Security Council resolution 2327 (2016) [on increase of force levels of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and extension of the mandate until 15 Dec. 2017]
Symbol: S/RES/2327 (2016)
Date: 2016-12-16
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/71 [216] UN MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN
S/71 [223] SOUTH SUDAN--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
S/ X Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.
Subjects: UN Mission in South Sudan|Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (2015)|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|HUMAN RIGHTS|INTERNAL SECURITY|SOUTH SUDAN
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ANGOLA
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: EGYPT
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MALAYSIA
vote: yes
country: NEW ZEALAND
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SENEGAL
vote: yes
country: SPAIN
vote: yes
country: UKRAINE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: URUGUAY
vote: yes
country: VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)
vote: yes

                United Nations                                                                  S/RES/2327 (2016)*
                Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                 16 December 2016




                Resolution 2327 (2016)
                Adopted by the Security Council at its 7840th meeting, on
                16 December 2016
                     The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous resolutions 1996 (2011), 2046 (2012), 2057 (2012),
                2109 (2013), 2132 (2013), 2155 (2014), 2187 (2014), 2206 (2015), 2223 (2015),
                2241 (2015), 2252 (2015), 2302 (2016), and 2304 (2016) and statements by its
                President S/PRST/2014/16, S/PRST/2014/26, S/PRST/2015/9, S/PRST/2016/1, and
                S/PRST/2016/3,
                       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,
                      Reiterating its increasingly grave alarm and concern regarding the political,
                security, economic, 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 since
                December 2013, and emphasizing there can be no military solution to the situation
                in South Sudan and noting the “Agreement on the Resolution of the Co nflict in the
                Republic of South Sudan” (the Agreement) as the framework for durable peace,
                reconciliation and national cohesion in South Sudan, calling upon all stakeholders
                to re-affirm their commitment to the full and timely implementation of the
                Agreement, recognizing action taken in this regard, and encouraging continued
                action,
                      Recalling its press statement of 18 November 2016 on the ethnic violence and
                the situation in South Sudan and, in this regard, expressing deep alarm over the
                escalation of ethnic violence, particularly in the Equatorias, and strongly
                condemning all instances of attacks against civilians, ethnically targeted killings,
                hate speech, and incitements to violence, and further expressing deep concern at the
                possibility that what began as a political conflict could transform into an outright
                ethnic war, as noted by the Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide, Adama
                Dieng,


           * Reissued for technical reasons on 28 December 2016.




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                    Expressing deep concern at the tense and fragile security situation across the
               country, including armed clashes and violence involving the Sudan People’s
               Liberation Army (SPLA) and SPLA-In Opposition (SPLA-IO), and armed groups,
               condemning in the strongest terms the fighting in Juba, South Sudan 8 -11 July 2016,
               including attacks against civilians, United Nations personnel, premises and property,
               and humanitarian personnel and assets, further condemning the clashes that took
               place at the United Nations Protection of Civilians site in Malakal, South Sudan on
               17-18 February 2016, and reminding all parties of the civilian character of
               Protection of Civilians sites in South Sudan,
                     Recalling that individuals or entities responsible for or complicit in, or having
               engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that threaten the peace, security
               or stability of South Sudan, may be designated for targeted sanctions pursuant to
               resolution 2206 (2015), 2271 (2016), 2280 (2016), and 2290 (2016), including
               individuals who engage in attacks against United Nations missions, international
               security presences, or other peacekeeping operations, or humanitarian personnel
               recalling its willingness to impose targeted sanctions,
                      Taking note of the decisions adopted by the Intergovernmental Authority on
               Development (IGAD), including the continued and collective commitment of the
               region in the search of lasting peace, security and stabilization in South Sudan,
               including through the early deployment and full operationalization of the Regional
               Protection Force (RPF), and taking note of the Transitional Government of National
               Unity’s (TGNU) consent to deployment of such a force in the 4 September 2016 UN
               Security Council-TGNU Joint Communique as well as in its 30 November 2016
               letter, urging the TGNU to implement its commitments, and welcoming the
               readiness expressed by member states in the region to increase their contribution of
               troops to the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) for
               this purpose,
                    Stressing the primacy of the political process and, in this regard, looking
               forward to its reinvigoration and the design of a clear political strategy for the
               peaceful resolution of the conflict in South Sudan, based on the framework provided
               by the Agreement, with the support of the UN Secretary -General through the use of
               his good offices, in close collaboration with the African Union (AU), including its
               High Representative Alpha Oumar Konare and IGAD, including the Joint
               Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) Chairperson Festus Mogae, to
               achieve a cessation of hostilities and lead the parties to an inclusive peace process
               and implementation of the Agreement,
                    Welcoming the commitment of countries in the region, the African Union
               Peace and Security Council, and IGAD to continue engaging with South Sudanese
               leaders to address the current political crisis, encouraging their continued proactive
               engagement and in this regard, taking note of the communiqué of the 29th
               Extraordinary Summit of the IGAD Heads of State and Government,
                      Commending the work of UNMISS, stressing the importance of effective
               engagement and liaison with local communities, as well as humanitar ian actors,
               including through regular communication about security threats and related
               information, both within and outside the Protection of Civilians sites, in order to
               fulfil UNMISS’s Protection of Civilians mandate,




