Cote d'Ivoire: UN Calls for Launching of Identification Process Ahead of Polls

17 July 2008

The top United Nations official in Côte d'Ivoire has called for the identification process ahead of November's presidential election to be launched quickly, and reaffirmed the world body's pledge to assist the West African nation conduct the long-delayed polls.

"It is urgent to begin the identification operations without delay so that we can meet the deadlines set in the electoral process," the Secretary-General's Special Representative, Y. J. Choi, told journalists following a meeting with President Laurent Gbagbo.

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