               United Nations                                                                    S/RES/2398 (2018)
               Security Council                                                  Distr.: General
                                                                                30 January 2018

               Resolution 2398 (2018)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8168th meeting, on
               30 January 2018

                    The Security Council,
                     Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General of 28 November 2017 on the
               Strategic Review of the United Nations Force in Cyprus ( S/2017/1008), of
               28 September 2017 on his Good Offices (S/2017/814) and of 9 January 2018
               (S/2018/25) on the United Nations operation in Cyprus,
                    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 January 2018,
                     Echoing the Secretary-General’s firm belief 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,
                    Welcoming the commitments set out in the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot
               leaders’ Joint Statement of 2 April 2017 on the basis of the Joint Declaration adopted
               on 11 February 2014, further welcoming the progress in negotiations since then,
               including the reconvening of the Conference on Cyprus under United Nations
               auspices in June 2017, the participants’ commitment to support the process towards a
               comprehensive settlement in Cyprus, and the support provided by the Secretary-General and Secretary-General’s Special Representative Elizabeth Spehar,
                     Recalling the importance attached by the international community to all parties
               engaging fully, flexibly and constructively in negotiations to secure a settlement and
               noting that last year’s Conference on Cyprus did not result in an enduring,
               comprehensive and just settlement based on a bicommunal, bizonal federation with
               political equality, as set out in relevant Security Council resolutions, urging the sides
               to renew their commitment to such a settlement, and stressing that the status quo is
               unsustainable,
                     Noting the need to advance the consideration of and discussions on military
               confidence-building measures, calling for renewed efforts to implement all remaining
               confidence-building measures, and for agreement on and implementation of further
               steps to build trust between the communities,
                    Reaffirming the importance of continued crossings of the Green Line by
               Cypriots, and encouraging the opening by mutual agreement of other crossing points,

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                     Convinced of the many important benefits, including economic benefits for all
               Cypriots, that would flow from a comprehensive and durable Cyprus settlement,
               urging the two sides and their leaders to foster positive public rhetori c, and
               encouraging them clearly to explain the benefits of the settlement, as well as the need
               for increased flexibility and compromise in order to secure it, to both communities
               well in advance of any referenda,
                     Highlighting the importance, both political and financial, of the supporting role
               of the international community, and in particular that of all parties concerned in taking
               practical steps towards helping the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders to
               renew their commitment to a settlement under United Nations auspices; taking note
               of the assessment of the Secretary-General that the security situation on the island
               and along the Green Line remains stable, and urging all sides to avoid any action,
               including violations of the military status quo, which could lead to an increase in
               tension, undermine the progress achieved so far, or damage the goodwill on the island,
                    Recalling the Secretary-General’s firm belief that the situation in the buffer zone
               would be improved if both sides accepted the 1989 aide-memoire used by the United
               Nations,
                    Noting with regret that the sides are withholding access to the remaining
               minefields in the buffer zone, and that demining in Cyprus must continue, noting the
               continued danger posed by mines in Cyprus, noting also proposals and discussions as
               well as positive initiatives on demining, and urging rapid agreement on facilitating
               the recommencement of demining operations and clearance of the remaining
               minefields,
                     Commending the work of the Committee on Missing Persons, highlighting the
               importance of intensifying its activities, and therefore the need to provide all
               information required as expressed in the press release of the Committee on Missing
               Persons on 28 July 2016 regarding review of archival materials, noting that the
               remains of 1,147 missing persons, from a total of 2002, have not yet been positively
               identified, urging the opening up of access to all areas expeditiously to allow the
               Committee to carry out its work, and trusting that this process will promote
               reconciliation between the communities,
                     Agreeing that the active participation and leadership of women is essential to
               the political process and can contribute to making any future settlement sustainable,
               recalling that women play a critically important role in peace processes as recognised
               in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, and related resolutions; and
               further recalling the importance of the active participation of youth, consistent with
               Resolution 2250,
                    Urging the sides to step up their efforts to promote intercommunal contacts and
               events and the active engagement of civil society, including Bi -Communal Initiatives
               and development projects where the two communities can work together and jointly
               benefit, and the encouragement of cooperation between economic and commercial
               bodies and to remove all obstacles to such contacts,
                    Stressing the need for the Council to pursue a rigorous, strategic approach to
               peacekeeping deployments,
                     Recognizing the need to regularly review all peacekeeping operations to ensure
               efficiency and effectiveness, and noting the importance of transition planning in
               relation to the settlement, including recommendations as appropriate for further
               adjustments to the mandate of UNFICYP, force levels and other resources and concept
               of operations, taking into account developments on the ground and the views of the
               parties,

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                Noting with appreciation the efforts of the Secretary-General and Special
           Representative Elizabeth Spehar,
                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 his request for further voluntary contributions from other countries and
           organizations, and expressing appreciation to Member States that contribute
           personnel to UNFICYP,
                Welcoming and encouraging efforts by the United Nations to sensitize
           peacekeeping personnel in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS and other
           communicable diseases in all its peacekeeping operations,
                 1.   Welcomes the progress of the leaders-led process since 11 February 2014
           and the efforts of the leaders and their negotiators to reach a comprehensive and
           durable settlement, notes the outcome of the 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;
                2.   Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General (S/2017/814,
           S/2017/1008 and S/2018/25);
                3.   Reaffirms all its relevant resolutions on Cyprus, in particular resolution
           1251 (1999) of 29 June 1999 and subsequent resolutions;
                4.     Recalls Security Council resolution 2369 (2017), and calls upon the two
           leaders to:
                 (a)   Put their efforts behind further work on reaching convergences on the core
           issues;
                (b) Intensify work with the Technical Committees with the objective of
           enhancing intercommunal contacts and improving the daily lives of the Cypriots;
                (c) Improve the public atmosphere for negotiation to secure a settlement,
           including by focusing public messages on convergences and the way ahead, and
           delivering more constructive and harmonised messages; and by refraining from
           rhetoric that could make a successful process more difficult to achieve; and
                 (d)   Increase the participation of civil society in the process as appropriate;
                 5.    Welcomes the Secretary-General’s willingness, and expresses 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, as stated
           in his report of 28 September 2017; and requests the Secretary-General to maintain
           transition planning in relation to a settlement, guided by progress in negotiations, and
           encourages the sides to engage with each other, as well as with UNFICYP and the
           United Nations Good Offices mission in this regard;
                 6.    Urges the implementation and further development of confidence-building
           measures based on a shared vision for the future and joint actions, and looks forward
           to agreement on and implementation of further such mutually acceptable steps,
           including military confidence-building measures and the opening of crossing points
           already agreed upon and others, and urges the sides to promote intercommunal
           contacts, exchange and cooperation thereby contributing to a conducive environment
           for a settlement;
                 7.   Stresses the importance of the full and effective participation of civil
           society and women in particular at all stages of the peace proce ss and urges their
           involvement in the development and implementation of post-conflict strategies for

