               United Nations                                                                       S/RES/2482 (2019)
               Security Council                                                   Distr.: General
                                                                                19 July 2019

               Resolution 2482 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8582nd meeting, on
               19 July 2019

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001), 1452 (2002), 1526 (2004),
               1617 (2005), 1624 (2005), 2129 (2013), 2133 (2014), 2170 (2014), 2178 (2014), 2195
               (2014), 2199 (2015), 2242 (2015), 2249 (2015), 2253 (2015), 2322 (2016), 2331
               (2016), 2341 (2017), 2347 (2017), 2354 (2017), 2368 (2017), 2370 (2017), 2388
               (2017), 2395 (2017), 2396 (2017), 2462 (2019), 2467 (2019) and its relevant
               presidential statements, including PRST/2018/9,
                     Reaffirming the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by
               the 1972 Protocol, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, the United
               Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
               Substances of 1988, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
               Crime of 2000 and the Protocols thereto, the United Nations Convention against
               Corruption of 2003, and the international counter-terrorism conventions and
               protocols,
                      Welcoming the ongoing efforts by the Conference of the Parties to the
               UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Conference of States Parties
               to the UN Convention against Corruption, UN Commission on Crime Prevention and
               Criminal Justice, and UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to promote international
               cooperation against transnational organized crime, corruption, drug traffickin g ,
               trafficking in persons, money laundering, terrorism, and other crimes that may in
               some cases directly or indirectly support terrorism, as well as to assist Member States
               in this regard within their existing mandates,
                     Expressing its concern that terrorists can benefit from organized crime, whether
               domestic or transnational, as a source of financing or logistical support, recognizin g
               that the nature and scope of the linkages between terrorism and organized crime,
               whether domestic or transnational, vary by context, and emphasizing the need to
               coordinate efforts at the local, national, subregional, regional, and international levels
               to respond to this challenge, in accordance with international law, including by
               promoting international legal cooperation, where relevant,
                     Acknowledging, in this regard, that terrorists can benefit from organized crime,
               whether domestic or transnational, such as the trafficking in arms, drugs, artefacts,
               cultural property and trafficking in persons, as well as the illicit trade in natural
               resources including gold and other precious metals and stones, minerals, charcoal and

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               oil, illicit trafficking in wildlife and other crimes that affect the environment, as well
               as from the abuse of legitimate commercial enterprise, non -profit organizations,
               donations, crowdfunding and proceeds of criminal activity, including but not limit ed
               to kidnapping for ransom, extortion and bank robbery, as well as from transnational
               organized crime at sea,
                      Strongly condemning the continued flow of weapons, including small arms and
               light weapons, military equipment, unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and their
               components, and improvised explosive device (IED) components to and between ISIL
               (also known as Da’esh), Al-Qaida, their affiliates, and associated groups, illeg al
               armed groups and criminals, and encouraging Member States to prevent and disrupt
               procurement networks for such weapons, systems and components between ISIL (also
               known as Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and
               entities,
                     Emphasizing that the combined presence of terrorism, violent extremis m
               conducive to terrorism, and organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, may
               exacerbate conflicts in affected regions, and may contribute to undermining affected
               States, specifically their security, stability, governance, social and economic
               development, and noting that organized criminal groups and terrorists benefiting fro m
               organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, can, in some cases and in some
               regions, complicate conflict prevention and resolution efforts,
                    Seriously concerned by instances of terrorist groups, including those benefiting
               from organized crime, conducting attacks including those on United Nations
               personnel,
                     Reaffirming its commitment to sovereignty, territorial integrity and political
               independence of all States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, and
               stressing that Member States have the primary responsibility in countering terrorist
               acts and violent extremism conducive to terrorism,
                     Reaffirming that Member States must ensure that any measures taken to counter
               terrorism must comply with all their obligations under international law, in particular
               international human rights law, international refugee law and international
               humanitarian law, underscores that respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms
               and the rule of law are complementary and mutually reinforcing with effective
               counter-terrorism measures and are an essential part of a successful counter-terroris m
               effort, and notes the importance of respect for the rule of law so as to effectively
               prevent and combat terrorism, and further notes that failure to comply with these and
               other international obligations, including under the Charter of the United Nations, is
               one of the factors contributing to increased radicalization to violence and fosters a
               sense of impunity,
                     Underscoring the need of Member States to strengthen, where appropriate, their
               criminal justice, law enforcement and border-control capacities, and to develop their
               capacity to investigate, prosecute, disrupt, and dismantle trafficking networks to
               address the linkages between terrorism and organized crime, whether domestic or
               transnational,
                     Recalling its urge to Member States to fully implement the “Programme of
               Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Ligh t
               Weapons in All Its Aspects” and the International Tracing Instrument in order to assist
               in preventing terrorists from acquiring small arms and light weapons, in particular in
               conflict and post-conflict areas,
                     Encouraging Member States to collect relevant information and to further
               identify, analyze and counter any existing, growing or potential links, in some cases,
               between organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, illicit drug -related

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           activities, money-laundering and the financing of terrorism, in order to enhance
           criminal justice responses to those crimes, and calling upon the United Nations Office
           on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), within its relevant mandates, to support, upon
           request, the efforts of Member States in that regard,
                 Stressing that the development and maintenance of fair and effective crimin al
           justice systems should be a fundamental basis of any strategy to counter terrorism and
           organized crime, whether domestic or transnational,
                 Noting the important contribution that public-private partnerships can make in
           efforts to prevent and combat terrorism, corruption and organized crime, whether
           domestic or transnational,
                 Acknowledging that prisons can serve as potential incubators for radicalizat io n
           to terrorism and terrorist recruitment, and that proper assessment and monitoring of
           persons convicted of terrorist offences is critical to mitigate opportunities for
           terrorists to attract new recruits, recognizing that prisons can also serve to rehabilitat e
           and reintegrate prisoners, where appropriate, and also recognizing that Member States
           may need to continue to engage with offenders after release from prison to avoid
           recidivism, in accordance with relevant international law and taking into
           consideration, where appropriate, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for
           the Treatment of Prisoners, or “Nelson Mandela Rules ”,
                 Recalling the importance for Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED)
           to include in CTED’s country assessments, as appropriate, information regarding
           Member States efforts to address the issue of trafficking in persons and its link with
           sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations committed by terrorist groups
           as part of their strategic objectives and ideology, and used as a tactic by certain parties
           to armed conflict, including non-state armed groups designated as terrorist groups,
                 Recalling the Madrid Guiding Principles on Foreign Terrorist Fighters, including
           the recently adopted Addendum, (S/2018/1177), and stressing the importance of full
           and effective implementation of such principles,
                 Noting recent developments and initiatives at the international, regional and
           subregional levels to prevent and suppress international terrorism and organized
           crime, whether domestic or transnational, including the essential role of the Financial
           Action Task Force (FATF) and its Global Network of FATF-style regional bodies, as
           well as the work of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), in particular the
           adoption of The Hague Good Practices on the Nexus between Transnational
           Organized Crime and Terrorism,
                 1.    Calls upon Member States to enhance coordination of efforts at all levels
           in order to strengthen a global response to linkages between international terroris m
           and organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, which constitute a serious
           challenge and a threat to international security;
                  2.    Calls upon Member States to continue to conduct research and collect
           information to enhance knowledge of and better understand the nature and scope of
           the linkages that may exist between terrorism and organized crime, whether domestic
           or transnational, to intensify and accelerate the timely exchange of relevant
           operational information and financial intelligence regarding actions, movements and
           patterns of movements of terrorists or terrorist networks, including foreign terrorist
           fighters, in accordance with domestic and international law;
                3.    Further stresses the importance of good governance and the need to fight
           against corruption, money-laundering and terrorist financing, in particular through
           the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational
           Organized Crime (2000), the United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003),

