Security Council resolution 1923 (2010) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)]

Decides to extend the mandate of the MINURCAT until 31 Dec. 2010; decides that the military component of MINURCAT shall be reduced to 2,200 military personnel and 25 military liaison officers and further decides that MINURCAT should include a maximum of 300 police officers and an appropriate number of civilian personnel; decides that MINURCAT shall have the following mandate in eastern Chad and the north-eastern Central African Republic, in liaison with the UN country team and, as appropriate, in liaison with the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA): (i) to select, mentor, monitor, train, advise and facilitate support to elements of the Chadian Détachement integré de sécurité; (ii) to liaise with the Chadian Government and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in support of their efforts to relocate refugee camps which are in close proximity to the border, and to provide to UNHCR, logistical assistance for that purpose; (iii) to liaise with the national army, the gendarmerie and police forces, the nomad national guard, the judicial authorities and prison officials in Chad and the Central African Republic, the Sudanese Government, the UN Mission in Sudan, the AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur, BINUCA, the Multinational Force of the Economic Community of the Central African States in Central African Republic and the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States to exchange information on banditry, criminality and emerging threats to humanitarian activities in the region; (iv) to support the initiatives of national and local authorities in Chad to resolve local tensions and promote local reconciliation efforts; (v) to contribute to the monitoring and to the promotion and protection of human rights in Chad, with particular attention to sexual and gender-based violence; (vi) to support, within its capabilities, efforts aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Government of Chad and civil society through training in international human rights standards, and efforts to put an end to recruitment and use of children by armed groups; (vii) to assist the Government of Chad in the promotion of the rule of law, in close coordination with UN agencies.

Adopted unanimously, 6321st meeting

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Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2009-31 July 2010 - S/INF/65 - (SCOR, 65th year).