UN Security Council
2014

measures to protect human rights, put an end to impunity, initiate investigations to identify the perpetrators of such acts and bring them to justice and take action to protect witnesses in order to ensure due process; also urges them to take steps to mitigate the climate of fear resulting from restrictions on freedom of expression and freedom of assembly; 4. Welcomes the joint efforts by international partners, in particular the United Nations, AU, ECOWAS, EU and CPLP, to enhance cooperatio n in support of the legitimate democratic government in Guinea-Bissau and encourages them to continue to work together towards the country’s stabilization; 5. Encourages the efforts in support of SSR as a crucial element for longterm stability in Guinea-Bissau and encourages coordinated action by all relevant regional, subregional and international partners of Guinea -Bissau in this field in order to obtain expeditious and positive results; 6. Calls upon the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to review, adopt and implement national legislations and mechanisms to more effectively combat transnational organized crime, in particular drug trafficking and money -laundering,