Security Council Resolution 2808 (2025) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Monusco) Until 20 Dec. 2026]

S/RES/2808(2025)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the Security Council, under agenda item 102 The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, published in 2025.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

4 entities

(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited
Section Add.11	Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	3
Programme 23	Humanitarian assistance	56
Section 1	Overall policymaking, direction and coordination	20
Programme	Special political missions	8

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

4 entities

(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
Section Add.11	Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	3	—
Programme 23	Humanitarian assistance	56	—
Section 1	Overall policymaking, direction and coordination	20	—
Programme	Special political missions	8	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

45 reports · 2019–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	S/2026/748	United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2808(2025)
2026	S/2026/507	United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2808(2025)
2026	S/2026/256	Implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2808(2025)
2026	S/2026/208	United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2808(2025)
2025	S/2025/779	United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2765 (2024)

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Situation Dissolution Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Humanitarian Assistance Internal Security Peacebuilding Peacekeeping Operations Protection of Civilians in Peacekeeping Operations Regional Cooperation Regional Security Rwanda

What’s in this document?

73 operative paragraphs

Strongly condemns the ongoing offensive of the M23 in South-Kivu, with the support of Rwanda Defence Forces, including the seizure of Uvira which risks destabilizing the whole region, gravely endangers civilian populations and imperils ongoing peace efforts, urges the M23 to immediately halt and reverse its offensive operations and Rwanda to withdraw its Defence Forces from eastern DRC, strongly urges the M23 to cease all forms of expansion in North and South Kivu as well as to any other provinces, in order to prevent further spillover of the conflict, and further demands that all parties materialize without delay their previous commitments to establish a permanent, effective and verifiable ceasefire;

Political situation

Supports continued efforts by the Government of the DRC towards reconciliation and peace and stability in the DRC and in the region, reiterates the importance of delivering on commitments to pursue national unity, strengthen the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the respect of freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of the press and the right of peaceful assembly, fight against corruption, promoting and upholding open, inclusive and safe civic space, youth participation and the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women, fight against hate speech, false and falsified information campaigns, launch domestic development programmes to significantly reduce poverty, and further political inclusiveness and peacebuilding, and encourages MONUSCO to continue to support, through its good offices, peaceful, transparent, inclusive and credible political processes;

Stresses that increased State presence in areas of conflict, mainly in eastern DRC, is critical for sustainable peace in the DRC, calls upon the DRC authorities to work towards the stabilisation and strengthening of the capacity of State institutions particularly in areas of conflict, with the support of MONUSCO and the UNCT, in order to fulfil the rights and needs of all Congolese people, further calls upon all political stakeholders to foster a broad national consensus around key governance and security reforms;

Human Rights

Calls on the Government of the DRC to build on previous commitments to protect and respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as to combat impunity in all areas, to ensure that, efforts to eliminate the threat of armed groups and to restore State authority are assessed on a regular basis, and implemented with full respect for international human rights law and international humanitarian law;

Urges the Government of the DRC to hold accountable those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law or violations and abuses of human rights, in particular those that may amount to genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity;

Stresses the importance of ongoing cooperation with the International Criminal Court following the DRC’s referral of the situation in the DRC in 2004 and 2023, as well as cooperation with the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights;

Encourages further steps by the Government of the DRC to hold security forces accountable for violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law and continue fighting impunity within their ranks, and calls on the Congolese authorities to ensure that those responsible for these acts are brought to justice, further calls upon the Government of the DRC to facilitate, in line with previous agreements, full and unhindered access for the Joint Human Rights Office in the DRC (UNJHRO) to all detention and prison facilities, hospitals and morgues and all other premises required for documenting human rights violations, as applicable;

Strongly condemns all forms of sexual and gender-based violence in conflict and post-conflict situations in the DRC and particularly by armed groups, welcomes efforts made by the Government of the DRC to combat and prevent sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations, fight against impunity through the arrest, prosecution and conviction of perpetrators of these crimes, urges the Government of the DRC to continue to strengthen efforts to combat impunity including for sexual violence committed by some elements of the FARDC and PNC, and to provide all necessary services and protection to survivors, victims and witnesses, calls upon the Government to continue efforts to implement its action plans concerning sexual violence and reparations, and to ensure adequate funding is allocated to the implementation of these commitments, recalls the importance of cooperation with the Office of the SRSG for Sexual Violence in Conflict;

