00:00The UN Security Council has unanimously extended the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, until
00:0815 November 2027.
00:10The resolution adjusts the mission's priorities as the country works to strengthen security and state institutions.
00:18Following the vote, Liberia's permanent representative to the United Nations stressed that the transition of responsibilities from UN mission to
00:26national institutions must be properly resourced.
00:30As responsibilities are transferred, the United Nations country team and national institutions need the resources and capacity to carry them
00:40out.
00:41A task handed over must remain a task delivered.
00:47We reaffirm our support for the sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity of the Central African Republic.
01:05We are convinced that MINUSCA is among those operations that best demonstrate the tangible utility of peacekeeping, not because everything
01:14is solved, but because it is helping to make possible a solution to a crisis which seemed out of reach.
01:20And we hope that this experience will become a textbook case of a successful transition, not one of a mission
01:29that left too early, but rather one of a mission that was able to adapt its presence, pass on its
01:35responsibilities, and leave behind institutions that are capable of preserving peace.
01:40That would be a success for the Central African Republic, and it would also be a success for the United
01:47Nations and for this Council.
01:49The extension comes as MINUSCA gradually transfers responsibilities to national institutions.
01:55The Central African Republic says the mission remains vital to secure and lasting peace.
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