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               sustainable peace; and further stresses the importance of the full and effective
               participation of youth;
                    8.    Welcomes all efforts to accommodate the Committee on Missing Persons’
               exhumation requirements as well as the joint appeal for information issued by the two
               leaders on 28 May 2015, and calls upon all parties to provide more expeditious, full
               access to all areas, given the need to accelerate the Commit tee’s work;
                     9.    Expresses its full support for UNFICYP and decides to extend its mandate
               for a further period ending 31 July 2018;
                    10. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the Strategic Review of
               UNFICYP (S/2017/1008), and endorses implementation of its recommendations
               within existing resources;
                     11. Supports the need to improve the mission’s capacity for liaison and
               engagement with the sides across all components, including people to people contacts,
               to keep stability and calm, and thereby contribute effectively to conditions conducive
               to progress in a settlement process;
                    12. Calls on both sides to continue to engage, as a matter of urgency and while
               respecting the mandate of UNFICYP, in consultations with UNFICYP on the
               demarcation of the buffer zone, and on the United Nations 1989 aide-memoire, with
               a view to reaching early agreement on outstanding issues;
                    13. 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;
                     14. Calls on both sides to allow access to deminers and to facilitate the
               removal of the remaining mines in Cyprus within the buffer zone, and urges both
               sides to extend demining operations outside the buffer zone;
                     15. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on progress towards a
               settlement by 15 June 2018, and on implementation of this resolution by 10 July 2018
               and to keep the Security Council updated on events as necessary;
                     16. Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by UNFICYP 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 code of conduct,
               requests the Secretary-General to continue to take all necessary action in this regard
               and to keep the Security Council informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to
               take appropriate preventive action including the conduct of predeployment awareness
               training, and to take disciplinary action and other action to ensure full accountability
               in cases of such conduct involving their personnel;
                    17.   Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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               United Nations                                                                    S/RES/2399 (2018)
               Security Council                                                  Distr.: General
                                                                                30 January 2018

               Resolution 2399 (2018)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8169th meeting, on
               30 January 2018

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous resolutions and statements on the Central African Republic
               (CAR), in particular resolutions 2121 (2013), 2127 (2013), 2134 (2014), 2149 (2014),
               2181 (2014), 2196 (2015), 2212 (2015), 2217 (2015), 2262 (2016), 2264 (2016), 2281
               (2016), 2301 (2016), 2339 (2017), 2387 (2017) as well as resolution 2272 (2016), and
               the Statements of its President of 18 December 2014 (S/PRST/2014/28), 20 October
               2015 (S/PRST/2015/17), 16 November 2016 (S/PRST/2016/17), 4 April 2017
               (S/PRST/2017/5), and 13 July 2017 (S/PRST/2017/9),
                     Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and
               territorial integrity of the CAR, and recalling the importance of the principles of
               non-interference, good-neighbourliness and regional cooperation,
                    Recalling that the CAR bears the primary responsibility to protect all
               populations within its territory from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and
               crimes against humanity,
                     Expressing concern at the deterioration of the security situation, in particular in
               the south-eastern part and the north-western part of the CAR, due to the ongoing
               clashes between armed groups and other armed spoilers in their attempts to forcefully
               gain control of territory and resources and destabilize the country, as well as the lack
               of capacity of the national security forces, the limited authority of the State over all
               of the CAR territory, and the persistence of the root causes of the conflict,
                    Emphasizing that any sustainable solution to the crisis in the CAR should be
               CAR-owned, including the political process, and should prioritize reconciliation of
               the Central African people, through an inclusive process that involves men and
               women of all social, economic, political, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including,
               those displaced by the crisis,
                     Calling upon the CAR authorities to continue their efforts to implement
               transparent and inclusive measures that allow for stabilization and reconciliation in
               the CAR and restore the effective authority of the State over all of the territory of the
               CAR; to fight impunity by restoring administration of the judiciary and the criminal
               justice system, including the penitentiary system, throughout the country; to achieve
               the reform of the CAR Armed Forces (FACA) and internal security forces in order to
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               appropriate security sector reform processes; to carry out the inclusive and effective
               disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation (DDRR) of armed
               groups, including children formerly associated with them and to prevent the
               re-recruitment of the latter; and to establish a functioning public financial
               management in order to meet the expenses related to the functioning of the State,
               implement early recovery plans, and revitalize the economy,
                     Welcoming the African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in the CAR that
               led to the adoption of the roadmap by the ministerial conference held in Libreville on
               17 July 2017 by the CAR authorities, the African Union, the Economic Community
               of Central African States (ECCAS), the International Conference on the Great Lakes
               region (ICGLR) with the support of Angola, Chad, Congo and Gabon, and reaffirming
               that this Initiative and this roadmap constitute the main framework for a political
               solution in the CAR, as agreed by CAR authorities and under their leadership,
                     Encouraging the CAR authorities, in collaboration with the United Nations
               Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
               (MINUSCA) and the European Union Training Mission in the CAR (EUTM-RCA),
               to provide equal opportunities for members of armed groups, whether anti-Balaka or
               ex-Séléka, in the process of selecting eligible demobilized members to integrate into
               the national security and defence forces, welcoming in this regard the launch of the
               DDRR pilot project, and further encouraging the CAR authorities to ensure that
               FACA soldiers of all prefectures enjoy equal access to the registration and simplified
               verification process,
                    Underlining the importance of rebuilding a multi-ethnic, republican and
               professional national army in the CAR, recognizing in this regard the work carried
               out by the EUTM-RCA, welcoming the support of other international and regional
               partners to the training of the national security and defence forces in support of the
               CAR authorities, and encouraging effective coordination with MINUSCA and
               EUTM-RCA,
                     Calling upon the CAR authorities to ensure that perpetrators of violations of
               applicable international law, including those committed against children and women,
               are excluded from the CAR security and armed forces, and further calling for support
               for the CAR government to develop a comprehensive strategy on sexual and genderbased violence to reduce overall levels of sexual violence,
                     Welcoming the commitment of the Secretary-General to enforce strictly his zerotolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), noting the various measures
               taken by MINUSCA and Troop- and Police-contributing countries to combat SEA,
               which has led to a reduction in reported cases, but still expressing grave concern over
               numerous allegations of SEA reportedly committed by peacekeepers in the CAR, as
               well as by non-United Nations forces, stressing the urgent need for Troop- and Policecontributing countries and, as appropriate, MINUSCA to promptly investigate those
               cases in a credible and transparent manner and to hold accountable those responsible
               for such criminal offences or misconduct, and further stressing the need to prevent
               such exploitation and abuse and to improve how these allegations are addressed in
               line with resolution 2272 (2016),
                    Welcoming the Secretary-General’s Report of 16 October 2017 (S/2017/865)
               submitted pursuant to resolution 2301 (2016), and taking note of his letter dated
               10 July 2017 addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2017/597)
               pursuant to paragraph 29 of resolution 2339 (2017),
                     Further welcoming also the mid-term update and the final report (S/2017/1023)
               of the Panel of Experts on the CAR established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013),

