Security Council Resolution 2062 (2012) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Operation in Côte D'ivoire (Unoci) Until 31 July 2013]

S/RES/2062(2012)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 198 The situation in Côte d'Ivoire, published in 2012.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2012–2013

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2013	S/2013/377	Thirty-second report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	S/RES/2062(2012)
2013	S/2013/197	Special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	S/RES/2062(2012)
2012	S/2012/964	Thirty-first progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire	S/RES/2062(2012)

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Border Traffic Civilian Persons Côte D'ivoire Criminal Justice France Internal Security Liberia Military Demobilization Military Personnel Peacekeeping Operations Police Report Preparation Security Sector Reform

What’s in this document?

24 operative paragraphs

Decides to extend until 31 July 2013 the mandate of UNOCI as set out in resolution 2000 (2011), paragraph 7, (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (j), (k) and (m);

Decides that protection of civilians shall remain the priority for UNOCI, further decides that UNOCI shall put added focus on supporting the Government on DDR and SSR, in accordance with paragraph 7 (e) and (f) of Resolution 2000 (2011);

Endorses the Secretary-General’s recommendation for a reduction of the equivalent of one battalion as part of UNOCI’s military component, to be implemented as soon as practical, decides therefore that the authorized strength of the military component shall be adjusted to 8,837 personnel, comprising of 8,645 troops and staff officers and 192 military observers;

Decides that the authorized strength of UNOCI’s police component shall remain at 1,555 personnel, and decides further to maintain the 8 customs officers previously authorized;

Reiterates its continuing authorization to UNOCI to use all necessary means to carry out its mandate, within its capabilities and its areas of deployment, pursuant to resolutions 1933 (2010), 1962 (2010) and 2000 (2011);

Encourages UNOCI and the United Nations country team to reconfigure within their existing capacities and reinforce their field presence, in order to enhance their coordinated support to the local authorities throughout Côte d’Ivoire, in areas where civilians are at greater risk, particularly but not only in Western Côte d’Ivoire;

Urges the Ivorian Government to develop and implement expeditiously a national DDR programme, with clear and strict eligibility criteria, new secure and transparent database, the creation of a central authority to oversee all DDR aspects, and find solutions for sustained social and economic integration of former combatants, further encourages the United Nations Country Team to facilitate the planning and the implementation of programmes which support this process, in consultation with the Ivorian Government and close collaboration with all international partners;

Notes President Alassane Ouattara’s initiative to directly oversee the SSR, urges the Ivorian Government to accelerate the development and implementation of a comprehensive SSR strategy, with a view to setting up inclusive and accountable security forces, with the support of UNOCI consistent with its mandate in paragraph 7 (f) of resolution 2000 (2011), and other interested international partners, to take further steps to increase confidence within the respective security and law enforcement agencies and between them, and to restore State authority throughout the country;

Reiterates its call to the Ivorian Government and all international partners, including private companies, involved in assisting the Ivorian Government in the SSR process, to comply with the provisions of resolution 2045 (2012) and to coordinate their efforts with a view to promoting transparency and a clear division of labour amongst all international partners;

Emphasizes the urgent need for concrete measures to promote justice and reconciliation at all levels and on all sides, including through the active involvement of civil society groups, with the aim of addressing the underlying causes of the Côte d’Ivoire crises, encourages support for transitional justice mechanisms, including the Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to adopt a broad-based and comprehensive programme and to increase its activities at the local level throughout the country, further emphasizes the importance of accountability and impartial justice, including through the work of the National Commission of Inquiry, to lasting reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire, welcomes the adoption of a national justice sector strategy by the Ivorian Government and urges the Ivorian Government to take concrete steps to prevent and respond to inter-communal violence by seeking a broad national consensus on how to address identity and land tenure issues;

Welcomes the initiative taken by the Government to enhance political dialogue with the political opposition, including extra-parliamentary political parties, calls upon the Ivorian Government to continue to step up concrete measures in this regard and ensure political space for the opposition, further calls upon all opposition parties to play a constructive role and contribute towards reconciliation and requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to continue to use his good offices role to facilitate dialogue between all political stakeholders;