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               the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999)
               and the comprehensive international standards set forth in the FATF revised Forty
               Recommendations on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terroris m
               and Proliferation, including by adopting and effectively implementing leg islative and
               regulatory measures, to enable the competent domestic authorities to freeze or seize,
               confiscate and manage criminal assets, in order to combat illicit finance including
               terrorist financing and money-laundering;
                     4.    Calls upon Member States to strengthen their efforts as well as
               international and regional cooperation to counter the threat to the international
               community posed by the illicit cultivation, production, trafficking, and consumption
               of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, which can significantly contribute to
               the financial resources of terrorist groups, and to act in accordance with the principle
               of common and shared responsibility in addressing and countering the world drug
               problem, including through cooperation against the trafficking in illicit drugs and
               precursor chemicals, also underlining the importance of border managemen t
               cooperation, and welcomes in this context the continued efforts of the UNODC;
                      5.    Notes with concern that drug traffickers continue to exploit tools of
               modern commerce to traffic in precursors, pre-precursor chemicals and synthetic
               drugs, thereby contributing to the increased misuse of these drugs and the adverse
               consequences of their non-medical use, exploiting, for example, online markets for
               the illicit sale of such synthetic drugs, in particular synthetic opioids, in addition to
               exploiting the international mail system and express consignment carrier shipments
               to distribute such substances;
                     6.    Urges all States to ensure that their domestic laws and regulations establish
               serious criminal offenses sufficient to provide the ability to prosecute and penalize in
               a manner duly reflecting the seriousness of the offence of trafficking in persons;
                     7.    Calls upon Member States to investigate, disrupt and dismantle organized
               criminal networks involved in trafficking in persons in accordance with national
               legislation, including anti-money-laundering, anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws
               and, where appropriate, counter-terrorism laws;
                     8.   Further calls upon Member States, where appropriate, to review, amend
               and implement legislation, including for acts of sexual and gender-based violence, to
               ensure that all forms of trafficking in persons, including when it is committed in
               situations of armed conflict or by armed and terrorist groups for the purpose of
               financing terrorism or to serve any strategic goals of terrorist groups are addressed,
               and to consider establishing jurisdiction to end the impunity of offenders;
                      9.   Strongly urges all States to implement and strengthen compliance with the
               comprehensive international standards embodied in the revised Forty FATF
               Recommendations on Combating Money Laundering, and the Financing of Terroris m
               and Proliferation and its interpretive notes; and calls upon Member States to increase
               capacity to conduct proactive financial investigations to identify and disrupt
               trafficking in persons and identify potential linkages with terrorism;
                       10. Urges States that have not already done so, in order to prevent terrorists
               from acquiring weapons, to adopt and implement the necessary legislative or other
               measures to establish as criminal offences under their domestic law the followin g
               illicit activities within their areas of jurisdiction in order to ensure that those engaged
               in such activities can be prosecuted:
                     (a) illegal manufacture, possession, stockpiling and trade of all types of
               explosives, whether military or civilian, as well as other military or civilian materials
               and components that can be used to manufacture improvised explosive devic es,
               including detonators, detonating cords and chemical components,

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                 (b) trafficking of military and dual-use materials and equipment that could be
           used for the illegal manufacture of arms and armaments, including explosive devices;
                  11. Urges States to adopt legislative and other measures, consistent with
           domestic marking laws and regulations, including criminal measures, to prohibit the
           illegal manufacture of unmarked or inadequately marked small arms and light
           weapons, as well as the illicit falsification, obliteration, removal or alteration of the
           unique markings prescribed in the International Tracing Instrument;
                 12. Further encourages States to promote and strengthen border cooperation
           and regional and subregional coordination, as appropriate, through effective measures
           and enhanced exchange of information, consistent with domestic laws and
           regulations, between law enforcement agencies, customs, and export and import
           licensing authorities, with a view to eradicating and combating the illic it activities
           listed in paragraphs 10 and 11 across borders;
                13. Expresses concern at the illegal exploitation and trafficking of natural
           resources, such as precious metals and minerals like gold, silver, copper and
           diamonds, as well as timber, charcoal and wildlife, by armed groups, terrorist groups
           and criminal networks supporting them;
                 14. Encourages all States to continue efforts to end the illicit trade in natural
           resources, in particular in the gold sector, and to hold those complicit in the illicit
           trade accountable, as part of broader efforts to ensure that the illicit trade in natural
           resources is not benefiting sanctioned entities, terrorist groups, armed groups or
           criminal networks;
               15. Calls upon Member States, including through relevant central and
           competent authorities, to:
                 (a) strengthen border management, including by increasing awareness,
           training and capacity of relevant practitioners in border control, including with
           relevant organizations, to investigate and prosecute terrorists and terrorist groups and
           transnational organized criminals working with them, and to effectively identify and
           prevent their movement,
                 (b) consider establishing, in conformity with international law, appropriate
           laws and mechanisms that allow for the broadest possible international cooperation,
           including the appointment of liaison officers, police to police cooperation, the
           creation/use, when appropriate, of joint investigation mechanisms, and enhanced
           coordination of cross-border investigations in cases related to the linkages between
           terrorism and organized crime, whether domestic or transnational,
                 (c) implement obligations to collect and analyze Advance Passenger Information
           (API) and develop the ability to collect, process and analyse, in furtherance of
           International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards recommended practices,
           Passenger Name Record (PNR) data and to ensure PNR data is used by and shared
           with competent national authorities, with full respect for human rights and
           fundamental freedoms, which will help security officials make connections between
           individuals associated to organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, and
           terrorists, to stop terrorist travel and prosecute terrorism and organized crime,
           whether domestic or transnational, including by making use of capacity building
           programmes,
                 (d) develop the expertise of their Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) to
           analyze financial intelligence of suspected activity of organized crimes, whether
           domestic or transnational, that support terrorism, including the financing of terroris m,
           and encourages them to work together to develop that capacity, and exchange
           information, in this regard,

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                      (e) consider the ratification and implementation of global instruments as well
               as their participation in national, regional and global initiatives that aim to build
               capacity to prevent and counter the illicit trafficking, including through seaports and
               at sea, of natural resources, arms, drugs, artefacts and cultural property, as well as
               trafficking in persons, in order to prevent and counteract the linkages between
               terrorism at sea and organized crime, whether domestic or transnational,
                    (f) enhance, when appropriate, the exchange of information between public
               authorities and relevant private sector entities;
                     16. Urges Member States to ensure that all measures taken to counter terroris m
               comply with their obligations under international law, including international
               humanitarian law, international human rights law and international refugee law, and
               urges states to take into account the potential effects of counterterrorism measures on
               exclusively humanitarian activities, including medical activities, that are carried out
               by impartial humanitarian actors in a manner consistent with international
               humanitarian law;
                     17. Encourages Member States to engage relevant local communities and
               non-governmental actors in developing strategies to counter violent extremism as and
               when conducive to terrorism, as well as strategies to counter organized crime, whether
               domestic or transnational, address the conditions conducive to the spread of violent
               extremism, which can be conducive to terrorism, and organized crime, whether
               domestic or transnational, that may fund terrorism, including by empowering youth,
               families, women, religious, cultural and education leaders, and all other concerned
               groups of civil society;
                     18. Calls on Member States to increase the awareness, training and capacity
               of relevant practitioners in correctional systems on the linkages between terroris m
               and organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, including where perpetrators
               of petty crime may be exploited or recruited by terrorists, as perpetrators of such
               crimes can develop and have actively pursued those linkages and other networks in
               prison settings;
                     19. Further calls on Member States to strengthen the capacity of crimin al
               justice systems to combat the linkages, and ensure that investigators, prosecutors and
               legal professionals are trained to recognize such linkages between terrorism and
               organized crime, whether domestic or transnational;
                     20. Encourages Member States to take all appropriate actions to maintain a
               safe and humane environment in prisons, develop tools that can help address
               radicalization to violence and terrorist recruitment, in line with their obligation s under
               international law and taking into account, the relevant guidance developed by
               UNODC, and explore ways to prevent, within their prison systems, radicalization to
               violence, and to promote rehabilitation and reintegration of convicted terrorists, as
               well as to impede cooperation and transfer of skills and knowledge between terrorists
               and other criminals, while respecting international human rights law;
                     21. Recognizes the role of regional and subregional organizations and
               mechanisms, consistent with Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, in
               deepening the assessment of threats in their respective regions, in contributing to the
               effective implementation of Security Council resolutions, in strengthening the
               capacities of Member States, in facilitating technical assistance and informatio n
               sharing, and in contributing to national ownership and disseminating awareness;
                      22. Requests United Nations entities, particularly the United Nations Office
               for Counter Terrorism (UNOCT) and UNODC, as well as o ther Global Compact
               entities, to continue to provide technical assistance and capacity -building to Member
               States, upon their request, to support them in strengthening their response to linkages

