Significant changes have been made to the proposed eastern Chad/northeastern CAR UN peacekeeping force this month. In his latest report, issued August 10 2007, the UN Secretary-General proposed that military tasks and functions will be performed by a European Union military force and last 12 months from the time of the deployment; with a possible UN successor operation likely to follow. This agreement has already been accepted by Chad’s President Idriss Deby. Chadian police and Gendarmes will continue to serve under national authority, as opposed to under the UN, as was proposed originally. The principal objective of the mission.
