Côte d'Ivoire To Become A Non-permanent Member Of The UN Security Council

The UN Security Council in New York, here on December 23, 2016.

The post of non-permanent member of the UN Security Council was granted to Côte d'Ivoire on Friday 2 June. It will, therefore, become one of the 10 non-permanent members to sit in the international institution. "It is a victory of the Ivorian diplomacy," they say in Abidjan.

After a quarter of a century without a mandate in the UN Security Council, Côte d'Ivoire thus takes a significant place in this international body which, out of ten non-permanent members, now has two African countries: Equatorial Guinea And Côte d'Ivoire, both newly elected with 185 votes.

"It is with pride and satisfaction that I welcome this brilliant election," reacted President Alassane Ouattara in a statement. A diplomatic repositioning that he believes the confidence of the international community in the country he directs.

When the last UNOCI representatives arrived in Côte d'Ivoire after 12 years of presence, and while Abidjan sent a first Ivorian armed contingent to Mali under UN mandate in Minusma, In fact, the value of a symbol. The newly elected countries will sit alongside the five permanent countries of the Security Council on 1 January next.