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           between international terrorism and organized crime, whether d omestic or
           transnational, including by the development of tools that can help address
           radicalization to terrorism in prisons and assess the risks of terrorist recruitmen t ,
           consistent with international law, and encourages the Counter Terrorism Commit t ee
           (CTC), with the support of CTED, to continue working together to facilitate technical
           assistance and capacity building and to raise awareness in this area, in particular by
           strengthening its dialogue with States and relevant international, regional and
           subregional organizations and working closely, including by sharing informatio n ,
           with relevant bilateral and multilateral technical assistance providers;
                 23. Directs the CTC, with the support of the CTED and in coordination with
           other relevant UN entities to continue as appropriate, within their respective
           mandates, to identify and examine Member States efforts in impeding terrorist groups
           from benefitting from organized crime, whether domestic or transnational, with the
           aim of identifying good practices, gaps and vulnerabilities in this field, and, in this
           regard, requests CTED, in accordance with Security Council resolution 2395, and in
           cooperation with the UNOCT and UNODC, to integrate consideration of linkages of
           terrorism and organized crime, whether transnational or domestic, into its country
           assessments and analyses and identify emerging trends and gaps in this regard;
                24. Encourages Member States to make the best use of INTERPOL policing
           capabilities, including its array of investigative and analytical databases, in order to
           prevent and counter the linkages between terrorism and organized crime, whether
           domestic or transnational;
                 25. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Security Council, within
           twelve months, a joint report by the UNOCT and UNODC with inputs from the
           relevant entities of the United Nations system, including CTED, the Analytical
           Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, on actions taken by Member States and the
           Global Compact entities to address the issue of linkages between terrorism and
           organized crime, whether transnational or domestic;
                26.   Decides to remain seized of this matter.

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               United Nations                                                                      S/RES/2483 (2019)
               Security Council                                                  Distr.: General
                                                                                25 July 2019

               Resolution 2483 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8586th meeting, on
               25 July 2019

                    The Security Council,
                     Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General of 16 April on his Good Offices
               (S/2019/322) and of 10 July on the United Nations operation in Cyprus ( S/2019/562),
               further welcoming the Secretary-General’s willingness, and expressing its full support
               for his Good Offices to remain available to assist the sides, should they jointly decide
               to re-engage in negotiations with the necessary political will,
                     Underscoring that the responsibility for finding a solution lies first and foremost
               with the Cypriots themselves, and reaffirming the primary role of the United Nations
               in assisting the parties to bring the Cyprus conflict and division of the island to a
               comprehensive and durable settlement with a sense of urgency,
                    Noting the progress made towards a comprehensive settlement up to and
               including the Conference on Cyprus in June 2017, including the commitments in the
               leaders’ Joint Statement of 2 April 2017 on the basis of the Joint Declaration of
               11 February 2014, and recalling the six points of the Secretary-General’s framework
               presented on 30 June 2017 as a way to move forward to close the remaining gaps,
                     Urging the sides to renew their efforts to achieve an enduring, comprehensive
               and just settlement based on a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality,
               as set out in relevant Security Council resolutions, including OP4 of its resolution
               716 (1991), and stressing that the status quo is unsustainable,
                     Expressing concern at the increased tensions in the eastern Mediterranean over
               hydrocarbons exploration, convinced of the many important benefits, including
               economic benefits for all Cypriots that would flow from a comprehensive and durable
               settlement, and reiterating the Secretary-General’s call for serious efforts to avoid
               any further escalation and to defuse tensions,
                     Recalling its resolution 1325 (2000) and related resolutions, recognising that
               the active and meaningful participation and leadership of women is essential in
               building peace in Cyprus and will contribute to making any futu re settlement
               sustainable, welcoming efforts to bring together a broader range of women actors on
               both sides, and looking forward to the outcome of the gender-sensitive socioeconomic impact assessment requested in its resolution 2453 (2019),
                    Emphasising the importance of confidence-building measures and their timely
               implementation, and urging the sides to step up their efforts to promote

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               intercommunal contacts, reconciliation and the active engagement of civil society, in
               particular women and youth,
                    Noting that the Government of Cyprus is agreed that in view of the prevailing
               conditions on the island it is necessary to keep the United Nations Peacekeeping Force
               in Cyprus (UNFICYP) beyond 31 July 2019,
                     Welcoming measures to date to strengthen the liaison and engagement capacity
               of the mission, noting the importance of transition planning in relation to the
               settlement, and emphasising the need to regularly review all peacekeeping operations,
               including UNFICYP, to ensure efficiency and effectiveness,
                    Echoing the Secretary-General’s gratitude to the Government of Cyprus and the
               Government of Greece for their voluntary contributions to the funding of UNFICYP,
               and expressing appreciation to Member States that contribute personnel to UNFICYP,
                    Noting with appreciation the efforts of the Secretary-General, his Special
               Representative Elizabeth Spehar, and senior United Nations official Jane Holl Lute,
                     1.   Expresses regret at the lack of progress towards a settlement since the
               conclusion of the 2017 Conference on Cyprus, and urges the sides and all involved
               participants to renew their political will and commitment to a settlement under United
               Nations auspices, including by engaging actively and with a sense of urgency with
               senior United Nations official, Jane Holl Lute, to achieve agreement on terms of
               reference to enable results-oriented negotiations leading to a settlement as quickly as
               possible;
                     2.   Calls for a reduction of tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean; calls upon
               the leaders of the two Cypriot communities and all involved parties to refrain from
               any actions and rhetoric that might damage the chances of success;
                    3.   Reaffirms all its relevant resolutions on Cyprus, in particular resolution
               1251 (1999);
                    4.    Recalls its resolution 2453 (2019), and calls upon the two leaders to:
                    (a) put their efforts expeditiously behind further work on reaching
               convergences on the core issues;
                    (b) empower all Technical Committees to submit proposals for their
               consideration to enhance intercommunal contacts and improve the daily lives of all
               Cypriots;
                    (c) promote peace education across the island, including by further
               empowering the Technical Committee on Education to implement the
               recommendations contained in its joint report of 2017, and to address impediments to
               peace in school materials, including text books, as a contribution to trust -building
               between the communities;
                    (d) improve the public atmosphere for negotiation to secure a settlement,
               including by preparing the communities for a settlement through public messages on
               convergences and the way ahead, and delivering more constructive and harmonised
               messages; and by refraining from actions or rhetoric that detracts from a successful
               process or could make it more difficult to achieve;
                     (e) increase their support to, and ensure a meaningful role for, civil society
               engagement in peace efforts, in particular strengthening the participation of women ’s
               organisations and youth in the process, including by empowering the Technical
               Committee on Gender Equality to meet and develop an action plan supporting
               women’s participation in peace talks and providing direct support and encouragement
               to civil society organisations to enhance inter-communal contact and trust-building;

