UN Security Council
2015

2. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the strategic review of MONUSCO and the wider United Nations presence (S/2014/957) submitted pursuant to paragraph 39 of its resolution 2147 (2014), fully endorses its recommendations, including on the transformation of the MONUSCO force to become more efficient and effective in implementing its mandate, and calls for their effective and rapid implementation and reiterates that multi-dimensional peacekeeping requires a comprehensive approach, and requests MONUSCO’s military, police and civilian components to work together in an integrated way; 3. Endorses the recommendation of the Secretary-General to reduce the MONUSCO force by 2,000 troops, while maintaining an authorized troop ceiling of 19,815 military personnel, 760 military observers and staff officers, 391 police personnel, and 1050 personnel of formed police units; 4. Expresses its intention to make this troop reduction permanent, through a revised troop ceiling, consistent with the report of the Secretary-General on the strategic review of MONUSCO, once significant progress has been achieved regarding the priorities of MONUSCO’s mandate, consistent with paragraph 6 below, including the fight against the FDLR;