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In the early months of 2011, more than 130,000 refugees fled into Liberia to escape fighting in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Many walked for days to find safety, with few possessions and very little food.

Villagers in Liberia showed enormous compassion in welcoming the refugees, but they struggled to cope with the sheer number of new arrivals.

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the African Ambassadors’ Group on “Building on Africa’s Recent Progress”, in Washington, D.C., 23 May:

I am honoured to address this distinguished group. I feel very much at home. Every year on Africa Day, we recognize the people and promise of Africa.

The ECOWAS Commission has presented 1,320 tons of grains valued at more than one million US dollars to the Government of Cote d'Ivoire to alleviate the sufferings of some one million people displaced during the country's post-electoral crisis of 2010.

The 885 tons of rice and 435 tons of maize were presented by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador Kadre Desire Ouédraogo, to Cote d’Ivoire’s Minister of State for Employment, Social Affairs and Solidarity, Mr. Kafana Kone, during a ceremony in Abidjan on 20th May 2012.

PTP REFUGEE CAMP, Liberia, May 23 (UNHCR) – Ambassadors from all 15 members of the UN Security Council have paid an unprecedented visit to a refugee camp in Liberia as part of a mission to assess the situation in the region about one year after the end of a political crisis in neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire.

ABIDJAN, MONDAY, 21 MAY, 2012: The Governments of Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire have reaffirmed their commitment to work together to create the conditions favourable to the ongoing voluntary repatriation of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia.

22 mai 2012 – En visite en Côte d'Ivoire, les membres du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies ont tenu mardi à Guiglo une séance de travail avec le corps préfectoral, les autorités administratives, politiques, traditionnelles et communautaires de la ville, située dans l'ouest du pays.

L'objectif de cette tournée dans l'Ouest ivoirien, la région qui a payé le plus lourd tribut aux différents conflits qui ont secoué le pays, était pour les membres du Conseil de constater par eux mêmes la situation sur place.