Security Council resolution 2155 (2014) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 30 Nov. 2014]
Symbol: S/RES/2155 (2014)
Date: 2014-05-27
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/69 [216] UN MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN
S/69 [223] SOUTH SUDAN--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
Subjects: UN Mission in South Sudan|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|SOUTH SUDAN|HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS|STAFF SECURITY|HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE|HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS|GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE|HIV/AIDS PREVENTION
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ARGENTINA
vote: yes
country: AUSTRALIA
vote: yes
country: CHAD
vote: yes
country: CHILE
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: JORDAN
vote: yes
country: LITHUANIA
vote: yes
country: LUXEMBOURG
vote: yes
country: NIGERIA
vote: yes
country: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: RWANDA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/2155 (2014)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                27 May 2014




               Resolution 2155 (2014)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 7182nd meeting,
               on 27 May 2014

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling its previous resolutions 1996 (2011), 2046 (2012), 2057 (2012),
               2109 (2013) and 2132 (2013),
                     Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial
               integrity, and national unity of the Republic of South Sudan, and recalling the
               importance of the principles of non-interference, good-neighbourliness, and regional
               cooperation,
                    Recalling its resolution 2086 (2013) and reaffirming the basic principles of
               peacekeeping, including consent of the parties, impartiality, and non -use of force,
               except in self-defence and define of the mandate, and recognizing that the mandate
               of each peacekeeping mission is specific to the need and situation of the country
               concerned,
                     Expressing grave alarm and concern regarding the rapidly deteriorating
               political, security, and humanitarian crisis in South Sudan resulting from the internal
               Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) political dispute and subsequent
               violence caused by the country’s political and military leaders,
                     Strongly condemning reported and ongoing human rights violations and abuses
               and violations of international humanitarian law, including those involving
               extrajudicial killings, ethnically targeted violence, sexual and gender -based
               violence, rape, recruitment and use of children, enforced disappearances, arbitrary
               arrests and detention, violence aimed at spreading terror among the civilian
               population, and attacks on schools and hospitals as well as United Nations
               peacekeeping personnel, by all parties, including armed groups and national security
               forces, as well as the incitement to commit such abuses and violations, and
               emphasizing that those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law
               and violations and abuses of human rights must be held accountable and that the
               Government of South Sudan bears the primary responsibility to protect civilians
               within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction, including from potential crimes
               against humanity and war crimes,
                    Expressing deep concern over the large-scale displacement of persons and
               deepening humanitarian crisis, stressing the responsibility borne by all parties to the

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               conflict for the suffering of the people of South Sudan, and the necessity of ensuring
               that the basic needs of the population are met, commending United Nations
               humanitarian agencies and partners for their efforts to provide urgent and
               coordinated support to the population, calling upon all parties to the conflict to
               allow and facilitate, in accordance with relevant provisions of international law and
               United Nations guiding principles of humanitarian assistance, the full, safe and
               unhindered access of relief personnel, equipment and supplies to all those in need
               and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance, in particular to internally displaced
               persons and refugees, condemning all attacks against humanitarian personnel and
               facilities and recalling that attacks against humanitarian personnel and depriving
               civilians of objects indispensable to their survival may amount to violations of
               international humanitarian law,
                      Commending the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
               initiative, as supported by the United Nations and African Union, in establishing a
               forum for political and security dialogue, and expecting all parties to participate in
               this process and respect the decisions reached by IGAD Assembly of Heads of State
               and Government on 13 March 2014,
                     Welcoming the IGAD-mediated 23 January 2014 Cessation of Hostilities
               (CoH) and Status of Detainees Agreements, consensus on the Declaration of
               Principles between the parties, the establishment of the ceasefire Monitoring and
               Verification Mechanism (MVM), and the 9 May “Agreement to Resolve the Crisis
               in South Sudan,” while condemning repeated violations of the CoH by all parties
               which undermine peace efforts,
                    Expressing its deep appreciation for the actions taken by United Nations
               Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) peacekeepers and troop - and police-contributing
               countries to protect civilians, including foreign nationals, under threat of physical
               violence and to stabilize the security situation, and further expressing appreciation
               for those Member States who have responded immediately to expedite the
               deployment of troops and police immediately after the adoption of resolution 2132
               (2013),
                    Taking note with interest the 21 February 2014 UNMISS Interim Human
               Rights report, and 8 May 2014 “Conflict in South Sudan: A Human Rights Report,”
                     Expressing grave concern that according to the 8 May 2014 “Conflict in South
               Sudan: A Human Rights Report,” there are reasonable grounds to believe that war
               crimes and crimes against humanity, including extrajudicial killings, rape and other
               acts of sexual violence, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary arrests and detention
               have been committed by all parties to the conflict in South Sudan,
                     Stressing the urgent and imperative need to end impunity in South Sudan and
               to bring to justice perpetrators of such crimes,
                    Welcoming the 12 March 2014 inaugural meeting and the initiation of wor k of
               the African Union Commission of Inquiry as critical steps in independent and public
               human rights monitoring, investigation and reporting,
                     Strongly condemning the use of radio to broadcast hate speech and transmit
               messages instigating sexual violence against a particular ethnic group, which has the
               potential to play a significant role in promoting mass violence and exacerbating
               conflict, calling on the Government to take the appropriate measures in order to



