               United Nations                                                                    S/RES/2466 (2019)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               12 April 2019

               Resolution 2466 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8510th meeting, on
               12 April 2019

                    The Security Council,
                    Reaffirming its previous resolutions on Haiti, in particular its resolutions 2410
               (2018), 2350 (2017), 2313 (2016), 2243 (2015), 2180 (2014), 2119 (2013), 2070
               (2012), 2012 (2011), 1944 (2010), 1927 (2010), 1908 (2010), 1892 (2009), 1840
               (2008), 1780 (2007), 1743 (2007), 1702 (2006), 1658 (2006), 1608 (2005), 1601
               (2005), 1576 (2004), 1529 (2004), and 1542 (2004),
                     Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial
               integrity, and unity of Haiti,
                      Noting the role of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti
               (MINUJUSTH) in assisting all branches of the Government of Haiti to strengthen rule
               of law institutions, including developing the Haitian National Police (HNP) to enable
               it to improve Haiti’s security environment, and engaging in human rights monitoring,
               reporting and analysis,
                     Recalling its resolution 2410 (2018), which welcomed MINUJUSTH’s two-year
               exit strategy with benchmarks outlining a transition to a non-peacekeeping United
               Nations presence in Haiti in October 2019,
                    Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General of 1 March 2019 (document
               S/2019/198), and its recommendation that a Special Political Mission (SPM) succeed
               MINUJUSTH beginning on 16 October 2019, and noting the report’s observation that
               the foreseen conclusion of the UN peacekeeping presence in Haiti on schedule
               recognizes Haiti’s achievements to date,
                    Acknowledging the report’s findings regarding the increased capacity,
               leadership, and crime prevention operations of the HNP, and emphasizing t he
               importance of effective support from the Government of Haiti and its international
               and regional partners, including the United Nations, for the 2017–2021 Haitian
               National Police Strategic Development Plan,
                    Acknowledging that Haiti continues to face significant challenges, affirming that
               continued progress in the country’s reconstruction and its social, political, and
               economic development is crucial to achieving lasting stability, and noting the
               importance of effective and coordinated international devel opment assistance and
               increased Haitian institutional capacity in this regard,

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                     Recalling its resolutions 1645 (2005) and 2282 (2016), and reaffirming the
               primary responsibility of the Government of Haiti in implementing peacebuilding and
               sustaining peace strategies, and emphasizing the importance of national ownership,
               inclusivity and the positive role that civil society can play to advance national
               peacebuilding processes and objectives, also emphasizing in this regard the important
               supporting role the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) can play in support of the
               Haitian government and MINUJUSTH’s shared effort to address gang violence and
               its impact on communities, and to promote lasting security and stability,
                     Reiterating its support for MINUJUSTH, in cooperation with the United Nations
               Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and other international actors as appropriate,
               to continue to assist the Government in effectively tackling human trafficking, in line
               with resolution 2388 (2017), as well as combatting other forms of transnational
               organized crime, namely the trafficking of drugs and arms in Haiti, in accordance
               with international law,
                    Recalling General Assembly resolution A/RES/71/161 on the United Nations
               “New Approach to Cholera in Haiti”, noting the continued progress in reductions of
               suspected cases of cholera and reaffirming the importance of the continued work by
               the Government of Haiti, NGOs and the UN with the support of the international
               community to eradicate cholera in Haiti,
                     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 benchmarks, and 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,
                    Expressing concern about the recent rise in gang violence, and underlining the
               importance of addressing such violence and its root causes in a comprehensive
               manner, including through strengthened rule of law, political and socio -economic
               measures, violence reduction programs and weapons and ammunition management,
                     Recognizing that strengthening national human rights institutions, including
               respecting the right to a fair trial, promoting access to justice, conducting community
               engagement, fighting corruption and impunity, combating criminality and sexual and
               gender-based violence, promoting women’s empowerment and political participation,
               and ensuring accountability, as well as respect for human rights, including for women
               and children, are all essential for the Government of Haiti to promote the rule of law,
               democratic institution building and security in Haiti; further recognizing that the use
               of confidence-building measures, facilitation, mediation, and community engagement
               as appropriate can help to enhance the effectiveness of MINUJUSTH in implementing
               its mandated tasks,
                    Mindful of its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace
               and security under the Charter of the United Nations,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                   1.    Decides to extend the mandate of MINUJUSTH for a final period of six
               months until 15 October 2019;
                    2.    Requests the Secretary-General to initiate the necessary planning for an
               appropriate integrated United Nations system presence in Haiti, including an SPM, as
               recommended in paragraphs 71 to 82 of the Secretary-General’s most recent report

