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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
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