Voting for the parliamentary elections in Côte d'Ivoire today is occurring "smoothly in a positive and calm atmosphere," said the United Nations envoy in the country, who has been touring polling stations in Abidjan.
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Côte d'Ivoire, Bert Koenders visited several neighbourhoods in the early morning in the company of members of the diplomatic corps and representatives of regional and sub-regional institutions, where he chatted with voters, representative of the polling stations and representatives of the candidates, according to a news release issued by the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (UNOCI).
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