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           expanded by resolution 2134 (2014) and extended pursuant to resolution 2339 (2017),
           and taking note of the Panel of Experts’ recommendations,
                 Strongly condemning the ongoing violence and instability in the CAR, and the
           threats of violence, incitement to ethnic and religious hatred and violence, human
           rights violations and abuses and international humanitarian law violations, as well as
           sexual and gender-based violence, in particular against children, committed notably
           by both ex-Seleka and anti-Balaka elements and other armed groups; the attacks and
           incitement to violence against United Nations peacekeepers and humanitarian
           personnel; the continuous cycle of provocations and reprisals by armed groups, both
           inside and outside Bangui and denial of humanitarian access, committed by armed
           elements, which continue to adversely affect the dire humanitarian situation faced by
           the civilian population and to impede humanitarian access to vulnerable populations,
                 Stressing the urgent and imperative need to end impunity in the CAR and to
           bring to justice perpetrators of these acts, some of which may amount to crimes under
           the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), to which the CAR is a
           State party, noting in this regard the opening by the Prosecutor of the International
           Criminal Court on 24 September 2014 of an investigation following the request of the
           national authorities on alleged crimes committed since 2012, and welcoming the
           ongoing cooperation by the CAR authorities in this regard,
                 Stressing the importance of putting in place an effective national judicial
           system, underlining the need to bolster national accountability mechanisms, including
           through further implementation of the 7 August 2014 Memorandum of Understanding
           (MoU) on Urgent Temporary Measures, welcoming in this regard the progressive
           operationalization of the Special Criminal Court (SCC) to investigate and prosecute
           serious crimes committed in the CAR, and recalling the importance of continuous
           support of the international community to this process pursued by the CAR
           authorities,
                 Emphasizing that those engaging in or providing support for acts that undermine
           the peace, stability or security of the CAR, threaten or impede the political
           stabilization and reconciliation process, target civilians and attack peacekeepers may
           meet criteria for designation under sanctions as stated in this resolution,
                Expressing concern that illicit trafficking, trade, exploitation and smuggling of
           natural resources including gold, diamonds and wildlife has a negative impact in the
           economy and the development of the country, and that it continues to threaten the
           peace and stability of the CAR,
                 Recalling the Kimberley Process (KP) Administrative Decision on Resumption
           of Exports of Rough Diamonds from the CAR, its annexed Operational Framework,
           and the work of the KP Monitoring Team for CAR, and recognizing the need to
           strengthen the efforts of the CAR Authorities and the KP, to responsibly and
           progressively, through pre-established “compliant zones”, reintegrate the CAR into
           the global diamond trade,
                Noting with concern the findings of the Panel of Experts’ final report that the
           Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) remains active in the south-eastern part of the CAR
           having carried out the killing and abduction of civilians, including children and
           women,
                 Further noting with concern the ongoing transnational criminal activity in the
           region, emphasizing the risk of the situation in the CAR providing a conducive
           environment for further transnational criminal activities, such as those involving arms
           trafficking and the use of mercenaries as well as a potential breeding ground for
           radical networks,

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                     Acknowledging in this respect the important contribution the Council-mandated
               arms embargo can make to countering the illicit transfer of arms and related materiel
               in the CAR and its region, and in supporting post-conflict peacebuilding, DDRR and
               Security sector reform (SSR) processes, recalling its resolutions 2117 (2013), 2127
               (2013), 2220 (2015), 2262 (2016) and 2339 (2017) and expressing grave concern at
               the threat to peace and security in the CAR arising from the illicit transfer,
               destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, and the use
               of such weapons against civilians affected by armed conflict,
                     Reiterating the importance of all Member States’ full implementation of the
               measures set out in resolutions 2127 (2013), 2134 (2014), 2196 (2015), 2262 (2016),
               2339 (2017) and this resolution, including the obligation to implement targeted
               sanctions against individuals and entities designated by the Sanctions Committee
               established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) (the Committee),
                    Noting the critical importance of effective implementation of the sanctions
               regime, including the key role that neighbouring States, as well as regional and
               subregional organizations, can play in this regard and encouraging efforts to further
               enhance cooperation and implementation of the sanctions regime in all its aspects,
                     Noting with concern the reports that sanctioned individuals are travelling in the
               region in violation of the travel ban, and underlining that individuals or entities who
               knowingly facilitate the travel of a sanctioned individual in violation of the travel ban
               may be determined by the Committee to have met the designation criteria for
               sanctions,
                     Further noting with concern the reports that funds, financial assets and
               economic resources of listed individuals and entities have still not been frozen, and
               underlining the obligation of Member States and CAR authorities to do so without
               further delays,
                    Welcoming efforts by the Chair of the Committee and the President of the
               Security Council to support and strengthen the implementation of the measures
               imposed pursuant to resolution 2339 (2017) through engagement with Member States,
               especially regional States,
                     Determining that the situation in the CAR continues to constitute a threat to
               international peace and security in the region,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,

               Arms embargo
                     1.    Decides that, until 31 January 2019, all Member States shall continue to
               take the necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer
               to the CAR, from or through their territories or by their nationals, or using their flag
               vessels or aircraft, of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and
               ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare
               parts for the aforementioned, and technical assistance, training, financial or other
               assistance, related to military activities or the provision, maintenance or use of any
               arms and related materiel, including the provision of armed mercenary personnel
               whether or not originating in their territories, and decides further that this measure
               shall not apply to:
                    (a) Supplies intended solely for the support of or use by MINUSCA and the
               European Union training missions deployed in the CAR, French forces under the
               conditions provided by paragraph 65 of resolution 2387 (2017), as well as other
               Members States forces providing training and assistance as notified in advance in
               accordance with paragraph 1 (b) below;

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                 (b) Supplies of non-lethal equipment and provision of assistance, including
           operational and non-operational training to the CAR security forces, including State
           civilian law enforcement institutions, intended solely for support of or use in the CAR
           process of Security Sector Reform (SSR), in coordination with MINUSCA, and as
           notified in advance to the Committee, and requests MINUSCA to report on the
           contribution to SSR of this exemption, as part of its regular reports to the Council;
                 (c) Supplies brought into the CAR by Chadian or Sudanese forces solely for
           their use in international patrols of the tripartite force established on 23 May 2011 in
           Khartoum by the CAR, Chad and Sudan, to enhance security in the common border
           areas, in cooperation with MINUSCA, as approved in advance by the Committee;
                (d) Supplies of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for
           humanitarian or protective use, and related technical assistance or training, as
           approved in advance by the Committee;
                (e) Protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets,
           temporarily exported to the CAR by United Nations personnel, representatives of the
           media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel, for their
           personal use only;
                 (f) Supplies of small arms and other related equipment intended solely for use
           in international-led patrols providing security in the Sangha River Tri-national
           Protected Area to defend against poaching, smuggling of ivory and arms, and other
           activities contrary to the national laws of the CAR or the CAR’s international legal
           obligations, as notified in advance to the Committee;
                (g) Supplies of arms and other related lethal equipment to the CAR security
           forces, including State civilian law enforcement institutions, intended solely for
           support of or use in the CAR process of SSR, as approved in advance by the
           Committee; or
                 (h) Other sales or supply of arms and related materiel, or provision of
           assistance or personnel, as approved in advance by the Committee;
                 2.    Decides to authorize all Member States to, and that all Member States
           shall, upon discovery of items prohibited by paragraph 1 of this resolution, seize,
           register and dispose (such as through destruction, rendering inoperable, storage or
           transferring to a State other than the originating or destination States for disposal)
           items the supply, sale, transfer or export of which is prohibited by paragraph 1 of this
           resolution and decides further that all Member States shall cooperate in such efforts;
                3.    Reiterates its call upon the CAR authorities, with the assistance of
           MINUSCA and international partners, to address the illicit transfer, destabilizing
           accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons in the CAR, and to ensure
           the collection and/or destruction of surplus, seized, unmarked, or illicitly held
           weapons and ammunition and further stresses the importance of incorporating such
           elements into SSR and DDRR programmes;
                4.    Welcomes in this regard the creation of the “Commission nationale de lutte
           contre la prolifération et la circulation illicite des armes légères et de petit calibre
           (COMNAT-ALPC)” and calls on CAR authorities to fully operationalize it;
                 5.    Further welcomes the establishment of MINUSCA’s arms embargo
           working group (AEWG), which aims to coordinate the mission’s efforts on the
           implementation of the arms embargo and to reinforce its role in countering arms
           trafficking, and encourages the AEWG to serve as a channel for information-sharing
           on arms trafficking and for recommendations on the control activities to be carried
           out including, when appropriate, the seizure of weapons, in pursuance of
           MINUSCA’s mandate as defined in paragraph 44 of resolution 2387 (2017);