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                 Recognizing that unarmed civilian protection can often complement efforts to
           build a protective environment, particularly in the deterrence of sexual and gender -
           based violence against civilians, and encouraging UNMISS, as appropriate, and
           when possible, to explore how it can use civilian protection techniques to enhance
           its ability to protect civilians, in line with the UN Secretary-General’s
           recommendation,
                Strongly condemning the continued obstruction of UNMISS by the TGNU,
           including severe restrictions on freedom of movement and constrai nts on mission
           operations which may be in violation of its obligations under the Status of Forces
           Agreement (SOFA),
                 Strongly condemning all human rights violations and abuses and violations of
           international humanitarian law, including those involving extr ajudicial killings,
           ethnically targeted violence, rape and other forms of sexual and gender -based
           violence, recruitment and use of children, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests
           and detention, violence aimed at spreading terror among the civilian pop ulation,
           targeting of members of civil society, and attacks on schools, places of worship,
           hospitals, and United Nations and associated personnel, by all parties, including
           armed groups and national security forces, as well as the incitement to commit such
           abuses and violations, further condemning harassment and targeting of civil society,
           humanitarian personnel and journalists, and emphasizing that those responsible for
           violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human
           rights must be held accountable, and that South Sudan’s TGNU bears the primary
           responsibility to protect its populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing,
           and crimes against humanity,
                Expressing grave concern at the findings of the Special Representative of the
           Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict of the systematic and widespread
           use of sexual violence as a tactic by parties to the conflict against the civilian
           population, particularly against women and girls in South Sudan,
                 Stressing the increasingly urgent need to end impunity in South Sudan and to
           bring to justice all perpetrators of such crimes, and further stressing the importance
           of accountability, reconciliation and healing in ending impunity and ensuring a
           sustainable peace,
                 Further condemning the use of media to broadcast hate speech and transmit
           messages instigating violence against a particular ethnic group, a practice that has
           the potential to play a significant role in promoting mass violence and exacerbating
           conflict, calling on the Government of South Sudan to immediately condemn and
           counter increasing hate speech and ethnic violence and to promote reconciliation
           among its people, including through a process of justice and accountability,
                Taking note with interest of the reports on the human rights situation in South
           Sudan issued by UNMISS and the Secretary-General, as well as the report of the AU
           Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan and the Separate Opinion, expressing grave
           concern that according to some reports, including the AU Commission of Inquiry
           report on South Sudan, released on 27 October 2015, there were reasonable grounds
           to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity had been committed,
           emphasizing its hope that these and other credible reporting will be duly considered
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               those established in the Agreement, stressing the importance of collection and
               preservation of evidence for eventual use by the Hybrid Court for South Sudan, and
               encouraging efforts in this regard,
                     Expressing serious and urgent concern over the approximately 2.94 million
               displaced persons and deepening humanitarian crisis, including an estimated
               4.8 million that face severe food insecurity and six million i n need of assistance,
               and that half of the country’s children are out of school, stressing the responsibility
               borne by all parties to the conflict for the immense suffering of the people of South
               Sudan, including the destruction or damage to livelihoods an d productive assets, and
               commending United Nations humanitarian agencies, partners, and donors for their
               efforts to provide urgent and coordinated support to the population,
                     Expressing concern at the obstructions by all parties to civilians’ movement
               and to humanitarian actors’ movement to reach civilians in need of assistance, and
               recalling the need for 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, including humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and
               independence, the full, safe and unhindered access of relief personnel, equipment
               and supplies and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance, to all those in need, in
               particular to internally displaced persons (IDPs), and refugees,
                     Condemning all attacks against humanitarian personnel and facilities that
               resulted in the deaths of at least 67 personnel since December 2013, including the
               attack on the Terrain compound on 11 July 2016 and attacks against medical
               personnel and hospitals, noting with alarm the increasing trend of harassment and
               intimidation of humanitarian personnel, and recalling that attacks against
               humanitarian personnel and objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian
               population may amount to violations of international humanitarian law,
                    Expressing its deep appreciation for the actions taken by 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 within and beyond UNMISS sites,
                     Recognizing the significant resource and capacity challenges the Mission faces
               in implementing its mandate, expressing appreciation for UNMISS’s ongoing
               efforts to ensure the safety of IDPs seeking protection on its sites, while recognizing
               the importance of finding sustainable solutions for IDPs in keeping wi th the
               Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, and underlining in this regard the
               need to extend its presence, including through proactive deployment and patrolling,
               to areas of displacement, return, and local integration,
                     Emphasizing the importance of the rule of law as one of the key elements of
               conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peacebuilding,
                     Emphasizing that persistent barriers to full implementation of resolution 1325
               (2000), and subsequent resolutions on women, peace, and security including 2242
               (2015), will only be dismantled through dedicated commitment to women’s
               empowerment, participation, and human rights, and thro ugh concerted leadership,
               consistent information and action, and support, to build women’s engagement in all
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                 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 transfer, destabilizing
           accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons,
                Reiterating the importance of UNMISS ensuring the security of its air
           operations in South Sudan,
                 Strongly condemning the attacks by government and opposition forces and
           other groups on United Nations and IGAD 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, the August 2014 shooting down of a United Nations helicopter by
           unidentified armed groups, the August 2014 arrest and detention of an IGAD
           monitoring and verification team, the October 2015 seizure and detention of
           UNMISS personnel and equipment in Upper Nile State by opposition forces, the
           February 2016 attack on the Malakal protection of civilians site, the July 2016
           attack on the Juba protection of civilians site, and the Terrain Compound attack, the
           detention and kidnappings of United Nations and associated personnel, the repeated
           attacks on the UNMISS camps in Bor, Bentiu, Malakal and Melut, and the
           disappearance purportedly caused by SPLA forces, and deaths of three United
           Nations-affiliated national staff and one national contractor in Upper Nile Stat e,
           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,
                 Taking note of the letters from the Secretary-General per paragraph 16 of
           resolution 2304 (2016) and the 10 November 2016 Secretary-General’s Reports
           (S/2016/950 and S/2016/951) 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.   Demands that all parties immediately end the fighting throughout South
           Sudan, and further demands that South Sudan’s leaders implement the permanent
           ceasefire declared in the Agreement and ceasefires for which they res pectively
           called on 11 July 2016, and ensure that subsequent decrees and orders directing
           their commanders control their forces and protect civilians and their property are
           fully implemented;
                 2.   Demands that the TGNU of South Sudan comply with the obligations set
           out in the SOFA between the Government of South Sudan and the United Nations,
           and immediately cease obstructing UNMISS in the performance of its mandate, and
           further demands the TGNU immediately cease obstructing international and
           national humanitarian actors from assisting civilians, and facilitate freedom of
           movement for the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring
           Mechanism (CTSAMM) and calls on the TGNU to take action, to deter, and to hold