Calls for continued progress and efforts by the Government of the DRC to consolidate the gains of the Action Plan to End and Prevent the Recruitment and Use of Children and expedite its implementation to end and prevent all violations and abuses against children, to hold perpetrators accountable, and to ensure that children are not detained for their alleged association with armed groups and are handed over to child protection actors, recalls the importance of cooperating with the Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict;

Armed Groups

Strongly condemns all armed groups operating in the DRC, and their violations of international humanitarian law as well as other applicable international law, and abuses of human rights, reiterates its condemnation of any kind of attacks on the civilian population and infrastructures contrary to international law, United Nations and associated personnel and humanitarian actors, as well as medical personnel and facilities, schools and hospitals and further reiterates that those responsible must be held accountable;

Demands that all armed groups and their support networks cease immediately all forms of violence, other destabilising activities, also demands that all members of armed groups immediately and permanently disband, lay down their arms, reject violence, end and prevent violations and abuses perpetrated against children and release children from their ranks, urges all Congolese armed groups to participate in the disarmament, demobilisation, community recovery and stabilisation programme (P-DDRCS), and foreign armed groups to return to their countries of origin;

Urges the Government of the DRC to take further action to address the threat posed by armed groups, combining military and non-military approaches consistent with international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law; encourages the Government of the DRC, in close liaison with civil society and communities, to revitalize its efforts to establish national and local platforms for dialogue with armed groups willing to disarm, to seek political conditions in preparation for their disarmament and demobilization through tailored, community-based and context specific DDR initiatives with sustainable economic alternatives and opportunities, and ensuring accountability for human rights abuses and international crimes, transitional justice initiatives and the protection of children’s rights further calls upon the Government of the DRC to ensure that its recruitment and mobilization efforts are implemented in a manner supportive of the implementation of the P-DDRCS and ongoing transitional justice and SSR initiatives;

Condemns the continued territorial expansion of the M23, its establishment of parallel administrations in controlled areas against the sovereignty of the DRC, occurrences of GPS jamming and spoofing activities in North Kivu, its procurement of sophisticated weaponry in violation of the arms embargo, and its obstructions to humanitarian access in North Kivu, and demands their immediate cessation in line with Security Council Resolution 2773;

Demands the immediate cessation of support provided by Rwanda Defence Forces to M23, further demands their withdrawal from the DRC territory;

Demands the immediate cessation of support provided by DRC military forces to certain armed groups such as the FDLR, further demands the continued implementation of commitments made by the DRC authorities to neutralize the group;

Condemns the continued systematic illegal exploitation and trafficking of natural resources, particularly so-called “conflict minerals” by armed groups and criminal networks supporting them, the negative impact of armed conflict on protected natural areas, which undermines efforts to ensure the protection of forests, the biosphere and the environment as a whole, calls on member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and regional economic communities to jointly fight illegal exploitation and trade of natural resources, stresses the importance of traceability efforts and of managing in an equitable and productive manner the extraction, value addition, transport, and trade of natural resources in eastern DRC, with a view to preventing illegal exploitation of natural resources by armed groups and criminal networks supporting them, encourages Member States to promote the transparent and lawful management of natural resources, including through responsible mineral sourcing supply chain due diligence, and recalls in this regard its resolutions 1952 (2010), 2457 (2019), 2389 (2017) and 2773 (2025) as well at its presidential statement S/PRST/2021/19;

Encourages the recommitment by Congolese authorities’ to advance security sector reform (SSR) and promote the consolidation of State authority, reconciliation, tolerance and democracy, calls on the Government of the DRC to remain committed to protecting the civilian population through the swift establishment of professional, accountable and sustainable security forces that respect international humanitarian law and domestic and international human rights law and the deployment of an accountable Congolese civil administration including by allocating the necessary financial resources, and taking into account women’s full, equal meaningful and safe participation, and encourages international partners to increase their support in this regard;

Calls for continued national efforts to ensure the safe and effective management, storage, monitoring and security of their stockpiles of weapons and ammunition, and to fight against arms trafficking and diversion, including through capacity building and combating impunity, with the continued support of MONUSCO, as appropriate and within existing resources;

Regional support

Reaffirms the importance of an integrated regional approach under the leadership of the African Union (AU), stresses the contributions of the East African Community (EAC), the ICGLR, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and stresses the commitments undertaken by signatories of the PSC Framework not to tolerate nor provide assistance or support of any kind to armed groups;

