UNOCI Holds Memorial Service for Nigerien Blue Helmets
Hervé Ladsous (left), Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, listens as
Alassan Ouattara (on right), President of Côte d'Ivoire, addresses a memorial ceremony in Abidjan for seven peacekeepers of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The troops, hailing from Niger, were killed during a patrol in southwest Côte d'Ivoire on 8 June after their unit came under attack by unidentified armed elements.