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.

General Chaumont Made Chevalier of Chadian National Order

14 Dec 2009

General Chaumont Made Chevalier of Chadian National Order

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 of the National Coordination of International Forces in Chad (CONAFIT). The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Chad, Mr. Victor Angelo, as well as representatives of UN agencies and the diplomatic corps also witnessed the event.

General Chaumont was nominated to receive the medal of the Chadian National Order by presidential decree on 19 August 2009.

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Closure of MINURCAT

General Chaumont Made Chevalier of Chadian National Order

General Chaumont Made Chevalier of Chadian National Order