Security Council Resolution 2116 (2013) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Mission in Liberia (Unmil) Until 30 Sept. 2014]

S/RES/2116 (2013)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 90 The situation in Liberia, published in 2013.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2011–2015

This is an older version — the most recent is S/RES/2239 (2015)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2015	S/RES/2239 (2015)	Security Council resolution 2239 (2015) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 Sept. 2016]	—	—
2014	S/RES/2190 (2014)	Security Council resolution 2190 (2014) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 Sept. 2015]	—	—
2013	S/RES/2116 (2013)	Security Council resolution 2116 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 Sept. 2014]	—	—
2012	S/RES/2066 (2012)	Security Council resolution 2066 (2012) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 Sept. 2013]	—	—
2011	S/RES/2008(2011)	Security Council resolution 2008 (2011) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 Sept. 2012]	1,604	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Boundaries Cooperation Between Organizations Côte D'ivoire Country Teams Gender-Based Violence Liberia Liberia Situation Military Personnel Peacebuilding Peacekeeping Operations Police Reconciliation Regional Security Rule of Law Security Sector Reform Technical Field Advisers

What’s in this document?

22 operative paragraphs

Decides that the mandate of UNMIL shall be extended until 30 September 2014;

Emphasizes that the Government of Liberia bears primary and ultimate responsibility for security and the protection of its population and urges the Government to prioritize the effective and rapid development of the security agencies, including through the timely provision of sufficient financial resources and other support;

Reaffirms its decision that UNMIL’s primary tasks are to continue to support the Government in order to solidify peace and stability in Liberia and to protect civilians, and that UNMIL shall also support the Government’s efforts, as appropriate, to achieve a successful transition of complete security responsibility to the LNP by strengthening the LNP’s capabilities to manage existing personnel, improve training programmes to expedite their readiness to assume security responsibilities, and coordinate these efforts with all partners, including the Government of Liberia, the national police leadership, and donor partners;

Recalls its endorsement, in its resolution 2066 (2012), of the Secretary-General’s recommendation to decrease UNMIL’s military strength by four infantry battalions and related enablers in three phases between August 2012 and July 2015, leaving UNMIL’s military strength at approximately 3,750 personnel, by July 2015, subject to and consistent with conditions in the area of operations, and in that respect, authorizes the Secretary-General to implement the second phase reducing the military component by 1,129 personnel between October 2013 and September 2014;

Decides to maintain the current authorized strength of UNMIL’s police component at 1,795 personnel, including 10 formed police units;

Emphasizes that future reconfigurations of UNMIL should be determined on the basis of the evolution of the situation on the ground and on the achievement of an improved capacity of the Government of Liberia to effectively protect the population through the establishment of sustainable and effective security forces and by reform of the justice sector, including courts and prisons, with a view to progressively take over UNMIL’s security role;

Encourages the Government of Liberia and UNMIL to accelerate progress in the transition planning process and to identify and address the critical gaps to facilitate a successful transition, including by prioritizing tasks, to include promotion of human rights and reconciliation, assessment of security challenges inclusive of the border, strengthening of democratic institutions and extension of state authority and services throughout the country, requests the Secretary-General to conduct an analysis focused on identifying the comparative advantages of UNMIL and the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and to report to the Security Council in his final report on its findings and expresses its intention to request the Secretary-General to deploy a technical assessment mission to Liberia by the end of 2014, soon after the conclusion of the October 2014 senatorial elections, that should focus on the security transition, including detailed options and timelines for the further transition of UNMIL after it completes its current reconfiguration by July 2015 and to report to the Security Council no later than March 2015 on its findings;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that UNMIL has the requisite qualified specialist advisers with the professional skills and experience appropriate to this transition phase in order to enhance mentoring with the aim of increasing the capacity of the Government, particularly the LNP, to accelerate the implementation of sustainable rule of law, justice, governance and SSR programmes, including mechanisms to hold perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence accountable;

