Security Council resolution 2101 (2013) [on measures on arms and related materiel, the renewal of measures imposed by paras. 9 to 12 of Security Council resolution 1572 (2004), para. 12 of resolution 1975 (2011), and para. 6 of resolution 1643 (2005) against Côte d'Ivoire and on extension of the mandate of the UN Group of Experts until 30 Apr. 2014]
Symbol: S/RES/2101 (2013)
Date: 2013-04-25
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/68 [196] CÔTE D'IVOIRE--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
S/68 [198] UN OPERATION IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Subjects: UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire|UN. Group of Experts Established pursuant to Paragraph 7 of Security Council Resolution 1584 (2005)|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|INTERNAL SECURITY|MILITARY DEMOBILIZATION|MILITARY PERSONNEL|CÔTE D'IVOIRE|SECURITY SECTOR REFORM|CRIMINAL JUSTICE|CIVILIAN PERSONS|REPORT PREPARATION|BORDER TRAFFIC
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ARGENTINA
vote: yes
country: AUSTRALIA
vote: yes
country: AZERBAIJAN
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GUATEMALA
vote: yes
country: LUXEMBOURG
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: yes
country: PAKISTAN
vote: yes
country: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: RWANDA
vote: yes
country: TOGO
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

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               Resolution 2101 (2013)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 6953rd meeting, on
               25 April 2013

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous resolutions and the statements of its President relating to
               the situation in Côte d’Ivoire, in particular resolutions 1880 (2009), 1893 (2009),
               1911 (2010), 1933 (2010), 1946 (2010), 1962 (2010), 1975 (2011), 1980 (2011),
               2000 (2011), 2045 (2012), 2062 (2012),
                     Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial
               integrity and unity of Côte d’Ivoire, and recalling the importance of the principles of
               good-neighbourliness, non-interference and regional cooperation,
                    Welcoming the special report of the Secretary-General dated 29 March 2012
               (S/2012/186), of the 2012 midterm report (S/2012/766), and the Final 2013 report
               (S/2013/228), of the United Nations Group of Experts,
                    Recognizing the continued contribution to the stability in Côte d’Ivoire of the
               measures imposed by resolutions 1572 (2004), 1643 (2005), 1975 (2011) and 1980
               (2011), and stressing that these measures aim at supporting the peace process in
               Côte d’Ivoire with a view to possibly further modifying or lifting all or part of the
               remaining measures, in accordance with progress achieved in relation to DDR and
               SSR, national reconciliation and the fight against impunity,
                     Welcoming the steady progress and achievements Côte d’Ivoire has made in
               the past months in returning to stabilization, addressing immediate security
               challenges, advancing economic recovery and strengthening international and
               regional cooperation, notably enhanced cooperation with the governments of Ghana
               and Liberia,
                    Welcoming the completion of the electoral cycle that originated in the
               Ouagadougou Accords, including the recent legislative elections in six districts and
               nation-wide municipal elections, and encouraging the government and the
               opposition to move positively and collaboratively towards political reconciliation
               and electoral reform to ensure that the political space remains open and transparent,
                    Expressing concern at the slow progress in the reconciliation process, while
               acknowledging the efforts by all the Ivorians to promote national reconciliation and
               to consolidate peace through dialogue and consultation, encouraging the Dialogue,


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               Truth and Reconciliation Commission to complete its work and produce concrete
               results by 30 September 2013 when its mandate expires,
                     Remaining concerned about the unresolved challenge of security sector reform
               (SSR) and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), as well as the
               circulation of weapons, which continue to be significant risks to the stability of the
               country, and welcoming positive steps in this direction, notably the endorsement of
               the national security sector reform strategy by the National Security Council and the
               establishment of a single authority for DDR,
                     Reiterating the urgent need for the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to train and
               equip its security forces, especially the police and gendarmerie with standard
               policing weapons and ammunition,
                     Re-emphasizing the importance of the Ivorian Government to be able to
               respond proportionately to threats to the security of all citizens in Côte d’Ivoire and
               calling on the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to ensure that its security forces remain
               committed to upholding human rights and applicable international law,
                    Welcoming the continued cooperation of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire with
               the Group of Experts, originally established pursuant to paragraph 7 of resolution
               1584 (2004), during the course of its last mandate renewed by resolution 2045
               (2012) and encouraging closer cooperation,
                     Welcoming the efforts made by the Secretariat to expand and improve the
               roster of experts for the Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch, bearing in
