A/72/53/Add.1 Abstaining: Belgium, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Slovenia] 36/25. Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Central African Republic The Human Rights Council, Guided by the principles and objectives of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Recalling the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other relevant international and African instruments on human rights, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007, 23/18 of 13 June 2013, 24/34 of 27 September 2013, S-20/1 of 20 January 2014, 27/28 of 26 September 2014, 30/19 of 2 October 2015 and 33/27 of 30 September 2016, Recalling further Security Council resolutions 2088 (2013) of 24 January 2013, 2121 (2013) of 10 October 2013, 2127 (2013) of 5 December 2013, 2134 (2014) of 28 January 2014, 2149 (2014) of 10 April 2014, 2217 (2015) of 28 April 2015, 2281 (2016) of 26 April 2016, 2301 (2016) of 26 July 2016 and 2339 (2017) of 27 January 2017, Reaffirming that all States have the primary responsibility to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other international and African instruments on human rights to which they are parties, Recalling that the Central African Republic authorities have the primary responsibility to protect all populations in the country from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, Welcoming the holding of popular consultations and the Bangui Forum for National Reconciliation, which was followed by the adoption of the Republican Pact for Peace, National Reconciliation and Reconstruction and the signing of an agreement on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration by the representatives of the main actors in the conflict in the Central African Republic, and emphasizing the need for effective implementation of the recommendations and measures contained therein, Welcoming also the peaceful holding of a constitutional referendum on 13 December 2015, the holding of legislative and presidential elections in December 2015 and February and March 2016 and the investiture of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra on 30 March 2016, Reaffirming its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Central African Republic, Gravely concerned by the worsening security situation in the Central African Republic owing to the advance of armed groups across most of the territory, and condemning in particular the recent acts of violence and crime as well as incidents that have occurred in parts of the country away from the capital, which have caused heavy civilian losses since the beginning of 2017 and have triggered massive population displacements, Gravely concerned also by the deteriorating humanitarian situation, in particular as a result of the rise in the number of displaced persons and refugees fleeing from violence and the fact that half of the country’s population, or some 2.4 million people, are in need of humanitarian aid in order to survive, and concerned by the flow of refugees and its repercussions on the situation in neighbouring countries and other countries in the region, Noting the presentation on 5 December 2016 of a humanitarian response plan for the period 2017-2019, and concerned by the growing humanitarian needs in the Central African Republic, GE.17-18194 65