Emphasizes that long-term stability will require the Government of Liberia to develop and sustain a self-sufficient, capable, and competent security sector to build the confidence of all Liberians, and in this regard, calls upon UNMIL, consistent with its mandate, to continue to make the appropriate internal adjustments and, at the request of the Government of Liberia, to support the people and the Government in advancing the identified priorities, including national reconciliation, constitutional reform, and decentralization while enhancing its support for security sector and rule of law reforms and encourages the Government of Liberia to enhance the respect for human rights, the professionalism, and the effective oversight and accountability of its security sector and to intensify its efforts to further national reconciliation;

Expresses its concern that women and girls in Liberia continue to face a high incidence of sexual and gender-based violence, reiterates its call on the Government of Liberia to continue to combat sexual violence, particularly against children, and gender-based violence, and in coordination with UNMIL, to continue to combat impunity for perpetrators of such crimes and to provide redress, support, and protection to victims, including through public information campaigns and by continuing to strengthen national police capacity in this area and to raise awareness of existing national legislation on sexual violence and encourages the Government of Liberia to reinforce its commitment in this regard, including by funding the implementation of its national action plan on sexual and gender-based violence and improving women’s and girls’ access to justice;

Encourages UNMIL to continue to ensure regular interaction with the civilian population to raise awareness and understanding of its mandate and activities, within existing capabilities;

Calls on the Government of Liberia, with support from UNMIL, within existing capabilities, the UNCT and international partners, to continue to support the participation of women in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, including in decision-making roles in post-conflict governance institutions and the broad range of reform efforts;

Calls on the Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia, including with the support of UNOCI and UNMIL and the two United Nations country teams, to further 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 voluntary return of refugees in safety and dignity;

Reaffirms the inter-mission cooperation arrangements provided for in its resolutions 1609 (2005) and 2100 (2013), consistent with the conditions outlined therein, and calls upon the United Nations 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 inter mission cooperation for the stabilization of the border area, including through the development of a shared, strategic vision and plan, in support of the Ivorian and Liberian authorities;

Takes note of the transfer of three armed helicopters from UNMIL to UNOCI, to be used in both Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia, along and across their border, and the transfer of four armoured personnel carriers and affirms the importance of inter-mission cooperation arrangements as UNMIL and UNOCI downsize;

Calls upon the donor community to continue to support the Government of Liberia, as well as the relevant United Nations agencies and other humanitarian actors, as appropriate, in their response to the Ivorian refugees still present in Liberia;

Emphasizes the need for coherence between, and integration of, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and development to achieve an effective response to post-conflict situations, requests the Secretary-General, in conjunction with the UNCT and international partners, to continue to coordinate and collaborate with the PBC, calls for the continued development and timely completion of the justice and security hubs, taking into account lessons learned with requisite full staffing to make these hubs fully operational, to contribute to improved access to justice and security services throughout Liberia and encourages the PBC, following close consultation with the Government of Liberia, to continue to report on the findings of its missions and its recommendations on how it can accelerate progress on SSR, rule of law and national reconciliation;

Underscores the importance that the military concept of operations and rules of engagement be regularly updated and be fully in line with the provisions of this resolution and requests the Secretary-General to report on them to the Security Council and troop-contributing countries;

Further underscores the importance for the Government of Liberia, in coordination with UNMIL, the UNCT and international partners, to continue to develop national security and rule of law institutions that are fully and independently operational, and to this end encourages accelerated coordinated progress on the development and implementation of the Security and Justice Development Plans and the National Human Rights Action Plan and further encourages the effective and efficient management of assistance, including from bilateral and multilateral partners, to support the efforts of the Government to reform the justice and security sectors;

Encourages ECOWAS and the MRU to develop, with the support of UNOWA, and with the assistance of UNOCI and UNMIL, as appropriate, a subregional strategy to address the threat of the cross-border movement of armed groups and weapons and illicit trafficking and requests the Secretary-General to provide regular updates on progress towards the development of such a subregional strategy;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep it regularly informed of the situation on the ground as UNMIL continues its reconfiguration, progress towards achieving the transitional benchmarks, refinement of a transition plan with the Government of Liberia, inclusive of the priority elements in paragraphs 3, 7, 8, 9 above, and the inter-mission cooperation arrangements between UNMIL and UNOCI, and to provide to it a midterm report no later than 28 February 2014 and a final report no later than 15 August 2014 on the implementation of this resolution;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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