UN Security Council
2009

presence in the regions of eastern Chad and the north-eastern Central African Republic indicated in paragraph 37 of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2007/488) of 10 August 2007 (hereinafter referred to as “eastern Chad and the north-eastern Central African Republic”), Commending the deployment by the European Union of an operation (EUFOR Chad/CAR) to support the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), and recalling that the mandate of EUFOR Chad/CAR runs until 15 March 2009, Welcoming the ongoing selection and training by MINURCAT of police and gendarmerie officers of the Détachement intégré de sécurité (DIS), and stressing the need to expedite the deployment of DIS, Having examined the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/760) of 4 December 2008 (hereinafter referred to as “the report of the Secretary-General”) and its recommendations on the arrangements for following up EUFOR Chad/CAR at the end of its mandate, Welcoming the letter from the President of Chad dated 6 January 2009 and the letter from the President of the Central African Republic dated 5 December 2008