UN Security Council
2018

and progress of these negotiations under his auspices, on the implementation of this resolution, challenges to MINURSO’s operations and steps taken to address them, expresses its intention to meet to receive and discuss his briefings and in this regard, further requests the Secretary-General to provide a report on the situation in Western Sahara well before the end of the mandate period; 15. Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary General to standardize a culture of performance in UN peacekeeping, and calls on him to continue his efforts to develop an integrated performance policy framework and apply it to MINURSO, requests the Secretary-General to seek to increase the number of women in MINURSO, as well as to ensure the meaningful participation of women in all aspects of operations; 16. Urges MINURSO to continue to consider how new technologies can be used to reduce risk, improve force protection, and better implement its mandate; 17. Encourages the parties to cooperate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to identify and implement confidence -building