United Nations
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Security Council Resolution
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1968, adopted unanimously on February 16, 2011, after recalling previous resolutions on the situation in
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), including resolutions
1933 (2010),
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...
(2010),
1946 (2010),
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
(2010),
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
(2010) and
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
(2011), the Council extended the deployment of troops from the
United Nations Mission in Liberia
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was a peacekeeping operation established in September 2003 to monitor a ceasefire agreement in Liberia following the resignation of President Charles Taylor and the conclusion of the Second Liberia ...
(UNMIL) to the
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) for an additional three months.
The Council recalled inter-mission co-operation agreements outlined in resolutions
1609
Events
January–June
* January – The Basque witch trials begin.
* January 15 – One of the world's first newspapers, ''Avisa Relation oder Zeitung'', begins publication in Wolfenbüttel (Holy Roman Empire).
* January 3 ...
(2005) and
1938 (2010). At the same time, it also reiterated that it could authorise the
Secretary-General
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Ban Ki-moon to send additional troops if necessary.
Acting under
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council authorised the temporary redeployment from UNMIL to UNOCI of three infantry companies, one aviation unit and five helicopters for a further three months. It also urged support from police and troop-contributing countries in that regard.
The resolution was adopted amid the political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, with
Laurent Gbagbo
Koudou Laurent Gbagbo
, FPI website .[2010–2011 Ivorian crisis
The 2010–11 Ivorian crisis was a political crisis in Ivory Coast which began after Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Ivory Coast since 2000, was proclaimed the winner of the Ivorian election of 2010, the first election in the country in 10 yea ...]
*
Ivorian Civil War
*
Ivorian parliamentary election, 2011
Parliamentary elections were held in Ivory Coast on 11 December 2011, after the presidential elections in late 2010. They followed a peace agreement between the government and the New Forces (former rebels) that was signed in March 2007.
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Ivorian presidential election, 2010
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(2009–2011)
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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2011 in Ivory Coast
1968
February 2011 events