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                     6.   Strongly encourages the CAR authorities to continue to increase their
               capacity, with the support of MINUSCA, the United Nations Mine Action Service
               (UNMAS), and other international partners, to store and manage weapons and
               ammunition in their possession, including those transferred from MINUSCA stocks,
               according to international best practices and norms, while ensuring that the FACA
               and internal security forces units receiving such weapons and ammunition are fully
               trained and vetted;
                     7.    Encourages neighbouring States, in cooperation with the CAR authorities,
               to take effective action to counter the illicit flow of weapons and ammunition into the
               CAR and to ensure the traceability of the weapons and ammunition produced on their
               territories as required by the Kinshasa Convention for the Control of small arms and
               light weapons, their ammunition, parts and components that can be used for their
               manufacture, repair or assembly;
                     8.    Encourages all Member States, in particular neighbouring States and
               Member States of the Economic Community of the Central African States (ECCAS)
               and of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), to utilize
               the advance notification and exemption procedures pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
               resolution to return arms and related materiel of all types belonging to the FACA, or
               to implement technical assistance, training or other assistance related to military
               activities by the Central African national security and defence forces, and in this
               regard requests the Panel of Experts to provide the necessary assistance as per
               paragraph 32 (b) of this resolution;

               Travel ban
                     9.    Decides that, until 31 January 2019, all Member States shall continue to
               take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories
               of individuals designated by the Committee, provided that nothing in this paragraph
               shall oblige a State to refuse its own nationals entry into its territory, and calls upon
               the CAR Government to enhance cooperation and information sharing with other
               States in this regard;
                     10. Encourages Member States, as appropriate and in accordance with their
               domestic law and applicable international legal instruments and framework
               documents, to require that airlines operating in their territories provide advance
               passenger information to the appropriate national authorities in order to detect the
               departure from their territories, or attempted entry into or transit through their
               territories, by means of civil aircraft, of individuals designated by the Committee;
                     11. Also encourages Member States to report any such departures from their
               territories, or such attempted entry into or transit through their territories, of such
               individuals to the Committee, as well as sharing this information with the State of
               residence or nationality, as appropriate and in accordance with domestic law and
               international obligations;
                     12. Urges the CAR authorities, in their implementation of the measures set out
               in paragraph 9 above, to ensure that fraudulent, counterfeit, stolen, and lost passports
               and other travel documents, as well as invalidated diplomatic passports, are removed
               from circulation, in accordance with domestic laws and practices, as soon as possible,
               and to share information on those documents with other Member States through the
               INTERPOL database;
                    13. Encourages Member States to submit, where available and in accordance
               with their national legislation, photographs and other biometric data of individuals
               designated by the Committee for inclusion in INTERPOL-United Nations Security
               Council Special Notices;

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                14.   Decides that the measures imposed by paragraph 9 above shall not apply:
                 (a) Where the Committee determines on a case-by-case basis that such travel
           is justified on the grounds of humanitarian need, including religious obligation;
                (b)   Where entry or transit is necessary for the fulfilment of a judicial process;
               (c) Where the Committee determines on a case-by-case basis that an
           exemption would further the objectives of peace and national reconciliation in the
           CAR and stability in the region;
                 15. Emphasizes that violations of the travel ban can undermine the peace,
           stability or security of the CAR, observes that individuals or entities who knowingly
           facilitate the travel of a listed individual in violation of the travel ban may be
           determined by the Committee to have met the designation criteria provided for in this
           resolution, and calls upon all parties and all Member States to cooperate with the
           Committee as well as the Panel of Experts on the implementation of the travel ban;

           Asset freeze
                 16. Decides that all Member States shall, until 31 January 2019, continue to
           freeze without delay all funds, other financial assets and economic resources within
           their territories, which are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the
           individuals or entities designated by the Committee, or by individuals or entities
           acting on their behalf or at their direction, or by entities owned or controlled by them,
           and decides further that all Member States shall continue to ensure that any funds,
           financial assets or economic resources are prevented from being made available by
           their nationals or by any individuals or entities within their territories, to or for the
           benefit of the individuals or entities designated by the Committee;
                17. Decides that the measures imposed by paragraph 16 above do not apply to
           funds, other financial assets or economic resources that have been determined by
           relevant Member States:
                  (a) To be necessary for basic expenses, including payment for foodstuffs, rent
           or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public
           utility charges or exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and
           reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services in
           accordance with national laws, or fees or service charges, in accordance with national
           laws, for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds, other financial assets and
           economic resources, after notification by the relevant State to the Committee of the
           intention to authorize, where appropriate, access to such funds, other financial assets
           or economic resources and in the absence of a negative decision by the Committee
           within five working days of such notification;
                (b) To be necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that such
           determination has been notified by the relevant State or Member States to the
           Committee and has been approved by the Committee; or
                 (c) To be the subject of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien or judgment,
           in which case the funds, other financial assets and economic resources may be used
           to satisfy that lien or judgment provided that the lien or judgment was entered into
           prior to the date of the present resolution, is not for the benefit of a person or entity
           designated by the Committee, and has been notified by the relevant State or Member
           States to the Committee;
                 18. Decides that Member States may permit the addition to the accounts frozen
           pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 16 above of interest or other earnings due on
           those accounts or payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that arose
           prior to the date on which those accounts became subject to the provisions of this

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               resolution, provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments continue to
               be subject to these provisions and are frozen;
                     19. Decides that the measures in paragraph 16 above shall not prevent a
               designated person or entity from making payment due under a contract entered into
               prior to the listing of such a person or entity, provided that the relevant States have
               determined that the payment is not directly or indirectly received by a person or entity
               designated pursuant to paragraph 16 above, and after notification by the relevant
               States to the Committee of the intention to make or receive such payments or to
               authorize, where appropriate, the unfreezing of funds, other financial assets or
               economic resources for this purpose, 10 working days prior to such authorization;