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               those responsible to account for any hostile or other actions that impede UNMISS or
               international and national humanitarian actors;
                     3.    Expresses its intention to consider all appropriate measures, as
               demonstrated by adoption of resolutions 2206 (2015) and 2290 (2016), against those
               who take actions that undermine the peace, stability, and security of South Sudan,
               recalls the designation criteria detailed in paragraph 7 of resolution 2206 (2015),
               stresses the sanctity of United Nations protection sites, and specifically underscores
               that individuals or entities that are responsible or complicit in, or have engaged in,
               directly or indirectly, attacks against UNMISS personnel and premises and any
               humanitarian personnel, may meet the designation criteria;
                     4.    Takes note of the TGNU’s announcement to conduct an inclusive national
               dialogue, strongly urges all parties to engage in an open and fully inclusive national
               political dialogue seeking to implement lasting peace, reconciliation and good
               governance, including through the full and effective participation of youth, women,
               diverse communities, faith groups, civil society, and all political p arties, calls upon
               all parties 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 encourages the efforts of the JMEC, IGAD, the AU,
               and the United Nations to support implementation of the Agreement;
                    5.    Decides to extend the mandate of UNMISS until 15 December 2017;
                     6.   Decides to increase the overall force levels of UNMISS by maintaining a
               troop ceiling of 17,000 troops, including 4,000 for the Regional Protection Force,
               and increasing the police ceiling to 2,101 police personnel, including individual
               police officers, formed police units and 78 corrections officers, and requests the
               Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to expedite force and asset generation;
                  7.   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, with
                    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 IDPs, including, but not limited to, those in protection sites and
                    refugee camps, humanitarian personnel and human rights defenders, and
                    identification of threats and attacks against civilians, including through regular
                    interaction with civilians and working 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
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               mechanisms to threats and attacks against civilians that may invo lve violations
               and abuses of human rights or violations of international humanitarian law, as
               well as to prepare for further potential attacks on United Nations personnel
               and facilities;
               (iv) To maintain public safety and security of and within UNMISS pro tection
               of civilians sites;
               (v) To deter and prevent sexual and gender-based violence within its
               capacity and areas of deployment, as highlighted in paragraph 41 of the
               Special Report of the Secretary-General of 10 November 2016 (S/2016/951);
               (vi) To exercise good offices, confidence-building, and facilitation in support
               of the mission’s protection strategy, especially in regard to women and
               children, including to facilitate the prevention, mitigation and reso lution of
               inter-communal conflict in order to foster sustainable local and national
               reconciliation as an essential part of preventing violence and long -term Statebuilding activity;
               (vii) To foster a secure environment for the eventual safe and voluntary return
               of IDPs and refugees including through monitoring of, ensuring respect for
               human rights by, and where compatible and in strict compliance with the
               United Nations Human Rights Due Diligence Policy (HRDDP), coordination
               with police services and civil society actors in relevant and protection-focused
               activities, such as sensitization to issues of sexual and gender -based violence,
               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 international
               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 those
               involving 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 violations and abuses against
               children;
               (iii) To monitor, investigate and report on incidents of hate speech and
               incitement to violence in cooperation with the UN Special Adviser on the
               Prevention of Genocide;
               (iv) To coordinate with, and provide technical support to international,
               regional, and national mechanisms engaged in monitoring, investigating, and
               reporting human rights violations, as appropriate;
                 (c) Creating the conditions conducive to the delivery of humanitarian
           assistance:
               (i) To contribute, in close coordination with humanitarian actors, to the
               creation of security conditions conducive to the delivery of humanitarian




