On February 6, 2019, the Central African Republic (CAR) and fourteen non-state armed groups within the state signed a peace agreement. Peace talks began on January 24, 2019, in Khartoum, Sudan, and were led by the African Union, with UN support, through the African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in CAR. In a report on the situation in CAR, the UN Secretary-General noted that the parties reached consensus on “all major issues on the agenda, including on justice and reconciliation, a more transparent and inclusive governance system and transitional security arrangements,” and the parties agreed to set up a mechanism to oversee the implementation of the political agreement. The Secretary-General said that the peace agreement “represents an important milestone towards a durable political solution for the Central African Republic” and that it “has laid a foundation upon which all national, regional and international stakeholders must now come together to build an inclusive and sustainable peace.”