Security Council Resolution 2773 (2025) [on Condemning Ongoing Offensives by the 23 March Movement (M23) in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo]

Calls on the Rwanda Defence Forces to cease support to the M23 and immediately withdraw from DRC territory without preconditions;

Strongly urges the DRC and Rwanda to return without preconditions to diplomatic talks as a matter of urgency to achieve a lasting and peaceful resolution of the protracted conflict in the region, supports all initiatives and contributions towards this objective, reaffirms the critical role of both the Luanda and Nairobi processes and the need to enhance coordination, harmonization and complementarity of the two processes, supports taking advantage of the progress made by the AU-designated mediator President João Lourenço under the Luanda process, urges both parties to fully and rapidly implement their commitments agreed under the Luanda process regarding the implementation of the harmonized plan for the neutralization of the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) and the disengagement of forces from the territory of the DRC, the implementation of the related Concept of Operations and the swift operationalization of the Reinforced Ad-hoc Verification Mechanism, stresses the importance of resuming political consultations under the Nairobi Process under the guidance of former President Uhuru Kenyatta to address the issue of armed groups, including the M23, operating in the DRC, and calls on the United Nations, through the Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, in collaboration with MONUSCO, to continue providing support to these regional peace processes and strengthening diplomatic mediation efforts in the region;

Demands that all parties allow and facilitate, in accordance with relevant obligations of international humanitarian law and consistent with humanitarian principles, the full, safe, immediate and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel, equipment and supplies and the timely delivery of humanitarian assistance to populations in need, as well as the restoration of basic services and essential infrastructure, including, healthcare, water, electricity and communications;

Calls on all parties to urgently open temporary humanitarian corridors in North and South Kivu for the resupply of essential humanitarian items and the free and safe movement of civilians, including humanitarian workers, and to ensure the immediate and unrestricted reopening of the airport in Goma, and that the Kavumu airport as well as border crossings remain open to allow for voluntary and safe movement of civilians, including for the access and medical evacuations of injured civilians and humanitarian workers;

Calls upon all parties to refrain from any violence against civilians and to respect the civilian and humanitarian character of refugee camps and sites for internally displaced persons and stresses the need to prevent any forced recruitment of individuals, and any recruitment or use of children;

Demands the cessation of GPS jamming and spoofing and deployment of surface-to-air missiles, capacities and of any other threat to the air operations of MONUSCO, to SAMIDRC and humanitarian actors;