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N'Djamena, 14 November 2008 -Some thirty UNPOL staff, comprising six women, took part in a five-day training organized by the HIV/AIDS Unit. This training was organized in collaboration with the Sections of Gender, Human Rights, and Conduct & Discipline, together with the support of the Training…

N'Djamena, 20 December 2008 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) of the United Nations for Chad, Mr. Victor Angelo, led a mission to Dogdore over the week-end to assess the deteriorating humanitarian condition of the population in the region, and to discuss the situation with…

N'Djamena, 15 January 2009 – Through the UN Resolution 1861 adopted in New York on 14 January 2009, the Security Council approved the deployment of 5,200 peacekeepers to replace the European troops in eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic from 15 March 2009. read more in PDF Format

N'Djamena, 23 January 2009 – A Central African government delegation led by Prime Minister Faustin Touadera met, in the country's capital Bangui, with Victor Angelo, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)…

N'Djamena, 27 January 2009 – The United Nations Mission in Central African and Chad (MINURCAT) successively hosted military teams from Togo and Ghana. The two countries have expressed a willingness to contribute military personnel and equipment to the United Nations peacekeeping mission mandated by…

N'Djamena, 30 January 2009 – In a bid to protect and maintain the civilian and humanitarian character of refugee camps, the Détachement Intégré de Sécurité (DIS) and the United Nations' Police conducted a joint weapons search operation in the Am Nabak refugee camp in northeastern Chad. The search…

N'Djamena, 9 f é vrier 2009--The Minister of Justice of Chad, Mr. Jean Bowoyeu Alingue, initiated a one-week visit to eastern Chad on 2 February 2009 to meet with magistrates, prosecutors as well as administrative and traditional authorities and the security forces in their capacity as auxiliaries…

N'Djamena 9 February 2009 --In accordance with Security Council resolution 1778, the United Nations Mission in Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) is mandated to select, train, advise and provide support to elements of the Chadian police and gendarmerie that will be part of the Détachement…

N'Djamena, 9 February 2009-- ASG for Rule of Law and Security Institutions at DPKO, Mr. Dimitry Titov, visited the Chadian Prime Minister, Mr. Youssouf Saleh Abbas and MINURCAT, the peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic and Chad, to get a first had account of developments in this…

N'Djamena, 26 February 2009 - A ceremony marking the official launching of the deployment of the Détachement Intégré de Sécurité (DIS), a Chadian force trained for humanitarian protection, took place on 26 February 2009 in Abeche in eastern Chad. Several highly ranking officials, including members…

Abéché, 15 March 2009-- On the 15th of March, the United Nations took control of the military component of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), thus replacing EUFOR, the European Union force, whose year-long mandate expired on this date. Several high…

N'Djamena, 8 April 2009 – MINURCAT witnessed with dismay, the recent tragic events of 7 April at the Abeche military camp in eastern Chad. A French soldier of the EUFOR military operation killed two of his cohorts as well as a Togolese UN peacekeeper for reasons yet to be determined. The Togolese…