UN Security Council
2062

and recalling that the Ivorian Government bears primary responsibility for ensuring peace, stability and the protection of the civilian population in Côte d’Ivoire, Reiterating its strong condemnation of the attack by armed elements on a patrol of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) in the south west of Côte d’Ivoire on 8 June 2012, in which seven peacekeepers and a number of other persons were killed, stressing that intentionally directing such attacks on United Nations peacekeepers can constitute a war crime under international law and further calling on the Ivorian Government to work with all relevant parties to identify and bring the perpetrators to justice, welcoming the immediate steps taken by the Ivorian Government in coordination with the Government of Liberia to investigate those attacks, Commending the contribution of troop- and police-contributing countries and donors to UNOCI, underlining the importance of providing police officers qualified with appropriate specialist and linguistic skills, commending the work of UNOCI, under the leadership of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for its