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                 5.     Calls upon the sides and the relevant involved parties, with UNFICYP as
           facilitator through its liaison role, to intensify their efforts to establish a mechanism
           for direct contacts at military level, and to continue to explore ways to establish
           mechanisms and enhance existing initiatives where necessary for effectively
           alleviating tensions, increasing joint efforts on criminal matters and to help address
           island-wide matters that affect all Cypriots;
                 6.    Welcomes the recent progress towards the inter-operability of mobile
           phones across the island, urges the implementation of all other agreed confidencebuilding measures including those agreed by the leaders in their meeting of
           26 February 2019, and looks forward to agreement on and implementation of further
           steps, including military confidence-building measures;
                 7.    Commends the work of the Committee on Missing Persons, and calls upon
           all parties expeditiously to enhance their cooperation with the Committee ’s work, in
           particular through providing full access to all areas and responding in a timely manner
           to requests for archival information on possible burial sites;
                 8.    Expresses its full support for UNFICYP, and decides to extend its mandate
           for a further period ending 31 January 2020;
                 9.    Expresses serious concern at the increased number of violations of the
           military status quo along the ceasefire lines, calls on the sides and all involved parties
           to respect UNFICYP’s mandated authority in, and delineation of, the buffer zone, and
           urges the use of the 2018 United Nations aide-memoire by the sides to ensure peace
           and security in the buffer zone;
                10. Calls on the Turkish Cypriot side and Turkish forces to restore in Strovilia
           the military status quo which existed there prior to 30 June 2000, and recalls the status
           of Varosha as set out in relevant resolutions;
                11. Calls on both sides to agree to, and to implement, a plan of work to achieve
           a mine-free Cyprus, including as a first step, delivering on their agreement of
           26 February 2019;
                 12. Requests the Secretary-General to increase the number of women in
           UNFICYP in line with its resolution 2242 (2015), as well as to ensure the full,
           effective and meaningful participation of women in all aspects of operations;
                 13. Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to
           standardise a culture of performance in UN peacekeeping, recalls its requests in
           resolution 2378 (2017) and resolution 2436 (2018) that the Secretary-General ensure
           that performance data related to the effectiveness of peac ekeeping operations is used
           to improve mission operations, including decisions such as those regarding
           deployment, remediation, repatriation and incentives, and reaffirms its support for the
           development of a comprehensive and integrated performance policy framework that
           identifies clear standards of performance for evaluating all United Nations civilian
           and uniformed personnel working in and supporting peacekeeping operations that
           facilitates effective and full implementation of mandates, and includes compr ehensive
           and objective methodologies based on clear and well-defined benchmarks to ensure
           accountability for underperformance and incentives and recognition for outstanding
           performance, and calls on the United Nations to apply this framework to UNFICYP
           as described in resolution 2436 (2018);
                 14. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take necessary measures to
           ensure full compliance of all personnel in UNFICYP with the United Nations zero -
           tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to keep the Council fully
           informed about the Mission’s progress in this regard, and urges troop-contributing
           and police-contributing countries to continue taking appropriate preventative action,

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               including vetting of all personnel, pre-deployment and in-mission awareness training,
               timely investigations of allegations, as appropriate, and to take appropriate steps to
               hold perpetrators accountable and repatriate units when there is credible evidence of
               widespread or systematic sexual exploitation and abuse by those u nits;
                     15. Requests the Secretary-General to submit by 15 November 2019 a report
               on his Good Offices, in particular on progress towards reaching a consensus starting
               point for meaningful results-oriented negotiations leading to a settlement, encourages
               the leaders of the two communities to provide written updates to the Good Offices
               Mission of the Secretary-General on the actions they have taken in support of the
               relevant parts of this resolution with a view to reaching a sustainable and
               comprehensive settlement, and further requests the Secretary-General to include the
               contents of these updates in his Good Offices report; further requests the Secretary-General to submit by 10 January 2020 a report on implementation of this resolution,
               including further information on how best to strengthen UNFICYP’s role in the buffer
               zone to de-escalate tensions, and to keep the Security Council updated on events as
               necessary;
                    16.   Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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               United Nations                                                                  S/RES/2484 (2019)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                29 August 2019

               Resolution 2484 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8607th meeting, on
               29 August 2019

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling all its previous resolutions, statements of its President and press
               statements on the situation in Mali,
                     Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, unity and territorial
               integrity of Mali, emphasizing that the Malian authorities have primary responsibility
               for the provision of stability and security throughout the territory of Mali, and
               underscoring the importance of achieving national ownership of peace - and securityrelated initiatives,
                     Recalling the provisions of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali
               (“the Agreement”) calling upon the Security Council to give its full support to the
               Agreement, to closely monitor its implementation and, if necessary, to take measures
               against anyone hindering the implementation of the commitments contained therein
               or the realisation of its objectives,
                     Recognizing that more progress was made during the past year than during the
               first years after the signing of the Agreement, which were characterized b y a slow
               pace of implementation, noting that a combination of some level of political will and
               international pressure, including through the prospect of sanctions, constituted an
               important factor in securing these positive results, expressing a significant sense of
               impatience with parties over the persistent delays in the full implementation of key
               provisions of the Agreement, further noting that continued delays in implementation
               contribute to a political and security vacuum jeopardizing the stability and
               development of Mali as well as the viability of the Agreement, stressing the need for
               increased ownership and prioritization in the implementation of the Agreement, and
               further stressing the importance of the full, effective and meaningful participation of
               women in the mechanisms established by the Agreement to support and monitor its
               implementation,
                     Recalling the provisions of resolution 2480 (2019) urging Malian parties to take
               immediate and concrete action to fulfil the priority measures listed in paragraph 4 of
               resolution 2480 (2019) before the end of MINUSMA’s current mandate, encouraging
               the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 2374 (2017) (“the Panel of
               Experts”) to identify parties responsible for potential lack of implementation of these
               priority measures through its regular reporting and interim updates, and expressing
               its intent, should these priority measures not be implemented by the end of

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               MINUSMA’s current mandate, to respond with measures pursuant to resolution 2374
               (2017) on individuals and entities who are thus obstructing or threatening the
               implementation of the Agreement,
                   Stressing that all parties to the Agreement share the primary responsibility to
               make steadfast progress in its implementation,
                     Taking note of the decisions of the Security Council Committee established
               pursuant to resolution 2374 (2017) concerning Mali (“the Committee”) of
               20 December 2018 and 10 July 2019 that several individuals be placed on the list of
               individuals and entities subject to measures pursuant to resolution 2374 (2017) (“the
               2374 Sanctions List”) and further taking note of the intention of the Committee to
               consider the removal of these individuals from the 2374 Sanctions List if the priority
               measures listed in paragraph 4 of resolution 2480 (2019) are fully implemented and
               the individuals designated cease all illicit activities, including those listed in the
               statement of case, while stressing that the Security Council has not yet seen sufficient
               progress to merit such consideration,
                     Reiterating that individuals or entities placed on the 2374 Sanctions List shall
               not benefit from any financial, operational or logistical support from United Nations
               entities deployed in Mali, until their removal from the 2374 Sanctions List and
               without prejudice to the exemptions set by paragraphs 2, 5, 6 and 7 of resolution 2374
               (2017),
                    Taking note of the final report (S/2019/636) of the Panel of Experts,
                    Noting the importance of continued cooperation and information exchange
               between the Panel of Experts and all other United Nations entities operating in Mali,
               within their mandates and capabilities,
                     Determining that the situation in Mali continues to constitute a threat to
               international peace and security in the region,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                    1.   Decides to renew until 31 August 2020 the measures as set out in
               paragraphs 1 to 7 of resolution 2374 (2017);
                    2.    Reaffirms that these measures shall apply to individuals and entities as
               designated by the Committee, as set forth in paragraphs 8 and 9 of resolution 2374
               (2017);
                      3.   Decides to extend until 30 September 2020 the mandate of the Panel of
               Experts, as set out in paragraphs 11 to 15 of resolution 2374 (2017), as well as the
               request to MINUSMA, as set out in paragraph 16 of resolution 2374 (2017), expresses
               its intention to review the mandate and take appropriate action regarding its further
               extension no later than 31 August 2020, and requests the Secretary-General to take
               the necessary administrative measures as expeditiously as possible to re -establish the
               Panel of Experts, in consultation with the Committee, drawing, as appropriate, on the
               expertise of the current members of the Panel of Experts;
                     4.    Requests the Panel of Experts to provide to the Council, after discussion
               with the Committee, a midterm report no later than 29 February 2020, a final report
               no later than 15 August 2020, and periodic updates in between, as appropriate;
                    5.    Reaffirms the reporting and review provisions as set out in resolution 2374
               (2017);
                    6.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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               United Nations                                                                   S/RES/2485 (2019)
               Security Council                                                  Distr.: General
                                                                                29 August 2019