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           and beginning on 16 October 2019, with the capacity and expertise to coordinate the
           activities of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, to cooperate with the
           donor community, and to continue to support the efforts of the Government of Haiti
           in peace consolidation and long-term development after MINUJUSTH has
           withdrawn; and further requests the Secretary-General prepare for and begin the
           gradual, phased withdrawal of MINUJUSTH personnel in advance of 15 October
           2019 as appropriate, ensuring a seamless transition;
                 3.    Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council within 30
           days of the adoption of this resolution regarding the operational details of the
           proposed SPM, including its specific objectives and information regarding its
           proposed deployment, staffing, and structure for the Security Council ’s consideration
           and subsequent authorization; and further requests the Secretary-General to initiate
           transition planning and management in accordance with the established UN policies,
           directives, and best practices;
                4.   Encourages close collaboration between MINUJUSTH and the United
           Nations Country Team in Haiti to ensure a seamless transition from a UN
           peacekeeping presence;
                 5.   Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council on the
           implementation of this resolution, including any instances of mandate implementation
           failures and measures taken to address these, in reports every 90 days starting from
           12 April 2019;
                 6.    Encourages the Government of Haiti and MINUJUSTH to continue
           working together towards achieving the objectives outlined in the benchmarks of the
           two-year exit strategy and underscores the urgency for the Government of Haiti to
           take all appropriate steps to ensure respect for and protection of human rights by the
           HNP and the judiciary as an essential element of Haiti’s stability, and calls on
           MINUJUSTH to provide monitoring and support in line with its mandate in this
           regard;
                 7.   Requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to continue
           to play a good offices and advocacy role at the political level to ensure full
           implementation of the mandate, including through close coordination with the
           Government for the development of a political strategy aimed at addressing political
           challenges to progress towards the rule of law and creating momentum for systematic
           progress;
                 8.   Requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and
           MINUJUSTH to coordinate closely with the Government of Haiti, and calls upon the
           Government of Haiti to continue facilitating MINUJUSTH’s mandate and
           functioning;
               9.    Authorizes MINUJUSTH to use all necessary means to carry out its
           mandate to support and develop the HNP;
                 10. Further authorizes MINUJUSTH to protect civilians under imminent
           threat of physical violence, within its capabilities and areas of deployment, as needed;
                11. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure MINUJUSTH maintains
           capacity, including appropriate air assets and medical enablers, to deploy security
           forces rapidly throughout the country and in support of t he HNP;
                12. Reaffirms the importance for MINUJUSTH taking fully into account
           gender mainstreaming as a cross-cutting issue throughout its mandate and to assist
           the Government of Haiti in ensuring the full and effective participation, involvement,
           and representation of women at all levels, and further reaffirms the importance of

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               gender expertise and capacity strengthening in executing the mission mandate in a
               gender-responsive manner;
                    13. Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to
               standardize a culture of performance in UN peacekeeping, 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 him to apply it to MINUJUSTH
               as described in resolution 2436 (2018);
                     14. Recalls its resolution 2272 (2016), and all other relevant United Nations
               resolutions, requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to ensure full
               compliance of all MINUJUSTH personnel with the United Nations zero -tolerance
               policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, and to continue to keep the Council informed,
               and urges police-contributing countries to redouble their efforts to prevent cases of
               misconduct and to ensure that acts involving their personnel are properly investigated
               in a credible and transparent manner and that those responsible are held accountable;
                    15.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/2467 (2019)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                23 April 2019

               Resolution 2467 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8514th meeting, on
               23 April 2019

                    The Security Council,
                     Reaffirming its commitment to the continuing and full implementation of
               resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106
               (2013), 2122 (2013), and 2242 (2015) on women, peace and security, and relevant
               statements of its Presidents, and further emphasizing that persistent barriers to their
               implementation will only be dismantled through dedicated commitment to women ’s
               participation and protection and promotion of human rights, and consistent support to
               building women’s engagement at all levels of decision-making,
                     Recalling the commitments of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
               and reaffirming the obligations of State Parties to the Convention on the Elimination
               of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Optional Protocol the reto, urging
               states that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to them,
                    Further recalling the obligations applicable to parties to armed conflict under
               the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977,
                    Noting General Recommendation 30 of the Committee on the Elimination of
               Discrimination Against Women on Women in Conflict Prevention, Conflict and Post -
               Conflict Situations,
                    Bearing in mind the Purposes and Principles of the Charter of the United Nations
               and the primary responsibility of the Security Council under the Charter for the
               maintenance of international peace and security,
                     Recognizing that States bear the primary responsibility to respect and ensure the
               human rights of all persons within their territory and subject to their jurisdiction as
               provided for by international law, and reaffirming that parties to armed conflict bear
               the primary responsibility to ensure the protection of civilians,
                    Affirming the primary role of Member States to implement fully the relevant
               provisions of Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security, and the
               important complementary role of United Nations entities and regional organizations,
                    Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General of 29 March 2019
               (S/2019/280), and remaining deeply concerned over the slow progress in addressing
               and eliminating sexual violence in situations of armed conflict in particular against

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               women and children, and noting as documented in the Secretary-General’s report that
               sexual violence occurs during and after armed conflicts throughout the world,
                     Recognizing the significance of the twenty-year anniversary of resolution 1325
               (2000), the progress made as well as the opportunity and need for far greater
               implementation of the women, peace and security agenda, remaining deeply
               concerned by the frequent under-representation of women in many formal processes
               and bodies related to the maintenance of international peace and security, the
               relatively low number of women in senior positions in political, peace and security -
               related national, regional and international institutions, the lack of adequate gender -
               sensitive humanitarian responses and support for women’s leadership roles in these
               settings, insufficient financing for women, peace and security, and the resulting
               detrimental impact on the maintenance of international peace and security,
                     Expressing deep concern at the full range of threats and human rights violations
               and abuses experienced by women and girls in armed conflict and post -conflict
               situations, and recognising that women and girls are particularly at risk and are often
               specifically targeted and at an increased risk of violence in conflict and post-conflict
               situations,
                    Emphasizing that advancing gender equality and women’s political, social, and
               economic empowerment is critical to the prevention of and response to sexual
               violence in conflict and post-conflict situations, and that the safety and empowerment
               of women and girls is important for their meaningful participation in peace processes,
               preventing conflicts and rebuilding societies, and that therefore women ’s protection
               and participation are inextricably linked and mutually-reinforcing as reflected by all
               previous resolutions on women, peace and security,
                     Recognizing that the disproportionate impact of sexual violence in armed
               conflict and post-conflict situations on women and girls is exacerbated by
               discrimination against women and girls and by the under-representation of women in
               decision-making and leadership roles, the impact of discriminatory laws, the gender -
               biased enforcement and application of existing laws, harmful social norms and
               practices, structural inequalities, and discriminatory views on women or gender roles
               in society, and lack of availability of services for survivors, and further affirming the
               importance of promoting gender equality by addressing these and other root causes
               of sexual violence against all women and girls as part of conflict prevention, conflict
               resolution and peacebuilding,
                     Recognizing that sexual violence in conflict occurs on a continuum of
               interrelated and recurring forms of violence against women and girls, and recognizing
               that conflict also exacerbates the frequency and brutality of other forms of gender -
               based violence,
                    Recognizing national ownership and responsibility in addressing the root causes
               of sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict situations, and further
               recognizing that the consistent and rigorous prosecution of sexual violence crimes is
               central to deterrence and prevention, as is challenging the perceptions that sexual
               violence in armed conflict is a cultural phenomenon or an inevitable conseque nce of
               war or a lesser crime,
                     Reiterating the need for civilian and military leaders, to demonstrate
               commitment and political will to prevent sexual violence and enforce accountability,
               and that inaction and impunity for sexual violence crimes in conflict and post-conflict
               situation can send a message that the incidence of such crimes is tolerated,
                    Recalling the responsibilities of States to end impunity and to prosecute those
               responsible for crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes,
               perpetrated against civilians and, in this regard, noting with concern that only very

