Chronology of Events

revised on 9 August 2012

Chad/CAR

February 2010

The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefed the Council on the critical role that MINURCAT plays on the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) on 17 February.

January 2010

On 19 January, The government of Chad requested that the UN Mission in Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) be withdrawn. 

December 2009

On 21 December, the Council issued a presidential statement welcoming the establishment of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) on 1 January 2010.

October 2009

On 22 October, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations briefed the Council and reported progress made in implementing the 13 August 2007 agreement between the government and the political opposition that would prepare Chad for November 2010 parliamentary elections. On CAR, he stated that situation in the northeast has stabilised, but continued to be unpredictable because of sporadic interethnic clashes and weak state institutions.

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