UN Security Council
2023

coordinating their actions with the CAR Government to bring lasting peace and stability to the CAR, Condemning cross-border criminal activities, such as arms trafficking, illicit trade, illegal exploitation, and trafficking of natural resources, including gold, diamonds, timber, and wildlife, as well as the illicit transfer, destabilising accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons, that threaten the peace 23-14725 (E) *2314725* S/RES/2693 (2023) and stability of the CAR, also condemning the use of mercenaries and violations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by them, encouraging the Government of CAR to continue enhancing the existing collaboration with neighbouring countries to secure its borders and other entry points to prevent the cross-border flows of armed combatants, arms and conflict minerals, stressing the need for CAR authorities to finalise and implement, in cooperation with relevant partners, a strategy to tackle the illegal exploitation and smug gling of natural resources, and encouraging the government of CAR and neighbouring countries to work together to secure their borders, Expressing serious concern about the humanitarian situation in the CAR, further