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.

Departure from Chad of SRSG Victor Angelo

29 Mar 2010

Departure from Chad of SRSG Victor Angelo

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Central African Republic and Chad, Mr. Victor Angelo, left Chad on Friday, 26 March 2010. He leaves MINURCAT at a time when the United Nations is having discussions with Chadian authorities on the future of the Mission.

Mr. Angelo arrived in Chad on 7 March 2008 to be the Head of MINURCAT. He will be retiring on 1 April 2010, after 32 years of service within the United Nations System, of which 29 in Africa.

Assistant-Secretary-General Youssef Mahmoud has been named by the Secretary-General to assume the leadership of the Mission as Acting SRSG, starting 1 April.