Security Council Resolution 2469 (2019) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Interim Security Force for Abyei (Unisfa) Until 15 Nov. 2019]

S/RES/2469 (2019)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 217 Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 2016–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is S/RES/2802 (2025)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	S/RES/2802 (2025)	Security Council resolution 2802 (2025) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 Nov. 2026]	—	—
2024	S/RES/2760 (2024)	Security Council resolution 2760 (2024) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 Nov. 2025]	—	—
2023	S/RES/2708 (2023)	Security Council resolution 2708 (2023) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 Nov. 2024]	—	—
2022	S/RES/2660 (2022)	Security Council resolution 2660 (2022) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 Nov. 2023]	—	—
2022	S/RES/2630 (2022)	Security Council resolution 2630 (2022) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 Nov. 2022]	—	—

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

14 reports · 2016–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	S/2026/378	Situation in Abyei report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2802 (2025)
2025	S/2025/649	Situation in Abyei report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2760 (2024)
2025	S/2025/269	Situation in Abyei report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2760 (2024)
2024	S/2024/740	Situation in Abyei report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2708 (2023)
2024	S/2024/354	Situation in Abyei report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2708 (2023)

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Abyei (Sudan)Demilitarized Zones Peacekeeping Operations Protection of Civilians in Peacekeeping Operations South Sudan Sudan

What’s in this document?

39 operative paragraphs

Decides to extend until 15 November 2019 the mandate of UNISFA as set out in paragraph 2 of resolution 1990 (2011) and acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, further decides to extend until 15 November 2019 the tasks of UNISFA as set out in paragraph 3 of resolution 1990 (2011);

Recalls its decision in resolution 2465 (2019) to extend until 15 October 2019 UNISFA’s mandate modification set forth in resolution 2024 (2011) and paragraph 1 of resolution 2075 (2012), further recalls its decision in resolution 2465 (2019) that such extension shall be the final extension of support to the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) unless both parties demonstrate measurable progress as outlined in paragraph 3 of resolution 2465 (2019), and calls on the parties to take those steps;

Decides to reduce the authorized troop ceiling to 3,550 and also decides that as of 15 October 2019, the authorized troop ceiling shall decrease by a further 585 troops, unless it decides to extend the mandate modification set forth in resolution 2024 (2011) and paragraph 1 of resolution 2075 (2012), in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of resolution 2465 (2019);

Decides to increase the authorized police ceiling established in resolution 1990 (2011) to 640 police personnel, including 148 individual police officers and three formed police units, requests the United Nations to take necessary steps to deploy additional police sequentially in order to meet the new authorized police ceiling of 640, demands that the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan provide full support to UNISFA in the deployment of these personnel, including by promptly issuing visas, and expresses its intention to reduce the authorized police ceiling as the Abyei Police Service is gradually established and effectively providing rule of law throughout the Abyei area;

Requests the Secretary-General to appoint a civilian Deputy Head of Mission for UNISFA to further facilitate liaison between and engagement with the parties in a manner consistent with the Agreement on Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area, including agreement to establish the Abyei Police Service;

Expresses its intention to continue revising as appropriate the configuration and mandate of UNISFA in light of recommendations from the Secretary-General, including recommendations contained in the 22 April 2018 and 20 August 2018 letters, and based on progress towards implementation of the Cooperation Agreements of 27 September 2012 and settlement of the final status of Abyei in a manner consistent with the CPA;

Expresses deep concern that the Government of Sudan has not promptly issued visas to support the deployment of personnel critical for the mandate of UNISFA, renews its call upon the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to provide full support to the United Nations, including by promptly issuing visas to military, police and civilian United Nations personnel, including humanitarian personnel, without prejudice to their nationality, for entry into Sudan and South Sudan, facilitating basing arrangements, infrastructure construction, including the Athony airport, in the Mission Area and flight clearances, and providing logistical support, calls upon the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to facilitate travel from within Sudan and South Sudan to and from Abyei, and further calls upon all parties to fully adhere to their obligations under the Status of Forces Agreements;

Expresses disappointment that the parties have taken few steps to implement the Agreement on Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area and to achieve a political resolution to the status of Abyei, and requests the parties update the AUHIP and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa on the steps outlined below and invites the AUHIP and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to update it by 15 October 2019 on the steps taken towards the following:

Resolution of the final status of Abyei to include steps towards considering the 2012 proposal made by AUHIP, noting, in particular the AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) Communiqués of 24 October 2012, 26 October 2013 and 6 February 2018,

Implementation of all Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC) decisions, in accordance with the Agreement on Temporary Administrative and Security Arrangements for the Abyei Area of June 2011,

Steps the AU Commission has taken to submit to the AUPSC the findings and recommendations of the Abyei Area Joint Investigation and Inquiry Committee as requested by the AUPSC in its Communiqué of 31 July 2015, and steps taken to promote reconciliation and engagement of the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka communities;

