The Director of Cabinet of the Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, Blaise Ismailia Jagne has been holding talks with Cameroon government officials to obtain greater support to facilitate the transit of UN materials, troops and personnel to the Central African Republic.

The UN Security Council in resolution 2149 on April 10, 2014 authorized the deployment of a multidimensional United Nations peacekeeping operation to the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, with the protection of civilians as its utmost priority.

Its other initial tasks included support for the transition process; facilitating humanitarian assistance; promotion and protection of human rights; support for justice and the rule of law; and disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation processes.

The Head of MINUSCA, Babacar Gaye in order to ensure the success of the Mission therefore dispatched a delegation to Cameroon to discuss with authorities considering the fact that the UN equipment and personnel have to transit from Cameroon’s economic port city of Douala to the Central African Republic.

“The deployment of the peacekeeping force will take place in September.

Most of our materials if not all, will transit through the Port of Douala,” the delegation leader, Blaise Ismailia Jagne said in Yaounde yesterday, June 25, 2014 after discussions with Chief Joseph Dion Ngute, the Minister Delegate at the Ministry of External Relations in charge of Relations with the Commonwealth.

As to the specific reason of their visit in Cameroon, he said, “the Head of the Mission sent me to came and discuss with the competent Cameroonian authorities to continue to solicit their assistance to facilitate the transit of these materials.”

He also talked of proposals of a Memorandum of Understanding between Cameroon and the UN to clearly define the terms of collaboration in tackling the crisis in the Central African Republic. Minister Dion Ngute, he said, gave the assurances of the government.