               mind the guidance provided by the Note of the President S/2006/997,
                     Expressing concern at the findings of the Group of Experts on the extension of
               an illegal taxation system, the increase in the number of checkpoints and incidents
               of racketeering and the lack of capacity and resources available for the control of
               borders,
                     Further expressing concern at the large-scale contraband of natural resources,
               in particular cocoa, cashew nuts, cotton, timber, gold and diamonds which are
               illegally exported from or imported into Côte d’Ivoire,
                     Recalling its resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009)
               and 1960 (2010) on women, peace and security, its resolutions 1612 (2005), 1882
               (2009), 1998 (2011) and 2068 (2012) on children and armed conflict and its
               resolutions 1674 (2006), 1894 (2009) on the protection of civilians in armed
               conflicts,
                     Reiterating its firm condemnation of all violations of human rights and
               international humanitarian law in Côte d’Ivoire, condemning all violence committed
               against civilians, including women, children, internally displaced persons and
               foreign nationals, and other violations and abuses of human rights, and stressing that
               the perpetrators must be brought to justice, whether in domestic or international
               courts, and encouraging the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to continue its close
               cooperation with the International Criminal Court,
                     Stressing the importance for the Group of Experts to be provided with the
               sufficient resources for the implementation of its mandate,
                     Determining that the situation in Côte d’Ivoire continues to pose a threat to
               international peace and security in the region,


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                Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                 1.     Decides, for a period ending on 30 April 2014, that all States shall take
           the necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to
           Côte d’Ivoire, from their territories or by their nationals, or using their flag vessels
           or aircraft, of arms and any related materiel, whether or not originating in their
           territories;
                 2.    Recalls that the measures on arms and related materiel, previously
           imposed by paragraph 7 and 8 of resolution 1572 (2004), have been replaced by
           paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of resolution 2045 (2012) and no longer apply to the provision
           of training, advice and expertise related to security and military activities, as well as
           to the supplies of civilian vehicles to the Ivorian security forces;
                3.   Decides that the measures imposed by paragraph 1 above shall not
           apply to:
               (a) supplies intended solely for the support of or use by the United Nations
           Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) and the French forces who support them;
                (b) supplies of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for
           humanitarian or protective use, as notified in advance to the Committee established
           by paragraph 14 of resolution 1572 (2004);
                (c) supplies of protective clothing, including flak jackets and military
           helmets, temporarily exported to Côte d’Ivoire by United Nations personnel,
           representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and
           associated personnel, for their personal use only;
                 (d) supplies temporarily exported to Côte d’Ivoire to the forces of a State
           which is taking action, in accordance with international law, solely and directly to
           facilitate the evacuation of its nationals and those for whom it has consular
           responsibility in Côte d’Ivoire, as notified in advance to the Committee established
           by paragraph 14 of resolution 1572 (2004);
                 (e) supplies of non-lethal law enforcement equipment intended to enable the
           Ivorian security forces to use only appropriate and proportionate force while
           maintaining public order, as notified in advance to the Committee established by
           paragraph 14 of resolution 1572 (2004);
                (f) supplies of arms and other related lethal equipment to the Ivorian
           security forces, intended solely for support of or use in the Ivorian process of SSR,
           as approved in advance by the Committee established by paragraph 14 of resolution
           1572 (2004);
                4.    Decides, for the period referred to in paragraph 1 above, that the Ivorian
           authorities shall notify to the Committee any shipment of items referred to in
           paragraph 3 (e) or shall request an approval in advance to the Committee for any
           shipments of items referred to in paragraph 3 (f) above, further decides that the
           Member State delivering assistance may, in the alternative, make this notification
           pursuant to paragraph 3(e) after informing the Government of Côte d’Ivoire that it
           intends to do so, and stresses the importance that such notifications and
           authorisation requests contain all relevant information, including the purpose of the
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               shipped and, when applicable, the supplier, the proposed date of delivery, mode of
               transportation and itinerary of shipments;
                     5.    Urges the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to allow the Group of Experts
               and UNOCI access to the exempted materiel at the time of import and before the
               transfer to the end user takes place, stresses that the Government of Côte d’Ivoire
               shall mark the arms and related materiel when received in the territory of Côte