Urges continued progress towards the establishment of the Abyei Area interim institutions, in accordance with the Agreement on Temporary Administrative and Security Arrangements for the Abyei Area of June 2011, takes note, in particular, that in the absence of an Abyei Police Service, UNISFA continues to be the only entity to provide policing services in response to matters of law and order, further takes note of the mapping exercise from 30 November 2017 to 2 February 2018 by UN Police in conjunction with UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes and traditional leaders of both communities for the eventual establishment of an Abyei Police Service, urges the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to participate in a joint integrated planning exercise and development of a road map towards establishment of the Abyei Police Service by 15 October 2019, and calls on the Government of South Sudan to respond positively to the invitation to participate in such an exercise;

Encourages the AUHIP and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to continue coordinating efforts to facilitate full implementation of the 2011 agreements, and further encourages UNISFA to coordinate with the AUHIP and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on reconciliation, community sensitization, and political peace processes;

Welcomes renewed efforts to determine conclusively the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone (SDBZ) centreline on the ground, and reiterates that the centreline of the SDBZ in no way prejudices the current or future legal status of the border, ongoing negotiations on the disputed and claimed areas, and demarcation of the borders;

Underscores that UNISFA’s protection of civilians mandate as set out in paragraph 3 of resolution 1990 (2011) includes taking the necessary actions to protect civilians under imminent threat of physical violence, irrespective of the source of such violence, and in that regard underlines that peacekeepers are authorized to use all necessary means, which includes the use of force when required, in order to protect civilians under threat of physical violence, in accordance with mission mandates, the United Nations Charter and other applicable international law, and stresses the importance of continued and further engagement by senior mission leadership, with a view to ensuring that all mission components and all levels of the chain of command are properly informed of, trained for, and involved in the mission’s protection of civilians mandate and their relevant responsibilities; and commending UNISFA’s efforts in that regard;

Condemns the intermittent presence of South Sudan security service personnel and the deployment of Diffra Oil Police units in the Abyei Area, in violation of the 20 June 2011 Agreement, as well as any entry of armed militias into the territory, and reiterates its demands that immediately and without preconditions the Government of South Sudan fully redeploy its security service personnel from the Abyei Area and that the Government of Sudan redeploy the Oil Police in Diffra from the Abyei Area, and further reiterates, in accordance with relevant resolutions, in particular resolution 1990 (2011) and resolution 2046 (2012), that the Abyei Area shall be demilitarized from any forces, as well as armed elements of the local communities, other than UNISFA and the Abyei Police Service;

Urges the two governments to take all necessary steps to ensure that Abyei is effectively demilitarized, including through disarmament programmes as necessary;

Reaffirms that UNISFA may undertake weapons confiscation and destruction in the Abyei Area as authorized under resolution 1990 (2011), consistent with its mandate and within its existing capabilities, in coordination with the signatories of the June 2011 Agreement on the Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area, the AJOC, and the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka communities and consistent with the previous AJOC decision to establish the Area as a “weapons free area”;

Requests UNISFA to continue its dialogue with the AJOC and with the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka communities on effective strategies and oversight mechanisms for ensuring full compliance by all relevant parties with Abyei’s status as a weapons-free area, and calls upon the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan, the AJOC, and the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka communities to extend full cooperation to UNISFA in this regard;

Welcomes UNISFA initiatives to support community dialogue and efforts by the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka communities, such as peace committees, to strengthen intercommunal relationships and facilitate stability and reconciliation in the Abyei Area, and invites UNISFA to coordinate with the Juba-appointed administration in Abyei and the Misseriya administration in Muglad, using appropriate civilian expertise, to maintain stability, foster intercommunal reconciliation, and facilitate the return of displaced persons to their villages and the delivery of services;

Urges the two Governments immediately to take steps to implement confidence-building measures among the respective communities in the Abyei Area, ensuring women are involved at all stages, including through reconciliation processes at the grass-roots level as well as through support for the ongoing efforts of non-governmental organizations engaging in peacebuilding, and by fully supporting UNISFA’s efforts in promoting community dialogue;

Underscores that women’s participation at all levels of intercommunity dialogue is critical to ensure a credible, and legitimate process and calls upon all parties to promote full and equal participation of women;

Welcomes UNISFA’s continued efforts, within existing capabilities and resources, and in close coordination with the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka communities, to strengthen the capacities of Community Protection Committees in order to assist with management of law and order processes in Abyei, while ensuring the humane and dignified treatment of suspects and other detainees, and to continue engaging with both governments on this issue;

