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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,
Welcoming further the adoption of the African Initiative for Peace and
Reconciliation in the Central African Republic and its road map on 17 July 2017 in
Libreville, and the appointment of a panel of facilitators to implement it, and stressing the
need for an inclusive dialogue, in keeping with the recommendations of the Bangui Forum
on National Reconciliation,
Reaffirming its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial
integrity of the Central African Republic,
Deeply concerned at the worsening security situation in the Central African
Republic as a result of the advance of armed groups across most of the territory, and
condemning in particular the acts of violence that continue to be committed by armed
groups, in Bangui and elsewhere in the country, against civilians, United Nations
peacekeepers and humanitarian actors, as well as violations of international humanitarian
law and human rights violations, including those committed against children and sexual and
gender-based violence in times of conflict, which have led to an unacceptable number of
deaths, injuries, displaced persons and refugees,
Deeply concerned also at the increasing use of messages of hatred and incitement to
violence that would aggravate discrimination and social stigmatization, while welcoming
the adoption in June 2018 of the National Plan for the Prevention of Incitement to
Discrimination, Hatred and Violence and advocating the full implementation of the Plan,
Deeply concerned further at the surge in attacks on humanitarian personnel and
humanitarian facilities in a context which has not been improved by the increased number
of displaced persons and the continuing high numbers of refugees, and at the fact that half
of the country’s population, or some 2.5 million Central Africans, continues to need
humanitarian assistance to survive,
Noting the implementation of the humanitarian response plan for 2017–2019 and
concerned about the growing humanitarian needs of the Central African Republic, in
particular those of persons with disabilities and the needs of victims for psychotherapeutic
support,
Recalling the need for the Government of the Central African Republic, the
international community and humanitarian actors to support the voluntary return of
displaced persons and refugees and to ensure that their return is sustainable,
Noting the mobilization of the international community to provide humanitarian
assistance to the population of the Central African Republic affected by the crisis, such as
the donor conference held in Addis Ababa on 1 February 2014, the Brussels conference
held on 26 May 2015 and several high-level meetings held on humanitarian action in the
Central African Republic, such as the African Union Solidarity Conference for the Central
African Republic, held in Addis Ababa in February 2017,
Welcoming the outcome of the international support conference held in Brussels in
November 2016 and the pledges announced during that conference, and encouraging
Member States to swiftly disburse those pledges,
Deeply concerned at the violations and abuses of human rights and of international
humanitarian law, including those involving summary executions, extrajudicial killings,
arbitrary arrests and detention, enforced disappearance, the recruitment and use of children,
rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture, looting, the unlawful destruction of
property and other serious violations and abuses of international human rights law and
international humanitarian law,
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