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Central African region - Security Council, 9813th meeting
Spotlighting Central African States’ renewed commitment to multilateralism, a senior United Nations official briefed the Security Council on positive political developments in the region amid ongoing violence and security threats.
Abdou Abarry, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) said that, in Rwanda, the 15 July presidential and legislative elections, according to the observation mission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), “were held in a peaceful and calm environment”.
On 29 December, Chad will conclude its political transition, with legislative, provincial and local elections being held to finalize the establishment of the institutions provided for in the Fifth Republic’s Constitution. Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic will hold legislative or presidential elections in 2025, while Congo and Sao Tome and Principe will hold presidential elections in 2026.
Highlighting their “good working relations” with the UN, he said Chad, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon and the Central African Republic have all requested UN electoral assistance. Gabon held a peaceful referendum without restrictions on freedom of speech or information, he said, adding that the authorities have accepted more than 30 observer organizations for the process. Meanwhile, in Sao Tome and Principe — “a model of peaceful handovers of power in Central Africa” — the authorities plan to revise the 2003 Constitution to adapt the institutional framework to the country’s social and political realities.
