Chad/CAR
late June-early July 2008
A joint EU-UN mission visited the region to provide recommendations on arrangements for an international military presence post-March 2009, when EUFOR expires.
25 June 2008
The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC, of which Chad is a member) adopted a communiqué urging a role for MINURCAT, EUFOR and the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on border security.
24 June 2008
A follow-up military experts’ meeting was held in Senegal, when it was decided that Sudanese and Chadian troops would monitor the border together with regional military observers.
mid-June 2008
Chadian rebels launched a new offensive, briefly taking over a number of towns in the east. The government again accused Sudan of assisting the rebels.
16 June 2008
The Council adopted a presidential statement, calling upon states in the region to implement the Dakar Agreement and expressing readiness to act against those who “constitute a threat to stability in the region or violate international humanitarian law.”
