UN Security Council
2019

42. Underlines the need to further improve the effectiveness of the Force Intervention Brigade to ensure effective, timely, dynamic and integrated protection of civilians and the neutralisation of armed groups by, inter alia, completing implementation of past assessments to reinvigorate the Intervention Brigade ’s operational effectiveness, attaching additional staff officers, as deemed appropriate by MONUSCO Force Headquarters, and undertaking the action set out in paragraph 14/17 19-22163 S/RES/2502 (2019) 29(i)(e) of this resolution, welcomes in this regard the Secretary-General’s decision to send an evaluation mission to assess the ability of MONUSCO ’s Force to effectively deliver on its protection of civilians mandate, identity operational deficiencies and gaps and make practical recommendations on how to improve the Force’s performance in these domains, and looks forward to its results; 43. Requests the Secretary-General to take all possible steps, including through the full use of existing authorities and at his discretion, to maximise MONUSCO’s operational capacity and ability to discharge its mandate, with a specific focus on priority areas, including through enhancing MONUSCO ’s