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           deter such activity, and further urging all parties to desist from these actions and
           instead contribute to promoting peace and reconciliation among the communities,
                 Emphasizing that persisting barriers to full implementation of resolution 1325
           (2000) will only be dismantled through dedicated commitment to women ’s
           empowerment, participation, and human rights, and through concerted leadership,
           consistent information and action, and support, to build women ’s engagement in all
           levels of decision-making,
                 Expressing deep concern at persistent restrictions placed upon the movement
           and operations of UNMISS, strongly condemning the attacks by government and
           opposition forces and other groups on United Nations personnel and facilities,
           including the December 2012 downing of a United Nations helicopter by the SPLA,
           the April 2013 attack on a United Nations convoy, the December 2013 attack on the
           UNMISS camp in Akobo, and the 2014 attacks on the UNMISS camp in Bor, and
           calling upon the Government of South Sudan to complete its investigations of these
           attacks in a swift and thorough manner and to hold those responsible to account,
                 Expressing grave concern regarding the threats made to oil installations,
           petroleum companies and their employees, and urging all parties to ensure the
           security of economic infrastructure,
                Recalling its resolution 2117 (2013) and expressing grave concern at the threat
           to peace and security in South Sudan arising from the illicit tra nsfer, destabilizing
           accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons,
                 Noting with serious concern reports of the indiscriminate use of cluster
           munitions, made by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Jonglei
           State in February 2014, and urging all parties to refrain from similar such use in the
           future,
                 Welcoming IGAD’s initiative for the deployment of the MVM, calling for the
           redeployment and/or progressive withdrawal of armed groups and allied forces
           invited by either side, consistent with the 23 January 2014 Cessation of Hostilities
           Agreement, and warning of the serious consequences that could result from any
           regionalization of the conflict,
                 Reaffirming its resolutions 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1674 (2006), 1738
           (2006) and 1894 (2009) on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, and 1502
           (2003) on the protection of humanitarian and United Nations personnel; resolutions
           1612 (2005), 1882 (2009), 1998 (2011), 2068 (2012), and 2143 (2014) on children
           and armed conflict; and resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889
           (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013) on women, peace, and security;
           resolution 2150 (2014) on the Prevention and Fight against Genocide; and resolution
           2151 (2014) on security sector reform,
                 Taking note of the 6 March 2014 Secretary-General’s Report (S/2014/158) and
           the recommendations contained therein,
                 Determining that the situation in South Sudan continues to constitute a threat
           to international peace and security in the region,
                Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                1.   Endorses the CoH Agreement accepted and signed by the Republic of
           South Sudan and the SPLM/A (in Opposition) on 23 January 2014, further endorses


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               the Agreement to Resolve the Crisis in South Sudan signed on 9 May 2014 by the
               Republic of South Sudan and the SPLM/A (in Opposition); calls for immediate and
               full implementation of the agreements by both parties, and expresses its readiness to
               consider all appropriate measures against those who take action that undermines the
               peace, stability, and security of South Sudan, including those who prevent the
               implementation of these agreements;
                    2.    Urges all parties to engage in an open and fully inclusive national
               dialogue seeking to establish lasting peace, reconciliation and good governance,
               including through the full and effective participation of youth, women, diverse
               communities, faith groups, civil society, and the formerly detained SPLM leaders,
               encourages the efforts of IGAD and the United Nations to reach a peace agreement
               between the parties, and further urges them to ensure that child protection
               provisions are integrated into all peace negotiations and peace agreements;
                     3.   Decides to extend the mandate of UNMISS until 30 November 2014, and
               further decides that UNMISS shall, within the authorized troop ceiling of 12,500 set
               out in paragraph 8, include a component consisting inter alia of three battalions,
               with additional responsibility for protecting IGAD’s MVM as set out in paragraph
               4 (d), as well as implementing the mission’s overall mandate as set out in
               paragraphs 4 (a), 4 (b) and 4 (c) below, consistent with paragraph 5;
                  4.   Decides that the mandate of UNMISS shall be as follows, and authorizes
               UNMISS to use all necessary means to perform the following tasks:
                    (a)   Protection of civilians:
                    (i) To protect civilians under threat of physical violence, irrespective of the
                    source of such violence, within its capacity and areas of deployment, wi th
                    specific protection for women and children, including through the continued
                    use of the Mission’s Child Protection and Women Protection Advisers;
                    (ii) To deter violence against civilians, including foreign nationals, especially
                    through proactive deployment, active patrolling with particular attention to
                    displaced civilians , including those in protection sites and refugee camps,
                    humanitarian personnel and human rights defenders, and identification of
                    threats and attacks against the civilian population, including through regular
                    interaction with the civilian population and closely with humanitarian, human
                    rights and development organizations, in areas at high risk of conflict
                    including, as appropriate, schools, places of worship, hospitals, and the oil
                    installations, in particular when the Government of the Republic of South
                    Sudan is unable or failing to provide such security;
                    (iii) To implement a mission-wide early warning strategy, including a
                    coordinated approach to information gathering, monitoring, verification, early
                    warning and dissemination, and response mechanisms, including response
                    mechanisms to prepare for further potential attacks on United Nations
                    personnel and facilities;
                    (iv) To maintain public safety and security within and of UNMISS pr otection
                    of civilians sites;
                    (v) To exercise good offices, confidence-building, and facilitation in support
                    of the mission’s protection strategy, especially in regard to women and



