initiatives including the adoption of a resolution highlighting the correlation between terrorism and transnational crime. 385. Several international economic and policy meetings have been held in N'Djamena and important visits paid by the highest Chadian authorities to emerging countries (China, India, Saudi Arabia and South Africa) enabling them to present investment opportunities and facilities offered by Chad. For the first time in Chad’s history, Chadian nationals are leading institutions such as ECCAS, CILSS, BDEAC and UNMISMA. The country also holds the Presidency of the G5 Sahel and CEN SAD and, from January 2017, the position of Governor of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC). 386. Chad acceded to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) on 26 January 2013 in a bid to ensure compliance of national mechanisms with regional and international governance instruments and their effective application with emphasis on human and economic rights. As such, several treaties, conventions and charters have been ratified so as to provide Chad with the facilities to which it is entitled under these international treaties. 387. The Chadian Government, in collaboration with its partners, is committed to addressing the current challenges of CEMAC and ECCAS through the design and implementation of regional development programmes. At the CEMAC level, this includes the implementation of the Regional Economic Programme (PER) approved at the 2009 Summit of Heads of State. Commitments have also been made within the framework of other sub-regional groupings (CBLT, CILSS, etc.) to address major challenges. Chad hence intends to achieve the following global objectives: (i) deepen its economic and trade relations with the other countries of the sub-region; (ii) promote the strengthening of sub-regional institutions; (iii) strengthen the capacities of official in debt management and negotiations of loan and grant agreements. 388. In terms of security, Chad’s involvement in seeking and maintaining peace in the CEMAC- ECCAS region is a clear testimony to the Government’s commitment to preserving the right to life and a better environment for all peoples. Chad also actively participated in the establishment of the Peace and Security Council (COPAX) of the ECCAS at the Malabo Summit in 1999. Furthermore, Chad has an active role in the Central African Multinational Force, which is one of five regional brigades within the AU Peace and Security Architecture (ASPA). 389. Chad’s decisive role in the fight against terrorists was not limited Mali. Today, it is engaged alongside Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria among others to fight against the terrorists of Boko Haram, otherwise known as the Islamic State in West Africa. The Chadian Government does not hide its willingness to help its neighbours, threatened by terrorists, to regain full territorial sovereignty. Page 83 sur 87