               Resolution 2485 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8610th meeting, on
               29 August 2019

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling all its previous resolutions on Lebanon, in particular resolutions 425
               (1978), 426 (1978), 1559 (2004), 1680 (2006), 1701 (2006), 1773 (2007), 1832
               (2008), 1884 (2009), 1937 (2010) and 2004 (2011), 2064 (2012), 2115 (2013), 2172
               (2014) and 2236 (2015), 2305 (2016), 2373 (2017) and 2433 (2018) as well as the
               statements of its President on the situation in Lebanon and the Press statements dated
               19 December 2016, 27 March 2018, 9 August 2018, 8 February 2019,
                     Welcoming the progress towards reactivation of the Lebanese state institutions,
               the holding of legislative elections on 6 May 2018, the first Parliamentary elections
               since 2009, the formation of a new Lebanese Government on 30 January 2019 and
               the adoption of a budget for 2019 on 19 July, while stressing the need for all political
               actors to work towards the effective functioning of the Government and all state
               institutions,
                     Responding to the request of the Government of Lebanon to extend the mandate
               of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for a period of one year
               without amendment presented in a letter from the Lebanese Foreign Minister to the
               Secretary-General of 7 July 2019 and welcoming the letter from the Secretary-General to its President of 1 August 2019 (S/2019/619) recommending this extension,
                     Reiterating its strong support for the territorial integrity, sovereign ty and
               political independence of Lebanon,
                     Reaffirming its commitment to the full implementation of all provisions of
               resolution 1701 (2006), and aware of its responsibilities to help secure a perma nent
               ceasefire and a long-term solution as envisioned in the resolution,
                     Expressing concern at the continued lack of progress made towards the
               establishment of a permanent ceasefire and other key provisions of resolution 1701
               (2006) more than ten years after its adoption,
                    Calling upon all concerned parties to strengthen their efforts, including by
               exploring concrete solutions with the Special Coordinator of the Secretary -General
               and the UNIFIL Force Commander, to fully implement all provisions of resolution
               1701 (2006) without delay,

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                    Expressing deep concern at all violations in connection with resolution 1701
               (2006) as underlined by the Secretary-General in his reports, and recalling the
               importance of control of the Government of Lebanon over all Lebanese territory,
                    Underlining the risk that violations of the cessation of hostilities could lead to
               a new conflict that none of the parties or the region can afford,
                     Urging all parties to make every effort to ensure that the cessation of hostilities
               is sustained, exercise maximum calm and restraint and refrain from any action or
               rhetoric that could jeopardize the cessation of hostilities or destabilize the region,
                    Emphasizing to all parties the importance of full compliance with the
               prohibition on sales and supply of arms and related materiel established by resolution
               1701 (2006),
                      Recalling the utmost importance that all parties concerned respect the Blue Line
               in its entirety, noting with concern that UNIFIL still has not been able to access all
               relevant locations north of the Blue Line related to the discovery of tunnels crossing
               the Blue Line which UNIFIL reported as a violation of resolution 1701 (2006), and
               calling on the Lebanese authorities to swiftly conclude all nec essary investigations
               on the matter, welcoming the continued progress in the marking of the Blue Line, and
               encouraging the parties to accelerate their efforts in coordination with UNIFIL,
               including through the tripartite mechanism, to continue working in t he ongoing
               process to delineate and visibly mark the Blue Line in its entirety, as well as to move
               forward on the marking of its points of contention, as recommended by the Strategic
               Review,
                     Condemning in the strongest terms all attempts to threaten the security and
               stability of Lebanon,
                     Reaffirming its determination to ensure that no such acts of intimidation prevent
               UNIFIL from implementing its mandate in accordance with Security Council
               resolution 1701 (2006), recalling the necessity for all parties to ensure that UNIFIL
               personnel are secure and their freedom of movement is fully respected and unimpeded
               and continuing to respect the separate, supporting mandate under which Observer
               Group Lebanon operates, condemning in the strongest terms the attack against
               UNIFIL forces on 4 August 2018 near the town of Majdal Zun, Southern Lebanon,
               and recalling the importance of the Lebanese authorities swiftly providing UNIFIL
               with further updates on this matter,
                    Reiterating the importance of the extension of the control of the Government of
               Lebanon over all Lebanese territory in accordance with the provision s of resolution
               1559 (2004) and resolution 1680 (2006), and of the relevant provisions of the Taif
               Accords,
                     Encouraging all Lebanese parties to resume discussions towards a consensus on
               a National Defence Strategy as set out by the President of Lebanon and the Lebanese
               Defense Minister on 29 April 2019, in accordance with relevant Security Council
               resolutions and the Taif Agreement,
                      Welcoming the drafting of Lebanon’s first National Action Plan on Women,
               Peace and Security, and encouraging the Government of Lebanon to adopt and
               implement it, with the support of UNIFIL and women’s civil society groups, as soon
               as possible and to ensure the full, effective, and meaningful participation of women
               at all levels of decision-making in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of
               peace and security,
                    Recalling the relevant principles contained in the Convention on the Safety of
               United Nations and Associated Personnel,

