UN Security Council
2019

elections in the DRC, commending the millions of Congolese people who went to the polls calmly and with determination, leading to the first peaceful transfer of power between Heads of State in the DRC, despite technical, logistical and security challenges and the decision to suspend the vote in certain parts of the country for specific health and security reasons, and welcoming the use of legal mechanisms by those who sought to dispute the outcome of the elections, Stressing the crucial importance of the full completion of the current electoral cycle, including the outstanding legislative by-elections, and of peaceful, transparent, inclusive and credible local elections in accordance with the Constitution and Electoral Law, calling upon all parties to continue to reject violence of any kind, exercise maximum restraint in their actions and statements, to refrain from provocations such as violence and speeches inciting violence, so as not to inflame the situation, and to address their differences peacefully, noting the example set by the 31 December 2016 “comprehensive and inclusive political agreement” in that regard,