               Designation criteria
                     20. Decides that the measures contained in paragraphs 9 and 16 shall apply to
               the individuals and entities designated by the Committee as engaging in or providing
               support for acts that undermine the peace, stability or security of the CAR, including
               acts that threaten or impede the stabilization and reconciliation process or that fuel
               violence;
                    21. Further decides in this regard that the measures contained in paragraphs 9
               and 16 shall also apply to the individuals and entities designated by the Committee
               as:
                     (a) Acting in violation of the arms embargo established in paragraph 54 of
               resolution 2127 (2013) and extended by paragraph 1 of this resolution, or as having
               directly or indirectly supplied, sold, or transferred to armed groups or criminal
               networks in the CAR, or as having been the recipient of arms or any related materiel,
               or any technical advice, training, or assistance, including financing and financial
               assistance, related to violent activities of armed groups or criminal networks in the
               CAR;
                     (b) Involved in planning, directing, or committing acts in the CAR that violate
               international human rights law or international humanitarian law, as applicable, or
               that constitute human rights abuses or violations, including those involving targeting
               of civilians, ethnic- or religious-based attacks, attacks on civilian objects, including
               administrative centers, courthouses, schools and hospitals, and abduction and forced
               displacement;
                    (c) Involved in planning, directing or committing acts involving sexual and
               gender-based violence in the CAR;
                    (d) Recruiting or using children in armed conflict in the CAR, in violation of
               applicable international law;
                      (e) Providing support for armed groups or criminal networks through the
               illicit exploitation or trade of natural resources, including diamonds, gold, wildlife as
               well as wildlife products in or from the CAR;
                     (f) Obstructing the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the CAR, or access
               to, or distribution of, humanitarian assistance in the CAR;
                    (g) Involved in planning, directing, sponsoring, or conducting attacks against
               UN missions or international security presences, including MINUSCA, the European
               Union training missions and French forces deployed under the conditions provided
               by paragraph 65 of resolution 2387 (2017) and which support them, as well as against
               humanitarian personnel;
                    (h) Being leaders of an entity that the Committee has designated pursuant to
               paragraphs 36 or 37 of resolution 2134 (2014), paragraphs 11 or 12 of resolution 2196

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           (2015), paragraphs 12 or 13 of resolution 2262 (2016) or this resolution, or having
           provided support to, or acted for or on behalf of, or at the direction of, an individual
           or an entity that the Committee has designated pursuant to paragraphs 36 or 37 of
           resolution 2134 (2014), paragraphs 11 or 12 of resolution 2196 (2015), paragraphs 12
           or 13 of resolution 2262 (2016), paragraphs 16 or 17 of resolution 2339 (2017) or this
           resolution, or an entity owned or controlled by a designated individual or entity;
                 22. Condemns all acts of incitement to violence, in particular on an ethnic or
           religious basis, that undermine the peace, stability or security of the CAR and decides
           that individuals and entities who commit such acts and then engage in or provide
           support for acts that undermine the peace, stability or security of the CAR could meet
           the designation criteria specified in paragraph 20 above;
                 23. Welcomes measures taken by Member States of the International
           Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) to implement the Regional Initiative
           against Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources as endorsed in the 2010 Lusaka
           Declaration, including promoting the use by economic actors of Due Diligence
           Frameworks such as the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply
           Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, and encourages all
           States, particularly those in the region, to continue to raise awareness of the due
           diligence guidelines;

           Sanctions Committee
                24. Decides that the mandate of the Committee shall apply with respect to the
           measures imposed in paragraphs 54 and 55 of resolution 2127 (2013) and paragraphs
           30 and 32 of resolution 2134 (2014) extended by this resolution;
                 25. Emphasizes the importance of holding regular consultations with
           concerned Member States, international and regional and subregional organizations,
           as may be necessary, in particular neighbouring and regional States, in order to ensure
           full implementation of the measures renewed by this resolution, and in that regard
           encourages the Committee to consider, where and when appropriate, visits to selected
           countries by the Chair and/or Committee members;
                 26. Requests the Committee to identify possible cases of non-compliance with
           the measures pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2, 9 and 16 above and to determine the
           appropriate course of action on each case, and requests the Chair, in regular reports
           to the Council pursuant to paragraph 41 below, to provide progress reports on the
           Committee’s work on this issue;
                 27. Recalls the KP’s decision that the CAR may resume trade in rough
           diamonds from “compliant zones” established under conditions set forth by the KP,
           notes that the KP intends to keep the Security Council, the Committee and its Panel
           of Experts, and MINUSCA informed of its decisions and, requests the KP Chair of
           the Working Group on Monitoring to periodically update the Committee on the work
           of the KP CAR Monitoring Team, including any decisions on areas designated as
           “compliant zones” and decisions related to the trade of the stockpiles of rough
           diamonds held in the CAR;
                 28. Calls for enhanced vigilance from international trading centres and States
           in the region to support the CAR authorities’ efforts to re-establish legitimate trade
           and benefit from its natural resources; and commends the CAR for taking special
           measures to enhance traceability of diamonds from compliant zones so that diamonds
           are not used for the benefit of armed groups or to destabilize the CAR;
                29. Acknowledges the KP’s progress on the issue of the diamond stockpiles,
           and encourages the KP to facilitate the resolution of the issue, in cooperation with the
           CAR authorities and in consultation with the Panel of Experts;

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               Panel of Experts
                   30. Expresses its full support for the Panel of Experts on the Central African
               Republic established pursuant to paragraph 59 of resolution 2127 (2013);
                     31. Decides to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts until 28 February
               2019, expresses its intent to review the mandate and take appropriate action regarding
               further extension no later than 31 January 2019 and requests the Secretary-General to
               take the necessary administrative measures as expeditiously as possible to support its
               action;
                    32. Decides that the mandate of the Panel of Experts shall include the
               following tasks, to:
                     (a) Assist the Committee in carrying out its mandate as specified in this
               resolution;
                    (b) Gather, examine and analyse information from States, relevant United
               Nations bodies, regional organizations and other interested parties regarding the
               implementation of the measures decided in this resolution, in particular incidents of
               non-compliance, including to facilitate, upon request by Member States, assistance
               on capacity-building;
                     (c) Provide to the Security Council, after discussion with the Committee, a
               midterm report no later than 30 July 2018, and a final report by 31 December 2018,
               on the implementation of the measures imposed by paragraphs 54 and 55 of resolution
               2127 (2013) and paragraphs 30 and 32 of resolution 2134 (2014) renewed by
               paragraphs 1, 2, 9 and 16 of this resolution;
                    (d) Submit progress updates to the Committee, especially in situations of
               urgency, or as the Panel deems necessary;
                     (e) Assist the Committee in refining and updating information on the list of
               individuals and entities designated by the Committee pursuant to the criteria renewed
               by paragraphs 20 and 21 above including through the provision of biometric
               information and additional information for the publicly available narrative summary
               of reasons for listing;
                     (f) Assist the Committee by providing information regarding individuals and
               entities that may meet the designation criteria in paragraphs 20 and 21 above,
               including by reporting such information to the Committee, as it becomes available,
               and to include in its formal written reports, the names of potential designees,
               appropriate identifying information, and relevant information regarding why the
               individual or entity may meet the designation criteria in paragraphs 20 and 21 above;
                     (g) Collect, in cooperation with MINUSCA, and report to the Committee acts
               of incitement to violence, in particular on an ethnic or religious basis, that undermine
               the peace, stability or security of the CAR and identify those perpetrators;
                    (h) Cooperate with the KP CAR Monitoring Team to support the resumption
               of exports of rough diamonds from the CAR and report to the Committee if the
               resumption of trade is destabilizing the CAR or benefiting armed groups;
                    33. Calls upon the Panel of Experts to cooperate actively with other Panels or
               Groups of Experts established by the Security Council, as relevant to the
               implementation of their mandate;
                    34. Expresses particular concern about reports of illicit trafficking networks
               which continue to fund and supply armed groups in the CAR, and encourages the
               Panel, in the course of carrying out its mandate, to devote special attention to the
               analysis of such networks;