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                Commending the active role and dedication of the personnel of UNIFIL and
           expressing its strong appreciation to Member States that contribute to UNIFIL and
           underlining the necessity that UNIFIL has at its disposal all necessary means and
           equipment to carry out its mandate,
                 Recalling the request from the Government of Lebanon to deploy an
           international force to assist it to exercise its authority throughout the territory, and
           reaffirming UNIFIL’s authority to take all necessary action in areas of operations of
           its forces and as it deems within its capabilities, to ensure that its area of operations
           is not utilized for hostile activities of any kind and to resist attempts by forceful means
           to prevent it from discharging its mandate,
                 Welcoming the crucial role played by the Lebanese Armed Forces and security
           forces, as the only legitimate armed forces in Lebanon, in extending and sustaining
           the authority of the Government of Lebanon, in particular in southern Lebanon, and
           responding to other security challenges, including the threat of terrorism, and the
           strong international commitment to support the Lebanese Armed Forces, which has
           helped strengthen the capability of the Lebanese Armed Forces to provide security
           for Lebanon, and further noting the relevance of this increased capacity in relation to
           their efforts to coordinate with UNIFIL in the implementation of the UNIFIL mandate,
                 Recalling resolution 2378 (2017) and its request of the Secretary-General to
           ensure that data related to the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations, including
           peacekeeping performance data, is used to improve analytics and the evaluation of
           mission operations, based on clear and well identified benchm arks, further recalling
           resolution 2436 (2018) and its request of the Secretary-General to ensure that
           decisions to recognize and incentivize outstanding performance and decisions
           regarding deployment, remediation, training, withholding of financial reimbursement,
           and repatriation of uniformed or dismissal of civilian personnel, are predicated on
           objective performance data, and emphasizing the need to regularly evaluate UNIFIL’s
           performance such that the mission retains the skills and flexibility needed to
           effectively carry out its mandate,
                 Also recalling resolution 2242 (2015) and its request of the Secretary-General
           to initiate, in collaboration with Member States, a revised strategy, within existing
           resources, to double the number of women in military and police contingents of UN
           peacekeeping operations,
                 Recognizing the need to regularly review all peacekeeping operations to ensure
           efficiency and effectiveness, including reviews of UNIFIL when appropriate, taking
           into account developments on the ground,
                 Bearing in mind the strategic priorities and recommendations identified by the
           Secretary-General in his letter of 12 March 2012 (S/2012/151) as a result of the
           Strategic Review of UNIFIL, taking note of his letter of 8 March 2017 (S/2017/202)
           as a result of the most recent Strategic Review of UNI FIL, and expressing the need
           for a follow-up and update,
                Calling upon Member States to assist the Lebanese Armed Forces as needed to
           enable it to perform its duties in line with resolution 1701 (2006),
                 Determining that the situation in Lebanon continues to constitute a threat to
           international peace and security,
                1.    Decides to extend the present mandate of UNIFIL until 31 August 2020;
                2.   Commends the positive role of UNIFIL, whose deployment together with
           the Lebanese Armed Forces has helped to establish a new strategic environment in
           southern Lebanon, welcomes the expansion of coordinated activities between UNIFIL

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               and the Lebanese Armed Forces, and calls for further enhancement of this cooperation
               without prejudice to UNIFIL’s mandate;
                    3.     Affirms its strong continuing commitment to the existing UNIFIL mandate
               and calls for the full implementation of resolution 1701 (2006);
                     4.    Reiterates its call for Israel and Lebanon to support a permanent ceasefire
               and a long-term solution based on the principles and elements set out in paragraph 8
               of resolution 1701 (2006);
                     5.   Strongly reaffirms the necessity of an effective and durable deployment of
               the Lebanese Armed Forces in southern Lebanon and the territorial waters of Lebanon
               at an accelerated pace to fully implement the provisions of resolution 1701 (2006)
               and requests the Secretary-General to include in his future reports assessments of
               progress made in this regard and calls for renewed engagement of UNIFIL and the
               Lebanese Armed Forces in the Strategic Dialogue, which aims at carr ying out analysis
               of ground forces and maritime assets and setting a series of benchmarks reflecting the
               correlation between the capacities and responsibilities of UNIFIL vis -à-vis those of
               the Lebanese Armed Forces;
                    6.    Recalls its request for precise timelines to be jointly and promptly
               elaborated by the Lebanese Armed Forces and the Secretary-General, for the
               deployments in paragraph 5, with a view to identifying Lebanese Armed Forces
               progress in implementing tasks mandated in resolution 1701 (2006);
                    7.     Reiterates its call for the Government of Lebanon to present a plan to
               increase its naval capabilities as soon as possible, including with appropriate support
               from the international community, with the goal of ultimately decreasing UNIFIL’s
               Maritime Taskforce and transitioning its responsibilities to the Lebanese Armed
               Forces (LAF), in close conjunction with the effective build -up of the capabilities of
               the Lebanese Navy, and takes note in that regard of the letter dated 12 March 2019 to
               the United Nations outlining the commitment of the Government of Lebanon and its
               ongoing efforts towards that goal;
                     8.   Requests the Secretary-General in accordance with global peacekeeping
               best practice and in close consultation with relevant stakeholders, to conduct and
               provide the Security Council, no later than 1 June 2020, with an assessment of the
               continued relevance of UNIFIL’s resources and options for improving the efficiency
               and effectiveness between UNIFIL and UNSCOL, taking into consideration the troop
               ceiling and the civilian component of UNIFIL;
                     9.   Reiterates its encouragement of the intention of the Government of
               Lebanon to deploy a model regiment and an offshore patrol vessel in UNIFIL ’s area
               of operations to advance the implementation of resolution 1701 (2006) and the
               authority of the Lebanese State, recalls in this regard the joint statement issued at the
               end of the 15 March 2018 Rome Conference, in particular Lebanon’s concept for a
               new Model Regiment proposed in the context of the ongoing Strategic Dialogue
               between the LAF and UNIFIL, notes Lebanon’s proposed timeline for the deployment
               of the Model Regiment, and calls on the Lebanese Armed Forces and UNIFIL to
               strengthen their coordinated actions;
                     10. Urges further international support for the Lebanese Armed Forces and all
               state security institutions, who are the only legitimate armed forces of Lebanon, in
               response to the capabilities development plan of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as well
               as in the framework of the International Support Group for Lebanon, through
               additional and expedited assistance in areas where the Lebanese Armed Forces are
               most critically in need of support, including counter-terrorism, border protection and
               naval capacity;

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                 11. Condemns all violations of the Blue Line, both by air and ground, and
           strongly calls upon all parties to respect the cessation of hostilities, to prevent any
           violation of the Blue Line and to respect it in its entirety, and to cooperate fully with
           the United Nations and UNIFIL;
                 12. Welcomes the constructive role played by the Tripartite Mechanism in
           facilitating coordination and in de-escalating tensions, and recognizes the mission
           leadership’s active efforts, which has helped to further stabilize the situation along
           the Blue Line and build trust between the parties, and expresses in this regard strong
           support for the continued efforts of UNIFIL to engage with both parties to facilitate
           liaison, coordination, and practical arrangements on the ground and to continue to
           ensure that the Tripartite Mechanism enables the parties to discuss a wider range of
           issues;
                 13. Stresses the need to foster enhanced cooperation between UNIFIL and the
           Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL), with the
           goal of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the missions, welcomes in this
           regard the first improvements accomplished by the United Nations in terms of
           efficiencies and effectiveness between UNIFIL and UNSCOL as set out in the
           Secretary-General letter of 31 December and encourages the Secretary-General to
           further these efforts as set out in the annex III of his report dated 16 July 2019;
                 14. Urges all parties to abide scrupulously by their obligation to respect the
           safety of UNIFIL and other United Nations personnel and calls for further cooperation
           between UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces in particular regarding coordinated
           and adjacent patrols, welcomes the commitment of the Lebanese authorities to protect
           UNIFIL movements and reiterates its call for the rapid finalization of the investigation
           launched by Lebanon regarding all attacks against UNIFIL and its personnel, in
           particular the incident of 4 August 2018, in order to bring to justice the perpetrators
           of these attacks;
                 15. Urges all parties to ensure that the freedom of movement of UNIFIL and
           UNIFIL’s access to the Blue Line in all its parts is fully respected and unimpeded, in
           conformity with its mandate and its rules of engagement, including by avoiding any
           course of action which endangers United Nations personnel, condemns all attempts
           to restrict the freedom of movement of UNIFIL’s personnel, calls on the Government
           of Lebanon to facilitate UNIFIL’s access in line with resolution 1701, while
           respecting the Lebanese Sovereignty;
                 16. Urges all parties to cooperate fully with the Security Council and the
           Secretary-General to make tangible progress towards a permanent ceasefire and a
           long-term solution as envisioned in resolution 1701 (2006) and on all outstanding
           issues in the implementation of Security Council resolutions 1701 (2006), 1680
           (2006) and 1559 (2004), and other relevant Security Council resolutions;
                 17. Urges the Government of Israel to expedite the withdrawal of its army
           from northern Ghajar without further delay in coordination with UNIFIL, which has
           actively engaged Israel and Lebanon to facilitate such a withdrawal;
                 18. Reaffirms its call on all States to fully support and respect the
           establishment between the Blue Line and the Litani River of an area free of any armed
           personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Government of Lebanon and
           UNIFIL;
                  19. Recalls paragraph 15 of resolution 1701 (2006) according to which all
           States shall take the necessary measures to prevent, by their nationals or from their
           territories or using flag vessels or aircraft, the sale or supply of arms and related
           materiel to any entity or individual in Lebanon other than those authorized by the
           Government of Lebanon or UNIFIL;

