, including the President of the Republic (Laurent Gbagbo), the Secretary General of Nouvelles, representatives of other political parties, and the chairman of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS). This mechanism was instituted to address all issues related to the accord.

As of June 2007, the CPC had been established. It had its first meeting on 12 June 2007. Because there was a delay in implementing the accord, CPC called on the Prime Minister to address the causes of delay.1

  1. “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.

Dispute Resolution Committee – 2008

The Permanent Consultative Framework (i.e., the CPC) met on 24 January and called on the government to expedite the electoral process.1 After the CPC meeting in May, supplementary mobile courts were deployed to issue birth certificate duplicates.2 In its 10 November meeting, the CPC recommended that the Independent Election Commission (CEI) establish a new timeline for the identification of the population and voter registration before 31 December, as it had become impossible to hold elections on 30 November due to technical difficulties related to these two issues.3

  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. “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.
  3. “Nineteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2009/21), January 8, 2009.

Dispute Resolution Committee – 2009

In its fifth meeting held on 18 May, the Permanent Consultative Framework endorsed dates for presidential elections and agreed to complete the voter registration process for 29 November and 30 June, respectively.1 Because the election could not take place due to technical issues related to the identification of the population and completing the voter rolls, in its 3 December meeting the CPC endorsed a new timeline for the implementation of key provisions of the accord. The final electoral list was to be settled in January, identity and voter cards were to be distributed in February, and elections were to be held by early March 2010.2

  1. “Twenty-first progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2009/344), July 7, 2009.
  2. “Twenty-third progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2010/15), January 7, 2010.

Dispute Resolution Committee – 2010

The CPC had its meeting on 21 September 2010. Along with welcoming the validation of the voter list by the Independent Electoral Commission, it also welcomed the presidential decree to distribute 5,725,720 national identity cards, along with allowing an estimated 55,000 persons to submit identity documents.1

  1. “Progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2010/537), October 18, 2010.

Dispute Resolution Committee – 2011

There was no information regarding the activities of the Permanent Consultative Framework in 2010. This could be related to disputes related to the runoff presidential elections that essentially made the multiparty framework obsolete. Nevertheless, establishing the framework early in the implementation process was critical for the successful implementation of the accord.

Dispute Resolution Committee – 2012

The Permanent Consultative Framework became obsolete after presidential elections in 2010. Holding presidential elections signified the successful implementation of the accord’s provision, and the CPC played an important role in this regard.

Dispute Resolution Committee – 2012

No further developments observed.

Dispute Resolution Committee – 2014

No further developments observed.

Dispute Resolution Committee – 2015

No further developments observed.