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national consultations, Security Council resolution 1606 (2005) as well as the
Arusha agreement of 28 August 2000;
16. Encourages the Government of Burundi to pursue its efforts of peace
consolidation and reconstruction in a regional perspective, especially through
projects fostering peace, reconciliation and exchanges within the East African
Community, the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries and the
International Conference on the Great Lakes Region;
17. Further encourages the Government of Burundi, with the support of
international partners as appropriate, to ensure the voluntary, safe and orderly return
and sustainable reintegration of refugees to Burundi;
18. Underscores the importance of security sector reform, welcomes
Burundi’s contribution and active participation to United Nations and African Union
peacekeeping operations, and urges all international partners, together with BNUB,
to continue supporting Burundi’s efforts to professionalize and enhance the capacity
of the national security services and the police, in particular through vetting for
human rights violations, training on human rights and sexual and gender-based
violence and promoting strong civilian oversight and monitoring, with the view to
consolidating security sector governance;
19. Calls upon the Government of Burundi, with the support of the
Peacebuilding Commission and international partners, to honour its commitments on
peacebuilding priorities as defined in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
(PRSP-II), and underscores the importance that international partners, in
collaboration with the Government of Burundi, and with the support of BNUB, the
United Nations system in Burundi and the Peacebuilding Commission, continue to
support Burundi’s development efforts and ensure effective follow-up of mutual
commitments taken at the Geneva Conference of Development Partners and at
subsequent follow-up conferences to allow implementation of the PRSP-II and
support the implementation of the new United Nations Development Assistance
Framework (UNDAF);
20. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Council informed on the
benchmarks, the implementation of the mandate of BNUB and this resolution, and
the conditions that affect such implementation, as well as on BNUB’s transition to
the United Nations Country Team, every 90 days, with a written interim report by
the end of July 2014 and a final report by 16 January 2015, and further requests the
Secretary-General to report every six months to the Security Council until after the
2015 elections;
21.
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Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.
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