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           limited numbers of perpetrators of sexual violence have been brought to justice, while
           recognizing that in conflict and in post-conflict situations national justice systems
           may be significantly weakened,
                 Noting United Nations commissions of inquiry and United Nations fact -finding
           missions, as appropriate and where relevant, as mechanisms to verify and investigate
           allegations of violations and abuses of international human r ights law and violations
           of international humanitarian law, and in accordance with their respective mandates
           to make recommendations to advance accountability and justice and protection for
           survivors, and, in accordance with their respective mandates and within existing
           resources, to partner with Funds and Agencies in the provision of specialised
           multi-sectoral services,
                 Recognizing the need for a survivor-centered approach in preventing and
           responding to sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations, further
           recognizing the need for survivors of sexual violence to receive non-discriminatory
           access to services such as medical and psychosocial care to the fullest extent
           practicable and need to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading
           treatment, and that violations of the obligations on the treatment of victims can
           amount to serious violations of international law,
                  Reiterating its deep regret that civilians continue to account for the vast majority
           of casualties in situations of armed conflict and recalling with grave concern that the
           illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light
           weapons fuel armed conflicts and have a wide range of negative human rights,
           humanitarian, development and socioeconomic consequences, in particular on the
           security of civilians in armed conflict, including the disproportionate impact on
           violence perpetrated against women and girls and exacerbating sexual and gender -
           based violence in conflict,
                 Acknowledging the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty and noting the provisions
           in Article 7(4) of the Treaty that exporting States Parties shall take into account the
           risk of covered conventional arms or items being used to commit or facilitate serious
           acts of gender-based violence or serious acts of violence against women and children,
                 Recognizing the link between sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict
           situations and the illicit trade in natural resources, including so -called “conflictminerals” and further recognizing the need for private sector actors to ensure that
           proceeds from materials acquired for their production processes do not fund armed
           groups that perpetuate conflict and sexual violence in conflict and post -conflict
           situations,
                 Recalling the important contribution of civil society, including women leaders
           and women’s organizations, to conflict prevention, resolution, and peacebuilding,
           including preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict, affirming the
           importance of their sustained engagement and meaningful participation in all peace
           processes and remaining deeply concerned about threats, attacks and restrictions on
           the work of civil society organizations that inhibit their ability to contribute to
           international peace and security,
                Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political
           independence of all States in accordance with the Charter,
                Welcoming the efforts of Member States, and recognizing the efforts of regional
           and subregional organizations, in implementing resolution 1325 (2000) and
           subsequent resolutions on Women, Peace and Security at the regional, national and
           local levels, including the development of action plans and other planning
           frameworks, with sufficient resources, and encouraging Member States to continue to

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               pursue such implementation, including through strengthened monitoring, evaluation
               and coordination,
                     1.     Reiterates its demand for the complete cessation with immediate effect by
               all parties to armed conflict of all acts of sexual violence and its call for these parties
               to make and implement specific time-bound commitments to combat sexual violence,
               which should include, inter alia, issuance of clear orders through chains of command
               and development of codes of conduct prohibiting sexual violence and establishment
               of related enforcement procedures to ensure accountability for breaching these orders,
               commitments by individual commanders, investigation of all credible allegations
               including on the basis of information reported by relevant UN entities and
               accountability for those responsible, unimpeded access for monitoring and provision
               of services and humanitarian assistance in areas under their control;
                     2.   Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Secretary-General, his Special
               Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Team of Experts on Rule of Law
               and Sexual Violence in Conflict, Women Protection Advisers, and othe r relevant
               United Nations entities in seeking time-bound commitments and implementation
               plans by all parties to conflict to prevent and address all acts and forms of sexual
               violence in conflict and post-conflict situations, encourages designation of high-level
               civilian, military and police focal points, as appropriate, who will be responsible for
               the implementation of such commitments, notes further that the Secretary-General
               should give due consideration to the ongoing implementation of commitments as
               outlined above in its annual report on sexual violence in conflict, encourages a more
               systematic approach and the acceleration of such efforts and welcomes the regular
               briefings to the Security Council by the Special Representative of the Secretary -
               General on Sexual Violence in Conflict in this regard;
                     3.    Encourages national authorities in this context to strengthen legislation to
               foster accountability for sexual violence, stresses the critical role of the domestic
               investigation and judicial systems of member states to prevent and eliminate sexual
               violence in conflict and to ensure accountability for those responsible, and requests
               relevant United Nations entities including the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law
               and Sexual Violence established pursuant to resolution 1888 to support national
               authorities in their efforts in this regard;
                     4.   Recognizes the work of the of the Informal Experts Group on Women,
               Peace and Security, as expressed in resolution 2242, and expresses its intention to
               consider its information, analysis, and recommendations, acknowledging UN
               Women’s important role in this regard, and emphasizes that sexual violence in armed
               conflict and post-conflict situations and all other aspects of the Women, Peace and
               Security agenda should continue to be addressed in this forum;
                     5.   Reiterating deep concern that despite its repeated condemnation of
               violence, including sexual violence, against women and children in situations of
               armed conflict, and despite its calls addressed to all parties to armed conflict for the
               cessation of such acts with immediate effect, such acts continue to occur, often with
               impunity, and in some situations have become systematic and widespread, reaching
               appalling levels of brutality, and in this respect; requests the Secretary-General, in his
               next annual report to the Council on the implementation of Resolutions 1820 (2008),
               1888 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013) and the present resolution, to include a gap
               assessment and recommendations, within existing resources and in close consultation,
               with all applicable UN entities, as well as Member States, and other relevant experts,
               on how the Security Council can strengthen and monitor implementation of relevant
               commitments by parties to conflict as well as on how the UN can better support local,
               national, and regional efforts to address the needs of survivors of sexual violence in
               conflict;

