UN Security Council
2018

of the DRC, the UN Country Team and other relevant stakeholders with a view to increasing national ownership and progressively transferring tasks for a smooth exit of MONUSCO, and to keep under constant review the Secretary-General’s findings relating to adjustments following the successful holding of elections and sustainable progress towards reducing the threat posed by armed groups; Strategic review 57. Takes note of the strategic review presented by the Secretary-General (S/2017/826) and endorses the recommendations relating to proposed adjustments to MONUSCO in the pre-electoral phase, requests the Secretary-General to implement changes in the mission leadership and mission support, and to implement a zerotolerance policy on serious misconduct, sexual exploitation and abuse, fraud, corruption, trafficking in natural resources or wildlife, including by making full use of the existing authority of the SRSG to ensure accountability of the Mission’s staff and through effective mission support arrangement; 58. Requests the Secretary-General to take full consideration of the evolution of the security situation in implementing changes to the Force, especially when considering the deployment of additional Rapid Deployment Battalions, further