Calls on the signatory states of the PSC Framework to assist the effective implementation of the UN Strategy for Peace Consolidation, Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution in the Great Lakes region as well as its Action Plan, fully supports the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes in fulfilling his mandate to support the revitalization of the PSC Framework and to promote peace and stability in the region, calls on the Special Envoy to intensify his regional and international engagement to promote a political settlement of the crisis in the eastern DRC, encourages coordinated strategies and shared information between the Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, MONUSCO, UNOCA and other UN entities in order to support peace initiatives and to seek political solutions to stop illicit cross-border flows of armed combatants, arms and natural resources, as well as to facilitate procedures regarding the repatriation of foreign armed groups;

Stresses the importance of coherence, coordination, complementarity, efficient articulation and information sharing between MONUSCO, FARDC, Burundi National Defence Forces and Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), including to deconflict operations and to ensure MONUSCO mandate implementation, and calls upon the Government of the DRC and the UPDF to facilitate in line with previous agreements, full, and unhindered access for MONUSCO to areas where Operation Shujaa is active, while commending recent progress in this regard;

Peace processes

Reaffirms Security Council resolution 2773 (2025) and demands its full and swift implementation by all parties, reaffirms the central role of the African Union and its mediation efforts under the facilitation of Togo for peace and stability in eastern DRC, and calls upon international partners to lend their full support to the efforts of the African Union mediator, welcomes the signing of the Washington Peace Agreement on 27 June 2025 with the facilitation of the United States and the signing of the Doha Framework for Peace on 15 November 2025 with the facilitation of Qatar, stresses the importance of convergence and coherence between international mediation processes and those of the African Union, and underscores the primary role of the signatories in implementing the Agreement and the Framework, urges the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda to implement in good faith and without delay their obligations under the Washington Peace Agreement, calls on the signatories of the Doha Framework to engage in good faith to urgently finalise all remaining protocols, annexes and technical arrangements and also to ensure effective implementation, with a view to dismantling all illegitimate parallel administrations and restoring state authority throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in line with resolution 2773 (2025), further calls for efforts to ensure participation by local communities, civil society, women, youth and customary authorities in fostering dialogue and reconciliation in the peace processes including efforts led by the AU-‍appointed mediator and EAC-SADC appointed facilitators;

Reaffirms the commitment of the United Nations to support the implementation of all ongoing peace processes in order to achieve the objectives set by resolution 2773, calls on MONUSCO to provide political, operational and technical support to the implementation of peace processes in accordance with its mandate, calls for MONUSCO’s activities to support the overall objective of a permanent cessation of hostilities between the parties, encourages the participation of MONUSCO in relevant follow-up frameworks as appropriate, including the Joint Security Cooperation Mechanism (JSCM) and the Joint Oversight Committee (JOC) of the Washington Peace Agreement, and calls on the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes to pursue his political and technical support to the ongoing peace processes, including to continue working closely with the AU Mediator and the AU Commission;

Authorises MONUSCO to support the implementation of a permanent ceasefire in line with resolution 2773, including by participating in the Ceasefire Oversight and Verification Mechanism (COVM) agreed by the parties in Doha on 14 October, by contributing to the establishment of the COVM’s terms of reference, by providing technical and logistical support to the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism (EJVM) of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), including for the purposes of monitoring and verifying alleged violations of the permanent ceasefire in North and South Kivu, as required, and by liaising with the parties once the mechanism is established, with a view to supporting the implementation of the Doha Framework in order to restore State authority throughout the DRC;

Gradual, responsible and sustainable withdrawal

Recalls the comprehensive disengagement plan, submitted to the Security Council by the Government of the DRC and the United Nations in line with S/PRST/2023/5, recalls that the mission’s area of operations is limited to the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, with the exception of those activities required to support ceasefire monitoring and verification activities in South Kivu as mandated by the Security Council and when determined by the Mission that the situation allows, at which time the Mission shall notify the Council in writing, takes full note of the subsequent pause in MONUSCO’s disengagement in light of the evolving security situation, as communicated jointly through the letter to the Security Council S/2025/274 dated 12 May 2025, continues to strongly encourage the DRC authorities to take concrete action to ensure the protection of civilians in South Kivu including the protection of children and women in line with their obligations under international law and calls on the Government of the DRC and relevant partners to sustain preparations and capacity building to ensure a successful, responsive and responsible transition, taking into account lessons learned from previous disengagement, in particular South Kivu;

