Security Council press statement on attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in the

Central African Republic

11 November 2015
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack against a
checkpoint of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central
African Republic (MINUSCA) which followed an outbreak of violence in the IDP camp in the town of
Batangafo, and during which one peacekeeper from Cameroon was killed.
The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest condolences and sympathy to the
family of the peacekeeper killed and injured and to the Government of Cameroon, as well as to the
Transitional Authorities and the people of the Central African Republic, and to MINUSCA.
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms all attacks and provocations
against MINUSCA by armed groups. They underlined that attacks targeting peacekeepers may
constitute a war crime and reminded all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian
law.
They called on the Central African Republic authorities to swiftly investigate, with the assistance of
MINUSCA, this attack and bring the perpetrators to justice. They stressed that those responsible for
the attack shall be held accountable.
The members of the Security Council reiterated their full support for MINUSCA to assist, as mandated
by the Security Council in resolution 2217 (2015), the Transitional Authorities, which bear the primary
responsibility to protect the population, and the people of the Central African Republic in their efforts
to bring lasting peace and stability to their country.