UN security council extends Central African Republic peacekeeping mission until 2027

The UN Security Council has unanimously extended the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, until 15 November 2027. The resolution adjusts the mission's priorities as the country works to strengthen security and state institutions. Following the vote, Liberia's permanent representative to the United Nations stressed that the transition of responsibilities from UN mission to national institutions must be properly resourced. As responsibilities are transferred, the United Nations country team and national institutions need the resources and capacity to carry them out. A task handed over must remain a task delivered. We reaffirm our support for the sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity of the Central African Republic. We are convinced that MINUSCA is among those operations that best demonstrate the tangible utility of peacekeeping, not because everything is solved, but because it is helping to make possible a solution to a crisis which seemed out of reach. And we hope that this experience will become a textbook case of a successful transition, not one of a mission that left too early, but rather one of a mission that was able to adapt its presence to pass on its responsibilities and leave behind institutions that are capable of preserving peace. That would be a success for the Central African Republic and it would also be a success for the United Nations and for this Council. The extension comes as MINUSCA gradually transfers responsibilities to national institutions. The Central African Republic says the mission remains vital to securing lasting peace.