Expresses its readiness to consider and determine further steps towards the gradual, responsible and sustainable withdrawal from North Kivu and Ituri when conditions permit, taking into account the situation on the ground and the planning by the Government of the DRC and the United Nations, within the framework of the Joint Working Group consisting of the Government of the DRC, MONUSCO and the UNCT, in coordination with relevant stakeholders, including in consultation with provincial integrated transition teams, local communities and civil society;

Strongly encourages the Congolese authorities to identify and allocate the required resources to gradually reinforce, where possible, the presence of state institutions and security and defense forces in order for the Government of the DRC to gradually take on its responsibilities, with a particular focus on the protection of civilians, in areas where MONUSCO is operating, and requests UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes and other relevant partners, to support the Government of the DRC and other national and provincial actors in this regard;

Calls for scaled-up programming by the UNCT, in consultation with international financial institutions, including to enable sustained United Nations support on Child protection, prevention of conflict-related sexual-violence and Women, Peace and Security, after MONUSCO’s departure, in line with Resolution 2764 (2024), and further calls on the international community and donors to support the adequate scaling up of the activities and programming of relevant United Nations entities at national and regional levels and civil society organizations operating in the DRC to support protection and peacebuilding efforts;

Strategic communications

Underlines the importance of a proactive approach to strategic communications and the central role of the host country in this regard, requests MONUSCO to strengthen its communication efforts to support the implementation of its mandate, enhance its protection, and raise awareness of its mandate and activities to protect civilians, and in this regard strongly encourages joint communications between MONUSCO and the Government of the DRC, including regarding evolving approaches and timelines governing MONUSCO’s disengagement and transition, as well as to counter false and falsified information campaigns aimed at undermining the mission’s credibility and hindering the implementation of its mandate and requests MONUSCO and relevant partners to continue to explore the available options to sustain Radio Okapi’s independent programming in the context of MONUSCO’s withdrawal;

Calls upon the government of the DRC to cooperate fully with MONUSCO’s personnel, ensuring their safety and security, and requests the government to fully respect all provisions of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) until the departure of the final element of MONUSCO from the DRC;

MONUSCO’s mandate

Decides to extend until 20 December 2026 the mandate of MONUSCO in the DRC, including, on an exceptional basis and without creating a precedent or any prejudice to the basic principles of peacekeeping, its Force Intervention Brigade;

Decides that MONUSCO’s authorised troop ceiling will comprise 11,500 military personnel, 600 military observers and staff officers, 443 police personnel, and 1,270 personnel of formed police units;

Decides that the strategic priorities of MONUSCO are to contribute to (i) the protection of civilians in its area of deployment, (ii) the achievement of the objectives set by resolution 2773, and (iii) the stabilisation and strengthening of State institutions in the DRC;

Authorises MONUSCO, in pursuit of its mandated tasks and in line with the basic principles of peacekeeping, to take all necessary measures to carry out its mandate;

Stresses the need 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, requests MONUSCO to ensure that any support provided to operations conducted by national defence and security forces, should be only for joint operations, jointly planned and executed, and subject to appropriate oversight and scrutiny, and in strict compliance with the United Nations HRDDP, including by the UNCT, failing which that support should be suspended;

Tasks by order of priority

Decides that the mandate of MONUSCO shall include the following tasks in priority order in paragraphs 36 through 44, further stresses that all MONUSCO’s tasks should be implemented in a manner consistent with respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and stresses that the protection of civilians shall be given priority in decisions about the use of available capacity and resources:

Protection of civilians under threat of physical violence by taking all necessary measures to ensure effective, timely, dynamic and integrated protection

Protect, without prejudice to the primary responsibility of the DRC Government, the civilian population under threat of physical violence either in support of the Congolese authorities, through joint operations or unilaterally, including by disarming armed groups and local militias, by using good offices, by supporting and undertaking local mediation efforts and national level advocacy to prevent escalation of violence and to counter hate speech, false and falsified information campaigns, and by using all means at its disposal, across all troop and police contributing countries, to promptly and effectively prevent, deter and stop armed groups’ attacks against civilians, in line with the basic principles of peacekeeping;

