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In this regard, Council encourages any measures aimed at ensuring that the
Ivorian Radio and Television (RTI) broadcast over the whole national territory
and that the media contribute to promote a climate of reconciliation and
tolerance;
10. Welcomes the establishment of joint patrols comprising elements of
the National Armed Forces of Côte d’Ivoire (FANCI) and the United Nations
Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (ONUCI) with a view to restoring lasting security in
the city of Abidjan and its suburbs. In this regard, Council requests the
United Nations Security Council to substantially increase the strength of
ONUCI, including through the contribution of African forces to enable it
contribute effectively to the restoration of security in Abidjan and elsewhere in
the country, and strengthen its mandate appropriately;
11. Supports the arms embargo imposed on Côte d’Ivoire under
Resolution 1572(2004) and requests the Ivorian Parties and all AU Member
States, particularly the neighbouring States, to scrupulously comply with the
embargo. Council requests the United Nations Security Council to provide
the necessary assistance to the States neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire to facilitate
the compliance with the arms embargo;
12. Supports also the individual measures provided for under paragraphs
9 and 11 of Resolution 1572. However, Council requests that their entry into
force be deferred to enable the Ivorian Parties to provide proof of their
willingness to implement the proposals listed in paragraph 4 of the present
communiqué;
13. Requests the Ivorian authorities to take the following support
measures likely to contribute to the defusing of the situation and the
establishment of a climate conducive to the organization of elections under
international supervision and within the stipulated timeframe.
These
measures would be as follows:
•
authorize the political parties which so wish, to replace their current
representatives on the Independent Electoral Commission;
•
compensate the Ivorian people who were victims of the civil war,
foreign citizens expelled and/or expropriated during and in the
aftermath of the events of September 2002 and November 2004, the
political associations whose headquarters were looted and destroyed
and the political personalities whose movable and immovable
property were also vandalized;