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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dear Bill,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>It is accurate reporting. I included at</FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3'"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3> least 4 news items on the joint action (including a NYTimes story) in last week's Digest. This week our colleague Antonios Tzanakopoulos wrote about the action on the EJIL blog. See <SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3'"><FONT face=Arial size=3>Antonios Tzanakopoulos, The UN/French Use of Force in Abidjan: Uncertainties Regarding the Scope of UN Authorizations, </FONT><A href="http://www.ejiltalk.org/the-un-use-of-force-in-abidjan/"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>EJIL: Talk!</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3> (Apr. 9, 2011). Tzanakopoulos writes:</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3'"><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: rgb(68,70,64); LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><EM><FONT color=#000000>The UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) was established under Chapter VII of the UN Charter by<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></EM><A class=previewlink style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: rgb(41,74,131); BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N04/253/20/PDF/N0425320.pdf?OpenElement" target=_blank><EM><FONT color=#000000>SCR 1528 (2004)</FONT></EM></A><EM><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>as of 4 April 2004. It took over from the UN political mission (MINUCI) and the ECOWAS forces (ECOMICI) that were in the area since conflict broke out.</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: rgb(68,70,64); LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><EM><FONT color=#000000>The Security Council has authorized UNOCI to use ‘all necessary means’ to carry out its mandate (ibid para 8;<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></EM><A class=previewlink style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: rgb(41,74,131); BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/206/02/PDF/N0720602.pdf?OpenElement" target=_blank><EM><FONT color=#000000>SCR 1739 [2007]</FONT></EM></A><EM><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>para 5) which includes (ibid para 2[f], amended by<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></EM><A class=previewlink style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: rgb(41,74,131); BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N10/430/34/PDF/N1043034.pdf?OpenElement" target=_blank><EM><FONT color=#000000>SCR 1933 [2010]</FONT></EM></A><EM><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>para 16[b]; see also para 17 for authorization) ‘protection of civilians under threat of imminent physical violence, within its capabilities and its areas of deployment’ (which<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></EM><A class=previewlink style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: rgb(41,74,131); BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/dpko/unoci.pdf" target=_blank><EM><FONT color=#000000>include Abidjan</FONT></EM></A><EM><FONT color=#000000>).</FONT></EM></P></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3'"><FONT face=Arial size=3>Kind regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3'"><FONT face=Arial size=3>DA</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><BR>>>> William Slomanson <bills@tjsl.edu> 14/04/11 2:31 >>><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I’m a bit behind the curve, re the stories coming out of Ivory Coast, re not only French but “UN helicopters” firing ammo. As the UN Charter Art. 43 standing army never materialized, is this misleading reporting, or does the UN actually have its own helo’s and forces engaged in this presidential affair? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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