Resolution nº S/RES/2399 (2018) of the United Nations Security Council

• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/RES /2399 (2018)

Security Council

Dist r.: G eneral

30 J anuary 2018

18-0 1390 ( E)

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Resolution 2399 (2018)

Adopted by the Sec urity Council at its 8169th meeting , on

30 January 2018

The Securi ty Cou ncil

,

Reca llin g

its prev ious resolu tions and sta tements on the Ce ntral African Repu blic

(CAR ), in part icular re solutions 2121 (2013), 2127 (20 13), 2134 (2014), 21 49 (2014 ),

2181 (2014), 2196 (2015), 2212 (2015), 2217 (2015), 2262 (2016), 2264 (2016), 2281

(2016), 2301 (2016), 233 9 (2017) , 2387 (2017) as well a s resolut ion 2272 (2016), and

the Stateme nts of its P resident of 18 Dece mber 20 14 (S/ PRST /201 4/28 ), 20 Oct ober

2015 (S/PR ST/2 015/ 17), 16 N ovember 2016 (S /PR ST/20 16/1 7), 4 April 20 17

(S/PR ST/20 17/5 ), a nd 13 Ju ly 2017 (S/PRST/ 2017 /9),

Rea ffir min g

its strong commit ment to the so vereign ty, indep endence , unity and

terri torial int egrity of the CA R, and

recal lin g

the impor tance of the pri nciples o f

non- interfer ence, g ood-nei ghbourl iness a nd regi onal co operatio n,

Reca lli ng

tha t the CAR bear s the p rimary resp onsibil ity to prot ect all

popu lations within it s territo ry from g enocid e, war cri mes, eth nic clea nsing an d

crim es agai nst huma nity,

Exp ressi ng

con cern at t he dete rioratio n of the securi ty situa tion, in particu lar in

the sout h-easte rn part and the nort h-wester n p art of the CAR, due to the ongo ing

clas hes betwe en armed groups and o ther arm ed spoil ers in the ir attemp ts to for cefully

gain control of terr itory a nd resou rces an d destab ilize t he count ry, as wel l as the lack

of capacit y of t he nat ional security force s, the limite d autho rity o f the State over a ll

of th e CAR territor y, an d the pe rsisten ce of t he root causes o f the c onflict,

Emp has izin g

t hat any sustain able solutio n to the crisi s in the CAR shou ld be

CAR -owned, incl uding the politica l pro cess, and should prior itize reconci liation of

the C entral Afr ican peo ple, thr ough an inclusi ve proce ss that i nvolves men and

wome n of all so cial, eco nomic, po litical, reli gious and ethnic ba ckgroun ds, inclu ding,

thos e displa ced by the cri sis,

Call ing u pon

t he CA R au thoritie s to con tinue their effor ts to im plement

tran sparent and inclus ive m easures that allow for stabili zation and reconci liation in

the C AR and restore the effe ctive au thority of the St ate ove r all of the terr itory of the

CAR; to fi ght im punity by res toring adminis tration of th e judic iary a nd the crimina l

justi ce syst em, in cluding the pe nitentia ry syst em, th roughou t the c ountry; to ach ieve

the r eform o f the C AR Armed Forces (FACA) an d inter nal secu rity for ces in o rder to

put i n place multi -ethnic , profes sional, and r epublic an secur ity serv ices thr ough