A/HRC/22/66 91. The Independent Expert reiterates his recommendation with regard to the active promotion of traditional values, practices and mechanisms in order to foster coexistence and the mobilization of religious and traditional leaders for that purpose. The cultural and artistic creativity of the Ivorian people, particularly Ivorian youth, must be systematically encouraged and promoted in order to further reconciliation. 2. Recommendations to the international community 92. The Independent Expert recommends that the international community should maintain and strengthen its support to Côte d’Ivoire in order not only to sustain the democratic process and the current process of economic and social reconstruction but also to further pluralism and national reconciliation, the progress of which is jeopardized by political polarization. 93. The fact that the security situation is weakened by the rise of a culture of violence and by repeated attempts to destabilize State security is justification for lifting the embargo and providing technical reinforcement to State security agencies on an urgent basis. 94. The challenge of consolidating the democratic, economic and social situation in Côte d’Ivoire needs to be addressed by the international community in view of the inherent risks of the crisis in Mali, which could destabilize the region in which Côte d’Ivoire is a lead actor, with profound and lasting effect. One of the major challenges for national reconciliation is convincing the population of the impartiality of the national judiciary, as much as of the International Criminal Court. GE.13-10074 19

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