Security Council resolution 2525 (2020) [on extension of the mandate of the AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) until 31 Dec. 2020]
Symbol: S/RES/2525 (2020)
Date: 2020-06-03
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/75 [204] AU/UN HYBRID OPERATION IN DARFUR
S/75 [160] SUDAN--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
S/ X Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.
Subjects: AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur|UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|COVID-19|DARFUR (SUDAN)|SUDAN
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
vote: yes
country: ESTONIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GERMANY
vote: yes
country: INDONESIA
vote: yes
country: NIGER
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
vote: yes
country: SOUTH AFRICA
vote: yes
country: TUNISIA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                   S/RES/2525 (2020)
               Security Council                                               Distr.: General
                                                                              3 June 2020




               Resolution 2525 (2020)
               Adopted by the Security Council on 3 June 2020

                    The Security Council,
                     Reaffirming all its previous resolutions and presidential statements concerning
               the situation in Sudan,
                      Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, unity, independence, and
               territorial integrity of Sudan,
                     Reaffirming the primary responsibility of the Government of Sudan to protect
               civilians across its territory and recognising improvements in security conditions in
               Darfur, acknowledging in this regard the Government of Sudan’s National Plan for
               Civilian Protection (S/2020/429) and the weapons-collection programme, while
               expressing concern that the security situation in some regions of Darfur remains
               precarious, and underscoring the need to protect peacebuilding gains in Darfur, avoid
               a relapse into conflict and mitigate the risks for the population posed inter alia by
               threats against civilians in Darfur, inter-communal violence, human rights violations
               and abuses, violations of international humanitarian law and continued displacement,
                    Underscoring that it is imperative that the withdrawal of the African Union -
               United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) should take into account the
               progress made in the peace process, and supporting the African Union Peace and
               Security Council’s call for extreme caution in the withdrawal of UNAMID,
                    Recognising the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UNAMID’s drawdown,
                  Taking note of the Special Report of the Chairperson of the African Union
               Commission and the Secretary-General of the United Nations (S/2020/202),
                    Taking note of the of the African Union Peace and Security Council’s
               Communiqué of 3 March 2020 (PSC/PR/COMM.(CMXIII)) and 27 May 2020
               (PS/PR/COMM.(CMXXVII)),
                    Determining that the situation in Darfur constitutes a threat to international
               peace and security,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter,
                    1.    Decides to extend the mandate of the African Union-United Nations
               Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) as contained in resolution 2495 (2019) until
               31 December 2020, and further decides that UNAMID shall maintain its current troop
               and police ceiling during this period;




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                     2.   Expresses its intention to decide by 31 December 2020, taking into account
               the findings of the Special Report requested in paragraph 11 of this resolution, courses
               of action regarding the responsible drawdown and exit of UNAMID in line with
               paragraph 1 of this resolution;
                     3.    Decides that UNAMID’s strategic priority shall be protection of civilians
               as set out in paragraph 3 (iii) of resolution 2495 (2019), to be implemented including
               by supporting the Government of Sudan’s capacity to protect civilians, and by
               preserving the requisite capacity, particularly in Jebel Marra;
                     4.    Underscores that UNAMID shall retain its responsibility for the protection
               of civilians in Darfur in line with paragraph 3 of this resolution and without prejudice
               to the primary responsibility of the Government of Sudan, and reiterates that the
               modalities and timeline for the transition of responsibility from UNAMID to the
               United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) for
               unarmed civilian protection activities, in line with UNITAMS strategic objectives,
               will be determined by the UNITAMS-UNAMID transition coordination mechanism,
               as appropriate and in line with paragraph 5 of this resolution;
                     5.   Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to continue transition
               planning and management in accordance with the established policies, directives and
               best practices in order to ensure that the eventual transition from UNAMID to
               UNITAMS is phased, sequenced and efficient, and further reiterates its requests, in
               this regard, that UNAMID and UNITAMS establish a coordination mechanism to
               determine the modalities and timelines for the transition of responsibilities where the
               two missions have common strategic objectives and priorities in Darfur and in order
               to ensure close coordination and cooperation, information and analysis sharing, to
               maximise synergies, leverage resources and prevent the duplication of efforts;
                     6.    Requests UNAMID to ensure that team sites and assets are handed over in
               line with general United Nations practices and financial regulations, taking all
               practical steps and precautions to ensure the assets are safely transferred to the control
               of the designated entity, and calls upon UNAMID and the Government of Sudan to
               finalise swiftly a revised framework agreement which ensures the principle of civilian
               end-use and the security and physical integrity of the handed-over UNAMID team
               sites and assets that will not be used by UNITAMS and its integrated United Nations
               Country Team partners;
                     7.   Calls upon the Government of Sudan to swiftly conclude its ongoing
               investigations into recent looting of previously handed-over UNAMID team sites, and
               further calls upon the Government of Sudan to continue to hold accountable
               individuals who participated in such looting incidents;
                     8.    Requests UNAMID to provide support, within its mandate and capacities
               and existing resources, to Sudan in its efforts to contain the spread of COVID -19, in
               particular to facilitate and support unhindered humanitarian access, including to
               internally displaced persons and refugee camps, further requests UNAMID, member
               states and the Government of Sudan to take all appropriate steps to protect the safety,
               security and health of all UNAMID personnel, in line with resolution 2518 (2020),
               including by allowing medical evacuations, while maintaining the continuity of
               operations, and to take further steps towards the provision of training for UNAMID
               personnel on issues related to preventing the spread of COVID -19;
                    9.    Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to
               standardize a culture of performance in United Nations peacekeeping, recalls its
               requests in resolution 2378 (2017) and resolution 2436 (2018) that the Secretary-General ensure that performance data related to the effectiveness of peacekeeping
               operations is used to improve mission operations, including decisions such as those


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           regarding deployment, remediation, repatriation and incentives, reaffirms its support
           for the development of a comprehensive and integrated performance policy
           framework that identifies clear standards of performance for evaluating all United
           Nations civilian and uniformed personnel working in and supporting peacekeeping
           operations that facilitates effective and full implementation of mandates, and includes
           comprehensive and objective methodologies based on clear and well-defined
           benchmarks to ensure accountability for underperformance and incentives and
           recognition for outstanding performance, calls on the United Nations to apply this
           framework to UNAMID as described in resolution 2436 (2018), in particular by
           investigating and taking immediate action following significant performance failures
           to implement the protection of civilians strategy, to include the rotation, repatriation,
           replacement or dismissal of the under-performing UNAMID uniformed or civilian
           personnel, including mission leadership and mission support personnel, consistent
           with resolution 2436 (2018), and notes the efforts of the Secretary-General to develop
           a comprehensive performance assessment system and requests the Secretary-General
           and the troop and police contributing countries to seek to increase the number of
           women in UNAMID, as well as to ensure the full, effective and meaningful
           participation of women in all aspects of operations;
                 10. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Security Council with an
           update on the implementation of UNAMID’s mandate every 90 days as an annex to
           the regular reporting requested on UNITAMS;
                11. Request the Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union
           Commission to provide the Security Council with a Special Report no later than
           31 October 2020, which includes an assessment of the situation on the ground,
           including the impact of the peace process on the security situation in Darfur, the
           capacity of the Government of Sudan, including the SPF, to protect civilians in line
           with the strategy outlined in the Government of Sudan’s letter addressed to the
           President of the Security Council dated 21 May 2020 ( S/2020/429), and
           recommendations on the appropriate course of action regarding the drawdown of
           UNAMID, taking into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic;
                12.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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