I. Introduction
- The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 39 of Security Council resolution 2147 (2014), by which the Council requested me to conduct a strategic review of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the wider United Nations presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in order to provide recommendations on MONUSCO's future objectives, activities and exit strategy and effective deployment of resources to the Security Council by 30 December 2014, bearing in mind the need to continue to increase the effectiveness of the Mission. The report contains the main findings of that review and recommendations with regard to the future direction of MONUSCO.