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                 6.    Requests the Secretary-General and relevant UN entities to further
           strengthen, the monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict -related
           sexual violence established pursuant to resolution 1960 (2010), including rape in
           situations of armed conflict, post-conflict and other situations relevant to the
           implementation of resolution 1888 (2009), and to consider ensuring, as appropriate,
           that these arrangements address sexual violence used as a tactic of war and as a tactic
           of terrorism, with a view to providing, within existing resources, information on t he
           implementation of paragraph 1 of this resolution by parties to conflict;
                 7.   Reiterates that the monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements need
           to respect fully the integrity and specificity of the monitoring and reporting
           mechanism implemented under Security Council resolutions on children and armed
           conflict and reiterates its request to the Secretary General to continue to ensure full
           transparency, cooperation and coordination of efforts between the Special
           Representative of the Secretary General for Children and armed conflict and the
           Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in conflict;
                 8.     Encourages relevant United Nations mandating bodies, as appropriate, in
           the establishment inter alia of commissions of inquiry and independent investigative
           entities to ensure that considerations to address sexual violence in armed conflict and
           post-conflict situations are included in their mandates and terms of reference, where
           relevant, and the Secretary-General to ensure that they are established and
           operationalized with the capacity and relevant expertise to address such
           considerations, and in this regard encourages the use of existing rosters of
           investigators with relevant expertise; emphasizes further that all efforts to document
           and investigate sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations should take
           into account the specific needs of survivors, be well-coordinated, and respect safety,
           confidentiality and informed consent of survivors as well as independence and
           impartiality, and that monitoring and investigation strategies are connected to
           specialized multi-sectoral referral pathways to services for survivors;
                 9.    Encourages the continued strengthening of efforts to monitor and
           document sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict situations and, as an
           integral part of these efforts, calls for a more systematic, reliable and rigorous
           approach to gathering accurate, reliable timely and sex-disaggregated information on
           sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations, in such a way that will not put
           at risk survivors;
                 10. Urges existing Sanctions Committees, where within the scope of the
           relevant criteria for designation, and consistent with the present and other relevant
           resolutions to apply targeted sanctions against those who perpetrate and direct sexual
           violence in conflict; and reiterates its intention, when adopting or renewing targeted
           sanctions in situations of armed conflict, to consider including designation criteria
           pertaining to acts of rape and other forms of sexual violence;
                 11. Encourages the Secretary General to ensure that expert groups and
           monitoring teams and panels for sanctions committees include members with
           dedicated sexual violence and gender expertise, and include information on incidents,
           patterns, trends and perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict and post -conflict
           situations in their reports and recommendations to committees, where mandated;
                12. Calls upon all peacekeeping and other relevant United Nations missions
           and United Nations entities, in particular the Working Group on Children and Armed
           Conflict, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed
           Conflict, and the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence
           in Conflict, to share with relevant United Nations Security Council Sanctions
           Committees, including through their monitoring groups and groups of ex perts, all