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                    assistance, so as to allow, the rapid, safe and unhindered access of relief
                    personnel to all those in need in South Sudan and timely delivery of
                    humanitarian assistance, in particular to IDPs and refugees, recalling the need
                    for compliance with the relevant provisions of international law and respect
                    for the UN guiding principles of humanitarian assistance, including humanity,
                    impartiality, neutrality, and independence;
                    (ii) To ensure the security and freedom of movement of United Nations and
                    associated personnel where appropriate, and to ensure the security of its
                    installations and equipment necessary for implementation of mandated tasks;
                    (d)   Supporting the Implementation of the Agreement:
                    To carry out, within its capabilities, the following tasks in support of the
               implementation of the Agreement:
                    (i) To support the planning and establishment of agreed transitional security
                    arrangements, including support to the Joint Operations Centre;
                    (ii) To support, in coordination with the United Nations Country Team, as
                    appropriate, the work of a National Constitutional Amendment Committee
                    (NCAC) and the incorporation of the Agreement into the Transitional
                    Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, upon request of the parties to the
                    Agreement;
                    (iii) To support, in coordination with the United Nations Country Team, as
                    requested by the TGNU, the permanent constitution-making process,
                    consistent with the Agreement, including providing technical assistance to the
                    National Constitutional Review Commission for the drafting p rocess and
                    supporting public consultations during the constitution-making process;
                    (iv) To assist the parties to develop a strategy to address disarmament,
                    demobilization, reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR)
                    activities;
                    (v) To participate in and support the CTSAMM in implementation of its
                    mandate to monitor the separation, assembly and cantonment of forces
                    consistent with the Agreement, including to provide support for mobile and
                    dedicated fixed site security;
                    (vi) To actively participate in and support the work of the JMEC;
                    (vii) To advise and assist, as appropriate, the National Elections Commission,
                    in coordination with members of the United Nations Country Team, consistent
                    with the Agreement;
                    (viii) To support the establishment and operationalization of an inclusive Joint
                    Integrated Police (JIP), in coordination with members of the UN Country
                    Team, by providing training support and advisory assistance, consistent with
                    the HRDDP, including for the development and implementation of a training
                    curriculum and strategic planning;
                    8.    Recalls its resolution 2086 (2013) and reaffirms the basic principles of
               peacekeeping, as set forth in Presidential Statement S/PRST/2015/22, including
               consent of the parties, impartiality, and non-use of force, except in self-defence and