               d’Ivoire and maintain a registry of them and expresses its willingness to consider an
               extension of the notification procedure to all embargo exemptions in accordance
               with progress achieved in relation to DDR and SSR;
                     6.   Decides to renew until 30 April 2014 the financial and travel measures
               imposed by paragraphs 9 to 12 of resolution 1572 (2004) and paragraph 12 of
               resolution 1975 (2011) and further decides to renew until 30 April 2014 the
               measures preventing the importation by any State of all rough diamonds from Côte
               d’Ivoire imposed by paragraph 6 of resolution 1643 (2005), with a readiness to
               review measures in light of progress made towards Kimberley Process
               implementation;
                    7.    Decides to further review the measures decided in paragraph 1, 3, 4,
               above in light of the progress achieved in the stabilization throughout the country,
               by the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 1, with a view to possibly further
               modifying or lifting all or part of the remaining measures, in accordance with
               progress achieved in relation to DDR and SSR, national reconciliation and the fight
               against impunity;
                     8.   Calls upon the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to take the necessary steps
               to enforce the measures imposed by paragraphs 1 above, including by incorporating
               relevant provisions in its national legal framework;
                     9.   Calls upon all Member States, in particular those in the subregion, to
               fully implement the measures mentioned in paragraph 1 and 6 above;
                     10. Expresses its deep concern about the instability in western Côte d’Ivoire,
               welcomes and further encourages the coordinated action by authorities from
               neighbouring countries to address this issue, 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 al support the disarmament and repatriation of foreign armed elements on both
               sides of the border and the repatriation of refugees;
                    11. Encourages UNOCI and the United Nations Mission in Liberia
               (UNMIL), within their respective mandates, capabilities and areas of deployment, to
               continue to coordinate closely in assisting respectively the Governments of Côte
               d’Ivoire and Liberia in monitoring their border, and welcomes further cooperation
               between the Group of Experts and the Panel of Experts on Liberia appointed
               pursuant to paragraph 4 of resolution 1854 (2008);
                    12. Urges all illegal Ivorian armed combatants, including in neighbouring
               countries, to lay down their arms immediately, encourages UNOCI, within its
               mandate and limits of capabilities and areas of deployment, to continue to assist the
               Government of Côte d’Ivoire in collecting and storing the arms and registering all
               relevant information related to those arms and further calls upon the Government of
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           and Illicit Traffic of Small Arms and Light Weapons, to ensure that those arms are
           neutralized or not illegally disseminated, in accordance with the ECOWAS
           Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and Other
           Associated Materials;
                 13. Welcomes the decision by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to ratify the
           ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and
           Other Associated Materials and encourages relevant actors to provide technical
           assistance to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire towards its implementation;
                14. Recalls that UNOCI, within the monitoring of the arms embargo, is
           mandated to collect, as appropriate, arms and any related materiel brought into Côte
           d’Ivoire in violation of the measures imposed by paragraph 7 of resolution 1572
           (2004) as amended by paragraph 1, 2 of resolution 2045 (2012), and to dispose of
           such arms and related materiel as appropriate;
                 15. Reiterates the necessity for the Ivorian authorities to provide unhindered
           access to the Group of Experts, as well as UNOCI and the French forces which
           support it, to equipment, sites and installations referred to in paragraph 2 (a) of
           resolution 1584 (2005), and to all weapons, ammunition and related materiel of all
           armed security forces, regardless of location, including the arms issued from the
           collection referred to in paragraph 11 or 12 above, when appropriate without notice,
           as set out in its resolutions 1739 (2007), 1880 (2009), 1933 (2010), 1962
           (2010),1980 (2011) and 2062 (2012);
                16. Reiterating its commitment to impose targeted measures as expressed in
           paragraph 10 of resolution 1980 (2011);
                17. Requests all States concerned, in particular those in the subregion, to
           cooperate fully with the Committee, and authorizes the Committee to request
           whatever further information it may consider necessary;
                18. Decides to extend the mandate of the Group of Experts as set out in
           paragraph 7 of resolution 1727 (2006) until 30 April 2014 and requests the
           Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to support its action;
                19. Requests the Group of Experts to submit a midterm report to the
           Committee by 15 October 2013 and to submit a final report as well as
           recommendations to the Security Council through the Committee 30 days before the
           end of its mandated period, on the implementation of the measures imposed by
           paragraphs 1 above, 9 and 11 of resolution 1572 (2004), paragraph 6 of resolution
           1643 (2005), paragraph 12 of resolution 1975 (2011) and paragraph 10 of resolution