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               pertinent information about sexual violence, and further calls upon them to strengthen
               their cooperation and exchange of information in this regard;
                     13. Recognizes the need to integrate the prevention, response and elimination
               of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations and addressing its root
               causes in all relevant resolutions, including in relevant authorizations and renewals
               of the mandates of peace missions through the inclusion of operational provisions,;
               expresses its intention to make better usage of periodical field visits to conflict areas,
               through the organization of interactive meetings with the local women and women ’s
               organizations in the field about the concerns and needs of women in areas of armed
               conflict;, and to engage with national authorities, as appropriate, on the prevention
               and response to sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations and engage
               with victims, affected communities and civil society, including women ’s
               organizations;
                     14. Calls upon Member States in the context of justice sector reform efforts,
               to strengthen legislation and enhance investigation and prosecution of sexual violence
               in conflict and post-conflict situations consistent with fair trial guarantees under
               international law, which could include enacting, if not yet established, victim and
               witness protection laws and providing, where appropriate, legal aid for survivors, and
               establishing, where appropriate, specialized police units and courts to address such
               crimes, removing procedural impediments to justice for victims such as restrictive
               limitation periods for filing claims, corroboration requirements that discriminate
               against victims as witnesses and complainants, exclusion or discrediting of victims ’
               testimony by law enforcement officials and within judicial and other proceedings, and
               lack of facilities for closed hearings; and encourages concerned Member States to
               draw upon the expertise of the United Nations Team of Experts established pursuant
               to resolution 1888 (2009) under the strategic leadership of the Special Representative
               of the Secretary-General o Sexual Violence in Conflict as appropriate to strengthen
               the rule of law and the capacity of civilian and military justice systems to address
               sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict situations as part of broader efforts
               to strengthen institutional safeguards against impunity;
                     15. Urges Member States to strengthen access to justice for victims of sexual
               violence in conflict and post-conflict situations, including women and girls, who are
               particularly targeted, including through the prompt investigation, prosecution and
               punishment of perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence, as well as
               reparations for victims as appropriate, acknowledges the inclusion of sexual and
               gender-related crimes among the most serious crimes of international concern in the
               Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which entered into force on 1 July
               2002, notes that the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of international
               concern committed against women and girls has been strengthened through the work
               of international and mixed tribunals, as well as specialized chambers in national
               tribunals and reiterates its intention to continue forcefully to fight impunity and
               uphold accountability with appropriate means;
                     16. Encourages Member States to adopt a survivor-centered approach in
               preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict and post -conflict situations,
               ensuring that prevention and response are non-discriminatory and specific, and
               respect the rights and prioritize needs of survivors, including groups that are
               particularly vulnerable or may be specifically targeted, and notably in the context of
               their health, education, and participation, and in this regard the Council:
                    a.    Calls upon all Member States to ensure that survivors of sexual and
               gender-based violence in conflict in the respective countries receive the care required
               by their specific needs and without any discrimination;

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                 b.    Notes the link between sexual violence in armed conflict and post -conflict
           situations and HIV infection, and the disproportionate burden of HIV and AIDS on
           women and girls as a persistent obstacle and challenge to gend er equality;
                 c.    Encourages leaders at the national and local level, including community,
           religious and traditional leaders, as appropriate and where they exist, to play a more
           active role in advocating within communities against sexual violence in conflic t to
           avoid marginalization and stigmatization of survivors and their families, as well as,
           to assist with their social and economic reintegration and that of their children, and
           to address impunity for these crimes;
                 d.    Encourages concerned Member States to ensure the opportunity for the
           full and meaningful participation of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence at
           all stages of transitional justice processes, including in decision -making roles,
           recognizes that women’s leadership and participation will increase the likelihood that
           transitional justice outcomes will constitute effective redress as defined by victims
           and will respond to important contextual factors;
                 17. Recalls the applicable provisions of international law on the right to an
           effective remedy for violations of human rights, calls upon Member States to make
           such effective remedy and assistance available to victims of sexual violence in
           conflict, and post-conflict situations, and encourages Member States and other
           relevant actors to give due consideration to the establishment of a survivors’ fund;
                  18. Recognizes that women and girls who become pregnant as a result of
           sexual violence in armed conflict, including those who choose to become mothers,
           may have different and specific needs, and noting the connected, distinct, sometimes
           life threatening and enduring risks and harms often faced by those women, girls and
           their children born as result of sexual violence in conflict, including economic and
           social marginalization, physical and psychological injury, statelessness,
           discrimination and lack of access to reparations; and urging states to recognize the
           equal rights of all individuals affected by sexual violence in armed conflict, including
           women, girls and children born of sexual violence in armed conflict, in national
           legislation, consistent with their obligations under the Convention on the Elimination
           of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Convention on the Rights of
           the Child, as applicable, further requests the Secretary-General to report to the
           Security Council on these issues within two years and no later than the end of 2021
           and requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and
           Armed Conflict to cooperate with the Special Representative on Sexua l Violence in
           Conflict and other relevant UN entities on that matter;
                19. Recognizes the importance of supporting, and promoting civil society,
           especially local, grassroots, women-led organizations, and religious and community
           leaders, girls- and youth-led organizations, for all prevention and response efforts;
           while supporting community mobilization campaigns to help shift the stigma of
           sexual violence from the victims to the perpetrators, and to promote cohesion among
           community members where state security presence is weak;
                 20. Encourages concerned Member States and relevant United Nations
           entities to support capacity building for women-led and survivor-led organizations
           and build the capacity of civil society groups to enhance informal community -level
           protection mechanisms against sexual violence in conflict and post -conflict
           situations, to increase their support of women’s active and meaningful engagement in
           peace processes to strengthen gender equality, women’s empowerment and protection
           as a means of conflict prevention;
                21. Welcomes the regular briefings by women from civil society, particularly
           in country-specific meetings, which has enlightened the Council on conditions in