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           defence of the mandate, recognizes that the mandate of each peacekeeping mission
           is specific to the need and situation of the country concerned;
                9.    To advance in cooperation with the TGNU the safety and security of the
           people of South Sudan and to create an enabling environment for implementation of
           the Agreement, decides that UNMISS shall continue to include a Regional
           Protection Force (RPF), and authorizes the RPF to use all necessary means,
           including undertaking robust action where necessary and actively patrolling, to
           accomplish the RPF mandate, to:
                (i) Facilitate the conditions for safe and free movement into, out of, and
                around Juba, including through protecting the means of ingress and egress
                from the city and major lines of communication and transport within Juba;
                (ii) Protect the airport to ensure the airport remains operational, and protect
                key facilities in Juba essential to the well-being of the people of Juba, as
                identified by the Special Representative of the Secretary -General;
                (iii) Promptly and effectively engage any actor that is credibly found to be
                preparing attacks, or engages in attacks, against United Nations protection of
                civilians sites, other United Nations premises, United Nations personnel,
                international and national humanitarian actors, or civilians;
                 10. Affirms the Security Council’s intention to consider appropriate
           measures, to address the evolving situation in South Sudan, including those
           measures described in the Annex of resolution 2304 (2016), in case of political or
           operational impediments to operationalizing the RPF or obstructions to UNMISS in
           performance of its mandate due to the actions of the TGNU and all other parties to
           the conflict in South Sudan;
                 11. Emphasizes that protection of civilians must be given priority in
           decisions about the use of available capacity and resources wit hin the mission,
           stresses that UNMISS’s mandate as set out in paragraphs 7 and 9 above includes
           authority to use all necessary means to protect United Nations personnel,
           installations and equipment to deter violence especially through proactive
           deployment and active patrolling, to protect civilians from threats, regardless of
           source, to create conditions conducive to delivery of humanitarian assistance by
           international and national actors, and support implementation of the Agreement, and
           stresses that such actions include, but are not limited to, within UNMISS’s capacity
           and areas of deployment, defending protection of civilians sites, establishing areas
           around the sites that are not used for hostile purposes by any forces, addressing
           threats to the sites, searching individuals attempting to enter the sites, and seizing
           weapons from those inside or attempting to enter the sites, removing from and
           denying entry of armed actors to the protection of civilians sites;
                 12. Requests and encourages the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to direct the operations of an integrated UNMISS and coordinate all
           activities of the United Nations system in the Republic of South Sudan, and to
           exercise his or her good offices to lead the UN system in South Sudan in assisting
           the JMEC, the AU and other actors, as well as the parties, with implementation of
           the Agreement and to promote peace and reconciliation, reaffirms in this regard the
           critical role that the UN plays, in coordination with regional organizations and other
           actors, to advance political dialogue between parties and contribute to achieving a




