Le Bureau de l'ONU pour la consolidation de la paix coopérera avec la nouvelle administration

Nations Unies, IRIN, 07 avril 2003, 01:08:37 - Le Représentant du Secrétaire général de l'ONU en RCA, Lamine Cissé, a déclaré que les activités du Bureau d'appui des Nations Unies pour la consolidation de la paix en RCA (BONUCA) seront modifiées et adaptées pour réagir à la nouvelle conjoncture dans le pays. "Le mandat demeure le même, mais les activités seront réajustées", a confié mardi à IRIN M. Cissé, qui dirige le BONUCA. "Auparavant, nous travaillions avec un régime  démocratiquement élu. Maintenant, nous travaillerons avec un [régime] différent".

M. Cissé, qui a rencontré M. Bozizé le 27 mars, a expliqué qu'il devait attendre la formation du Conseil national de transition avant de savoir plus précisément ce que pourra faire le BONUCA.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UN Peace-building Office to work with new administration


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Lamine Cisse, representative of the UN secretary-general in CAR and head the UN Peace-building Office

BANGUI, 2 Apr 2003 (IRIN) - The representative of the UN secretary-general in the Central African Republic (CAR), Lamine Cisse, has said the activities of the UN Peace-building Office (BONUCA) in CAR will be revised and adapted to the new situation in the country.

"The mandate remains the same, but the activities will be readjusted," Cisse, who heads BONUCA, told IRIN on Tuesday. "Before, we worked with a democratically elected regime. Now we are going to work with a different one."

The self-declared president of CAR, Francois Bozize, seized power from former President Ange-Felix Patasse on 15 March after a period of fighting which began in October 2002.

BONUCA replaced the UN Mission in the CAR, known as MINURCA, in June 2000 and was mandated to consolidate peace there after three mutinies in 1996 and1997 and to support democratic institutions. BONUCA has been organising meetings between political parties and members of parliament, educating people about human rights and advising on information, administration, and military and civil police matters.

Cisse, who met Bozize on 27 March, said he had to wait for a national transitional council to be formed before he knew exactly what BONUCA could do.


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