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                 35. Requests the Panel of experts to include the necessary gender expertise, in
           line with paragraph 6 of resolution 2242 (2015), and encourages the Panel to integrate
           gender as a cross-cutting issue across its investigations and reporting;
                36. Urges the CAR, its neighbouring States and other Member States of the
           ICGLR to cooperate at the regional level to investigate and combat criminal networks
           and armed groups involved in the illegal exploitation and smuggling of natural
           resources including gold, diamonds and wildlife poaching and trafficking;
                 37. Urges all parties, and all Member States, as well as international, regional
           and subregional organizations to ensure cooperation with the Panel of Experts and the
           safety of its members;
                38. Further urges all Member States and all relevant United Nations bodies to
           ensure unhindered access, in particular to persons, documents and sites in order for
           the Panel of Experts to execute its mandate;
                39. Requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children
           and Armed Conflict and the Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict
           to continue sharing relevant information with the Committee in accordance with
           paragraph 7 of resolution 1960 (2010) and paragraph 9 of resolution 1998 (2011);

           Reporting and review
                 40. Calls upon all States, particularly those in the region and those in which
           designated individuals and entities designated are based, to actively implement the
           measures contained in this resolution and to regularly report to the Committee on the
           actions they have taken to implement the measures imposed by paragraphs 54 and 55
           of resolution 2127 (2013) and paragraphs 30 and 32 of resolution 2134 (2014)
           renewed by paragraphs 1, 2, 9 and 16 of this resolution;
                 41. Requests the Committee to report orally, through its Chair, at least once
           per year to the Council, on the state of the overall work of the Committee, including
           alongside the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the CAR on the
           situation in the CAR as appropriate, and encourages the Chair to hold regular
           briefings for all interested Member States;
                 42. Affirms that it shall keep the situation in the CAR under continuous review
           and that it shall be prepared to review the appropriateness of the measures contained
           in this resolution, including the strengthening through additional measures,
           modification, suspension or lifting of the measures, as may be needed at any time in
           light of the progress achieved in the stabilization of the country and compliance with
           this resolution;
                 43. Requests in this regard the Secretariat to provide to the Security Council,
           within the next 6 months, benchmarks to assess the arms embargo measures according
           to the progress of the SSR, including FACA and internal security forces and their
           needs on the basis of option 3 of the letter of the Secretary General addressed to the
           President of the Security Council on 10 July 2017;
                44.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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               United Nations                                                                 S/RES/2400 (2018)
               Security Council                                               Distr.: General
                                                                              8 February 2018

               Resolution 2400 (2018)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8177th meeting, on
               8 February 2018

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous resolutions and statements concerning Sudan, in
               particular resolutions 1591 (2005), 1651 (2005), 1665 (2006), 1672 (2006), 1713
               (2006), 1779 (2007), 1841 (2008), and 1891 (2009), 1945 (2010), 1982 (2011), 2035
               (2012), 2091 (2013), 2138 (2014), 2200 (2015), 2265 (2016), and 2340 (2017),
                     Determining that the situation in Sudan continues to constitute a threat to
               international peace and security in the region,
                    Recalling the final report of the Sudan Panel of Experts (S/2017/1125),
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                     1.   Recalls the measures imposed by paragraphs 7 and 8 of resolution 1556
               (2004), as modified by paragraph 7 of resolution 1591 (2005), and paragraph 4 of
               resolution 2035 (2012), and the listing criteria and measures imposed by
               subparagraphs (c), (d) and (e) of paragraph 3 of resolution 1591 (2005), as modified
               by paragraph 3 of resolution 2035 (2012), and reaffirms the provisions of
               subparagraph (f), (g) of paragraph 3 of resolution 1591 (2005), paragraph 9 of
               resolution 1556 (2004), and paragraph 4 of resolution 2035 (2012);
                     2.    Decides to extend until 12 March 2019 the mandate of the Panel of Experts
               originally appointed pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) and previously extended by
               resolutions 1779 (2007), 1841 (2008), 1945 (2010), 2035 (2012), 2138 (2014), 2200
               (2015), 2265 (2016) and 2340 (2017), reaffirms the mandate of the Panel of Experts’
               as established in resolutions 1591 (2005), 1779 (2007), 1841 (2008), 1945 (2010),
               2035 (2012), 2138 (2014), 2200 (2015), 2265 (2016) and 2340 (2017), and requests
               the Panel of Experts to provide to the Security Council Committee established
               pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan (hereafter “the Committee”)
               with an interim report on its activities no later than 12 August 2018, and provide to
               the Council, after discussion with the Committee, a final report by 12 January 2019
               with its findings and recommendations, and further requests the Panel of Experts to
               provide updates every three months to the Committee regarding its activities,
               including Panel travel, and the implementation and effectiveness of paragraph 10 of
               resolution 1945 (2010), and expresses its intention to review the mandate and take
               appropriate action regarding the further extension of the mandate no later than
               12 February 2019;

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                     3.    Expresses its intention to regularly review the measures on Darfur, as
               recalled in paragraph 1, in light of the evolving situation on the ground, taking note
               of the previous Committee Chair’s report and recommendations, and in light of the
               upcoming interim report by the Panel of Experts due by 12 August 2018 as well as
               the final report by the Panel of Experts due by 12 January 2019, and taking into
               account relevant Security Council resolutions;
                    4.    Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/2401 (2018)
               Security Council                                                   Distr.: General
                                                                                24 February 2018

               Resolution 2401 (2018)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8188th meeting, on
               24 February 2018