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               cessation of hostilities and lead the parties to an inclusive peace process and to
               support the TGNU’s implementation of an inclusive Agreement, and to further
               strengthen its work to this end with the Chair of the JMEC and the AU High
               Representative in South Sudan and in the region;
                     13. Requests the Secretary-General to prioritize the complete deployment of
               UNMISS personnel to the authorized military and police streng th, including tactical
               military helicopters, unarmed unmanned aerial systems, and necessary enablers for
               the RPF;
                     14. Requests UNMISS to take fully into account gender considerations as a
               crosscutting issue throughout its mandate, reaffirms the importance of appropriate
               gender expertise and training in all missions mandated by the Security Council, and
               further encourages Troop- and Police-contributing Countries to take measures to
               increase the deployment of women in the military, police, and civilian compo nents
               of the Mission;
                     15. Requests UNMISS to continue to intensify its presence and active
               patrolling in areas of high risk of conflict, high concentrations of IDPs and refugees,
               including as guided by its early warning strategy, in all areas, and key rou tes for
               population movement, to extend its presence, including through proactive
               deployment and patrolling, to areas of displacement, return, resettlement, and
               reintegration, in order to foster a secure environment for the eventual safe and
               voluntary return of IDPs and refugees, and to conduct regular reviews of its
               geographic deployment to ensure that its forces are best placed to fulfil its mandate;
                    16. Recalls resolution 2272 (2016) and further requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to ensure full compliance of UNMISS with
               the United Nations zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to
               keep the Council fully informed through his regular country -specific reports to the
               Council about UNMISS’ progress in this regard, including with respect to the
               implementation of resolution 2272 (2016);
                    17. Encourages UNMISS to ensure that any support provided to non-United
               Nations security forces is provided in strict compliance with the HRDDP on United
               Nations Support to non-United Nations security forces;
                     18. Requests UNMISS to assist the Committee, within existing resources,
               established pursuant to paragraph 16 of resolution 2206 (2015) and the Panel of
               Experts established by the same resolution; further urges all parties and Member
               States, as well as international, regional and subregional organizations to ensure
               cooperation with the Panel of Experts and further urges all Member States involved
               to ensure the safety of the members of the Panel of Experts and unhindered access,
               in particular to persons, documents and sites in order for the Panel of Experts to
               execute its mandate;
                     19. Condemns in the strongest terms attacks on and threats made to UNMISS
               personnel and United Nations facilities, as well as those of IGAD, stresses that such
               attacks may constitute violations of the SOFA and/or 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,
               reiterates that the TGNU is bound by the terms of the SOFA, and further demands




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           the immediate and safe release of detained and kidnapped United Nations and
           associated personnel;
                 20. Condemns the clash that took place in Malakal in February 2016 and the
           fighting in Juba in July 2016, and urges the UN to continuously incorporate lessons
           learned to conduct reforms across UNMISS to better enable it to implement its
           mandate, in particular regarding the protection of civilians, and to improve Mission
           chain of command, increase the effectiveness of UNMISS operations, strengthen
           safety and security of personnel, and enhance UNMISS’ ability to manage complex
           situations;
                21. Reiterates its request that UNMISS continue to take measures, as
           appropriate, to ensure the security of its air operations in South Sudan and report
           thereon to the Council;
                 22. Condemns in the strongest terms attacks on and looting of humanitarian
           aid, including food and medicine, and premises, including hospitals and
           warehouses, and demands that all parties allow, in accordance with relevant
           provisions of international law and United Nations gui ding principles of emergency
           humanitarian assistance, including humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and
           independence, the rapid, safe and unhindered access of relief personnel, equipment
           and supplies, and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance, to all those in need
           throughout South Sudan in particular to IDPs and refugees and stresses that any
           returns or other durable solutions for IDPs or refugees must be undertaken on a
           voluntary and informed basis in conditions of dignity and safety;
                23. Further demands that all parties immediately cease all forms of violence,
           human rights violations and abuses, violations of international humanitarian law,
           including rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, and hold
           perpetrators accountable, in order to break the prevailing cycle of impunity;
                 24. Condemns all violations of applicable international law, including
           international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of international human
           rights committed by all parties to the conflict, in particular against children, and
           strongly urges parties to implement conclusions and commitments as described in
           paragraph 25 of resolution 2252 (2015) to end violations and abuses against
           children, including the immediate release of all children in their ranks;
                 25. Strongly urges the SPLA, SPLA-IO, and other armed groups to prevent
           further commission of sexual violence, urges the TGNU and the SPLA/IO to
           implement the joint and unilateral commitments and actio n plans they have made on
           preventing conflict-related sexual violence with focus on prevention, accountability,
           and enhancing assistance to victims, and strongly urges SPLA leadership to issue
           specific command orders regarding prevention of conflict -related sexual violence,
           and demands the TGNU show concrete steps to hold perpetrators within their ranks
           accountable for crimes of sexual violence;
                26. Underscores that truth-seeking and reconciliation is essential for
           achieving peace in South Sudan and in this regard stresses that the Commission of
           Truth, Reconciliation and Healing, as stipulated in the Agreement, is a critical part
           of the peacebuilding process in South Sudan, to spearhead efforts to achieve
           national cohesion, promote peace, national reconciliation and healing;




