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N'Djamena, 9 December 2009 -- Major-General Gerardo Chaumont, MINURCAT Police Commissioner, was decorated Chevalier of the Chadian National Order by the Special Representative of the President of Chad, Major-General Oki Mahamat Yaya Dagache. The ceremony took place in N'Djamena at the headquarters…

As the rest of the world, MINURCAT also celebrated World AIDS Day last week. The ceremony to launch the activities of the day took place in Abeche, the capital of eastern Chad, on 3 December 2009. World AIDS Day is organized each year to further reiterate the commitment of governments and donors…

The Minister of Defense of Poland visited the Polish contingent in Iriba on 6 December 2009 to see first-hand the achievements of the contingent on the ground since its arrival in the country in March 2008, and to welcome the Mongolians who are taking over as the Polish prepare to leave. The…

N'Djamena, 20 December 2009 – A MINURCAT logistics convoy composed of three civilian vehicles was attacked this morning by four (4) plain clothed unidentified armed men along the road from Goz Beida to Koukou Angarana in southeastern Chad. The assailants commandeered one of the vehicles at gunpoint…

N'djamena 23 December 2009 – Some one hundred armed UFDR elements are currently deployed in the town of Sam Ouandja in the Haute Kotto district of the Central African Republic. Tensions in the area are running high following the grave road-cutting incidents of December 12-13 where three people were…

The month-long Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) campaign came to a close on 15 December. The ceremony marking the end of the campaign took place in N'Djamena in the presence of top Chadian authorities and high UN officials, including Heads of UN agencies and the Special Representative of the…

As far as education is concerned, the camp has six eight-grade primary schools, and 90 teachers, of whom five women. The total school enrolment for 2009-2010 is 4,752 children, including 2,156 girls. The education sector in the camp is managed by three NGOs: CORD, RET and UNICEF. Regarding water…

The Public Information Office of MINURCAT celebrated in Abeche on 15 December 2009 the inauguration of its first radio programmes in eastern Tchad, which will be transmitted by the Internews radio networks in the towns of Abeche, Goz Beida and Iriba. Internews is an NGO funded primarily by UNHCR…

Mr. Mamadou Mountaga Diallo of Guinea is replacing Major-General Gerardo Christian Chaumont of Argentina as the new Chief of MINURCAT Police. General Chaumont left Chad in December last year after completing 16 months of service with MINURCAT. Mr. Diallo was appointed by the Secretary- General of…

N'Djamena, February 5, 2010 -- On Friday 05 February 2010, the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) organized a solemn ceremony to mark the end of training for the 5th class of officers and agents of the Détachement Integré de Sécurité (DIS), in cooperation with…

The Human Rights section of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), in collaboration with the Cercle des ONG, the regional delegation of the Ministry of Human Rights and Promotion of Liberties, and the 5 th Military Region, organized a ceremony on 12 February…

N'Djamena, 24 Frebruary 2010 - Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Peacekeeping Operations, arrived in Chad on a five-day mission late in the evening of Wednesday, 24 February 2010. Mr. Le Roy arrived on board a commercial flight with a delegation of five people. He was met by a…