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                      20. Acting in support of a request from the Government of Lebanon to deploy
               an international force to assist it to exercise its authority throughout the territory,
               recalls its authorization to UNIFIL to take all necessary action in areas of deployment
               of its forces and as it deems within its capabilities, to ensure that its area of operations
               is not utilized for hostile activities of any kind, to resist attempts by forceful means
               to prevent it from discharging its duties under the mandate of the Security Council,
               and to protect United Nations personnel, facilities, installations and equipment,
               ensure the security and freedom of movement of United Nations personnel,
               humanitarian workers and, without prejudice to the responsibility of the Government
               of Lebanon, to protect civilians under imminent threat of physical violence;
                     21. Commends UNIFIL’s operational changes in line with resolution 2373
               (2017) and resolution 2433 (2018) and reiterates its request that the Secretary-General look at ways to enhance UNIFIL’s efforts as regards paragraph 12 of
               resolution 1701 (2006) and paragraph 14 of this resolution, including ways to increase
               UNIFIL’s visible presence, including through patrols and inspections, within its
               existing mandate and capabilities;
                     22. Recalls the decision that UNIFIL shall assist the government of Lebanon,
               at its request, as set out in paragraph 14 of resolution 1701 (2006) and within its
               capabilities, to implement resolution 1701 (2006);
                     23. Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by UNIFIL to implement the
               Secretary-General’s zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to
               ensure full compliance of its personnel with the United Nations co de of conduct,
               requests the Secretary-General to continue to take necessary measures to ensure full
               compliance of all personnel in UNIFIL with the United Nations zero -tolerance policy
               on sexual exploitation and abuse and to keep the Security Council fully informed
               about the Mission’s progress in this regard, and urges troop-contributing countries to
               continue taking appropriate preventative action, including vetting of all personnel,
               pre-deployment and in-mission awareness training, timely investigations of
               allegations, as appropriate, and to take appropriate steps to hold perpetrators
               accountable and repatriate units when there is credible evidence of widespread or
               systematic sexual exploitation and abuse by those units;
                     24. Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to
               standardize a culture of performance in UN peacekeeping, recalls its requests in
               resolution 2378 (2017) and resolution 2436 (2018) that the Secretary-General ensure
               that performance data related to the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations is used
               to improve mission operations, including decisions such as those regarding
               deployment, remediation, repatriation and incentives, and reaffirms its support for the
               development of a comprehensive and integrated performance policy framework that
               identifies clear standards of performance for evaluating all United Nations civilian
               and uniformed personnel working in and supporting peacekeeping operations that
               facilitates effective and full implementation of mandates, and includes comprehensive
               and objective methodologies based on clear and well-defined benchmarks to ensure
               accountability for underperformance and incentives and recognition for outstanding
               performance, and calls on the United Nations to apply this framework to UNIFIL as
               described in resolution 2436 (2018); notes the efforts of the Secretary-General to
               develop a comprehensive performance assessment system to help troop contributing
               countries meet United Nations performance standards and requests the Secretary-General and the troop-contributing countries to seek to increase the number of women
               in UNIFIL, as well as to ensure the full, effective and meaningful participation of
               women in all aspects of operations;
                    25. Requests UNIFIL to take fully into account gender considerations as a
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           ensuring the full and effective participation, involvement and representation of
           women at all levels of decision-making in all efforts for the maintenance and
           promotion of peace and security, further requests enhanced reporting by UNIFIL to
           the Security Council on this issue;
                 26. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to report to the Council on the
           implementation of resolution 1701 (2006), every four months, or at any time as he
           deems appropriate, and to include in his reporting a prompt and detailed breakdown
           of all resolution 1701 (2006) violations, prompt and detailed reports on violations of
           the sovereignty of Lebanon, prompt and detailed reports on the restrictions to
           UNIFIL’s freedom of movement, an enhanced annex on the implementation on the
           arms embargo, reports on specific areas where UNIFIL does not access and on the
           reasons behind these restrictions, potential risks to the cessation of hostilities and
           UNIFIL’s response as well as reports on the implementation of the recommendations
           of the 2016–2017 Strategic review and on additional identified efficiencies to most
           appropriately fulfil its mandated tasks; requests the Secretary-General to continue to
           provide concrete and detailed information on the aforementioned issues to the
           Council, in line with changes to enhance reporting since the adoption of resolution
           2373 (2017) and 2433 (2018);
                 27. Stresses the importance of, and the need to achieve, a comprehensive, just
           and lasting peace in the Middle East, based on all its relevant resolutions including
           its resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973,
           1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003 and 1850 (2008) of 16 December 2008;
                28.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/2486 (2019)
               Security Council                                                   Distr.: General
                                                                                12 September 2019

               Resolution 2486 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8615th meeting, on
               12 September 2019

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling its resolution 1970 (2011) and all its subsequent resolutions on Libya,
               including resolutions 2259 (2015) and 2434 (2018),
                     Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial
               integrity and national unity of Libya,
                   Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the United Nations
               Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) (S/2019/19 and S/2019/682),
                    Expressing its strong support for the ongoing efforts of UNSMIL and the Special
               Representative of the Secretary-General, Ghassan Salamé, and underscoring the
               importance of the United Nations central role in facilitating a Libyan-led and Libyanowned inclusive political process,
                    Calling on all parties to work together in the spirit of compromise, to refrain
               from any actions that could undermine the political process, to exercise restraint, to
               protect civilians and to engage seriously in national reconciliation, recalling that there
               can be no military solution in Libya, and reiterating calls for all parties to commit to
               a lasting ceasefire and political dialogue under the leadership of the Special
               Representative of the Secretary-General,
                     Expresses grave concern over ongoing hostilities in and around Tripoli, and the
               targeting of civilian infrastructure, further expressing concern over the exploitation
               of the conflict by terrorist and violent extremist groups,
                     Urging the full, effective and meaningful participation of women in all activities
               relating to democratic transition, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, and
               supporting the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to
               facilitate wider engagement and participation of women from across the spectrum of
               Libyan society in the political process and public institutions,
                    Recalling the commitment of the Libyan parties to work constructively with the
               UN to organise credible and peaceful parliamentary and Presidential elections and to
               respect the results of these elections, as agreed by the Libyan parties in Paris in May
               2018, in Palermo in November 2018, and in Abu Dhabi in February 2019, welcoming
               the work of the High National Electoral Commission and the Central Committee for
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               elections, further welcoming UNSMIL’s support for this work, and recognising the
               key role of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in consulting with
               Libyan parties to set the constitutional basis for elections and to adopt the necessary
               electoral laws,
                    Reiterating its call on all Libyans to work constructively towards the unification
               of Libya’s military and economic institutions; establishing unified and strengthened
               national security forces under civilian government authority; and a unified Libyan
               Central Bank,
                     Recognising the need to plan for the disarmament, demobilisation and
               reintegration of armed groups, and to establish an inclusive, civilian-led security
               architecture for Libya as a whole,
                     Welcoming the economic dialogue taking place in Libya and the region and
               UNSMIL’s role in support, calling on the Libyan authorities to improve liquidity and
               to address the economy of predation, such as the black market foreign exchange rate,
               recalling the request to UNSMIL and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General by Prime Minister Serraj, to support the facilitation of a financial review of
               economic and financial institutions, to support efforts of reunifying these institutions,
               emphasising the importance of collaboration with international financial institutions,
               and expressing concern at the interference by armed groups in Libya’s sovereign
               institutions,
                     Recalling that Libya’s oil resources are for the benefit of all Libyans and need
               to remain under the exclusive control of the National Oil Corporation, and that the
               Government of National Accord (GNA) retains sole oversight over Libya’s economic
               and financial institutions, with a responsibility to ensure the equitable distribution of
               resources across the whole country,
                     Recalling the need for Member States to cease support to and official contact
               with parallel institutions outside of the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA), as
               stipulated therein,
                    Expressing grave concern at the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Libya,
               including deteriorating living standards and insufficient provision of basic services,
               and at the situation faced by migrants, refugees and internally displaced people,
               including their exposure to sexual and gender-based violence, and calling on the
               Libyan authorities to alleviate urgently the suffering of the Libyan people by speeding
               up the delivery of public services,
                     Urging all parties to prevent and respond to sexual violence in conflict, and
               calling on the Libyan authorities to end impunity for sexual and gender-based
               violence crimes in line with relevant Security Council resolutions, including
               resolution 1325 (2000),
                     Reaffirming that all parties must comply with their obligations under
               international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as applicable, and
               emphasising that those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law
               and violations and abuses of human rights must be held accountable,
                     Calling on the Libyan authorities to take all steps necessary to investigate
               violations of international human rights law and reports of abuses of human rights,
               including torture, sexual and gender-based violence, and mistreatment in prisons and
               detention centres, and to hold those responsible to account,
                     Reiterating its concern at the smuggling of migrants and refugees and human
               trafficking through Libya, and welcoming the work of UNSMIL in coordinating and
               supporting the provision of humanitarian assistance for refugees and migrants,