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling its resolutions 2042 (2012), 2043 (2012), 2118 (2013), 2139 (2014),
               2165 (2014), 2175 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2209 (2015), 2235 (2015), 2249 (2015), 2254
               (2015), 2258 (2015), 2268 (2016), 2286 (2016), 2332 (2016), 2336 (2016) and 2393
               (2017), and its Presidential Statements of 3 August 2011 (S/PRST/2011/16), 21 March
               2012 (S/PRST/2012/6), 5 April 2012 (S/PRST/2012/10), 2 October 2013
               (S/PRST/2013/15), 24 April 2015 (S/PRST/2015/10) and 17 August 2015
               (S/PRST/2015/15),
                      Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and
               territorial integrity of Syria, and to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the
               United Nations,
                     Reiterating its grave distress at the continued severity of the devastating
               humanitarian situation in Syria, including in Eastern Ghouta, Idlib Governorate,
               Northern Hama Governorate, Rukhban and Raqqa, and at the fact that urgent
               humanitarian assistance, including medical assistance, is now required by more than
               13.1 million people in Syria, of whom 6.1 million are internally displaced, 2.5 million
               are living in hard-to-reach areas, including Palestinian refugees, and hundreds of
               thousands of civilians are trapped in besieged areas,
                     Expressing outrage at the unacceptable levels of violence escalating in several
               parts of the country, in particular in Idlib Governorate and Eastern Ghouta but also
               Damascus City, including shelling on diplomatic premises, and at attacks against
               civilians, civilian objects and medical facilities, further co mpounding suffering and
               displacing large numbers of people, recalling in this regard the legal obligations of
               all parties under international humanitarian law and international human rights law,
               as well as all relevant decisions of the Security Council, especially to cease all attacks
               against civilians and civilian objects, including those involving attacks on schools
               and medical facilities,
                     Expressing concern for those returning to areas, including those retaken from
               the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh), that are
               contaminated by explosive remnants of war and need resilience and stabilization
               support and expressing disturbance at the humanitarian situation in Raqqa,

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                     Reiterating its deep disturbance at the lack of United Nations humanitarian
               access to besieged populations in recent months, expressing grave alarm at the dire
               situation of the hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in besieged areas in the
               Syrian Arab Republic, especially in Eastern Ghouta, Yarmouk, Foua and Kefraya, and
               reaffirming that sieges directed against civilian populations in Syria are a violation of
               international humanitarian law, and calling for the immediate lifting of all sieges,
                     Expressing its disturbance at the humanitarian situation for the internally
               displaced persons in Rukhban and stressing in this regard the need to ensure
               humanitarian access to Rukhban from inside Syria and the need for a sustainable
               solution,
                     Noting the ongoing work on de-escalation areas to reduce violence as a step
               towards a comprehensive nation-wide ceasefire, emphasizing the need for all parties
               to respect their commitments to existing ceasefire agreements, and that humanitarian
               access must be granted as part of these efforts in accordance with international
               humanitarian law,
                     Reaffirming that Member States must ensure that any measures taken to combat
               terrorism comply with all their obligations under international law, in particular
               international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law,
                     Emphasizing that the humanitarian situation will continue to deteriorate further
               in the absence of a political solution to the Syrian conflict in line with resolution 2254
               (2015), calling upon all parties to make progress in this regard and to undertake
               confidence-building measures, including the early release of any arbitrarily detained
               persons, particularly women and children,
                    Expressing outrage at the insufficient implementation of its resolutions 2139
               (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2268 (2016), 2332 (2016) and 2393
               (2017),
                    Determining that the devastating humanitarian situation in Syria continues to
               constitute a threat to peace and security in the region,
                     Underscoring that Member States are obligated under Article 25 of the Charter
               of the United Nations to accept and carry out the Council’s decisions,
                     1.    Demands that all parties cease hostilities without delay, and engage
               immediately to ensure full and comprehensive implementation of this demand by all
               parties, for a durable humanitarian pause for at least 30 consecutive days throughout
               Syria, to enable the safe, unimpeded and sustained delivery of humanitarian aid and
               services and medical evacuations of the critically sick and wounded, in accordance
               with applicable international law;
                    2.    Affirms that the cessation of hostilities shall not apply to military
               operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as
               Da’esh), Al Qaeda and Al Nusra Front (ANF), and all other individuals, groups,
               undertakings and entities associated with Al Qaeda or ISIL, and other terrorist groups,
               as designated by the Security Council;
                     3.   Calls upon all parties to respect and fulfil their commitments to existing
               ceasefire agreements, including the full implementation of resolution 2268,
               furthermore calls upon all Member States to use their influence with the parties to
               ensure implementation of the cessation of hostilities, the fulfilment of existing
               commitments and to support efforts to create conditions for a durable and lasting
               ceasefire and stresses the need for relevant guarantees from those Member States;
                    4.    Calls upon all relevant Member States to coordinate efforts to monitor the
               cessation of hostilities, building on existing arrangements;

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                 5.     Further demands that, immediately after the start of the cessation of
           hostilities, all parties shall allow safe, unimpeded and sustained access each week for
           United Nations’ and their implementing partners’ humanitarian convoys, including
           medical and surgical supplies, to all requested areas and populations accordi ng to
           United Nations’ assessment of need in all parts of Syria, in particular to those 5.6
           million people in 1,244 communities in acute need, including the 2.9 million people
           in hard-to-reach and besieged locations, subject to standard UN security assessme nt;
                 6.     Demands moreover that, immediately after the start of the cessation of
           hostilities, all parties shall allow the United Nations and its implementing partners to
           undertake safe, unconditional medical evacuations, based on medical need and
           urgency, subject to standard UN security assessment;
                7.    Reiterates its demand, reminding in particular the Syrian authorities, that
           all parties immediately comply with their obligations under international law,
           including international human rights law, as applicable, and international
           humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians as well as to ensure the respect
           and protection of all medical personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively
           engaged in medical duties, their means of transport and equipment, a s well as
           hospitals and other medical facilities, and to fully and immediately implement all
           provisions of all relevant Security Council resolutions;
                 8.   Demands that all parties facilitate safe and unimpeded passage for medical
           personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in medical duties, their
           equipment, transport and supplies, including surgical items, to all people in need,
           consistent with international humanitarian law and reiterates its demand that all
           parties demilitarize medical facilities, schools and other civilian facilities and avoid
           establishing military positions in populated areas and desist from attacks directed
           against civilian objects;
                 9.   Takes note with appreciation of the five requests identified by the
           Emergency Relief Coordinator on 11 January 2018 during his mission to Syria, and
           calls upon all parties to facilitate the implementation of these five requests and others
           to ensure principled, sustained and improved humanitarian assistance to Syria in
           2018;
                 10. Calls upon all parties to immediately lift the sieges of populated areas,
           including in Eastern Ghouta, Yarmouk, Foua and Kefraya, and demands that all
           parties allow the delivery of humanitarian assistance, including medical assistance,
           cease depriving civilians of food and medicine indispensable to their survival, and
           enable the rapid, safe and unhindered evacuation of all civilians who wish to leave,
           and underscores the need for the parties to agree on humanitarian pauses, days of
           tranquillity, localized ceasefires and truces to allow humanitarian agencies safe and
           unhindered access to all affected areas in Syria, recalling that starvation of civilians
           as a method of combat is prohibited by international humanitarian law;
                11. Calls for humanitarian mine action to be accelerated as a matter of urgency
           throughout Syria;
                 12. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council on the
           implementation of this resolution, and on compliance by all relevant parties in Syria,
           within 15 days of adoption of this resolution and thereafter within the framework of
           its reporting on resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015),
           2332 (2016) and 2393 (2017);
                13.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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               United Nations                                                                 S/RES/2402 (2018)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               26 February 2018

