UN Security Council
2022

assistance, and for the voluntary safe, dignified and sustainable return or local integration or resettlement of internally displaced persons or refugees in close coordination with humanitarian actors, while contributing to alleviate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic as requested in resolution 2532 (2020); (d) Protection of the United Nations To protect the United Nations personnel, installations, equipment and goods and ensure the security and freedom of movement of United Nations and associat ed personnel; 12/22 22-25701 S/RES/2659 (2022) Other tasks 36. Further authorises MINUSCA to pursue the following tasks of its mandate, working in close coordination with the United Nations Country Team, bearing in mind that these tasks as well as those in paragraph 34 above are mutual l y reinforcing: (a) Support for the extension of State authority, the deployment of security forces, and the preservation of territorial integrity (i) To continue to support the CAR authorities in safeguarding Stat e institutions and implementing its strategy for the extension of State authorit y, including through the implementation of relevant provisions of the APPR, for the