I. Introduction
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The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 24 of Security Council resolution 2126 (2013), in which the Council requested that I continue to inform it of progress made in the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), and to bring to its attention any serious violation of the Agreement of 20 June 2011 between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) on temporary arrangements for the administration and security of the Abyei Area (S/2011/384, annex).
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The present report provides an update on the situation in Abyei as well as on the deployment and operations of UNISFA since my last report, of 25 February 2014 (S/2014/126). It provides an update on progress made in the implementation of the additional tasks mandated to UNISFA under Security Council resolution 2024 (2011) related to the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism, and presents the conclusions of the strategic review of the UNISFA mandate, conducted jointly by the United Nations Secretariat and the mission during the month of April, with the participation of the humanitarian country team and the United Nations country team present in Abyei.