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           children, including to facilitate inter-communal reconciliation in areas of high
           risk of conflict as an essential part of long-term State-building activity;
           (vi) To foster a secure environment for the eventual safe and voluntary return
           of internally-displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees including, where
           compatible and in strict compliance with the United Nations Human Rights
           Due Diligence Policy (HRDPP), through monitoring of, ensuring the
           maintenance of international human rights standards by, and specific
           operational coordination with the police services in relevant and protec tionfocused tasks, in order to strengthen protection of civilians;
           (b)   Monitoring and investigating human rights:
           (i) To monitor, investigate, verify, and report publicly and regularly on
           abuses and violations of human rights and violations of internati onal
           humanitarian law, including those that may amount to war crimes or crimes
           against humanity;
           (ii) To monitor, investigate, verify and report specifically and publicly on
           violations and abuses committed against children and women, including all
           forms of sexual and gender-based violence in armed conflict by accelerating
           the implementation of monitoring, analysis and reporting arrangements on
           conflict-related sexual violence and by strengthening the monitoring and
           reporting mechanism for grave violations against children;
           (iii) To coordinate with, and offer technical support to, where appropriate, the
           African Union’s Commission of Inquiry for South Sudan;
           (c)   Creating the conditions for delivery of humanitarian assistance:
           (i) To contribute to the creation of the conditions for the delivery of
           humanitarian assistance, including by helping to establish the necessary
           security conditions and by exercising its good offices, confidence building and
           facilitation, so as to allow, in accordance with relevant provisions of
           international law and United Nations guiding principles of humanitarian
           assistance, the full, safe and unhindered access of relief personnel to all those
           in need in South Sudan and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance, in
           particular to internally displaced persons and refugees;
           (ii) To ensure the security and freedom of movement of United Nations and
           associated personnel where appropriate, and to ensure the security of
           installations and equipment necessary for implementation of mandated t asks;
           (d)   Supporting the Implementation of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement :
           (i) To ensure proper coordination with the Joint Technical Committee (JTC),
           MVM, and Monitoring and Verification Teams (MVTs), as appropriate;
           (ii) To provide mobile and dedicated fixed site security to IGAD’s MVM, as
           established in line with the decisions of the 31 January and 13 March meetings
           of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government; and
           (iii) To provide support to the work of the MVM as described within the
           CoH;




