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Major General Kandji

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2010-08-06
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2010-08-06
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  1. “It took too long for us to start the Mission. The mandate to start the Mission was signed two months before 15 March. I think we should agree that we need at least six months for the resources to be developed and force generation to happen, and then we will be in better shape to avoid the difficulties I had to go through during the start-up phase.”

    2010-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6370 (2010) · source

  2. “And I think that the seminar that will be conducted in September, as planned by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, will cover all these issues, give clarity and just re-establish the truth for the record. The last point I was asked to touch on was deterrence. The principle of deterrence is to show force simply in order to be respected, so that the others know that these guys have the capability to operate and to make the difference. What does that mean? You need to have adequate resources. It means presence and force projection all over the theatre. One cannot deter if one cannot move, and in order to move, we come back to the same old story of having helicopters, and so forth. I think I will just end here, and express the hope that the difficulty we had at the beginning will not come back again.”

    2010-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6370 (2010) · source

  3. “I am not here to speak on the substantives, but the Mission has done a lot for prisons, the judiciary, gender issues, and so forth. It has changed mindsets and behaviours in eastern Chad in only 21 months. It is important to mention here that, as part of our activities, we had a military unit that drilled for water in that part of the country, where it is said that they will now have water for 50 years. And we know how important and strategic water can be in that part of the world. To sum up, I am not ashamed of what we have done. Much has been said, even in this Chamber, accusing the force of having done nothing. So this is a divine opportunity for me to denounce that; it was not true. We have done a lot; the statistics are here.”

    2010-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6370 (2010) · source

  4. “Here, we did not respect one of the main aspects of any relief operation, where it is necessary to be strong in relieving a weak unit. But in this case, we had a weak unit to relieve a strong unit. That is where all our difficulties arose. And our achievements were many. From the military point of view, we were not really in a warfare situation, so the military challenge was not too great. But starting in December, we were at the peak of our deployment - and that peak, again, was 65 per cent of our authorized mandate. We never reached the total authorized strength, and that was how we had to face all those difficulties. In the other areas of the Mission - civilian and police - the achievements were even greater.”

    2010-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6370 (2010) · source

  5. “(spoke in English) The first section phase of nine months during which we went at a slow pace because of the difficulties related to the start-up of the Mission. It was only when we had achieved a comfortable operational capability that we entered the second phase, which was five months long. We were almost at the high point of the Mission when we were suddenly asked to stop our operations and start to withdraw. (spoke in French) The three periods were nine months, five months and seven months, respectively. (spoke in English) Naturally, those three phases affected our achievement's on the ground. Because of the slowness of our deployment, during the first nine months we had to accept a great many compromises because we were not there. It is always difficult to reverse a compromise once it is established.”

    2010-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6370 (2010) · source

  6. “I have been asked to speak to the Council about the United Nations Mission in Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), specifically the transition phase from the European Union Force (EUF OR) to MINURCAT, and about our achievements and to briefly touch upon deterrence. I believe - and the Council would agree - that MINURCAT can be considered a textbook case. The youngest of the missions, it will be the first to expire after a mere 21 months of activity. Over these 21 months, the Mission has gone through all the most critical phases of any deployment. First came the launching of the Mission, followed by the transition from EUF OR to MINURCAT, and now the drawdown announced for 31 December 2010. These three key phases divide the life of the Mission into three sections.”

    2010-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6370 (2010) · source