UN Security Council
2023

23-22259 (E) *2322259* S/RES/2708 (2023) 4. Urges the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to provide full support for UNISFA in the implementation of its mandate and deployment of UNISFA personnel, including to facilitate the smooth functioning of all UNISFA bases and JBVMM teams sites, in line with their primary responsibility as host states and the Status of Forces Agreements, and further reiterates that the Abyei Area shall be demilitarized from any forces, as well as armed elements of the local communities, other than UNISFA and the Abyei Police Service when it is gradually established, and urges the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan and the local communities to take all necessary steps in this regard; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to inform the Security Council of progress in implementing UNISFA’s mandate as set out in paragraph 34 of resolution 2609 (2021), as well as on progress on the issues described in paragraph 5 of resolution 2630 (2022), with combined written reports provided on 1 May 2024 and 15 October 2024;