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MINURCAT Builds Wells to Provide Water to Iriba for the Next 50 Years
Iriba, 3 March 2010 - The Norwegian Well Drilling Unit of the United Nations Mission in the Central African and Chad (MINURCAT) has just built two wells to supply water to the town of Iriba. This achievement comes after…
MINURCAT Marks First Anniversary since Taking over from EUFOR
Abeche, 15 March 2010 --In a symbolic but impressive show, MINURCAT celebrated in Abeche on 15 March 2010 its first anniversary since taking over from EUFOR. The occasion also served to mark the two years of MINURCAT's…
DIS Pick-up trucks arriving in Abeche
MINURCAT recently trained another batch of 127 new DIS elements. During the closing ceremony of this training session, MINURCAT also donated 94 new Pick-Up trucks to this force that has been tasked with protecting refugees…
UN Photo/Olivia Grey Pritchard
DIS Ground Operations Get a Boost with 74 New 4X4 Vehicles
N'Djamena, 3 March 2010 – The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) on 23 March 2010 handed over 74 pick-up trucks to the Chadian security unit known by its French acronym of DIS…
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras
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…
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
Mr. Youssef Mahmoud of Tunisia Appointed as New Head of MINURCAT
N'Djamena, 1 April 2010 – The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, appointed Mr. Youssef Mahmoud as his Acting Special Representative of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad…
UN Photo/Olivia Grey Pritchard
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Third Round of Talks between the Government of Chad and the UN on the Future Mandate of MINURCAT
N'Djamena, 23 April 2010 – Following earlier consultations, Representatives from the Government of Chad and from the United Nations Secretariat on 23 March 2010, initiated a third round of talks regarding the mandate and the…
UNV Project Rehabilitates Iriba High School
The United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) in Chad have developed a project for the rehabilitation of Iriba High School, the only one in the department of Kobé. It was built in 1996 as a donation from the Département des Hauts de…
Nepalese Medal Parade Ceremony
In a colorful parade mounted by the Nepalese battalion and attended by civilian and military authorities, MINURCAT force commander, Major-general El Hadji Mouhamadou Kandji, presented medals to 567 Nepalese soldiers and one…