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               conflict countries including in relation to sexual violence, and calls upon States to
               condemn acts of discrimination, harassment and violence against civil society, and
               journalists who report on sexual violence in conflict and who are important to
               changing norms on roots causes, namely structural gender inequality and
               discrimination, and develop and put in place measures to protect them and enable
               them to do their work;
                    22. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the timely deployment of Women
               Protection Advisers to relevant UN peace operations particularly at a senior level,
               ensuring that they have direct access to senior leadership of such peace operations,
               and offices of UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators in all relevant situations
               of concern, to advise UN senior leadership on the implementation of the operational
               provisions of this resolution and other Security Council resolutions on sexual violence
               in conflict, including engagement with parties to conflict for time -bound
               commitments and establishment and functioning of the monitoring, analysis and
               reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence, and takes note with
               appreciation of the Secretary-General’s gender parity strategy;
                     23. Reiterates its intention when establishing and renewing the mandates of
               United Nations missions, to include provisions on the pro motion of gender equality
               and the empowerment of women in conflict and post-conflict situations, including
               through the appointment of gender advisers as appropriate, and further expresses its
               intention to include provisions to facilitate women’s full and effective participation
               and protection in: election preparation and political processes, disarmament,
               demobilization and reintegration programs, security sector and judicial reforms, and
               wider post-conflict reconstruction processes where these are mandated tasks within
               the mission;
                     24. Recognizes the role of United Nations peacekeeping contingents in
               preventing sexual violence, and, in this respect, calls for pre-deployment and inmission training of troop- and police-contributing country contingents to include
               training on sexual and gender-based violence and encourages integration of this
               competence into the performance and operational readiness standards against which
               troops and police are assessed;
                     25. Welcomes the Secretary-General’s decision that all state actors repeatedly
               listed in the annexes of his reports on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Children and
               Armed Conflict are prohibited from participating in United Nations peacekeeping
               operations, and urges those troop- and police-contributing countries that are currently
               listed to cease such violations and abuses, and expeditiously implement action plans
               in accordance with paragraph 1 of this resolution, thereby avoiding suspension from
               peace operations;
                     26. Calls upon Member States and the United Nations to support affected
               countries to address sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations in the
               context of security sector reform processes including to enhance the capacity of
               military structures to address and prevent sexual violence related crimes, and put in
               place safeguards through vetting to prevent individuals credibly suspected of
               committing sexual violence related crimes from being recruited, retained or promoted
               within the security forces; encourages Member States to promote the equal
               opportunity of women at all levels of national police service positions and other
               security positions; encourage UN entities where mandated to address security sector
               reform to include sexual violence expertise in their field operations and ensure that
               these considerations are reflected in operational guidance and resourcing of their
               programmatic activities;
                    27. Encourages Member States, with the assistance of the Secretary-General
               and relevant United Nations entities, to ensure the integration of gender analysis and

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           training into national disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes,
           including ensuring that women formerly associated with armed groups, as well as
           ex-combatants, are able to access trauma services, resocialization and reintegration
           initiatives; reiterates in this regard the need to establish protection mechanisms for
           women in cantonment sites, as well as for civilians in close proximity of cantonment
           sites and in communities of return;
                 28. Stresses that acts of sexual and gender-based violence in conflict can be
           part of the strategic objectives and ideology of, and used as a tactic by certain partie s
           to armed conflict, including non-state armed groups, designated as terrorist groups
           and therefore affirms that victims of sexual violence, committed by certain parties to
           armed conflict, including non-state armed groups designated as terrorist groups,
           should have access to national relief and reparations programmes, as well as health
           care, psychosocial care, safe shelter, livelihood support and legal aid and that services
           should include provisions for women with children born as a result of sexual violenc e
           in conflict, as well as men and boys who may have been victims of sexual violence
           in conflict including in detention settings; contribute to lifting the sociocultural
           stigma attached to this category of crime and facilitate rehabilitation and reintegrati on
           efforts;
                 29. Requests the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
           (CTED), within its existing mandate, under the policy guidance of the Counter
           Terrorism Committee (CTC), and in close cooperation with UNODC, the Special
           Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN Women in line with resolution
           2242 (2015), and other relevant entities, to continue 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;
                 30. Calls upon parties to conflict to ensure that ceasefire and peace agreements
           contain provisions that stipulate sexual violence in conflict and post -conflict
           situations as a prohibited act, particularly in provisions relating to disengagement,
           ensure further that women are present and meaningfully participate in political pre -
           negotiation and negotiation processes; and stresses the need for the exclusion of
           sexual violence crimes from amnesty and immunity provisions in the context of
           conflict resolution processes;
                 31. Recognizes that displaced persons face specific, heightened risks of sexual
           and gender-based violence, including sexual violence in armed conflict, as well as
           barriers to support services, and in accordance with international refugee law and
           international human rights law, as applicable, sexual violence in armed conflict and
           post-conflict situations may constitute a gender related form of persecution for the
           purposes of determining eligibility asylum or refugee status; encourages Member
           States to consider resettlement or local integration support for survivors, to adopt
           measures to mitigate the risk of sexual violence, to make services available to
           survivors, and to provide the option of documenting their cases for future
           accountability processes;
                 32. Notes that sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict situations
           disproportionately affects woman and girls, recognizes also that men and boys are
           also targets of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings, including in the
           context of detention settings and those associated with armed groups; urges Member
           States to protect victims who are men and boys through the strengthening of policies
           that offer appropriate responses to male survivors and challenge cultural assumptions
           about male invulnerability to such violence; requests further that the monitoring,

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               analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence focus more
               consistently on the gender specific nature of sexual violence in conflict and post -
               conflict situations against all affected populations in all situations of concern,
               including men and boys;
                    33. Welcomes the efforts of regional and sub-regional organizations to address
               and eliminate sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings and to support
               Member States in this regard, and encourages them to continue those efforts;
                    34. Recognizes the role of United Nations Action Against Sexual Violence in
               Conflict as the interagency coordination forum chaired by the Special Representative
               on Sexual Violence in Conflict to address this problem, and encourages the revision
               and continued development of innovative operational tools and guidance by United
               Nations Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict;
                     35. Calls upon Member States, United Nations entities, and civil society actors
               to make commitments in order to implement the Security Council resolutions on
               Women, Peace and Security ahead of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of
               resolution 1325, and to ensure that such commitments make a meaningful impact to
               implement the women, peace and security agenda and allow for a strengthened
               follow-up of its implementation, in addition, encourages Member States to adopt, and
               regularly refresh, fully funded national action plans to progress the Women, Peace
               and Security agenda;
                    36. Requests that the Secretary-General continue to submit annual reports to
               the Council on the implementation of Resolutions 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1960
               (2010), 2106 (2013) and the present resolution, further requests the Secretary-General, as mandated, to include gender-sensitive analysis in his conflict analysis and
               to continue to include information and related recommendations on issues of
               relevance to women, peace and security, including on sexual violence in conflict and
               post-conflict situations in his reports to the Council;
                    37.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE|WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS|SEX CRIMES|CRIME VICTIMS

