UN Security Council
2020

other entry points to prevent the cross-border flows of armed combatants, arms and conflict minerals and stressing the need for CAR authorities to finalise and implement, in cooperation with relevant partners, a strategy to tackle the i llegal exploitation and smuggling of natural resources, Taking note of the upcoming presidential, legislative and local elections in 2020 and 2021 and underlining the primary responsibility of the CAR authorities in their organization, noting their efforts to conduct the electoral process in accordance with the Constitution and welcoming in that regard the commitments made by President Touadéra during the high level meeting on the CAR he co-chaired with the AU and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on 1 October 2020, noting the opinion of the Constitutional Court that any change in constitutional timelines should result from a broad national consultation and consensus, stressing that only inclusive, free, fair, transparent, credible, p eaceful and timely elections, undisturbed by disinformation and other forms of manipulation of information, can bring lasting stability to the CAR, including through the full, equal and meaningful