Back بعثة الأمم المتحدة في جمهورية إفريقيا الوسطى وتشاد Arabic Missió de les Nacions Unides a la República Centreafricana i al Txad Catalan Mission des Nations Unies en République Centrafricaine et au Tchad German ÜRO missioon Kesk-Aafrika Vabariigis ja Tšaadis Estonian Minurcat Finnish Mission des Nations unies en République centrafricaine et au Tchad French MINURCAT Italian 国際連合中央アフリカ・チャド・ミッション Japanese MINURCAT NB Missão das Nações Unidas na República Centro-Africana e no Chade Portuguese

United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad

United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
AbbreviationMINURCAT
Formation25 September 2007
TypePeacekeeping Mission
Legal statusInactive (mandate until 31 December 2010)[1]
Head
José Victor da Silva Angelo
Parent organization
United Nations Security Council
Websiteun.org/minurcat

The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission established by the United Nations Security Council on September 25, 2007 to provide a multidimensional presence of up to 350 police and military personnel to eastern Chad and north-eastern Central African Republic[2]

The mission comes as a response to the dire situation of an estimated 230,000 refugees from Darfur who continue to flee into bordering eastern Chad and north-eastern Central African Republic (CAR). Armed Sudanese rebel groups have continuously carried out attacks across the Sudanese border, endangering local residents and Darfurian refugees alike.

This followed on from a resolution in July 2007 sending UNAMID into the region[3] and a resolution in August 2006 sending UNMIS there,[4] the Secretary-General drafted a report outlining the shape of the mission he thought should be sent there,[5] as well as received assurance from the European Union of its contribution of troops.[6]

Although the EUFOR Tchad/RCA was originally scheduled to deploy in November 2007, it was delayed until February by a lack of equipment. It reached its Initial Operational Capability on 15 March 2008 and was replaced by UN forces under the same MINURCAT mandate on 15 March 2009. The latest resolution to concern the MINURCAT mandate, Security Council Resolution 1913, extended the stationing of the mission until 15 May 2010 allowing further discussions with the Chadian government which asked for the mandate not be renewed. A further extension was done until the end of 2010.

MINURCAT's mandate officially ended on December 31, 2010.[7]

  1. ^ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1913 S-RES-1913(2010) on 12 March 2010.
  2. ^ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1778. S/RES/1778(2007) page 3. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
  3. ^ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769. S/RES/1769(2007) 31 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
  4. ^ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706. S/RES/1706(2006) 31 August 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
  5. ^ United Nations Security Council Document 488. S/2007/488 (2007) Retrieved 2007-09-27.
  6. ^ United Nations Security Council Document 560. S/2007/560 21 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
  7. ^ "La mission de l'ONU quitte officiellement le pays sur un bilan mitigé". France 24 (in French). 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

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