Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau, including efforts towards the restoration of constitutional order, and on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in that country (S/2013/262)

I. Introduction

1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2092 (2013), by which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) for three months until 31 May 2013 and requested me to provide an assessment of the situation in Guinea-Bissau and to make recommendations with regard to the Mission’s mandate and a possible readjustment of the support of the United Nations, taking into account the scope of the challenges and the recommendations of the joint assessment mission dispatched to Guinea-Bissau by the African Union, the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the European Union and the United Nations.

2. The present report focuses on developments since my previous report of 28 February 2013 (S/2013/123) and includes an assessment of the situation in Guinea-Bissau and recommendations on adjustments to the UNIOGBIS mandate, structure and strength and on the support provided by the United Nations system in the country. It also includes an update on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2048 (2012), as authorized by the Council in a letter dated 19 March 2013 from the President of the Council to me.