Security Council Resolution 2746 (2024) [on Authorizing the Un Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Monusco) to Support the Southern African Development Community Mission]

S/RES/2746 (2024)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 104 The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, published in 2024.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Cooperation Between Organizations Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Situation Peacekeeping Operations Protection of Civilians in Peacekeeping Operations

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Support to SAMIDRC

Authorizes MONUSCO to support SAMIDRC through enhanced coordination, information-sharing and technical assistance as well as use of MONUSCO’s logistical assets and military capabilities, within the area of MONUSCO’s deployment, consistent with paragraph 20 of resolution 2717 (2023) and within existing resources, in furtherance of MONUSCO’s mandate, with due consideration for the safety and security of UN personnel, including by:

Providing technical advice and support on the protection of civilians, including women and girls, child protection, the prevention of conflict-related sexual violence, the prevention of harm to civilians, civil-military coordination, disarmament and weapons and ammunitions management;

Providing, through the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the DRC, comprehensive technical advice and support to SAMIDRC to fulfil its obligations regarding compliance with international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as applicable, and the African Union Strategic Framework for Compliance and Accountability in Peace Support Operations;

Coordinating with SAMIDRC for the utilization of MONUSCO’s air and other logistical assets for medical and casualty evacuation of SAMIDRC troops;

Facilitating movements of SAMIDRC troops by coordinating with SAMIDRC for the utilization of MONUSCO’s air assets and armored vehicles, excluding MONUSCO’s involvement in combat operations;

Sharing of information and peacekeeping-intelligence, in line with relevant United Nations policies;

Stresses that MONUSCO’s provision of such support to SAMIDRC is determined by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for DRC and Head of MONUSCO in close consultation with the MONUSCO and SAMIDRC Force Commanders, and without affecting MONUSCO’s capacity to implement its mandate and strategic priorities;

Stresses that MONUSCO’s provision of such support to SAMIDRC is without prejudice to MONUSCO’s existing mandate including the protection of civilians and support to national security forces, reiterates that any such support should be in strict compliance with the United Nations Human Rights Due Diligence Policy (HRDDP), throughout all phases of operations, including preparatory, conduct and review phases and calls upon SAMIDRC to fully cooperate with the United Nations in implementing the HRDDP, including by ensuring that the relevant monitoring and reporting mechanisms are in place and functional;

Calls on troop-contributing countries of SAMIDRC and the Force Commander of SAMIDRC (FC-SAMIDRC) to take active steps to minimize the risk of harm to civilians in all areas of its operation and to ensure the highest standards of transparency, conduct and discipline for their contingents operating in the framework of the SAMIDRC, to establish a robust compliance mechanism in line with the African Union's Compliance Framework to prevent, investigate, address and publicly report on allegations of human rights violations and abuses, and violations of international humanitarian law by SAMIDRC forces;

Emphasizes the importance of implementing the United Nations zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and calls on troop-contributing countries of SAMIDRC to take necessary action to ensure appropriate conduct and discipline to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse, ensuring women’s representation within the SAMIDRC, pre-deployment and in-mission training on child protection, and sexual and gender-based violence, and providing safe and accessible complaint mechanisms and timely and thorough investigations of all allegations of misconduct, applying a survivor/victims-centered approach, to hold perpetrators accountable, to repatriate units when there is credible evidence of widespread or systemic sexual exploitation and abuse, by those units, and to provide assistance support to victims;

Coordination

Stresses the importance of protection of civilians and of ensuring coherence, coordination, complementarity and efficient articulation of efforts between MONUSCO, the FARDC and SAMIDRC, including through information sharing and ensuring their meaningful engagement and presence in the joint Centre de Coordination des Opérations (CCO) as well as deconfliction of operations with Burundi National Defense Forces and Uganda’s Peoples’ Defense Forces to ensure MONUSCO’s mandate implementation, and of the obligation to carry out all operations, joint or unilateral, in strict compliance with international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as applicable;

Reiterates its call on all parties to cooperate fully with MONUSCO and to remain committed to the full and objective implementation of the Mission’s mandate, including during the withdrawal process, further reiterating the importance of continued compliance with the Status of Forces Agreement, including the unhindered entry and rotation of MONUSCO’s peacekeepers and their equipment;

Gradual, responsible and sustainable withdrawal

Urges MONUSCO to consolidate the handover of responsibilities to the DRC Government in South Kivu and to continue to jointly plan the next steps of the gradual, responsible and sustainable withdrawal of the mission before further moving forward, in line with the provisions of paragraphs 22 to 28 of resolution 2717 (2023), building on lessons learned from South Kivu’s withdrawal, including through accelerated security sector reform under strong national ownership and requests the Secretary-General, in close consultation with the DRC government, to provide updates on this matter in its regular reporting by November 2024;

Reporting

Requests the Secretary-General, in close coordination with SAMIDRC, to report by 15 November 2024 to the Security Council on progress in the operationalization of SAMIDRC and on the implementation of operative paragraph 1, as well as challenges encountered;

Requests SAMIDRC to report by 15 November 2024 to the Security Council on its activities, including coordination with MONUSCO;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.