UN Security Council
2021

populations in the CAR in particular from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, also recalling in this regard the importance of national efforts to restore State authority in all parts of the country, Emphasizing that any sustainable solution to the crisis in the CAR should be CAR-owned, including the political process, and should prioritise reconciliation of the Central African people, through an inclusive process that involves men and women of all social, economic, political, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including those displaced by the crisis, Recalling the signing of the Political Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in the CAR by the CAR authorities and 14 armed groups in Bangui on 6 February 2019 (“the APPR”), after the peace talks that took place in Khartoum, Sudan, within the framework of the African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in the CAR and under the auspices of the African Union (AU), and stressing its centrality and the need for further progress in its implementation, Reaffirming that implementation of the APPR remains the only mechanism for