On 15 November 2019 the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2499 on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR). Resolution 2499 extends the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Mission on CAR (MINUSCA) until 15 November 2020, maintains the current troop ceiling, and reiterates the main tasks of the mission, including the protection of civilians, election support, security sector reform and the promotion and protection of human rights. The resolution also “recalls that the CAR authorities have the primary responsibility to protect all populations in the CAR in particular from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.”