Security Council resolution 1861 (2009) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)]

Decides to extend for a period of 12 months the multidimensional presence in Chad and military presence in the Central African Republic intended to help create the security conditions conducive to a voluntary, secure and sustainable return of refugees and displaced persons, inter alia by contributing to the protection of refugees, displaced persons and civilians in danger, by facilitating the provision of humanitarian assistance in eastern Chad and the north-eastern Central African Republic and by creating favourable conditions for the reconstruction and economic and social development of those areas; decides, for that purpose, to extend until 15 Mar. 2010 the mandate of MINURCAT; authorizes the deployment of a military component of MINURCAT to follow up European Union-led Force (EUFOR) in both Chad and the Central African Republic at the end of its mandate, and decides that the transfer of authority between EUFOR and the military component of MINURCAT will take place on 15 Mar. 2009; decides that MINURCAT shall include a maximum of 300 police officers, 25 military liaison officers, 5200 military personnel, and an appropriate number of civilian personnel; requests the Secretary-General and the Governments of Chad and the Central African Republic to cooperate closely throughout the period of deployment of MINURCAT; demands that armed groups cease violence immediately and urges all parties in Chad and the Central African Republic, respectively, to respect and implement the Sirte agreement of 25 Oct. 2007 and the comprehensive peace agreement signed in Libreville on 21 June 2008.

Adopted unanimously, 6064th meeting

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Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2008-31 July 2009 - S/INF/64 - (SCOR, 63rd year).