UN Security Council
2018

efforts and calling on the Secretariat to support MONUSCO to fully implement its mandate, Recalling that it is important that all MONUSCO contingents, including the contingents of the Intervention Brigade, are properly trained and effectively equipped, including with adequate language skills, staffed and supported to be able to sustain their commitment to carry out their respective tasks, Recalling resolution 2378 (2017), which requests the Secretary-General to ensure that data related to the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations, including peacekeeping performance data, is used to improve analytics and evaluation of mission operations, based on clear and well identified benchmarks, Noting the publication of the report on “Improving Security of United Nations Peacekeepers”, which highlights the link between the safety and security of peacekeepers and the performance of troops, recognizing that fatalities can be a consequence of deficiencies in training, equipment and performance, Welcoming the initiative of the SG to conduct Special Investigations into performance issues, encouraging the SG to report on the findings of such investigations and efforts to take collective action to improve peacekeeping operations,