UN Security Council
2016

16. Expresses deep concern over the proliferation of arms, in particular small arms and light weapons and the use of such arms against civilians and requests UNAMID to continue to cooperate in this context with the Panel of Experts established by resolution 1591 (2005) in order to facilitate their work; notes the Government of Sudan’s announcement of its intention to implement a civilian disarmament campaign for the collection of illicit weapons and calls on the 16-11206 7/15 S/RES/2296 (2016) Secretary-General to provide an update on the implementation of this initiative in his next report; 17. Commends UNAMID troop- and police-contributing countries; welcomes that some progress has been made in addressing contingent -owned equipment and self-sustainment shortfalls, but expresses concern that shortfalls remain; and calls for continued efforts by UNAMID, the Secretariat and troop- and policecontributing countries to address such shortfalls, including by providing appropriate training and resources to fulfil priority protection functions, especially in areas necessary for contingents’ temporary deployment capability and ability to conduct long-range patrols; 18. Strongly condemns all attacks on UNAMID; underlines that any attack or