"UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA"

The UN Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) continues to monitor the situation and to engage with local authorities in the Vakaga prefecture, where refugees from Sudan continue to arrive, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

The Secretary-General expressed his solidarity and condolences to the people and governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda after heavy flooding killed at least 400 people since Thursday, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson updated reporters on the UN peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and South Sudan (UNMISS). UNIFEED

Briefing reporters on the situation in Central African Republic, a UN spokesperson said, “our peacekeeping mission there, continues to provide the government with technical, financial, logistical and security support to advance the national disarmament, demobilization, reintegration, and repatriation process – which is a key component of the peace agreement.” UNIFEED

A joint operation of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) with the country’s internal security forces led to the arrest of Hussein Damboucha, regional commander of the armed group FPRC (Front populaire pour la renaissance de la Centrafrique) and member of the CPC (Coalition des Patriotes pour le Changement), a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

The head of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic, Valentine Rugwabiza, said, “We are seeing progress as a result of the Government’s increased ownership, such as in the preparations for the local elections, the reform of the security sector, the extension of State authority and the adoption of an operational framework for border management.” UNIFEED

In the Central African Republic, UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA), “continues supporting the government to build peace and extend state authority, including through the rehabilitation of road infrastructure and community violence reduction,” said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

The United Nations Multidimensional Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) co-signed an integrated plan for the security of elections. “That plan would enable the timely holding of peaceful and inclusive local elections for the first time since 1988,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED.

During his mission to the Central African Republic, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean Pierre Lacroix, met with the UN peacekeepers in the country. MINUSCA

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.