{"id":427931,"date":"2011-05-21T17:42:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T17:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/21\/ban-ki-moon-asks-ivory-coast-to-forge-national-integration\/"},"modified":"2011-05-21T17:42:36","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T17:42:36","slug":"ban-ki-moon-asks-ivory-coast-to-forge-national-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/ban-ki-moon-asks-ivory-coast-to-forge-national-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban Ki Moon asks Ivory Coast to forge national integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"85.7427745665\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/africa-international\/\" title=\"View all posts in Africa\/International\" rel=\"category tag\">Africa\/International<\/a> \u00bb Ban Ki Moon asks Ivory Coast to forge national integration<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Saturday, May 21, 2011 17:17 PM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/ban-ki-moon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1668\" title=\"ban-ki-moon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/ban-ki-moon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ban ki-Moon &#8211; UN Boss<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General has observed that\u00a0 Ivory Coast would face enormous challenges in restoring peace, accountability and reconciliation, after months of post-election violence.<\/p>\n<p>He said although President Alassane Ouattara was about to be sworn in as President of the country, he would face a lot of difficulties in forging national cohesion, adding that he was encouraged by Mr Quattara\u2019s commitment to ensure that peace was restored in his country.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ban made the observation when he interacted with President John Evans Atta Mills at the Kotoka International Airport, where the two personalities en route to Yamoussoukro, the Administrative Capital of neighbouring Ivory Coast\u00a0 to witness the investiture of President Ouattara.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ban commended President Mills for his astute leadership especially in handling the Ivorian crisis and for establishing democratic principles of governance in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are an example of leaders in Africa who have established democratic principles,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Secretary General urged President Mills to continue to work with the ECOWAS and African Union to ensure that Ivory Coast becomes peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>He said the UN was ready to provide any needed technical support for Ghana\u2019s General Election in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>President Mills lauded the UN for the decision to witness the investiture of his Ivorian counterpart, saying it signified the importance that the world body attached to the attainment of peace in Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>He pledged Ghana\u2019s commitment to achieve peace in Ivory Coast and asked development partners and other stakeholders to aid the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would do whatever it takes to make sure that country returns to normalcy,\u201d President Mills said.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time ever a UN Secretary General is participating in the swearing in of a Head of State.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting broke out in Ivory Coast after Mr Quattara\u2019s predecessor Laurent Gbagbo refused to admit defeat following the November 2010 Presidential Election.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 heads of state including Nicolas Sarkozy, President of former colonial power France, are attending the investiture of President Ouattara.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>| | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/21\/ban-ki-moon-asks-ivory-coast-to-forge-national-integration\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> | <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/21\/ban-ki-moon-asks-ivory-coast-to-forge-national-integration\/\" title=\"Ban Ki Moon asks Ivory Coast to forge national integration\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ban Ki Moon asks Ivory Coast to forge national integration<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Africa\/International \u00bb Ban Ki Moon asks Ivory Coast to forge national integration Page last updated at Saturday, May 21, 2011 17:17 PM \/\/ Ban ki-Moon &#8211; UN Boss Mr Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General has observed that\u00a0 Ivory Coast would face enormous challenges in restoring peace, accountability and reconciliation, after months of post-election violence. He said although President Alassane Ouattara was about to be sworn in as President of the country, he would face a lot of difficulties in forging national cohesion, adding that he was encouraged by Mr Quattara\u2019s commitment to ensure that peace was restored in his country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":399651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ban Ki Moon asks Ivory Coast to forge national integration - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/ban-ki-moon-asks-ivory-coast-to-forge-national-integration\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ban Ki Moon asks Ivory Coast to forge national integration - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"You Are Here: Home \u00bb Africa\/International \u00bb Ban Ki Moon asks Ivory Coast to forge national integration Page last updated at Saturday, May 21, 2011 17:17 PM \/\/ Ban ki-Moon - UN Boss Mr Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General has observed that\u00a0 Ivory Coast would face enormous challenges in restoring peace, accountability and reconciliation, after months of post-election violence. 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