On October 14, 2014, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2179 [3], 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 [4] 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].”