Security Council Resolution 2203 (2015) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (Uniogbis) Until 29 Feb. 2016]

S/RES/2203 (2015)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 186 The situation in Guinea-Bissau, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2011–2019

This is an older version — the most recent is S/RES/2458 (2019)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2019	S/RES/2458 (2019)	Security Council resolution 2458 (2019) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) until 28 Feb. 2020]	—	—
2018	S/RES/2404 (2018)	Security Council resolution 2404 (2018) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) until 28 Feb. 2019]	—	—
2017	S/RES/2343 (2017)	Security Council resolution 2343 (2017) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) until 28 Feb. 2018]	—	—
2016	S/RES/2267 (2016)	Security Council resolution 2267 (2016) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) until 28 Feb. 2017]	—	—
2015	S/RES/2203 (2015)	Security Council resolution 2203 (2015) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) until 29 Feb. 2016]	—	—

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

18 reports · 2012–2020

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2020	S/2020/105	Developments in Guinea-Bissau and the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2458 (2019)
2019	S/2019/696	Progress made with regard to the stabilization and restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2458 (2019)
2019	S/2019/664	Developments in Guinea-Bissau and the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2458 (2019)
2019	S/2019/115	Developments in Guinea-Bissau and the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2404 (2018)
2018	S/2018/1086	Strategic assessment of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau special report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2404 (2018)

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Crime Prevention Drug Traffic Guinea-Bissau Human Rights Organized Crime Peacebuilding Post-Conflict Reconstruction

What’s in this document?

29 operative paragraphs

Decides to extend the mandate of UNIOGBIS for a period of 12 months beginning on 1 March 2015 until 29 February 2016;

Expresses its strong support for the key role of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, and requests UNIOGBIS, including through the use of the good offices and political support of the Special Representative, to focus, in particular, on the following priorities:

Support an inclusive political dialogue and national reconciliation process to strengthen democratic governance and work towards consensus on key political issues particularly with regards to the implementation of necessary urgent reforms;

Provide strategic and technical advice and support to national authorities and relevant stakeholders, including in coordination with ECOWAS/ECOMIB and other international partners, in implementing the national security sector reform and rule of law strategies, as well as developing civilian and military justice systems that are compliant with international standards;

Support the Government of Guinea-Bissau towards the mobilization, harmonization and coordination of international assistance, including for the implementation of the national security sector reform and rule of law strategies, and enhancing cooperation with the African Union (AU), ECOWAS, the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), the European Union (EU) and other partners in support of the maintenance of constitutional order and the stabilization of Guinea-Bissau;

Also affirms that UNIOGBIS and the Special Representative will continue to lead international efforts in the following priority areas:

Provide support to the Government of Guinea-Bissau in strengthening democratic institutions and enhancing the capacity of state organs to function effectively and constitutionally;

Provide strategic and technical advice and support for the establishment of effective and efficient law enforcement and criminal justice and penitentiary systems, capable of maintaining public security and combating impunity, while respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Assisting national authorities in the promotion and protection of human rights as well as undertaking human rights monitoring and reporting activities;

Provide strategic and technical advice and support to the Government of Guinea-Bissau to combat drug trafficking and transnational organized crime, in close cooperation with UNODC;

Provide support to the Government of Guinea-Bissau to incorporate a gender perspective into peacebuilding, in line with Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008); as well as implementation of the National Action Plan on Gender in order to ensure the involvement, representation and participation of women at all levels through inter alia the provision of gender advisers;

Work with the Peacebuilding Commission in support of Guinea-Bissau’s peacebuilding priorities;

Calls upon the authorities of Guinea-Bissau and all stakeholders, including the military, political parties, and civil society to work together to consolidate progress made so far, and to address the root causes of instability with particular attention to political-military dynamics, ineffective state institutions and rule of law, impunity and human rights violations and abuses, poverty and lack of access to basic services;

Reiterates its demand to the security and defence services to submit themselves fully to civilian control;

