UN Security Council
2023

6/20 23-22375 S/RES/2709 (2023) civilians, humanitarians or the political process, and urges the CAR authorities to accelerate efforts to bring all elements of the CAR armed forces under a single, unified chain of command to ensure effective oversight, command and control, including appropriate national vetting and training systems, and to provide appropriate budgetary support and continue to implement a comprehensive national security strategy that is consistent with the peace process, including the APPR; 13. Expresses serious concerns about repeated allegations of violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law by some e lements of the CAR defence and security forces, welcomes the measures announced by the Government of the CAR to hold accountable those responsible for such violations, including the work of the Special Criminal Court, and calls on international partners to insist on respect for international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international refugee law and accountability as a necessary condition when partnering with the CAR defence and security forces; 14. Calls on the CAR authorities to ensure that all security actors in country