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                     27. Takes note of the steps taken by the African Union towards the setting up
               of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan as provided for under Chapter V of the
               Agreement, as well as the work done to date by the UN, welcomes the African
               Union’s formal invitation for the UN to provide technical assistance towards the
               setting up of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan, and requests the Secretary-General
               to continue to make available technical assistance to the Commission of the African
               Union and to the TGNU in setting up the Hybrid Court for South Sudan and for the
               implementation of other aspects of Chapter V of the Agreement, including with
               regard to the establishment of the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation, and
               Healing;
                     28. Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to move forward
               expeditiously and transparently to complete the ongoing investigations of
               allegations of human rights violations and abuses in a manner consistent with its
               international obligations, and encourages it to release the re ports of those
               investigations;
                     29. Further calls upon the Government of South Sudan, while taking note of
               paragraph 3.2.2 of Chapter V of the Agreement, to hold to account all those
               responsible for violations and abuses of human rights and violations of i nternational
               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, and notes that implementing
               holistic transitional justice measures, including accountability, truth -seeking and
               reparations, are key to healing and reconciliation;
                     30. Condemns attacks on oil installations, petroleum companies and their
               employees, and any fighting around these facilities, and urges all parties to ensure
               the security of economic infrastructure;

               Reports
                     31. Requests that the Secretary-General provide detailed information within
               30 days on force generation, restructuring of the UNMISS force, logistical support
               and enablers, and civilian personnel to implement the mandate, as well as whether
               the TGNU has maintained its consent in principle to deployment of the RPF and not
               imposed any political or operational impediments to operationalizing the RPF or
               obstructed UNMISS in the performance of its mandate, and requests the Secretary-General to review needs on the ground, and provide an updated assessment of the
               RPF’s operations, deployment, and future requirements, as well as any political or
               operational impediments to operationalizing the RPF and obstructions to UNMISS
               in performance of its mandate, within 30 days after the adoption of this resolution,
               and every 30 days thereafter;
                    32. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council on
               implementation of the UNMISS mandate including UNMISS’ RPF as well as to
               report on progress in implementing the HRDDP per paragraph 17 above, an update
               on how UNMISS is working toward fulfilling its protection of civilian duties,
               including but not limited to new patrol areas and proactive deployment per
               paragraph 15 above, and the consideration of gender as cross cutting through the
               mandate per paragraph 14 above, and to present the recommendations on the steps
               to adapt UNMISS to the situation on the ground and to increase efficie ncy of the




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           implementation of its mandate in a same comprehensive written report to be
           submitted within 90 days of the date of adoption of this resolution, and every 90
           days thereafter;
                 33. Recalls the paragraph 6 of resolution 2304 (2016), requests the
           Secretary-General to continue consulting with Troop- and Police- contributing
           countries, to enhance the safety and security of UNMISS’s personnel to enable
           UNMISS to execute effectively its mandate in a comp lex security environment, and
           requests that the Secretary-General report in his regular reports to the Council on
           steps taken to enhance the safety and security of UN personnel, as well as report on
           reforms to better enable UNMISS to implement its mandate, including improving
           chain of command, increasing effectiveness of UNMISS operations, enhancing
           UNMISS’ ability to manage complex situations, per paragraph 18 above;
                 34. Requests the Secretary-General to provide within 6 months of adoption
           of this resolution a review of progress made by the parties in ceasing hostilities,
           returning to the path of dialogue, and achieving inclusiveness within the
           government, as well as recommend any relevant adjustments to the UNMISS
           mandate;
                 35. Requests the Secretary-General to report, through his regular 90-day
           reports, on the technical assistance provided consistent with paragraph 27 above,
           invites the African Union to share information on progress made in the
           establishment of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan, with the Secretary-General to
           inform his report, and expresses the Security Council’s intention upon receipt of the
           Secretary-General’s reports to assess the work that has been done in the
           establishment of the Hybrid Court in line with international standards;
                36.   Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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