Takes note of the evolving human rights situation in the country and urges the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to take all necessary measures to protect human rights, put an end to impunity, initiate investigations to identify the perpetrators of human rights violations and abuses, including those against women and children; and bring them to justice and take action to protect witnesses in order to ensure due process;

Welcomes the joint efforts by international partners, in particular the UN, AU, ECOWAS, the EU and CPLP, to enhance cooperation in support of the government in Guinea-Bissau and encourages them to continue to work together towards the country’s stabilization in accordance with the priority structural reforms established by the government;

Recognizes the commencement of the implementation of defence and security sector reforms and encourages the continuation of such efforts as a crucial element for long-term stability in Guinea-Bissau and further encourages coordinated action by all relevant subregional, regional and international partners of Guinea-Bissau in this field in order to obtain expeditious and positive results;

Recognizes the important role of ECOMIB in securing the state institutions and in supporting SSR, supports its continuation, in accordance with the expressed will of the authorities of Guinea-Bissau and encourages the support of the international community to it, as requested by the Heads of State of ECOWAS in its 46th Ordinary Summit;

Calls upon the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to continue to actively reform and strengthen the judicial system, while ensuring the separation of powers and access to justice for all citizens;

Calls upon the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to review, adopt and implement national legislations and mechanisms to more effectively combat transnational organized crime, in particular drug trafficking and money-laundering, and in this context, to provide additional support to the Transnational Crime Unit (TCU) established under the West Africa Coast Initiative (WACI) and the Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA); and urges the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to demonstrate full commitment to combating drug trafficking;

Encourages members of the international community to enhance cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, in order to enable it to ensure control of air traffic and surveillance of maritime security within its jurisdiction, in particular to fight drug trafficking and organized crime, as well as illegal fishing in Guinea-Bissau’s territorial waters and exclusive economic zone and other cases of illegal exploitation of natural resources;

Encourages international bilateral and multilateral partners to continue their technical support to Guinea-Bissau in strengthening efforts to tackle transnational organized crime including illicit activities, such as money-laundering and drug trafficking, calls upon them to increase their support to WACI and the TCU to fight transnational organized crime and drug trafficking, which threaten security and stability in Guinea-Bissau and in the subregion and further encourages them to contribute to support the presence of UNODC in Guinea-Bissau and to the UNIOGBIS Trust Fund for immediate, medium and longer-term priorities, including for post-election reforms;

Stresses the importance of combating drug trafficking to achieve political and economic stability in Guinea-Bissau, requests the Secretary-General to ensure the relevant capacity within UNIOGBIS, continuing to provide an anti-drug component, including appropriate expertise, and further requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to increase efforts to achieve greater coherence, coordination and efficiency among relevant UN agencies, funds and programmes in the country to maximize their collective effectiveness, in particular through provision by these agencies, funds and programs of relevant information to the Special Representative on individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with drug trafficking that contribute to creating a threat to the peace, stability and security of Guinea-Bissau and the subregion;

Commends the good offices role of the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General to support the Government of Guinea-Bissau, and invites the Secretary-General to reinforce UNIOGBIS’ capacities in this regard and to continue strengthening the coordination for international support;

Welcomes the convening of an international donor conference in Brussels in March 2015 and strongly encourages the international community to support Guinea-Bissau in mobilizing resources to implement Government priorities and start the long-term work of stabilizing the country in order to move it towards sustainable development and also encourages UNIOGBIS to assist in the coordination of international assistance to the Government of Guinea-Bissau in its fight against poverty;

Welcomes Guinea-Bissau’s steps in building domestic capacity to prevent transmission of the Ebola Virus disease, and encourages the continuation of efforts aimed at further developing national capacities and practices for prevention of and response to the disease;

Requests the Secretary-General submit to the Council regular reports every six months on the implementation of this resolution and submit a report within six months to the Committee established pursuant to its resolution 2048 (2012) on the progress made with regards to the stabilization of the country and restoration of constitutional order and recommendations on the continuation of the sanctions regime in the post-election environment, in line with paragraph 12 of resolution 2048 (2012);

Decides to review the sanctions measures established pursuant to resolution 2048 (2012) seven months from the adoption of this resolution;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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