S/RES/2387 (2017)
United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
15 November 2017
Resolution 2387 (2017)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 8102nd meeting, on
15 November 2017
The Security Council,
Recalling its previous resolutions and statements on the Central African
Republic (CAR), in particular resolutions 2121 (2013), 2127 (2013), 2134 (2014),
2149 (2014), 2181 (2014), 2196 (2015), 2212 (2015), 2217 (2015), 2262 (2016),
2264 (2016), 2281 (2016), 2301 (2016), 2339 (2017), as well as resolution 2272
(2016), and its Presidential Statements S/PRST/2014/28 of 18 December 2014,
S/PRST/2015/17 of 20 October 2015, S/PRST/2016/17 of 16 November 2016,
S/PRST/2017/5 of 4 April 2017 and S/PRST/2017/9 of 13 July 2017,
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and
territorial integrity of the CAR, and recalling the importance of the principles of
non-interference, good-neighbourliness and regional cooperation,
Reaffirming the basic principles of peacekeeping, including consent of the
parties, impartiality, and non-use of force, except in self-defence and defence of the
mandate, recognizing that the mandate of each peacekeeping mission is specific to
the need and situation of the country concerned, and recalling, in this regard, its
Presidential Statement S/PRST/2015/22 of 25 November 2015,
Recalling that the CAR Authorities have the primary responsibility to protect
all populations in the CAR in particular from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing
and crimes against humanity and, in this regard, recalling the importance of
restoring state authority in all parts of the country,
Emphasizing that any sustainable solution to the crisis in the CAR should be
CAR-owned, including the political process, and should prioritize reconciliation of
the Central African people, through an inclusive process that involves men and
women of all social, economic, political, religious and ethnic background s,
including, those displaced by the crisis,
Expressing concern at the deterioration of the security situation, in particular
in the south-eastern part and the north-western parts of the CAR, due to the ongoing
clashes between armed groups in their attempts to forcefully gain control of
territory and resources and destabilize the country, as well as the lack of capacity of
the national security forces, and the persistence of the root causes of the conflict,
Condemning in the strongest terms incitement to ethnic and religious hatred
and violence and the multiple violations of international humanitarian law and the
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