S/ X Women and peace and security.
S/74 [201] WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
S/74 [189] CIVILIAN PERSONS--ARMED CONFLICTS
S/74 [187] CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS


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               Security Council                                                  Distr.: General
                                                                                30 April 2019

               Resolution 2468 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8518th meeting,
               on 30 April 2019

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling and reaffirming all its previous resolutions on Western Sahara,
                    Reaffirming its strong support for the efforts of the Secretary-General and his
               Personal Envoy to implement resolutions 1754 (2007), 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008),
               1871 (2009), 1920 (2010), 1979 (2011), 2044 (2012), 2099 (2013), 2152 (2014), 2218
               (2015), 2285 (2016), 2351 (2017), 2414 (2018) and 2440 (2018),
                    Expressing full support for the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western
               Sahara, former President Horst Köhler of Germany, and welcoming the engagement
               of the parties and neighboring states with him in his efforts to facilitate direct
               negotiations,
                    Welcoming the new momentum created by the first roundtable meeting on
               5−6 December 2018 and the second roundtable meeting on 21–22 March 2019, and
               commitment by Morocco, the Frente Polisario, Algeria, and Mauritania to engage in
               the UN political process on Western Sahara in a serious and respectful manner in
               order to identify elements of convergence,
                   Further welcoming the ongoing consultations between the Personal Envoy and
               Morocco, the Frente Polisario, Algeria and Mauritania in this regard,
                     Reaffirming its commitment to assist the parties to achieve a just, lasting, and
               mutually acceptable political solution, based on compromise, which will provide for
               the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara in the context of arrangements
               consistent with the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations, and
               noting the role and responsibilities of the parties in this respect,
                    Reiterating its call upon Morocco, the Frente Polisario, Algeria and Mauritania
               to cooperate more fully with each other, including through building additional trust,
               and with the United Nations, as well as to strengthen their involvement in the political
               process and to achieve progress towards a political solution,
                     Recognizing that achieving a political solution to this long-standing dispute and
               enhanced cooperation between the Member States of the Maghreb Arab Union would
               contribute to stability and security, in turn leading to jobs, growth and opportunities
               for all the peoples in the Sahel region,

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                    Welcoming the efforts of the Secretary-General to keep all peacekeeping
               operations, including the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western
               Sahara (MINURSO), under close review and reiterating the need for the Council to
               pursue a rigorous, strategic approach to peacekeeping deployments, and effective
               management of resources,
                     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 benchmarks, and 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 dismi ssal of civilian personnel, are
               predicated on objective performance data,
                   Recalling resolution 2242 (2015) and its aspiration to increase the number of
               women in military and police contingents of United Nations peacekeeping operations,
                     Recognizing the important role played by MINURSO on the ground and the need
               for it to fully implement its mandate, including its role in supporting the Personal
               Envoy to achieve a mutually acceptable political solution, an d welcoming the
               Personal Envoy’s visit to MINURSO headquarters and Western Sahara,
                     Expressing concern about the violations of existing agreements, reiterating the
               importance of full adherence to these commitments in order to sustain momentum in
               the Western Sahara political process, and taking note of the commitments provided
               by the Frente Polisario to the Personal Envoy, and in this regard welcoming the
               Secretary-General’s assessment on 1 April 2019 that the situation in Western Sahara
               has remained relatively calm with the ceasefire continuing to hold and respect by the
               parties for MINURSO’s mandate,
                    Taking note of the Moroccan proposal presented on 11 April 2007 to the
               Secretary-General and welcoming serious and credible Moroccan efforts to move the
               process forward towards resolution; also taking note of the Polisario Front proposal
               presented 10 April 2007 to the Secretary-General,
                     Encouraging in this context, the parties to demonstrate further political will
               towards a solution including by expanding upon their discussion of each other’s
               proposals and recommitting to UN efforts in a spirit of realism and compromise, and
               further encouraging the neighboring countries to make contributions to the political
               process,
                     Encouraging the parties to cooperate further with the United Nations Office of
               the High Commissioner for Refugees in identifying and implementing confidence -
               building measures that can serve to foster the trust necessary for a successful political
               process,
                     Stressing the importance of improving the human rights situation in Western
               Sahara and the Tindouf camps, and encouraging the parties to work with the
               international community to develop and implement independent and credible
               measures to ensure full respect for human rights, bearing in mind their r elevant
               obligations under international law,
                   Encouraging the parties to sustain in their respective efforts to enhance the
               promotion and protection of human rights in Western Sahara and the Tindouf refugee
               camps, including the freedoms of expression and association,
                    Welcoming in this regard, steps and initiatives taken by Morocco, and the role
               played by the National Council on Human Rights Commissions operating in Dakhla

