Security Council Resolution 2057 (2012) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) Until 15 July 2013]

S/RES/2057(2012)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 216 Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2012–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is S/RES/2778 (2025)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	S/RES/2778 (2025)	Security Council resolution 2778 (2025) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 9 May 2025]	—	—
2014	S/RES/2187 (2014)	Security Council resolution 2187 (2014) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 30 May 2015]	—	—
2013	S/RES/2109 (2013)	Security Council resolution 2109 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 15 July 2014]	—	—
2012	S/RES/2057(2012)	Security Council resolution 2057 (2012) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 15 July 2013]	3,263	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2013–2015

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2015	S/2015/296	Report of the Secretary-General on South Sudan (covering the period from 11 February to 13 April 2015)	S/RES/2187 (2014)
2015	S/2015/118	Report of the Secretary-General on South Sudan (covering the period from 18 November 2014-10 February 2015)	S/RES/2187 (2014)
2014	S/2014/158	Report of the Secretary-General on South Sudan	S/RES/2109 (2013)
2013	S/2013/651	Report of the Secretary-General on South Sudan	S/RES/2109 (2013)

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Arms Transfers Children Coordination Within UN System Freedom of Movement Gender-Based Violence Hiv/Aids Prevention Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Peacekeeping Operations South Sudan Staff Security Staffing

What’s in this document?

32 operative paragraphs

Decides to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) as set out in paragraph 3 of resolution 1996 (2011) through 15 July 2013;

Requests the Secretary-General, through his Special Representative, to continue to direct the operations of an integrated UNMISS, coordinate all activities of the United Nations system in the Republic of South Sudan, and support a coherent international approach to a stable peace in the Republic of South Sudan;

Notes the priority of UNMISS’ mandated tasks in resolution 1996 (2011) for the protection of civilians and for the achievement of an improved security environment, urges UNMISS to deploy its assets accordingly, and underscores the need for UNMISS to focus adequate attention on capacity-building efforts in this area, welcomes the development of a protection of civilians strategy and early warning and early response strategy, encourages UNMISS to implement them, and requests the Secretary-General to include progress made in implementing these strategies in his reports to the Council;

Calls upon the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to take greater responsibility for the protection of its civilians, and in this respect encourages cooperation with UNMISS;

Authorizes UNMISS to use all necessary means, within the limits of its capacity and in the areas where its units are deployed, to carry out its protection mandate as set out in resolution 1996 (2011), paragraphs 3 (b) (iv), 3 (b) (v), and 3 (b) (vi);

Pending the activation of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) and the Ad Hoc Committee of the Joint Political and Security Mechanism as called for in resolution 2046, requests UNMISS to observe and report on any flow of personnel, arms, and related materiel across the border with Sudan;

Demands that the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and all relevant parties cooperate fully in the deployment, operations, and monitoring, verification, and reporting functions of UNMISS, in particular by guaranteeing the safety, security and unrestricted freedom of movement of United Nations personnel, as well as of associated personnel throughout the territory of the Republic of South Sudan and in this regard strongly condemns any attack on UNMISS troops and staff and demands that there be no recurrence of such attacks;

Calls upon all Member States to ensure the free, unhindered and expeditious movement to and from the Republic of South Sudan of all personnel, as well as equipment, provisions, supplies and other goods, including vehicles and spare parts, which are for the exclusive and official use of UNMISS;

Calls upon all parties to allow, in accordance with relevant provisions of international law, the full, safe and unhindered access of relief personnel to all those in need and delivery of humanitarian assistance, in particular to internally displaced persons and refugees;

Demands that all parties immediately cease all forms of violence and human rights abuses against the civilian population in South Sudan, in particular gender-based violence, including rape and other forms of sexual violence as well as all violations and abuses against children in violation of applicable international law such as their recruitment and use, intentional killing and maiming, abduction and attacks against schools and hospitals and calls for specific and time-bound commitments to combat sexual violence in accordance with resolution 1960;

Welcomes the UNMISS initiative to launch an outreach campaign throughout the country, and encourages the Mission within existing resources to further develop its communication with local communities to improve understanding of the Mission’s mandate;

Welcomes the signing of a new action plan to end child recruitment by the Government of the Republic of South Sudan on 12 March 2012 reaffirming the commitment to release all children from the SPLA, acknowledges the measures taken by the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to implement the new action plan, calls for the further implementation of this action plan, requests UNMISS to advise and assist the Government of the Republic of South Sudan in this regard; further requests the Secretary-General to strengthen child protection in United Nations system activities in the Republic of South Sudan and ensure continued monitoring and reporting of the situation of children, and welcomes the establishment in September 2011 of the United Nations country task force on the monitoring and reporting mechanism;

Encourages the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to ratify and implement key international human rights treaties and conventions, including those related to women and children, refugees, and statelessness, and requests UNMISS, with other United Nations actors, to advise and assist the Government of the Republic of South Sudan in this regard;

Expresses deep concern at the inter-communal violence in Jonglei State, that took place on 18 August 2011 and between 23 December 2011 and 4 February 2012, and the resulting loss of hundreds of lives, incidents of abduction of women and children, and large-scale displacements of civilians, acknowledges the efforts of the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to respond to these incidents and protect its civilians, and in this regard underlines the need to address the recommendations of the All-Jonglei Peace Conference and of the UNMISS human rights report on these attacks, particularly the commencement of the Investigation Committee in an independent and impartial manner;

