Corrections Unit

Closure of MINURCAT

MINURCAT completed its mandate on 31 December 2010, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1923 (2010) and at the request of the Chadian Government, which had pledged full responsibility for protecting civilians on its territory. Following its withdrawal, the UN country team and the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) remained in the country to continue to work for the benefit of the Chadian people.

Reporting to the Security Council in December, the Secretary-General said “MINURCAT has been an unusual and unique United Nations peacekeeping operation in that it was devoted solely to contributing to the protection of civilians, without an explicit political mandate. It has gone through the stages of planning, deployment and withdrawal in the short span of less than four years, enduring adversities in each.”

For more on the implementation of the MINURCAT’s mandate, achievements and the lessons learned, please see the Secretary-General’s final report S/2010/611 of 1 December 2010.

Corrections Unit

In view of Resolution 1778, the MINURCAT Corrections Advisory Unit was established to support the establishment of safe and secure prisons in the area of operations. The Unit will also advise and assist the Government of Chad in the implementation of a humane and professional prison system that conforms to applicable international standards.

Main activities of the Corrections Advisory Unit include the reconstruction and/or rehabilitation of prison structures in Abeche, Goz Beida, Biltine, Guereda, Iriba, and Farchana. The Corrections Unit will support the prison administration towards the setting up, recruitment, training and deployment of a prison corps in the area of operation while working to improve the living conditions in several prisons throughout the area of operations. The Corrections advisory Unit provides technical support to the Prison Administration towards its restructuring exercise.

The Corrections Advisory Unit is composed of 7 International civilian staff, 25 seconded staff being contributions from member states and 2 nationals. These staff members shall be deployed to all the prison facilities within the area of operation providing daily support to prison officials through co-location with a liaison office in N’Djamena.

For more information on MINURCAT’s Corrections Advisory Unit, please contact: Patience Naa Oboshie Sai, Chief of Corrections Unit, sai1@un.org

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