UN Security Council
2023

22. Takes full note of the comprehensive disengagement plan, including three distinct and successive phases of disengagement, submitted to the Security Council by the Government of the DRC and the United Nations in line with S/PRST/2023/5, acknowledges MONUSCO’s plan to begin the withdrawal of its Force from South Kivu before the end of 2023, decides to initiate the gradual, responsible and sustainable withdrawal of the mission from DRC and implement the gradual handover of responsibilities to the Government of DRC; 8/15 23-25640 S/RES/2717 (2023) 23. Decides that the mission will withdraw its Force from South Kivu by the end of April 2024 and limit the implementation of its mandate to the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri from May 2024 until the end of the current mandate, authorises MONUSCO to maintain a sufficient residual civilian presence in South Kivu in order to ensure an orderly withdrawal of the mission from this province and a smooth and responsible transfer of the mission responsibilities to the Congolese authorities, in line with the disengagement plan, with a particular focus on the protection of