United Nations Security Council Resolution 1657, adopted unanimously on February 6, 2006, after recalling previous resolutions on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), including resolutions 1609 (2005), 1626 (2005) and 1652 (2005), the Council authorised a temporary redeployment of troops from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI).[1]