Welcomes the 14 November 2017 meeting of traditional leaders of Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities, calls upon all parties to cooperate fully with the findings and recommendations following the Abyei Area Joint Investigation and Inquiry Committee’s investigation into the killing of a UNISFA peacekeeper and the Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief, following the release of findings by the AU Commission, welcomes the 24 March 2015 AUPSC press statement requesting the AU Commission to engage the parties on the findings and recommendations, and looks forward to the release of the African Union Commission’s report on the killing of the Ngok Dinka chief, as agreed to by the traditional leaders, and for the report to be used as a basis for reconciliation between the communities, bearing in mind the need to promote stability and reconciliation in the Abyei Area;

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

Recognizes that the absence of development projects and the inability to deliver basic government services has had an adverse effect on Abyei populations, calls upon the Government of Sudan and the Government of South Sudan, as well as donors to support road maintenance, general reconstruction, and capacity-building, and welcomes the call in the Secretary-General’s letter (S/2018/778) for development projects that focus on reconciliation;

Demands that the Government of Sudan and the Government of South Sudan continue to facilitate the deployment of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) to ensure freedom of movement, as well as the identification and clearance of mines in the Abyei Area and SDBZ;

Further demands that all parties involved allow all humanitarian personnel full, safe and unhindered access to civilians in need of assistance and all necessary facilities for their operations, in accordance with international law, including applicable international humanitarian law, and United Nations guiding principles of humanitarian assistance;

Strongly urges that all parties cease all forms of violence, human rights violations and abuses, violations of international humanitarian law, and, in particular violations and abuses of applicable international law committed against women and children, and bring perpetrators of such abuses or violations to justice;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that effective monitoring of violations and abuses of human rights is carried out, including of sexual and gender-based violence and other violations and abuses committed against women and children, and reiterates its call upon the Government of Sudan and the Government of South Sudan to extend their full cooperation to the Secretary-General to this end, including by issuing visas to the concerned United Nations personnel;

Requests the Secretary-General to seek to increase the number of women in UNISFA, as well as to ensure the full, effective and meaningful participation of women in all aspects of operations, and requests UNISFA to take fully into account gender considerations as a crosscutting issue throughout its mandate;

Welcomes UNISFA’s deployment of a civilian Women and Child Protection Advisor;

Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to standardize a culture of performance in UN peacekeeping, and reaffirms its support for the development of a comprehensive and integrated performance policy framework that identifies clear standards of performance for evaluating all United Nations civilian and uniformed personnel working in and supporting peacekeeping operations that facilitates effective and full implementation of mandates, and includes comprehensive and objective methodologies based on clear and well-defined benchmarks to ensure accountability for underperformance and incentives and recognition for outstanding performance, and calls on him to apply it to UNISFA;

Recalls its Presidential Statement S/PRST/2015/22 and its resolution 2272 (2016) and requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to ensure full compliance of UNISFA with the United Nations zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to ensure that all personnel of the mission are vetted for history of sexual misconduct in the service with the United Nations and to keep it informed through his reports about UNISFA’s progress in this regard, and urges troop- and police-contributing countries to take appropriate preventative action including predeployment awareness training, and to ensure full accountability in cases of such conduct involving their personnel through timely investigation of allegations by troop-contributing and police-contributing countries and the United Nations, as appropriate;

Notes the Secretary-General’s efforts to ensure close cooperation among United Nations missions in the region, including UNISFA, the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS), and the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), as well as his Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, and requests that he continue this practice including with the Special Envoy for the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa;

Reporting

Requests the Secretary-General to inform it of progress in implementing UNISFA’s mandate, in a note, no later than 31 July 2019 and report on the progress in reduction of troops and increase in police per paragraphs 3 and 4, and the issuance of visas to support implementation of the mandate;

Requests the Secretary-General to report no later than 15 October 2019 on updated recommendations for the reconfiguration of the UNISFA mandate, including a transition strategy that would allow for an eventual exit for the mission, and further requests the Secretary-General to provide an evaluation of UNISFA’s support to the JBVMM to be reported no later than 15 September 2019, and in this regard, requests the Secretary-General undertake a military and police capability study to include realigning military troops and associated equipment to match the security situation in Abyei;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to inform it of progress in implementing UNISFA’s mandate, in one written report, no later than 15 October 2019 and include reporting on:

• the progress in reduction of troops and increase in police per paragraphs 3 and 4,

• the movement of weapons into Abyei and the presence, destruction and confiscation of weapons within Abyei per paragraph 14,

• the steps that have been taken in line with paragraphs 28 and 30,

• results of human rights monitoring as requested in paragraph 27, including information, analysis, and data on violations and abuses of human rights,

• steps which the parties have taken per paragraphs 7 and 8,

• a summary of actions taken to improve mission performance and address performance challenges including lapses in leadership, national caveats that negatively affect mandate implementation effectiveness, and demanding operational environments;

Decides to remain actively seized of this matter.