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Preparations for elections move forward in Ivory Coast
The UN mission in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) announced on Wednesday that it has started transporting the provisional voters' list throughout the country.
an Ivoirian is fingerprinted for voting purposes
The list was handed over to the Secretary-General's Special Representative in the country, Choi Young-Jin, by the Independent Electoral Commission.
Marie Okabe, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General.
"The special representative said handover was an important step toward reaching the end of the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire. He also hoped that the remaining task in the electoral process - including printing and handing out of voter cards -- would be done quickly".
Okabe says the list will now go to polling stations around the country in order to launch the five-week appeals process that will precede the finalization of the voters list.
According to ONUCI, the provisional list will be officially published when it has reached all polling stations.
Jocelyne Sambira, United Nations
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