UN Security Council
2017

(v) whether the conditions on the ground remain conducive to further reductions; 7. Decides, from 31 January 2018, to further reduce UNAMID’s troop and police ceiling, taking into account the recommendations in the Special Report (“phase two”), and that by 30 June 2018, UNAMID’s authorised ceiling for troops and police shall be reduced to consist of up to 8,735 military personnel and 2,500 police personnel including individual police officers and members of formed police units, unless the Security Council decides, taking into account the findings of the assessment requested in paragraph six of this Resolution, to adjust the scope and pace of the reduction; 8. Stresses that, in the context of the evolving security situation, any further refinement of the Mission should be based on progress against the benchmarks and the conditions on the ground, and implemented in a gradual, phased, flexible and reversible manner, and that a reduction in the uniformed component should preserve the hybrid nature of the Mission and should prioritise the retention of the highest performing contingents;