2008-10-02
UN Fund to Benefit Over 1 Million Victims of Unrest in Country
More than a million people struck by violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), including 110,000 who have been uprooted from their homes, will receive life-saving assistance under funding announced today by the new United Nations Common Humanitarian Fund.2008-09-25
Central African President Calls for Strengthening UN Mission in His Country
President François Bozizé of the Central African Republic (CAR) today called for a strengthened United Nations peacekeeping mission in his country, which has suffered from violence and instability in several regions, in the face of the imminent departure of a European Union force (EUFOR). 2008-09-25
Security Council Defers Decision on UN Troops for Chad, Country
The Security Council today put off until December a decision on the size of a military component to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad, for which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has proposed 6,000 troops. 2008-09-18
UN Chief Proposes 6,000 Peacekeepers
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today proposed that the Security Council consider sending 6,000 United Nations troops to replace a European Union force in eastern Chad and north-eastern Central African Republic (CAR), which have both been wracked by violence and civilian displacement in recent years. |
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