A/HRC/RES/45/35 of 6 February 2019, and encourages them to fully implement the reform of the security sector in order to establish multi-ethnic, professional, representative and well-equipped national defence and internal security forces, and stresses the need for these forces to respect the principles of accountability and the rule of law so as to win and nurture the trust of local communities, including the preliminary verification procedures relating to human rights conducted by the defence and security forces; 26. Stresses the need for effective access to health care, the need for the effective functioning of the school system and vocational training the infrastructure of which is occupied by armed groups or has been destroyed or damaged because of the conflict, the need for access to sanitation and drinking water where storage, treatment and distribution facilities have deteriorated as a result of the conflict, the need to carry out agropastoral activities disrupted by insecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to register births and civil status, and the need to ensure the provision of local justice services in the context of the inadequate restoration of State authority, and requests the partners of the Central African Republic to support it in the search for responses to these challenges; 27. Welcomes the good cooperation between the authorities of the Central African Republic and international partners, including the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, the European Union civilian advisory mission and the European Union military training mission, with a view to the gradual and sustainable redeployment of the Central African armed forces and the internal security forces trained by the European Union military training mission in the Central African Republic and other international partners, in the wider context of extending the authority of the State and consolidating security, and invites the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic to continue to apply a policy of due diligence in the field of human rights so as to ensure oversight and accountability in relation to the conduct of the national security forces; 28. Requests States Members of the United Nations and international and regional organizations to provide urgent support to the authorities of the Central African Republic in rolling out the above-mentioned reforms and re-establishing the authority of the State throughout the territory, while expanding the role of the Economic Community of Central African States in peace efforts and cross-border issues, including the seasonal migration of animals; 29. Requests the international community to enhance its support for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic in order to prevent the health crisis from turning into a social, economic and humanitarian crisis that could lastingly undermine the results achieved in several areas, in particular the progress made on priorities such as the mechanisms implementing the Peace Agreement, the normative framework, efforts to combat impunity, reconciliation mechanisms at the local level and preparations for the 2020 and 2021 elections; 30. Urges the authorities of the Central African Republic to appoint, as soon as possible, the members of the Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission and to provide the mechanism with all appropriate means for the effective fulfilment of its mandate, including with respect to the fight against impunity and the promotion of reparation and guarantees of non-repetition, complementing the Special Criminal Court and the ordinary courts; 31. Also urges the authorities of the Central African Republic to define in an inclusive manner, with the support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, a comprehensive road map for transitional justice, and encourages the authorities to identify pilot areas to develop local strategies for transitional justice; 32. Stresses the need to involve all sectors of Central African civil society and to promote the full and effective participation of victims, women and young people in the dialogue between the authorities of the Central African Republic and the armed groups within the framework of the African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic and its road map, which is the main framework for a political solution in the Central 7

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