UN Security Council
2023

United Nations S/RES/2709 (2023) Security Council Distr.: General 15 November 2023 Resolution 2709 (2023) Adopted by the Security Council at its 9476th meeting, on 15 November 2023 The Security Council, Recalling all of its previous resolutions, statements of its President, and press statements on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the CAR, and recalling the importance of the principles of non-interference, good-neighbourliness and regional cooperation, Reaffirming the basic principles of peacekeeping, such as consent of the parties, impartiality, and non-use of force, except in self-defence and defence of the mandate, recognising that the mandate of each peacekeeping mission is specific to the need and situation of the country concerned, underlining that the mandates that it authorises are consistent with the basic principles, reiterating that the Security Council expects full delivery of the mandates it authorises, and recalling in this regard its resolution 2436 (2018), Recalling that the CAR authorities have the primary responsibility to protect all