The United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB) was established by the United Nations Security Council

United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. Its powers, outlined in the United Nations Charter, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of...

 in December 2010 as a scaled-down operation to replace the United Nations Integrated Office

United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi

The United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi was established by the United Nations Security Council to support the government of Burundi in its efforts towards long-term peace and stability and to replace the work of United Nations Operation in Burundi...

 in Burundi

Burundi

Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...

 from 1 January 2011.

BNUB, established by Resolution 1959

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1959

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1959, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2010, after recalling resolutions 1719 , 1791 , 1858 and 1902 , the Council established the United Nations Office in Burundi to replace the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi as part of a scaled-down...

 (2010), was authorised to:
support the development of national institutions; promote dialogue; combat impunity

Impunity

Impunity means "exemption from punishment or loss or escape from fines". In the international law of human rights, it refers to the failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims' right to justice and redress...

; promote human rights

Human rights

Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...

; ensure economic and financial policies meet the needs of vulnerable people and advocate resource mobilisation for Burundi; support with regional integration issues.

The Security Council gave BNUB an initial twelve month mandate

Mandate (international law)

In international law, a mandate is a binding obligation issued from an inter-governmental organization like the United Nations to a country which is bound to follow the instructions of the organization....

until the end of December 2011.