           1980 (2011);
                 20. Decides that the report of the Group of Experts, as referred to in
           paragraph 7 (e) of resolution 1727 (2006) may include, as appropriate, any
           information and recommendations relevant to the Committee’s possible additional
           designation of the individuals and entities described in paragraphs 9 and 11 of
           resolution 1572 (2004) and paragraph 10 of resolution 1980 (2011) and further
           recalls the Informal Working Group on General Issues of Sanctions report
           (S/2006/997) on best practices and methods, including paragraphs 21, 22 and 23 that
           discuss possible steps for clarifying methodological standards for monitoring
           mechanisms;




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                    21. Requests the Secretary-General to communicate as appropriate to the
               Security Council, through the Committee, information gathered by UNOCI and,
               where possible, reviewed by the Group of Experts, concerning the supply of arms
               and related materiel to Côte d’Ivoire;
                    22. Requests also the French Government to communicate as appropriate to
               the Security Council, through the Committee, information gathered by the French
               forces and, where possible, reviewed by the Group of Experts, concerning the
               supply of arms and related materiel to Côte d’Ivoire;
                     23. Requests also the Kimberley Process and other appropriate national and
               international agencies to work in close cooperation with the Group of Experts and
               its enquiries concerning the individuals and networks involved in the production,
               trading and illicit export of diamonds from Côte d’Ivoire, to exchange information
               on a regular basis, and to communicate as appropriate to the Security Council,
               through the Committee, on such matters, and further decides to renew the
               exemptions set out by paragraph 16 and 17 of resolution 1893 (2009) with regard to
               the securing of samples of rough diamonds for scientific research purposes
               coordinated by the Kimberley Process;
                     24. Urges the Ivorian authorities to implement its action plan to enforce the
               Kimberley Process minimum requirements in Côte d’Ivoire and further encourages
               them to continue to work closely with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
               to conduct a review and assessment of Côte d’Ivoire’s internal controls system for
               trade in rough diamonds and a comprehensive geologic study of Côte d’Ivoire’s
               potential diamond resources and production capacity, with a view to possibly
               modifying or lifting, as appropriate, the measures imposed by paragraph 6 of
               resolution 1643 (2005) in accordance with paragraph 6 above;
                    25. Encourages the Ivorian authorities to participate in the OECD-hosted
               implementation programme with regard to the due diligence guidelines for
               responsible supply chains of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas and
               to reach out to international organizations with a view to taking advantage of
               lessons learned from other initiatives and countries that have and are confronting
               similar issues on artisanal mining;
                    26. Calls upon the Ivorian authorities to take the necessary measures to
               dismantle the illegal taxation networks, including by undertaking relevant and
               thorough investigations, reduce the number of checkpoints and prevent incidents of
               racketeering throughout the country and further calls upon the authorities to take the
               necessary steps to continue to re-establish and reinforce relevant institutions and to
               accelerate the deployment of customs and border control officials in the North, West
               and East of the country;
                    27. Asks the Group of Experts to assess the effectiveness of these border
               measures and control in the region, encourages all neighbouring States to be aware
               of Ivorian efforts in that regard and encourages UNOCI, within its mandate, to
               continue its assistance to Ivorian authorities in the re-establishment of normal
               customs and border control operation;
                    28. Urges all States, relevant United Nations bodies and other organizations
               and interested parties, to cooperate fully with the Committee, the Group of Experts,
               UNOCI and the French forces, in particular by supplying any information at their
               disposal on possible violations of the measures imposed by paragraphs 1, 2 and 3


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           above, paragraphs 9 and 11 of resolution 1572 (2004), paragraph 6 of resolution
           1643 (2005) and paragraph 12 of resolution 1975 (2011), and further requests the
           Group of Experts to coordinate its activities as appropriate with all political actors;
                29. Requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
           Children and Armed Conflict and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict to continue sharing relevant information
           with the Committee in accordance with paragraph 7 of resolution 1960 (2010) and
           paragraph 9 of resolution 1998 (2011);
                 30. Urges further in this context that all Ivorian parties and all States,
           particularly those in the region, ensure:
              – the safety of the members of the Group of Experts;
              – unhindered access by the Group of Experts, in particular to persons,
                documents and sites in order for the Group of Experts to execute its mandate;
                31.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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