A/HRC/45/55 (o) Strengthen the specific and practical measures, including those targeting the informal sector, taken to prevent the health crisis related to COVID-19 from becoming a food and social crisis; (p) Take all measures necessary to give effect to the recommendations made by the former Independent Expert in her reports on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic. 90. The Independent Expert recommends that the armed groups take the following measures: (a) Immediately cease hostilities and attacks against the civilian population, peacekeepers and humanitarian organizations, and end human rights violations, in accordance with their commitments under the Peace Agreement; (b) Immediately vacate all illegally occupied public infrastructure (such as schools, health centres, courts and town halls) and refrain from violating the rights of State officials as they are gradually redeployed; (c) Heed the calls made by the United Nations, the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States and the Independent Expert for an immediate ceasefire throughout the national territory, and assist in the implementation of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and in the organization of the presidential election in the areas that they continue to occupy; (d) Participate, without restriction, in the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation programme, as provided for in the Peace Agreement, and honour their commitments regarding the discharge, demobilization and reintegration of the children serving in their ranks; (e) End illegal exploitation of natural resources; (f) Contribute to the restoration of State authority throughout the country and provide support for the process of truth, justice and reparations for victims; (g) Refrain from impeding in any way the organization of free and transparent elections throughout the Central African Republic in accordance with the established constitutional timetable. 91. The Independent Expert recommends that MINUSCA take the following measures: (a) Give priority to strengthening the capacity of national institutions by reinforcing the strategy of transferring expertise and knowledge from its technical support and assistance services to State officials and services as they are gradually trained and deployed; (b) Continue and intensify capacity-building of civil society organizations, including journalists, women and young people; (c) Mobilize the resources of the United Nations system, including OHCHR, to support the Government in implementing recently adopted laws and the recommendations made in the context of the universal periodic review and by the treaty bodies and the Independent Expert. 92. The Independent Expert recommends that the international community take the following measures: (a) Strengthen support for humanitarian action in the different camps for internally displaced persons in the country in order to guarantee the provision of adequate humanitarian assistance, including measures to protect against COVID-19; (b) Continue to support the reform of the security sector and the judiciary by supporting the training, deployment and equipment of the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic and the internal security forces, as well as State officials working in the areas of security and justice within regional governments; GE.20-10998 17