Carry out targeted offensive operations in the DRC to neutralise armed groups, through an effective Force Intervention Brigade (FIB), under the full authority of the Force Commander, to contribute to the objective of reducing the threat posed by armed groups to state authority and civilian security and to make space for stabilisation activities, either unilaterally or jointly with the Congolese security forces;

Maintain a proactive deployment and a mobile, flexible, robust and effective posture, in particular in high risk areas;

Continue to mitigate the risk to civilians before, during and after any military or police operation, including by tracking, preventing, minimizing, and addressing civilian harm resulting from the Mission’s operations, including in support of national defense and security forces;

Work with the Government of the DRC and humanitarian workers to identify threats to civilians, paying particular attention to civilians gathered in displaced persons and refugee camps, peaceful demonstrators, humanitarian personnel and human rights defenders, and implement joint prevention and response plans and strengthen civil-military cooperation, and to ensure the protection of civilians from and accountability for abuses and violations of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, including all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and violations and abuses committed against children and persons with disabilities;

Enhance its community engagement with civilians and build on the capacities of local communities including women’s groups and networks to support the creation of a protective environment, including strengthening mechanisms for the unarmed protection of civilians, and its early warning mechanism;

Maintain a protective environment for civilians throughout the transition, and support the Government of the DRC in gradually taking over protection and security responsibilities to enable MONUSCO’s responsible withdrawal;

Disarmament, demobilisation, reintegration (DDR) and stabilisation

Provide good offices, advice and assistance to the Government of the DRC, in close cooperation with international and local partners, to support an inclusive peace process, as appropriate, to contribute to the disarmament, resettlement and repatriation of FDLR combatants as part of the FDLR neutralization plan contained in the Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and in line with its mandate, including through community violence reduction and weapons and ammunition management initiatives;

Provide support to the disarmament, demobilisation, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration (DDRRR) processes and mechanisms to return and reintegrate foreign combatants not suspected of international crimes or abuses of human rights and their dependents to a peaceful civilian life in their country of origin, or a receptive third country while paying specific attention to the needs of women and children formerly associated with armed forces and groups;

Support the Government of the DRC in the implementation of the PDDRC-S strategy with a focus on building the capacity of national, provincial and local authorities in disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating combatants not suspected of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or abuses of human rights, into a peaceful civilian life through a community-based approach, while paying specific attention to the needs of women and children formerly associated with armed forces and groups;

Advise and support the DRC authorities in the disposal of weapons and ammunitions of disarmed Congolese and foreign combatants in compliance with relevant Security Council resolutions as well as applicable international arms control treaties;

Continue to collaborate with the Government of the DRC to consolidate the gains of the Action Plan to Prevent and End the Recruitment and Use of Children and expedite its implementation and continue dialogue with all listed parties to obtain further commitments and to prevent and end violations and abuses against children;

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Security Sector Reform (SSR)

Provide good offices as well as strategic and technical advice to the Government of the DRC and play a role in coordinating the support provided by international and bilateral partners and the United Nations system as appropriate, to:

– ensure national ownership of SSR which delivers security and justice to all through independent, accountable and functioning security and justice institutions which take into account women’s full, equal, meaningful and safe participation, including through the finalization and implementation of the national security policy and SSR strategy;

– promote and facilitate critical reforms to enhance the oversight and accountability of the security and justice institutions, to enable the Government to fully assume its primary responsibility for the security and protection of its population;

– support the Congolese authorities in developing and implementing the systematic vetting of defence and security personnel, and ensuring that those suspected of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or other human rights violations and abuses are referred to judicial authorities and barred from joining national defence and security institutions if convicted;

– provide enhanced support, including via the United Nations Mine Action Service, to the strengthening and consolidation of the capacities of the Congolese security forces, including on weapons and ammunitions management, Counter-IED and Explosive Ordnance Disposal;

Human rights and IHL

Authorises MONUSCO to monitor, report immediately to the Security Council, follow-up on human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, on restrictions on political space and violence, and on hate speech;

Further authorises MONUSCO, without impeding on its capacity to implement its priority tasks, to use its existing capacities to implement the following tasks exclusively in cooperation with the UNCT:

Protection of the United Nations

Ensure the protection of United Nations personnel, facilities, installations and equipment and the security and freedom of movement of United Nations and associated personnel;

Support to the DRC judicial system and fight against impunity

Strengthen the capacities of the DRC judicial systems to investigate crimes of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights in the country, and to bring those concerned to justice, notably by cooperating with States of the region and the ICC, and strengthen the technical capacities of the DRC penitentiary system;

Provide good offices, advice and support to the Government of the DRC to promote human rights, in particular civil and political rights, and to fight impunity, notably through the implementation of the Government’s “zero tolerance policy” with respect to discipline and human rights and international humanitarian law violations, committed by elements of the security sector, and to engage and facilitate mediation efforts at local level to advance sustainable peace;

Child protection

Requests MONUSCO to take fully into account child protection as a cross-cutting issue throughout its mandate, inter alia, in DDR processes and in SSR as well as during interventions leading to the separation of children from armed groups in order to end and prevent violations and abuses against children, and to continue to ensure the effectiveness of the monitoring and reporting mechanisms on children and armed conflict and acknowledges the crucial role of United Nations Child Protection Advisers in MONUSCO;

Gender, Sexual Violence

Requests MONUSCO to take fully into account gender considerations as a crosscutting issue throughout its mandate and to assist the Government of the DRC and other relevant stakeholders in creating a legal, political and socio-economic environment conducive to ensuring the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation and full involvement and representation of women at all levels, and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security, protection of civilians, including by engaging women’s networks as partners in protection, support to DDR and SSR efforts, and support to stabilisation efforts, requests MONUSCO support the government in advancing women’s full, equal, meaningful and safe political participation including by providing support to strengthening the capacity of relevant national and provincial level authorities in the implementation of women, peace and security commitments, requests MONUSCO to accelerate the coordinated implementation of monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations and acknowledges the crucial role of United Nations Women Protection Advisers and Gender Advisers in MONUSCO;

Humanitarian Access and Humanitarian Appeal

Demands that all parties respect their obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law, demands that all parties allow and facilitate, in accordance with relevant provisions of international law and consistent with humanitarian principles, the full, safe, immediate and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel, equipment and supplies, including through the reopening of the Goma airport for humanitarian purposes, and the timely delivery of humanitarian assistance to populations in need, in particular to refugees and internally displaced persons, throughout the territory of the DRC, and further demands that all parties respect and protect humanitarian and medical personnel;

Calls on Member States and international and regional organisations to respond swiftly to the humanitarian needs identified in the Humanitarian Response Plan through increased contributions and to ensure that all pledges are honoured in full and in a timely manner;

Emphasises the importance of maintaining international support, engagement – financially, technically and in-kind – and coordination to respond rapidly to infectious disease outbreaks;

Sanctions regime

Requests MONUSCO to monitor the implementation of the arms embargo as described in paragraphs 1 to 3 of resolution 2783 (2025), in cooperation with the Group of Experts established by resolution 1533 (2004), and in particular observe and report on flows of military personnel, arms or related materiel across the eastern border of the DRC, including by using, as specified in the letter of the Council dated 22 January 2013 (S/2013/44), surveillance capabilities provided by unmanned aerial systems, seize, collect, record and dispose of arms or related materiel brought into the DRC in violation of the measures imposed by paragraphs 1 to 3 of resolution 2783 (2025), and to assist and exchange relevant information with the Group of Experts;

Mission effectiveness and Safety and Security of peacekeepers

Requests the Secretary-General to provide MONUSCO with the necessary capacities to fulfil its mandate in a complex security environment that includes asymmetric threats and to ensure that all peacekeepers in the field are willing, capable and equipped to effectively and safely implement their mandate, underscores the importance of current and future troop and police contributing countries (T/PCCs) providing troops and police with adequate language skills, capabilities, equipment predeployment training, and the minimum of caveats, highlights that lack of effective command and control, refusal to obey orders, failure to respond to attacks on civilians, declining to participate in or undertake tasks adversely affect the shared responsibility for effective mandate implementation, further requests the Secretary-General, Member States, and the Government of DRC to take all appropriate measures to ensure the best level possible of safety and security of MONUSCO’s personnel, notes with concern the grave risks violations of the Status of Forces Agreement can present to the safety and security of United Nations personnel serving in peacekeeping operations, underscores that the primary responsibility for the safety and security of United Nations personnel and assets rests with host State, highlights the importance of effective communications between United Nations peacekeeping operations and host governments to build trust and mutual understanding and requests the Secretary-General to continue support to national authorities in completing ongoing investigations before the Mission’s withdrawal to implement the provisions of resolution 2589 (2021) for establishing accountability for crimes against peacekeepers;

