Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in that country (S/2012/956)

I. Introduction

1. The present report is submitted pursuant to the request of the Security Council contained in the statement issued by its President on 26 September 2001 (S/PRST/2001/25), in which the Council requested me to keep it regularly informed of the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic and the situation in that country. The report builds on my previous report (S/2012/374) of 29 May 2012, and provides an update on developments in political, security, socioeconomic, humanitarian, human rights, child protection and gender issues as well as on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA).