Security Council resolution 2030 (2011) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) until 28 Feb. 2013]
Symbol: S/RES/2030(2011)
Date: 2011-12-21
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/66 [186] GUINEA-BISSAU SITUATION
Subjects: UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau|Guinea-Bissau. Armed Forces|Economic Community of West African States|Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa|National Commission of Inquiry (Guinea-Bissau)|African Union|European Union|West Africa Coast Initiative|PEACEBUILDING|POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION|GUINEA-BISSAU|SECURITY SECTOR REFORM|RULE OF LAW|DRUG TRAFFIC|RECONCILIATION|ORGANIZED CRIME
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
vote: yes
country: BRAZIL
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: COLOMBIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GABON
vote: yes
country: GERMANY
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: LEBANON
vote: yes
country: NIGERIA
vote: yes
country: PORTUGAL
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SOUTH AFRICA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                 S/RES/2030 (2011)
               Security Council                                               Distr.: General
                                                                              21 December 2011




               Resolution 2030 (2011)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 6695th meeting, on
               21 December 2011

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous resolutions and statements of its President concerning
               the situation in Guinea-Bissau, in particular its resolutions 1876 (2009) and 1949
               (2010),
                    Welcoming the efforts made by the Government of Guinea-Bissau towards the
               maintenance of stability and constitutional order, including the work of the National
               Assembly on reconciliation,
                    Noting the encouraging steps taken by the Government of Guinea-Bissau in
               achieving economic reform, including public administration and public finance
               reforms, and welcoming the adoption by the authorities of Guinea-Bissau of the
               second poverty reduction strategy paper and a national strategic document for action
               on the social determinants of health, and noting the efforts of bilateral partners to
               support the development of the health sector,
                     Stressing the importance of the upcoming legislative election in Guinea-Bissau
               and the need to have free, fair and transparent elections as a crucial and necessary
               step towards the consolidation of democracy and national reconciliation, and calling
               upon all stakeholders to contribute to a peaceful environment during and after the
               election,
                     Reaffirming that the Government of Guinea-Bissau and all stakeholders must
               remain committed to national reconciliation through genuine and inclusive political
               dialogue, respect for constitutional order, reforms in the defence, security and
               justice sectors, the promotion of the rule of law, human rights and the promotion of
               socio-economic development and the fight against impunity and illicit drug
               trafficking,
                     Stressing the importance of security sector reform for the consolidation of
               peace in Guinea-Bissau and the need for the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to
               intensify efforts to create the enabling environment for enhanced civilian control
               over the security forces of Guinea-Bissau, in particular the armed forces,
                     Noting with deep concern the threats to national and subregional security and
               stability posed by the growth in illicit drug trafficking and organized crime in


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               Guinea-Bissau, welcoming the approval by the Government of the 2011-2014
               National Operational Plan to combat illicit drug trafficking and organized crime and
               the establishment in Guinea-Bissau, under the framework of the West Africa Coast
               Initiative (WACI), of a Transnational Crime Unit, and re-emphasizing the need to
               tackle the problem of illicit drug trafficking in the countries of origin, transit and
               final destination through an approach of common and shared responsibility,
                      Reiterating the importance of the continued support of the United Nations and
               the international community for the long-term security and development of Guinea-Bissau, particularly in the fields of security sector reform, justice, the fight against
               illicit drug trafficking and to create the enabling environment to fight impunity and
               strengthen Guinea-Bissau’s institutional capacity,
                     Welcoming the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States
               (ECOWAS) and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) to assist
               in the reforms of the defence and security sectors in Guinea-Bissau, noting the need
               for further efforts to implement the ECOWAS-CPLP road map in support of those
               reforms and encouraging the international community to remain engaged in
               addressing key challenges in the country,
                    Reiterating the importance of regional and subregional cooperation in
               addressing the challenges faced by Guinea-Bissau,
                    Encouraging relevant stakeholders to remain engaged in addressing key
               governance and peacebuilding challenges in the country,
                    Re-emphasizing that the Government of Guinea-Bissau bears the primary
               responsibility for security, the protection of its civilian population, peacebuilding
               and long-term development in the country,
                    Recalling its appreciation for the work of the United Nations Integrated
               Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) in coordinating the assistance
               provided by the United Nations and international partners to Guinea-Bissau,
                     Welcoming the continued engagement of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)
               in Guinea-Bissau and the recent visit of the Chair of the Commission’s Guinea-Bissau Configuration, taking note of the briefing of the Chair of the Guinea-Bissau
               Configuration of the PBC on 3 November 2011 and acknowledging the contribution
               of the Peacebuilding Fund to peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau;
                   Reaffirming its full commitment to the consolidation of peace and stability in
               Guinea-Bissau,
                     1.   Decides to extend the mandate of UNIOGBIS as established in paragraph
               3 of resolution 1876 (2009), until 28 February 2013;
                    2.   Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on Guinea-Bissau dated
               21 October 2011 (S/2011/655) and of the recommendations contained therein and
               welcomes the activities of UNIOGBIS;
                     3.   Takes note of the strategic work plan developed pursuant to resolution
               1949, emphasizes that the reform of the defence and security sectors, the fight
               against impunity and the fight against illicit drug trafficking remain priority sectors
               for peace consolidation in Guinea-Bissau and further requests the Secretary-General
               to measure and track progress, in the next reports, on the work of UNIOGBIS in
               support of efforts by the relevant authorities of Guinea-Bissau in those sectors


