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Sophie Da Camara, the Director of UNOCI’s Division of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), stressed the importance of the registration of the weapons to identify their model, serial number and date of manufacture, according to a UNOCI press release issued today.

“The DDR division, with the help of the Force, will collect and safeguard the weapons and ammunition, while the embargo unit will, in turn, identify the source of the weapons to ensure that they are not [acquired in contravention of the weapons embargo] and that they have not entered in Côte d’Ivoire illegally,” she said.

According to Jérome Millot, the Joint Post Commander of the Force Licorne, more than 100 weapons of various models and boxes of ammunition of different calibres were collected during patrols in the suburbs of Abidjan.

The refusal by former president Laurent Gbagbo to stand down after he lost the UN-certified run-off poll in November plunged the West African country into four months of violence, with his troops pitted against forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized President. Mr. Gbagbo surrendered last month and was taken into custody.

The modern society has let loose the Serial monogamist ? Do they ...

The modern society has let loose the Serial monogamist ? Do they cause the increase in Divorce and Separations?

The modern society has let loose the Serial monogamist – Do they cause the increase in Divorce and Separations?

Divorce and separation rate increases all over the world. Most divorces are seen in industrial developed countries and could be linked to the living standard rising and change in social roles of men and women during the transition of society.

Humans struggle to be monogamous, and the serial monogamist describe some humans in this battle.

Statistics from the United Nations show a trend of rising divorce rates in many countries in recent years. The divorce rate has been high in many European countries and America, but now many Asian countries are catching up. The divorce rate in Korea, for example, is ranked third in the world.

Many factors influence the decision to divorce or separate. Some reasons commonly discussed in the literature include individual preferences, age, gender, cultural norms and social customs, economic opportunity, and institutional rules, e.g. family policies of marriage and divorce.

Trends in marital instability vary by country; however, a striking distinction is the difference in trends.

When you analyze relevant independent variables such as age, sex, employment, and education are analyzed in relation to marital instability for each country. Additionally, local economic indicators and development there is a pattern that these factors influence the probability of being divorced or separated differently for men and women.

The largest significant degree of divorces occur where married women working and the percent of non-farm labor. Both these variables represent not only what they appear to represent at face value, but also larger societal shifts in the way in which families live and interact with their surroundings

Changes in women’s roles in society and advances in economic development appear to follow similar trends in increase of divorces and separations.

The percent of married female labor participation in a local geographic region is associated with an increase in the probability of being divorced for both men and women, and associated with a decrease in separation for women and an increase in separation for men. Those with less than a high school education are more likely to be separated and less likely to be divorced than those with the equivalent of a high school education. And, finally, local economic development plays a role. Higher development in a local geographic area is associated with an increase in both divorce and separation.

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