Lessons for UN electoral certification from the 2010 disputed presidential poll in Côte d'ivoire

Going beyond the processes of electoral observation (information gathering on the conduct of elections) and 1. Methodologically, this policy brief is based on an analysis of peace agreements and relevant documents published by the UN, the African Union (AU) and the UNOCI forces positioned in front of the IEC in Abidjan (December 2, 2010). [...] Certification developed gradually in four stages: surrounding the elections,” the signatories agreed that the 2005 Pretoria Agreement, the 2005 SC resolution 1603, the UN would participate in the work of the IEC and the the 2007 Ouagadougou Political Agreement and the 2007 Constitutional Council (UNSC, 2005a: sec. [...] In July 2007, UNSC resolution 1765 terminated the mandate of the HRE, transferring the certification role to the SRSG Despite some initial progress in the peace process, by the (referred to as the certifier), and the arbitration role to the end of 2006 the situation remained at a standstill. [...] Before certifying the results in Côte d’Ivoire did not, initially at least, bring about of the runoff of the presidential elections, the certifier peace; rather, the mandate served as a rallying point for maintained close contact with the various international African organizations, the UN and the wider international election observation missions, but these relationships community to recognize Oua [...] The political opposition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) demanded that the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Mbeki, Thabo (2011) “What the World Got Wrong in Côte Congo (MONUSCO) certify the 2011 presidential election.