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Official Journal of the European Union
9.3.2012
DECISIONS
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/144/CFSP
of 8 March 2012
implementing Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Cte d’Ivoire
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 31(2) thereof,
In Annex I to Decision 2010/656/CFSP, the entry for the
following person:
Having regard to Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP of
Désiré Tagro
29 October 2010 renewing the restrictive measures against
Cte d’Ivoire ( 1 ), and in particular Article 6(1) and (2) thereof,
shall be replaced by the entry set out in Annex I to this
Decision.
Whereas:
Article 2
Annex II to Decision 2010/656/CFSP shall be replaced by the
(1) On
29
October
2010,
the
Council
adopted
Decision text set out in Annex II to this Decision.
2010/656/CFSP.
Article 3
(2)
On the basis of a review of the list of persons and
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
entities to which the restrictive measures provided for
in Decision 2010/656/CFSP apply, the Council
considers that there are no longer grounds for keeping
Done at Brussels, 8 March 2012.
certain persons on that list.
For the Council
(3) Furthermore,
the
information
relating
to
a
person
on
the
list in Annex I and to the persons on the list in Annex II
The President
to Decision 2010/656/CFSP should be updated,
M. BDSKOV
( 1 ) OJ L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 28.

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ANNEX I
Entry referred to in Article 1
Name (and any Identifying information (date and place
aliases)
of birth (d.o.b. and p.o.b.), passport
Grounds for designation Date
of
UN
Designation
(Pass.)/ID card number, etc.)
Désiré Tagro Passport
number:
PD–AE
Secretary-General in the so-called Date of UN designation:
065FH08
‘presidency’ of Mr GBAGBO: 30.3.2011
Date of birth: 27 January 1959
participation in the illegitimate (European Union designation:
Place of birth: Issia, Cte d’Ivoire government of Mr GBAGBO, 22.12.2010)
Deceased on 12 April 2011 in
obstruction of the peace and recon
Abidjan
ciliation process, rejection of the
results of the presidential election,
participation in violent repressions
of popular movements.

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ANNEX II
‘ANNEX II
List of persons referred to in Article 4(1)(b) and Article 5(1)(b)
Name (and any aliases) Identifying
information Grounds
for
designation
1. Kadet
Bertin Born
1957
in
Mama Special
Adviser
to
Laurent
Gbagbo
on
matters
of
security, defence and military equipment, and
formerly Laurent Gbagbo’s Minister for Defence.
Nephew of Laurent Gbagbo.
Exiled in Ghana. Subject of an international
arrest warrant.
Actively involved in incidents of abuse and
forced disappearances, and in the funding and
arming of the militia and of the “Young
Patriots” (COJEP).
Involved in the funding and trafficking of arms
and in the circumvention of the embargo.
He was close to western militia and liaised on
Gbagbo’s behalf with these groups. Involved in
setting up the “LIMA force” death squads.
During his exile in Ghana, he has continued to
plot ways to regain power by force. He is calling
for Gbagbo’s immediate release.
Because of his financial resources, his familiarity
with illegal arms traffickers and his ongoing ties
with active militia groups, especially in Liberia,
Kadet Bertin poses a very real threat to the
security and stability of Cte d’Ivoire.
2. Oula
Delafosse Born
28
October
1968 Former
sub-prefect
of
Toulepleu.
Leader
in
the
Great West Patriotic Resistance Union.
As Head of the militia, he has engaged in
violence and crime, particularly in the
Toulepleu area.
Taking his orders directly from Kadet Bertin, he
was very active in the recruitment of Liberian
mercenaries and in the trafficking of illegal
arms from Liberia during the post-election
crisis. His troops ran a reign of terror throughout
the post-election crisis, killing hundreds of
people from northern Cte d’Ivoire.
Because of his political extremism, his closeness
to Kadet Bertin and the strong links he has main
tained with Liberian mercenaries, he continues to
pose a threat to the stability of the country.
3. Pastor
Gammi
Head of the Ivorian Movement for the Liberation
of Western Cte d’Ivoire (MILOCI), established in
2004. As Head of the pro-Gbagbo MILOCI
militia, he was involved in many massacres and
much brutality.

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Name (and any aliases) Identifying
information Grounds
for
designation
Has fled to Ghana (is probably in Takoradi).
Subject of an international arrest warrant.
Since his exile, he has joined the International
Coalition for the Liberation of Cte d’Ivoire
(CILCI) which advocates the use of armed
resistance to have Gbagbo returned to power.
4. Marcel
Gossio Born
18
February
1951
in
Adjamé
Has fled Cte d’Ivoire. Subject of an international
Passport number: 08AA14345
arrest warrant. Involved in the misappropriation
(due to expire on 6 October 2013) of public funds and in the funding and arming of
the militia.
Instrumental to the funding of the Gbagbo clan
and of the militia. Also a central figure in illegal
arms trafficking.
The sizeable sums of money he has misappro
priated and his familiarity with the illegal arms
networks make him a continued threat to the
security and stability of Cte d’Ivoire.
5. Justin
Koné
Katina Has
fled
to
Ghana.
Subject
of
an
international
arrest warrant.
Involved in the Central Bank of West African
States (BCEAO) hold-up.
From his place of exile, he still sees himself as
Gbagbo’s spokesperson. In a press release on
12 December 2011, he argued that Ouattara
had never won the election and asserted that
the new regime was illegitimate. He calls for
resistance, and believes Gbagbo will return to
power.
6. Ahoua
Don
Mello Born
23
June
1958
in
Spokesperson of Laurent Gbagbo. Former
Bongouanou
Minister for Infrastructure and Sanitation in the
Passport number: PD-AE/044GN02 illegitimate government.
(due to expire on 23 February
2013)
Exiled in Ghana. Subject of an international
arrest warrant.
From exile, he has continuously stated that the
election of President Ouattara was fraudulent and
does not recognise his authority. He has refused
to respond to the Ivorian Government’s call for
reconciliation and has made regular calls in the
press for uprisings, carrying out “mobilisation”
tours in the refugee camps in Ghana.
In December 2011, he declared that Cte d’Ivoire
was a “tribal state under siege” and that “the days
of the Ouattara regime” were “numbered”.
7. Moussa
Touré
Zéguen Born
9
September
1944
Head of the Group of Patriots for Peace (GPP).
Old passport: AE/46CR05
Founder of the “International Coalition for the
Liberation of Cte d’Ivoire” (CILCI).
Became a militia leader in 2002 and has led the
GPP since 2003. Under his command the GPP
has become Gbagbo’s armed wing in Abidjan
and the south of the country.
Responsible, with the GPP, for numerous acts of
violence mainly against populations from the
north of the country and opponents of the
former regime.

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Name (and any aliases) Identifying
information Grounds
for
designation
Personally involved in post-election violence
(particularly in the Abobo and Adjamé districts).
Whilst exiled in Accra, Touré Zéguen founded
the “International Coalition for the Liberation
of Cte d’Ivoire”, whose aim is to return
Gbagbo to power.
From his place of exile he has made repeated
inflammatory statements (for example at the
press conference on 9 December 2011), main
taining a stance of conflict and armed revenge.
He regards Cte d’Ivoire under Ouattara as
illegitimate and “re-colonised” and has issued a
“call on Ivorians to drive out the impostors”
(Jeune Afrique, July 2011).
Keeps a blog calling for a violent uprising of the
Ivorian people against Ouattara.’

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