               Resolution 2402 (2018)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8190th meeting, on
               26 February 2018

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling its resolutions 2014 (2011), 2051 (2012), 2140 (2014), 2201 (2015),
               2204 (2015), 2216 (2015), 2266 (2016), and 2342 (2017) and the statements of its
               President dated 15 February 2013 (S/PRST/2013/3), 29 August 2014
               (S/PRST/2014/18), 22 March 2015 (S/PRST/2015/8) and 25 April 2016
               (S/PRST/2016/5), and 15 June 2017 (S/PRST/2017/7) concerning Yemen,
                      Reaffirming its strong commitment to the unity, sovereignty, independence and
               territorial integrity of Yemen,
                     Expressing concern at the ongoing political, security, economic and
               humanitarian challenges in Yemen, including the ongoing violence, and threats
               arising from the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of weapons,
                     Reiterating its call for all parties in Yemen to adhere to resolving their
               differences through dialogue and consultation, reject acts of violence to achieve
               political goals, and refrain from provocation,
                     Reaffirming the need for all parties to comply with their obligations under
               international law, including international humanitarian law and international human
               rights law as applicable,
                   Expressing its support for and commitment to the work of the Special Envoy for
               Yemen to the Secretary-General in support of the Yemeni transition process,
                     Expressing its grave concern that areas of Yemen are under the control of
               Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and about the negative impact of their
               presence, violent extremist ideology and actions on stability in Yemen and the region,
               including the devastating humanitarian impact on the civilian populations, expressing
               concern at the increasing presence and future potential growth of the Islamic State in
               Iraq and Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh) affiliates in Yemen and reaffirming its
               resolve to address all aspects of the threat posed by AQAP, ISIL (Da’esh), and all
               other associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities,
                     Recalling the listing of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and
               associated individuals on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List and stressing
               in this regard the need for robust implementation of the measures in paragraph 2 of
               resolution 2253 (2015) as a significant tool in combating terrorist activity in Yemen,

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                    Noting the critical importance of effective implementation of the sanctions
               regime imposed pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) and resolution 2216 (2015),
               including the key role that Member States from the region can play in this regard, and
               encouraging efforts to further enhance cooperation,
                     Recalling the provisions of paragraph 14 of resolution 2216 (2015) imposing a
               targeted arms embargo,
                    Gravely distressed by the continued deterioration of the devastating
               humanitarian situation in Yemen, expressing serious concern at all instances of
               hindrances to the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance, including limitations
               on the delivery of vital goods to the civilian population of Yemen,
                    Emphasizing the necessity of discussion by the Committee established pursuant
               to paragraph 19 of resolution 2140 (2014) (“the Committee”), of the
               recommendations contained in the Panel of Experts reports,
                     Determining that the situation in Yemen continues to constitute a threat to
               international peace and security,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                     1.    Reaffirms the need for the full and timely implementation of the political
               transition following the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference, in line with
               the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and Implementation Mechanism, and in
               accordance with resolutions 2014 (2011), 2051 (2012), 2140 (2014), 2201 (2015),
               2204 (2015) 2216 (2015), and 2266 (2016) and with regard to the expectations of the
               Yemeni people;
                    2.    Decides to renew until 26 February 2019 the measures imposed by
               paragraphs 11 and 15 of resolution 2140 (2014), reaffirms the provisions of
               paragraphs 12, 13, 14 and 16 of resolution 2140 (2015), and further reaffirms the
               provisions of paragraphs 14 to 17 of resolution 2216 (2015);

               Designation Criteria
                     3.    Reaffirms that the provisions of paragraphs 11 and 15 of resolution 2140
               (2014) and paragraph 14 of resolution 2216 (2015) shall apply to individuals or
               entities designated by the Committee, or listed in the annex to resolution 2216 (2015)
               as engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, security or
               stability of Yemen;
                    4.   Reaffirms the designation criteria set out in paragraph 17 of resolution
               2140 (2014) and paragraph 19 of resolution 2216 (2015);

               Reporting
                     5.    Decides to extend until 28 March 2019 the mandate of the Panel of Experts
               as set out in paragraph 21 of resolution 2140 (2014), and paragraph 21 of resolution
               2216 (2015), expresses its intention to review the mandate and take appropriate action
               regarding the further extension no later than 28 February 2019, 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 until
               28 March 2019 drawing, as appropriate, on the expertise of the members of the Panel
               established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014);
                     6.   Requests the Panel of Experts to provide a midterm update to the
               Committee no later than 28 July 2018, and a final report no later than 28 January 2019
               to the Security Council, after discussion with the Committee;

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                 7.    Directs the Panel to cooperate with other relevant expert groups
           established by the Security Council to support the work of its Sanctions Committees,
           in particular the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team established by
           resolution 1526 (2004) and extended by resolution 2253 (2015);
                 8.    Urges all parties and all Member States, as well as international, regional
           and subregional organizations to ensure cooperation with the Panel of Experts and
           further urges all Member States involved to ensure the safety of the members of the
           Panel of Experts and unhindered access, in particular to persons, documents and sites,
           in order for the Panel of Experts to execute its ma ndate;
               9.    Emphasizes the importance of holding consultations with concerned
           Member States, as may be necessary, in order to ensure full implementation of the
           measures set forth in this resolution;
                 10. Calls upon all Member States which have not already done so to report to
           the Committee as soon as possible on the steps they have taken with a view to
           implementing effectively the measures imposed by paragraphs 11 and 15 of resolution
           2140 (2014) and paragraph 14 of resolution 2216 (2015) and recalls in this regard
           that Member States undertaking cargo inspections pursuant to paragraph 15 of
           resolution 2216 (2015) are required to submit written reports to the Committee as set
           out in paragraph 17 of resolution 2216 (2015);
                11. Recalls the Informal Working Group on General issues of Sanctions report
           (S/2006/997) on best practices and methods, including paragraphs 21, 22 and 23 that
           discuss possible steps for clarifying methodological standards for monitoring
           mechanisms;
                 12. Reaffirms its intention to keep the situation in Yemen under continuous
           review and its readiness to review the appropriateness of the measures contained in
           this resolution, including the strengthening, modification, suspension or lifting of the
           measures, as may be needed at any time in light of developments;
                13.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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                                                                                28 February 2018

               Resolution 2403 (2018)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8193rd meeting, on
               28 February 2018

                    The Security Council,
                    Noting with regret the resignation of Judge Hisashi Owada, to take effect on
               7 June 2018,
                     Noting further that a vacancy in the International Court of Justice for the
               remainder of the term of office of Judge Hisashi Owada will thus occur and must be
               filled in accordance with the terms of the Statute of the Court,
                      Noting that, in accordance with article 14 of the Statute, the date of the election
               to fill the vacancy shall be fixed by the Security Council,
                    Decides that the election to fill the vacancy shall take place on 22 June 2018 at
               a meeting of the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly at its
               seventy-second session.

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