Calls upon the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to take measures to improve women’s participation in the outstanding issues of the CPA and post-independence arrangements and to enhance the engagement of South Sudanese women in public decision-making at all levels including by promoting women’s leadership, ensuring appropriate representation of women in the revision of South Sudan’s Constitution, supporting women’s organizations, and countering negative societal attitudes about women’s capacity to participate equally;

Calls upon the authorities of the Republic of South Sudan to combat impunity and hold accountable all perpetrators of human rights and international humanitarian law violations, including those committed by illegal armed groups or elements of the Republic of South Sudan Security Forces;

Calls upon the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to end prolonged, arbitrary detention, and establish a safe, secure and humane prison system, drawing on advice and technical assistance from and in cooperation with international partners, and requests UNMISS, with other United Nations actors, to advise and assist the Government of the Republic of South Sudan in this regard;

Calls upon the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to fully implement the national disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) strategy, to expedite the ongoing DDR program in a coherent manner, and requests UNMISS to work closely with the Government of South Sudan and in coordination with all relevant United Nations actors and other international partners in support of the DDR process;

Calls upon UNMISS to coordinate with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and participate in regional coordination and information mechanisms to improve protection of civilians and support disarmament, demobilization and reintegration efforts in light of the attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Republic of South Sudan and requests the Secretary-General to include in his UNMISS trimesterly reports a summary of cooperation and information sharing between UNMISS, the African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), and regional and international partners in addressing the LRA threats;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps in order to ensure inter-mission cooperation, and authorizes, within the overall troop ceiling set out at paragraph 1 of resolution 1996 (2011), appropriate transfers of troops force enablers and multipliers from other missions, subject to the agreement of the troop-contributing countries and without prejudice to the performance of the mandates of these United Nations missions;

Underlines the importance of implementing the UNMISS mandate’s peacebuilding tasks, and reiterates its request that UNMISS report back to the Council on a plan for United Nations system support in this regard and update the Council through the Secretary-General’s regular reports on progress of United Nations system support to specific peacebuilding tasks, especially security sector reform, police institutional development, rule of law and justice sector support, human rights capacity-building, early recovery, formulation of national policies related to key issues of state building and development, and establishing the conditions for development, consistent with national priorities and with a view to contributing to the development of a common framework for monitoring progress in these areas; and stresses the benefits of close and full cooperation between the mission and the GRSS, UNCT and donor community in order to avoid duplication of effort;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to report to the Council on the expected timeline of the deployment of all mission elements, including the status of consultations with Troop and Police-Contributing Countries and of the deployment of key enablers, and, stressing the importance of timely recruitment of appropriate specialists to fill vacancies in the civilian component, further requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council on the expected timeline of the fulfilment of civilian staffing;

Notes the benchmarks outlined by the Secretary-General in his report (S/2012/486) following consultations with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan, and requests that he keep the Council regularly informed of progress during his periodic reports;

Notes with concern the critical need for military helicopters for UNMISS, calls on Member States to redouble their efforts to provide aviation units to the mission, and requests the Secretary-General to include information on force generation efforts in his regular reports;

Stresses the need for the United Nations, international financial institutions, and bilateral and multilateral partners, to work closely with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to ensure that international assistance is consistent with national priorities, including the South Sudan Development Plan, and can deliver prioritized support that reflects the specific peacebuilding needs and priorities of the Republic of South Sudan; underscores the benefits of close and full cooperation between the parties in order to avoid duplication of effort and to ensure that those that hold a comparative advantage are tasked according to that advantage; and requests the Secretary-General’s Special Representative to continue to represent the United Nations system in relevant international assistance mechanisms and processes;

Encourages the Secretary-General to explore ideas from the independent report of the Senior Advisory Group on Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict that could be implemented in the Republic of South Sudan;

Requests the Secretary-General, in particular, to utilize to the greatest extent possible opportunities for co-location of appropriate mission components with the Republic of South Sudan counterparts in the interest of building national capacity; and to seek opportunities to deliver early peace dividends by utilizing local procurement and otherwise enhancing, to the extent possible, UNMISS’s contribution to the economy;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue the necessary measures to ensure full compliance by UNMISS with the United Nations zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to keep the Council fully informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to take appropriate preventive action including predeployment awareness training, and other action to ensure full accountability in cases of such conduct involving their personnel;

Reaffirms the importance of appropriate gender expertise and training in missions mandated by the Security Council in accordance with resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008), recalls the need to address violence against women and girls as a tool of warfare, looks forward to the appointment of women protection advisors in accordance with resolutions 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009) and 1960 (2010), requests the Secretary-General to establish monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence, including rape in situations of armed conflict and post-conflict and other situations relevant to the implementation of resolution 1888 (2009), as appropriate, and encourages UNMISS as well as the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to actively address these issues;

Requests the Secretary-General to consider HIV-related needs of people living with, affected by, and vulnerable to HIV, including women and girls, when fulfilling mandated tasks, and in this context, encourages the incorporation, as appropriate, of HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support, including voluntary and confidential counselling and testing programs in the mission;

Welcomes the conclusion of the Status of Forces Agreement with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan, and calls upon the host government to comply with its obligations in this regard;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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