The United Nations Secretary General'sspecial representative to the Central African Republic and Chad is scheduled topresent his report on the region to the Security Council Tuesday. In his report, VictorDa Silva Angelo, will focus on the security situation in Chad which he said isinfluenced considerably by the situation in Sudan's Darfur region.
Angelo said the tensediplomatic relations between Sudan and Chad have emboldened rebels to carryoutinsurgent activities into Chad, which disrupt humanitarian work.
From Portugal,Angelo told VOA that the United Nations seeks basic humanrights issues that are respected by all.
"Today,I will be talking to the council about Chad and also the relation between Chadand Sudan. And a little bit also about the security situation in the CentralAfrican Republic because we have to look at these things from a regionalperspective," Angelosaid.
He said the humanitariancircumstances in Sudan's Darfur region directly impact neighboring Chad and theentire region.
"The other situation inDarfur does influence the situation in Chad, and how Darfur and Chad?have onthe security situation in the Central African Republic. So all these things arerelated," he said.
Angelo said the humanitariansituation in Chad has declined.
"I will be telling thecouncil that since my last report and particularly since May, the situation hascertainly not improved," Angelo said.
He said recent rebelinsurgencies have undermined humanitarian work.
"As you are aware, in thebeginning of May, we have some serious rebel activities inside Chad and closeto the border in Sudan. And since then, we have seen a deterioration of thesecurity situation in some areas of eastern Chad, particularly in those areasthat are pretty close to the border and also in areas close to the refugeecamp," he said.
Angelo said there is needfor more manpower and logistics to help with the humanitarian situation inChad.
"At this point my mainconcern is to make sure that I have enough men on the ground to be able tocover the entire area that I am supposed to cover. We are talking about a very,very large area about 1000 kilometers from north to south and 400 kilometersfrom east to west," Angelo said.
"For the time being, wedon't have the soldiers that have been promised to us. We have only 46 percentof the soldiers that we are supposed to have, and we are still trying to puttogether the military and security bases that we need to operate. At thisstage, my main problem is to be able to mobilize all the security personnel thathave been authorized by the council and make sure that I can deplore thesepeople on the ground," he said.
Angelo said the presence ofadequate security will provide protection of refugees from rebel insurgent activities.