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                    5.    Emphasizes that protection of civilians, as described in paragraph 4(a),
               must be given priority in decisions about the use of available capacity and resources
               within the Mission;
                    6.    Requests the Secretary-General, through his Special Representative, to
               continue to direct the operations of an integrated UNMISS, coordinate all activities
               of the United Nations system in the Republic of South Sudan, and support a
               coherent international approach to achieving peace in the Republic of South Sudan;
                     7.   Endorses the recommendation made by the Secretary-General in his
               6 March 2014 report to increase the overall force levels of UNMISS to support its
               restructured mandate as defined in paragraph 4 of this resolution;
                    8.    Decides that UNMISS will consist of a military component of up to
               12,500 troops of all ranks and of a police component, including appropriate Formed
               Police Units, of up to 1,323 personnel; and that the civilian component will be
               reduced accordingly to tasks outlined in paragraph 4; requests that the Secretary-General provide detailed information on force generation, restructuring of the
               UNMISS force, logistical support and enablers, including as part of his regular
               reports; and requests the Secretary-General to review needs on the ground, and
               provide an updated assessment of the force’s operations, deployment and future
               requirements 120 days after this resolution;
                     9.   Requests UNMISS to focus and streamline its activities, across its
               military, police and civilian components in order to achieve progress on the tasks
               outlined in paragraph 4, recognizes that certain Mission tasks will therefore be
               ceased, and in this regard, requests the Secretary-General undertake a full personnel
               review in June 2014 and to include the details in his next reg ular report on
               UNMISS;
                    10. Expresses its intention to keep the requirements of and composition of
               UNMISS components under active review, and to review this mandate and make any
               necessary adjustments, at an appropriate stage in the implementation of a cre dible
               peace agreement between the parties;
                     11. Authorizes the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps, in
               accordance with paragraph 8, to expedite force and asset generation, and as
               necessary, discontinue the inter-mission cooperation already authorized under
               resolution 2132 (2013);
                     12. Requests UNMISS to increase its presence and active patrolling in areas
               of high-risk of conflict, high concentrations of IDPs, including as guided by its early
               warning strategy, and key routes for population movement, and to conduct regular
               reviews of its geographic deployment to ensure that its forces are best placed to
               protect civilians, and requests the Secretary-General to provide updates on these
               reviews as part of his regular reports;
                    13. Further requests that UNMISS continues to ensure full compliance with
               the United Nations zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to
               keep the Council fully informed about the Mission’s progress in this regard, and
               urges Troop Contributing Countries to take appropriate preventive action including
               pre-deployment awareness training, and to ensure full accountability in cases of
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                14. Encourages UNMISS to fully implement the HRDDP and requests the
           Secretary-General to include progress made in implementing the policy in his
           reports to the Council;
                 15. Condemns in the strongest terms attacks on and threats made to UNMISS
           personnel and United Nations facilities, including violations of the Status of Forces
           Agreement, stresses that such attacks may constitute war crimes, demands that all
           parties respect the inviolability of United Nations premises and immediately desist
           and refrain from any violence against those gathered at United Nations facilities,
           and stresses that efforts to undermine the ability of UNMISS to implement its
           mandate and attacks on United Nations personnel will not be tolerated;
                  16. Demands that the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and all
           relevant parties cooperate fully in the deployment, operations, and monitoring,
           verification, and reporting functions of UNMISS, in particular by guaranteeing the
           safety, security, and unrestricted freedom of movement of United Nations and
           associated personnel, throughout the territory of the Republic of South Sudan, and
           further calls upon the Government of South Sudan to ensure freedom of movement
           for IDPs, including those leaving and entering protection of civilian sites, and to
           continue to support UNMISS by the allocation of land for protection of civilian
           sites;
                 17. Demands all parties allow, in accordance with relevant provisions of
           international law and United Nations guiding principles of humanitarian assistance,
           the full, safe and unhindered access of relief personnel, equipment and supplies, to
           all those in need and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance, in particular to
           internally displaced persons and refugees and stresses that any returns of IDPs or
           refugees must be undertaken on a voluntary and informed basis in conditions of
           dignity and safety;
                 18. Further demands that all parties immediately cease all forms of violence,
           human rights violations and abuses, violations of international humanitarian law,
           including gender-based violence, rape and other forms of sexual violence, and
           violations and abuses against children in violation of applicable international law
           such as those involving their recruitment and use, killing and maiming, abduction
           and attacks against schools and hospitals, strongly urges the Government to the fully
           and immediately implement its action plan to end and prevent child recruitment
           signed on 12 March 2012 further strongly urges the opposition forces to fully and
           immediately implement their commitment to end grave violations aga inst children
           signed on 10 May 2014, and calls for specific and time bound commitments to
           combat sexual violence in accordance with resolution 1960 and 2106;
                 19. Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to move forward
           expeditiously and transparently to complete the investigations of allegations of
           human rights violations and abuses consistent with international standards, to hold
           to account all those responsible for violations and abuses of human rights and
           violations of international humanitarian law, and to ensure that all victims of sexual
           violence have equal protection under the law and equal access to justice, and to
           safeguard equal respect for the rights of women and girls in these processes;
                 20. Emphasizes the importance of the full and effective participation of
           women at all levels in the implementation of agreements and in the prevention and
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               measures to ensure women’s full and effective representation and leadership in all
               conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts, including through support to women ’s
               civil society organizations and incorporating gender expertise in peace talks, and
               encourages troop and police contributing countries to take measures to increa se the
               deployment of women in the military, police, and civilian components of the
               mission, and reaffirms the importance of appropriate gender expertise and training
               in all missions mandated by the Security Council;
                     21. Condemns attacks on oil installations, petroleum companies and their
               employees, and the continued fighting around these facilities, and urges all parties
               to ensure the security of economic infrastructure;
                     22. Requests that the Secretary-General report to the Security Council on the
               implementation of the UNMISS mandate every 60 days following the adoption of
               the resolution;
                    23.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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