Urges the Ivorian Government to ensure in the shortest possible timeframe that, irrespective of their status or political affiliation, all those responsible for serious abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, notably those committed during the post-electoral crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, are brought to justice in accordance with its international obligations and that all detainees receive clarity about their status in a transparent manner, further encourages the Ivorian Government to continue its cooperation with the International Criminal Court;

Calls upon UNOCI, where consistent with its authorities and responsibilities, to continue to support national and international efforts to bring to justice perpetrators of grave abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law in Côte d’Ivoire, irrespective of their status or political affiliation;

Decides to extend until 31 July 2013 the authorization that the Security Council provided to the French Forces in order to support UNOCI, within the limits of their deployment and their capabilities;

Urges all parties to cooperate fully with the operations of UNOCI and of the French Forces, which support it, in particular by ensuring their safety, security and freedom of movement with unhindered and immediate access throughout the territory of Côte d’Ivoire to enable them to fully carry out their mandates;

Calls upon the Ivorian Government and all political stakeholders to ensure that the upcoming local elections are conducted in an open, free, fair, peaceful and transparent manner and contribute to fostering political inclusiveness and reconciliation, considering proper timing, security conditions and relevant electoral reform, stresses that the Ivorian Government bears the primary responsibility of the organization of such local elections and, in this context, notes the request addressed by the Ivorian Government to the United Nations and authorizes UNOCI to assist, as appropriate, the Ivorian Government in the holding of such elections, upon request, within its existing resources, capacities and areas of deployment and without prejudice to the core-priorities of the mandate as set out in paragraph 2 above;

Welcomes continued cooperation between and the conduct of joint activities by UNOCI and the Forces Républicaines de Côte d’Ivoire (FRCI) and calls for strict adherence by the FRCI to international humanitarian, human rights and refugee laws; and, in this context, recalls the importance of training in Human Rights, child protection and sexual and gender-based violence to security and law enforcement agencies;

Calls upon the Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia to continue to enhance their cooperation, particularly with respect to the border area, including through increasing monitoring, information sharing and conducting coordinated actions, and in developing and implementing a shared border strategy to inter alia support the disarmament and repatriation of foreign armed elements on both sides of the border and the repatriation of refugees;

Calls upon all United Nations bodies in Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia, including all components of UNOCI and UNMIL, within their respective mandates, capabilities and areas of deployment, to enhance their support for the stabilization of the border area, including through their increased cooperation and the development of a shared, strategic vision and plan, in support of the Ivorian and Liberian authorities;

Encourages ECOWAS and the Mano River Union to continue to develop, with the support of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), a subregional strategy to address the threat of the cross-border movements of armed groups and weapons as well as illicit trafficking, with the assistance of UNOCI and UNMIL, as appropriate, and provide regular updates on progress towards the development of such a subregional strategy in the upcoming relevant reports of the Secretary-General;

Endorses, with immediate effect, the recommendation of the Secretary-General to transfer the three armed helicopters, currently deployed in UNMIL, to UNOCI, to be used in both Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia along and across their border;

Requests the Secretary-General to undertake an assessment of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire with a view to submitting to the Security Council, no later than 31 March 2013, a special report containing: (i) benchmarks to measure and track progress towards the achievement of long-term stability in Côte d’Ivoire and to prepare the transition planning; (ii) recommendations on possible adjustments in UNOCI’s structure and strength, in particular its military and police components, based on the prevailing situation on the ground and threats to Côte d’Ivoire’s sustainable peace and stability and the capacity of Ivorian institutions to effectively meet such challenges; (iii) options to reinforce inter-mission cooperation arrangements between UNOCI and UNMIL, including for the conduct of coordinated and joint operations along and across the border, to be determined in close consultations with relevant stakeholders, including the Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia, UNMIL and troop and police contributing countries; and (iv) report on the implementation of UNOCI’s protection of civilian strategy;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide to it a midterm report no later than 31 December 2012 and a final report no later than 30 June 2013 on the situation on the ground and the implementation of this resolution;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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