UN Documents for Piracy: Security Council Resolutions

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21 February 2025 S/RES/2773 This resolution, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of the M23 in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces of the DRC--calling on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) to cease support to M23 and immediately withdraw from DRC territory without preconditions. The resolution also reiterates an urgent call for all parties to conclude an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.
17 February 2025 S/RES/2772 This resolution extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) assisting the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee until 12 March 2026.
16 January 2025 S/RES/2769 This resolution renewed the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee until 15 May 2026 and the authorisation of measures related to the illicit export of petroleum from Libya until 1 May 2026.
15 January 2025 S/RES/2768 This resolution extended the Secretary-General’s monthly reporting requirement on Houthi attacks on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
27 December 2024 S/RES/2767 This resolution endorsed the decision of the AU Peace and Security Council to replace the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) with the AU Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), beginning 1 January 2025.
20 December 2024 S/RES/2766 This resolution renewed the mandate of UNDOF for six months until 30 June 2025.
20 December 2024 S/RES/2765 This resolution extends the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) for a period of one year until 20 December 2025--noting the continued violence in eastern DRC by the 23 March Movement (M23) and the persistent presence of other domestic and foreign armed groups in the country.
20 December 2024 S/RES/2764 This was a resolution on children and armed conflict, highlighting the need to facilitate adequate and sustainable child protection capacities in UN peace operations, including in the context of transitions to or from UN missions. The text was adopted unanimously and co-sponsored by 111 member states.
6 December 2024 S/RES/2761 This resolution extended the application of the humanitarian carve-out established by resolution 2664 to the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions regime for an indefinite period.
14 November 2024 S/RES/2760 This resolution renewed UNISFA’s mandate for another year, until 15 November 2025. The resolution also extended for one year the mission’s support for the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM). The resolution was adopted with 14 votes in favour and one abstention (Russia), marking the first abstention on a UNISFA resolution since the mission’s establishment in 2011.
14 November 2024 S/RES/2759 This resolution renewed MINUSCA’s mandate for one year until 15 November 2025.
13 November 2024 S/RES/2758 This resolution renewed the 2140 Yemen sanctions regime—comprising targeted financial and travel ban measures—for another year, until 15 November 2025. It also extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) supporting the 2140 Yemen Sanctions Committee until 15 December 2025.
31 October 2024 S/RES/2756 This resolution renewed the mandate of MINURSO until 31 October 2025.
31 October 2024 S/RES/2755 This resolution extended UNSMIL’s mandate for three months, until 31 January 2025, with a “further automatic extension” of an additional nine months, until 31 October 2025, if a new Special Representative and Head of UNSMIL has been appointed by 31 January 2025.
30 October 2024 S/RES/2754 This resolution renewed the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia for another year, until 31 October 2025.