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           through the appropriate benchmarks, including recommendations to address gaps if
           there are any, without prejudice to the remaining tasks of the UNIOGBIS mandate;
                 4.   Calls upon the Government and all political stakeholders in Guinea-Bissau to work together to consolidate peace and stability in the country, use legal
           and peaceful means to resolve differences and intensify efforts for genuine and
           inclusive political dialogue and national reconciliation, including the National
           Conference on Reconciliation and requests the Secretary-General, including through
           his Special Representative, to support such efforts;
                 5.   Urges members of the Armed Forces of Guinea-Bissau, in particular its
           leaders, to respect constitutional order, civilian rule and oversight, as well as the
           rule of law and human rights, to refrain from any interference in political issues, to
           guarantee the security of the national institutions, as well as the population in
           general, and to fully participate in the reform of the defence and security sectors
           further urges Guinea-Bissau’s political leaders to refrain from involving the military
           and the judiciary in politics;
                 6.   Requests the Secretary-General, through his Special Representative in
           Guinea-Bissau, to continue to assist the Government to enhance its coordination of
           international assistance for credible security sector reform under the principle of
           national ownership and full civilian control of the military;
                 7.    Welcomes the ECOWAS-CPLP partnership to support Security Sector
           Reform (SSR) in Guinea-Bissau, calls on ECOWAS, CPLP and the Government of
           Guinea-Bissau to continue to fulfil their commitments in the framework of the
           ECOWAS-CPLP road map, especially the operationalization of a pension fund for
           members of the armed forces and security services, including their leaders, as well
           as the rejuvenation and professionalization of the military and security structures,
           recognizes the importance of contributions to the pension fund to take forward SSR,
           and in this context further welcomes the contribution of the Government of Guinea-Bissau to the pension fund and further calls on the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to
           complete the adoption of the basic legislation and framework related to the reform
           of the defence and security sectors including the pension fund;
                 8.   Calls for the conclusion of the investigations into the political
           assassinations of March and June 2009 as soon as possible, calls on the Government
           of Guinea-Bissau to create the enabling environment to ensure that the work of the
           National Commission of Inquiry is credible, transparent and consistent with
           internationally agreed standards, and requests the Secretary-General, to assist in the
           conclusion of these investigations, and further calls on the AU, ECOWAS, the
           CPLP, the European Union (EU) and other partners, to support, as appropriate, these
           and other efforts by the authorities to end impunity;
                  9.    Calls upon the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to ensure the prosecution,
           with full respect for due process, of those responsible for all criminal acts including
           illicit drug trafficking;
                10. Urges the Government of Guinea-Bissau to continue to tackle corruption
           including by implementing the United Nations Convention against Corruption;
                11. Encourages the Government of Guinea-Bissau to continue                    the
           implementation of the West Africa Coast Initiative (WACI) in the country;




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                     12. Also urges the international community, including the Peacebuilding
               Commission and regional organizations such as the AU, ECOWAS, the CPLP and
               the EU, as well as bilateral partners as appropriate, to increase their support to
               WACI to fight transnational organized crime and illicit drug trafficking which
               threaten security and stability in Guinea-Bissau and in the subregion; welcomes in
               this regard the commitment of the Government of Guinea-Bissau to tackle this
               threat through the implementation of its 2011-2014 national operational plan and
               calls on the Government to allocate the necessary resources to implement the plan
               and for international partners to assist national authorities in this regard;
                     13. Requests the Peacebuilding Commission to continue to support the
               implementation of Guinea-Bissau’s peacebuilding priorities as well as to continue to
               provide advice to the Security Council on how to remove critical obstacles to
               peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau, in particular security sector reform and illicit drug
               trafficking and to keep the Council updated on progress it has made in helping to
               address these;
                     14. Calls on all national stakeholders, including political, military and civil
               society actors, to fully participate in the National Conference on Reconciliation and
               to ensure that a follow-up mechanism to implement the National Conference’s
               recommendations be put in place;
                    15. Encourages the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to
               continue to pursue efforts to enhance integration and effectiveness of the United
               Nations presence on the ground in support of the stabilization, peace and
               development priorities of the Government and people of Guinea-Bissau and further,
               to give special attention to increased interaction with the authorities of Guinea-Bissau in order to strengthen its institutional capacities;
                     16. Emphasizes the important role of women in prevention and resolution of
               conflicts and in peacebuilding, as recognized in resolution 1325 (2000),1820 (2008),
               1888 (2009),1889 (2009) and 1960 (2010), underlines that a gender perspective
               should continue to be taken into account in implementing all aspects of the mandate
               of UNIOGBIS, and encourages UNIOGBIS to continue to work with national
               authorities in this regard, and relevant stakeholders to improve women’s
               participation in peacebuilding;
                     17. Requests the Secretary-General to report on progress made in
               implementing this resolution and the mandate of UNIOGBIS as outlined in
               resolution 1876 (2009) through a briefing in March 2012, a report in July 2012 and
               every six months thereafter;
                    18.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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