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.

SPIRALLING VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC’S NORTH EAST

23 Jun 2009

SPIRALLING VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC’S NORTH EAST

New York/ Bangui 22 June 2009: Dawn attacks on the 21st of June on the town of Birao in the Central African Republic (CAR)'s remote north east have emptied the town of most of its population, left 3 civilians and at least 6 members of the armed forces wounded and over a hundred homes burnt to the ground. Humanitarian personnel were evacuated to the MINURCAT base in the second major attack on Birao this month, amidst heightened concern about humanitarian actions in this impoverished border region. read more in PDF

Birao under fire - June 22 OCHA Bangui.pdf

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Closure of MINURCAT

SPIRALLING VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC’S NORTH EAST

SPIRALLING VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC’S NORTH EAST