CIVPOL Web Site http://www.civpol.org/portal/html en-us Côte d'Ivoire: Nearly 2 Million People Have Registered to Vote, Says http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1133 The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) announced today that almost 2 million people have been identified and registered to vote ahead of long-delayed elections, a key element in resolving a political crisis that in 2002 divided the West African country into a rebel-held north and Government-controlled south. Tension rises between DRC troops, UN peacekeepers http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1132 In the troubled DRC province of North Kivu, government soldiers confronted a convoy of soldiers from MONUC, the United Nations peacekeeping operation there, removing 10 militants who were being escorted to the regional capital of Goma. Genocide in Darfur? Let the court decide http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1131 IS THERE a legal basis for the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan for genocide? Malaysia moves UN for naval peacekeeping force to combat piracy http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1130 Malaysia has moved the United Nations Security Council with a proposal for a naval peacekeeping force to combat piracy on the high-seas, especially in the Gulf of Aden region, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced Monday. Rwanda president accuses UN of betrayal and denies backing Tutsi rebels in Congo http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1129 Kagame calls for new force to replace peacekeepers Supporting Nkunda 'not in country's best interest' Moro youth group writes Obama to help stop war http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1128 Sounding very frustrated with "government's deafness to hear the reverberating call to stop the war" in Mindanao, six Moro youth leaders have written US President-elect Barack Obama, appealing for help in finding a peaceful solution to the conflict, including influencing the United Nations to send peacekeeping forces in Mindanao. Rwanda: UN Confirms Resignation of Monuc Commander http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1127 The United Nations has confirmed that the Force Commander of the UN peace keeping forces in the Congo (MONUC), General Vicente Diaz de Villegas, has resigned less than a month after taking over the reins of the force. U.N. council seen backing special forces for Congo http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1126 The U.N. Security Council will likely authorize deployment of some special forces and new military hardware to help U.N. troops better protect civilians from increasing violence in Congo, diplomats said. Violence erupts at anti-Kosovo protest in Montenegro http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1125 Montenegrin police Monday used tear gas to disperse several hundred angry demonstrators at a mass rally against a government decision to recognise the independence of Kosovo. THAI TROOPS TO BE UN PEACEKEEPERS IN DARFUR http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1124 Thailand will send troops to join the United Nations-backed peacekeeping force in Darfur early next year, a senior Foreign Ministry official said.