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                 Reiterating its request that all Member States support fully the efforts of the
           Special Representative of the Secretary-General, calling on Member States to use
           their influence with the parties to bring about a ceasefire and inclusive political
           process, and further reiterating its call upon all parties to cooperate fully with the
           activities of UNSMIL, including taking all necessary steps to ensure the security and
           unhindered movement of United Nations and associated personnel,
                 Underscoring the importance of ensuring that existing sanctions measures are
           fully implemented and that violations are reported to the United Nations Sanctions
           Committee, and recalling in that regard that individuals or entities engaging in, or
           providing support for, acts that threaten the peace, stability or security of Libya may
           be designated for targeted sanctions, pursuant to resolution 2441 (2018),
                 Calling for full compliance with the arms embargo by all Member States, in line
           with resolution 2441 (2018) and all of its previous resolutions on the embargo, and
           further calling on all Member States not to intervene in the conflict or take measures
           that exacerbate the conflict,
                Recalling its determination in its resolution 2213 (2015) that the situation in
           Libya continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security,
                 1.   Decides to extend until 15 September 2020 the mandate of UNSMIL,
           under the leadership of the Special Representative of the Secretary -General, as an
           integrated special political mission, in full accordance with the principles of national
           ownership to exercise mediation and good offices to support:
                (i)    an inclusive political process and security and economic dialogue;
                (ii)   continued implementation of the Libyan Political Agreement;
                (iii) consolidation of the governance, security and economic arrangements of
                the Government of National Accord, including support for economic reform in
                collaboration with international financial institutions;
                (iv) a possible ceasefire; and
                (v) subsequent phases of the Libyan transition process, including the
                constitutional process and the organisation of elections;
                2.   Further decides that UNSMIL, within operational and security constraints,
           should undertake the following tasks:
                (i)    support to key Libyan institutions;
                (ii) support, on request, for the provision of essential services and delivery of
                humanitarian assistance, in accordance with humanitarian principles;
                (iii) human rights monitoring and reporting;
                (iv) support for securing uncontrolled arms and related materiel and countering
                their proliferation; and
                (v) co-ordination of international assistance, and provision of advice and
                assistance to GNA-led efforts to stabilise post-conflict zones, including those
                liberated from Da’esh;
                 3.    Requests the Secretary-General to assess the steps required to reach a
           lasting ceasefire, the possible role of UNSMIL in providing scalable ceasefire support
           and the steps required to advance the political process from its current trajectory, and
           to include a report on progress towards these objectives in his regular reporting;
               4.    Recalls its decision that all Member States shall comply with the arms
           embargo, in line with resolution 2441 (2018) and all of its previous resolutions on the

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               embargo, calls on all Member States not to intervene in the conflict or take measures
               that exacerbate the conflict, welcomes efforts by the Libya Sanctions Committee’s
               Panel of Experts to investigate violations of the arms embargo, and notes its intention
               to hold those who violate the arms embargo accountable through its Sanctions
               Committee;
                     5.    Requests UNSMIL to take fully into account a gender perspective
               throughout its mandate and to assist the GNA in ensuring the full, effective and
               meaningful participation of women in the democratic transition, reconciliation
               efforts, the security sector and in national institutions, as well as the protection of
               women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence, in line with resolution 1325
               (2000);
                     6.   Recognises that since 30 March 2016 UNSMIL has gradually established
               a consistent presence in Libya, and welcomes UNSMIL’s progress in re-establishing
               a presence in Tripoli, Benghazi and other parts of Libya, as security conditions allow;
                    7.    Welcomes progress in, and encourages continued work towards, a
               comprehensive political strategy, as well as the greater integration and strategic
               co-ordination of UNSMIL and United Nations agencies, funds and programmes in
               Libya to support GNA-led efforts towards the stabilisation of Libya;
                   8.    Requests the Secretary-General to continue to report to the Security
               Council on the implementation of this resolution at least every 60 days;
                     9.   Requests the Secretary-General to report as necessary following
               consultations with the Libyan authorities on recommendations for UNSMIL’s support
               to the subsequent phases of the Libyan transition process and UNSMIL’s security
               arrangements to ensure it remains agile and responsive to developments on the
               ground;
                    10.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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S/ X The situation in Libya.
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               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                12 September 2019

               Resolution 2487 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8616th meeting, on
               12 September 2019

                    The Security Council,
                   Reaffirming its full commitment to the peace process in the Republic of
               Colombia,
                    Recalling all its resolutions and statements of its President regarding the peace
               process in Colombia,
                    Welcoming the opportunity to visit Colombia from 11 to 14 July 2019 and to
               meet with the parties and other actors,
                     Welcoming the progress made towards peace across Colombia since the adoption
               of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting
               Peace (the Final Agreement) and urging the parties, with the support of relevant state
               institutions and security forces, as well as civil society, to work together to sustain
               progress and address challenges through comprehensive implementation of the Final
               Agreement,
                     Recalling in particular its resolution 2366 (2017) which established the United
               Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (the Verification Mission) to verify
               implementation by the Government of Colombia and Revolutionary Armed Forces of
               Colombia (FARC-EP) of sections 3.2 and 3.4 of the Final Agreement as called for in
               section 6.3.3 of the Final Agreement, and recalling the positive role played by the
               Verification Mission in that regard,
                    Acknowledging the letter dated 12 July 2019 from the President of Colombia
               requesting an extension of the mandate of the Verification Mission as agreed by the
               Government of Colombia and the People’s Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC),
                    1.    Decides to extend, to 25 September 2020, the mandate of the Verification
               Mission and reporting requirements in accordance with its resolutions 2366 (2017),
               2377 (2017), and 2435 (2018), headed by a Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations;
                     2.   Expresses its willingness to work with the Government of Colombia to
               further extend the mandate of the Verification Mission on the basis of agreement
               between the parties.

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S/ X Identical letters dated 19 January 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council (S/2016/53).

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