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           and Laayoune, and Morocco’s interaction with Special Procedures of the United
           Nations Human Rights Council,
                 Strongly encouraging enhancing cooperation with the Office of the United
           Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), including through
           facilitating visits to the region,
                 Noting with deep concern the continued hardships faced by Sahrawi refugees
           and their dependency on external humanitarian assistance, and further noting with
           deep concern insufficient funding for those living in Tindouf refugee camps and the
           risks associated with the reduction of food assistance,
                Reiterating its request for consideration of a refugee registration in the Tindouf
           refugee camps and emphasizing efforts be made in this regard,
                 Recalling United Nations Security Council resolutions 1325 and 2250 and
           related resolutions; stressing the importance of a commitment by the parties to
           continue the process of negotiations through the United Nations -sponsored talks and
           encouraging the full, effective and meaningful participation of women and active and
           meaningful participation of youth in these talks,
                Recognizing that the status quo is not acceptable, and noting further that
           progress in negotiations is essential in order to improve the quality of life of the
           people of Western Sahara in all its aspects,
                Affirming its full support for Special Representative of the Secretary-General
           for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO Colin Stewart,
                Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 1 April 2019
           (S/2019/282),
                1.    Decides to extend the mandate of MINURSO until 31 October 2019;
                 2.    Emphasizes the need to achieve a realistic, practicable and enduring
           political solution to the question of Western Sahara based on compromise and the
           importance of aligning the strategic focus of MINURS O and orienting resources of
           the United Nations to this end;
                 3.     Expresses its full support for the ongoing efforts of the Secretary-General
           and his Personal Envoy to sustain the renewed negotiations process in order to achieve
           a solution to the Western Sahara question, notes the intention of the Personal Envoy
           to invite Morocco, the Frente Polisario, Algeria, and Mauritania to meet again in the
           same format, and welcomes the commitment of Morocco, the Frente Polisario,
           Algeria, and Mauritania to remain engaged throughout the duration of this process, in
           a spirit of realism and compromise, to ensure a successful outcome;
                 4.   Calls upon the parties to resume negotiations under the auspices of the
           Secretary-General without preconditions and in good faith, taking into account the
           efforts made since 2006 and subsequent developments with a view to achieving a just,
           lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self -
           determination of the people of Western Sahara in the context of arr angements
           consistent with the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations, and
           noting the role and responsibilities of the parties in this respect;
                5.    Invites Member States to lend appropriate assistance to these talks;
                6.     Reaffirms the need for full respect of the military agreements reached with
           MINURSO with regard to the ceasefire and calls on the parties to adhere fully to
           those agreements, implement their commitments to the Personal Envoy, and refrain
           from any actions that could undermine UN-facilitated negotiations or further
           destabilize the situation in the Western Sahara;

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                     7.    Calls upon all parties to cooperate fully with MINURSO, including its free
               interaction with all interlocutors, and to take the necessary steps to ensure the security
               of as well as unhindered movement and immediate access for the United Nations and
               associated personnel in carrying out their mandate, in conformity with existing
               agreements;
                     8.   Emphasizes the importance of a renewed commitment by the parties to
               advancing the political process in preparation for further negotiations, recalls its
               endorsement of the recommendation in the report of 14 April 2008 ( S/2008/251) that
               realism and a spirit of compromise by the parties are essential to achieve progress in
               negotiations, and encourages the neighboring countries to make important, active
               contributions to this process;
                    9.    Calls upon the parties to demonstrate political will and work in an
               atmosphere propitious for dialogue in order to advance negotiations, thus ensuring
               implementation of resolutions 1754 (2007), 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008), 1871 (2009),
               1920 (2010), 1979 (2011), 2044 (2012), 2099 (2013), 2152 (2014), 2218 (2015), 2285
               (2016), 2351 (2017), 2414 (2018), and 2440 (2018) and the success of negotiations;
                     10. Requests the Secretary-General to brief the Security Council on a regular
               basis, and at any time he deems appropriate during the mandate period, to include
               within three months of this mandate’s renewal and again prior to its expiration, on
               the status and progress of these negotiations under his auspices, on the
               implementation of this resolution, challenges to MINURSO’s operations and steps
               taken to address them, expresses its intention to meet to receive and discuss his
               briefings and in this regard, further requests the Secretary-General to provide a report
               on the situation in Western Sahara well before the end of the mandate period;
                     11. Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to
               standardize a culture of performance in UN peacekeeping, 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 him to apply this framework to
               MINURSO as described in resolution 2436 (2018), requests the Secretary-General to
               seek to increase the number of women in MINURSO, as well as to ensure the full,
               effective, and meaningful participation of women in all aspects of operations;
                    12. Urges the parties and neighboring states to engage productively with
               MINURSO as it further considers how new technologies can be used to reduce risk,
               improve force protection, and better implement its mandate;
                     13. Encourages the parties to cooperate with the Office of the United Nations
               High Commissioner for Refugees to identify and implement confidence-building
               measures, including to engage women and youth, and encourages neighboring states
               to support these efforts;
                     14. Urges Member States to provide new and additional voluntary
               contributions to fund food programmes to ensure that the humanitaria n needs of
               refugees are adequately addressed and avoid reductions in food rations;
                     15. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take necessary measures to
               ensure full compliance of all personnel in MINURSO with the United Nations zero -
               tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to keep the Council fully
               informed through his reports to the Council about the Mission’s progress in this
               regard, and urges troop-contributing and police-contributing countries to continue

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           taking appropriate preventative action including vetting of all personnel,
           predeployment and in-mission awareness training, and to ensure full accountability
           in cases of such conduct involving their personnel through timely investigation of
           allegations by troop-contributing and police-contributing countries and MINURSO,
           as appropriate;
                16.   Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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Northern Africa|Sub-Saharan Africa|Western Europe

UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara|UN. Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|WESTERN SAHARA|NEGOTIATION|PEACE AGREEMENTS|WESTERN SAHARA QUESTION

S/74 [45] UN MISSION FOR THE REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA
S/74 [44] WESTERN SAHARA QUESTION
S/ X The situation concerning Western Sahara.