Reiterates its condemnation of any and all attacks against peacekeepers, which may constitute war crimes, emphasises that those responsible for such attacks must be held accountable, condemns any obstruction of MONUSCO’s movements including for troop rotations, resupply, including fuel, water, electricity and other essential infrastructure services, and protection of civilians patrols, calls for the immediate lifting of any constraints against MONUSCO’s freedom of movement and deliberate obstruction to the implementation of MONUSCO’s mandate, and expresses its intention to take sanctions against those who plan, direct, sponsor, or participate in attacks against MONUSCO peacekeepers or United Nations personnel, including members of the Group of Experts;

Requests the Secretary-General to implement the activities listed in paragraph 42 of resolution 2612 (2021) in the planning and conduct of MONUSCO’s operations within the limits of the mandate and area of operation and in line with existing United Nations guidelines and regulations as well as paragraph 44 of resolution 2612 (2021), further requests MONUSCO to implement paragraph 45 of resolution 2612 (2021) and troop- and police-contributing countries to implement paragraphs 46 and 47 of resolution 2612 (2021) and noting the implementation of the United Nations Department of Operational Support’s “Way Forward: Environment Strategy for Peace Operations 2030”;

Stresses the importance of MONUSCO adapting its deployment and operational posture in its area of operations, as appropriate, in response to evolving security dynamics, including shifts in conflict hotspots, including to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency to protect civilians and help prevent further spillover of violence;

Urges troop- and police-contributing countries to continue taking appropriate action to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse, including vetting of all personnel, predeployment and in-mission awareness training, to ensure full accountability in cases of such conduct involving their personnel, including through timely investigations of all allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by troop- and police-contributing countries to hold perpetrators accountable, to take appropriate disciplinary measures, and calls on the Secretary-General, in line with Security Council resolutions 2272 (2016) and 2436 (2018) to repatriate units when there is credible evidence of widespread or systemic sexual exploitation and abuse by those units, to report to the United Nations fully and promptly on actions undertaken and also calls on the United Nations to provide appropriate oversight and investigations, where applicable, of all mission personnel;

Reports by the Secretary-General

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council every three months including:

– information on the situation in the DRC, including progress towards the advancement of the peace processes, the strengthening of State institutions, key governance and security reforms;

– information on the implementation of MONUSCO’s mandate, including performance and impact assessments, especially regarding its protection of civilian tasks, including on FIB operations and its coordination with FARDC;

– information on MONUSCO’s activities and mandate implementation in areas occupied by the M23 in North Kivu, as well as on “lessons learned” since January 2025 and related recommendations;

– information on the actions and impact of strategic communications for mandated activities;

– updates on efforts to adequately resource and on progress on implementation of the priority collaborative actions with specialised agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations;

– updates on progress towards the implementation of the gradual, responsible and sustainable withdrawal of MONUSCO, including the gradual transfer of tasks to the Government of DRC and where appropriate on the discontinuation of tasks;

– and further requests the Secretary-General to include gender analysis in all reports to the Security Council;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council every six months, in coordination with the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the SRSG for the DRC on the implementation of the PSC Framework and its linkages with the broader security situation in the Great Lakes Region;

Expresses its intention to continue to assess the implementation of the objectives set by resolution 2773 (2025), and expresses its readiness to consider further measures on that basis, as appropriate to advance lasting peace in the eastern DRC and the Great Lakes region;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council by 1 March 2026, with an assessment on progress towards the establishment and operationalization of the Ceasefire Oversight and Verification Mechanism, as well as realistic, concrete, cost-effective and operational proposals on the scope of MONUSCO’s engagement in efforts to further support the implementation of a permanent ceasefire, with a particular focus on hot spot areas of North and South Kivu, and expresses its intention to consider in a later resolution, and taking into account the above-mentioned proposals by Secretary-General and the evolving situation on the ground, further changes to the mandate as necessary;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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Political situation

Human Rights

Armed Groups

Regional support

Peace processes

Gradual, responsible and sustainable withdrawal

Strategic communications

MONUSCO’s mandate

Tasks by order of priority

Human rights and IHL

Protection of the United Nations

Support to the DRC judicial system and fight against impunity

Child protection

Gender, Sexual Violence

Humanitarian Access and Humanitarian Appeal

Sanctions regime

Mission effectiveness and Safety and Security of peacekeepers

Reports by the Secretary-General

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