On October 14, 2014, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2179, extending the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until February 28, 2015. Acting under Chapter VII, and “[r]ecognizing that the current situation in Abyei and along the border between the Sudan and South Sudan continues to constitute a serious threat to international peace and security,” the Security Council decided that troops authorized by Resolution 2104 would be maintained “and that the remaining authorized forces continue to be deployed consistent with the progressive reactivation of the [Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism].”