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“Mlambo- Ngcuka, my sister - hosted a regional consultation so that African women could contribute to the global study. The global study has revealed that Africa has the highest number of women in political decision-making bodies and was the first region to appoint a Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security. Indeed, countries such as Rwanda, Seychelles, Namibia, South Africa and Senegal are among the world champions when it comes to women's representation in Parliaments. It remains clear that the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) is slow, even though when we look at the regional economic communities we see that many of them have adopted a regional action plan. To date, 16 countries in Africa have developed a national action plan. Moreover, there is no systematic reporting on what the countries have achieved.”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“In Somalia, the AU responded with the deployment of an investigation and assessment team following allegations against the African Union Mission in Somalia and the development of strong policy. The AU has deployed female peacekeepers and female police officers in peace support operations. Right now, African women in the military are fighting to defeat Al-Shabaab. In South Sudan, a commission of inquiry was mandated by member States, and gender-based violence was one of the focus areas to be investigated. Parties to the conflict have officially received the report, and now it has been agreed to establish a hybrid court to bring justice to the South Sudanese. The African Union Commission - and here I would like to congratulate and applaud the efforts by UN-Women and its Executive Director, Ms.”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“The African Union Peace and Security Department has put in place a gender, peace and security programme to assist member States and the regional economic communities in their women and peace and security agenda. We thank the partners - the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria and Norway - that are supporting that programme. The African Union has embarked upon capacity-building by increasing the numbers through the training of women peace mediators, women election observers and gender advisers to be deployed in mediation processes and election observation. The African Union has taken a strong stand on the issue of sexual abuse and exploitation. The Chairperson has clearly stated a zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse.”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“It also calls for the appointment of women as special envoys and special representatives of the African Union. Africa has indeed taken action with respect to the requirements of resolution 1325 (2000). Starting with the leadership of the institution, the African Union Commission, out of the 10 members of the Executive of the Commission, five are women. The Chairperson, Ms. Zuma, has continued to strengthen the participation of women by recently appointing women as Secretary- General of the Commission, Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff. Three more women have been appointed as Head and Deputy Head of Commission representation.”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“Ms. Diop: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Ms. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, could not be with us today, but she congratulates Spain for its leadership on the women and peace and security agenda. She wishes the Council a successful high-level debate. When resolution 1325 (2000) was adopted, the African Union (AU) took this historic resolution as its own. Indeed, the Maputo Protocol stipulates in article 2 that all "State Parties shall combat all forms of discrimination against women through appropriate legislative, institutional and other measures." The Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa requested the Heads of State and Government of Africa to meet to "ensure the full and effective participation and representation of women in peace process", as stipulated in resolution 1325 (2000).”
2015-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533 (2015) · source
“We think that the national mechanism should assume the lead in the implementation of the Agreement. It can serve as liaison to the international Comite' de suivi provided for in the Agreement and as the instrument of national ownership of the process of implementation by Malian men and women. The Government will make available all the human and material resources required to act in that regard. Before concluding, I would like to call on the international community to continue its support and to honour its commitments for the effective and comprehensive implementation of the Bamako Agreement and a guarantee of lasting stability in Mali and in the region. I have no doubt that the Security Council will play its full part in that regard.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“Speaking for the Government of Mali, 1 would once again like to reiterate its determination to honour all of its commitments and to work inclusively with all the Malian participants to ensure a Malian-owned process, one including members of civil society, who are also asking for the right to be at that table to contribute to the restoration of peace and reconciliation in our country. In the next few days, the Government will establish a national mechanism responsible for implementing the Agreement. The international monitoring committee provided for in the Agreement, which was established in Bamako on 20 June on the margins of the signing ceremony, is ready to begin. In that regard, we expect, we hope and we demand that MINUSMA will play an important role.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“I would like to end as I began, by once again emphasizing that the peace process in Mali has made major, real and significant progress towards the achievement of national reconciliation and the harmonious development of the country as a whole, so that there is a place in it for every one of its sons and daughters. They are all Malians, and they all have the right to live in dignity in their own country and to participate in the political and social life of Mali. The implementation phase that is beginning will therefore be the most important step of all. While it will unquestionably be a difficult and complicated one, we at least have the good fortune of possessing a road map, because we have the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement, which sets out what the next steps must be.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“On the way, we will have to depend on the capacities that are already there, but it is absolutely critical for us that we not be denied the opportunity to consider how to set up a regional intervention force. If we find something better, so much the better, but the important thing is that we start to create a regional and national capacity for countering terrorism, because it is our soldiers, not just those from foreign countries, who must put their lives on the line for that cause. We are ready to make those sacrifices for what we asking for, but we ask that our units be adequately trained and equipped to be able to enter that fight.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“The African Union has been tasked with looking further into that option and approaching the United Nations and Operation Barkhane regarding their support. The basic aim of such an initiative is not to replace operations already under way - we particularly welcome Barkhane's lifesaving action in the fight against terrorism - but we also know that it is important to create capacity within a country such as Mali, like our neighbours Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, the Niger and Chad, a capacity enabling us to fight these threats over the long term. As we know, terrorism has no sell-by date. This is a fight that will continue, and our countries need help in developing their own capacities.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“I note that the report addresses those major concerns only fleetingly, and I was surprised to see that in fact terrorism is not mentioned anywhere in the report. That is a serious question. What has changed in our vocabulary? We know how high a price the Mission itself has paid, with about 50 troops killed, basically owing to terrorism. We have all been asking why terrorism is not mentioned as such in the Secretary-General's report. In order to defend against that threat, the Government of Mali calls on the Security Council to thoroughly consider the possibility of authorizing the deployment of a regional rapid reaction force put together by the countries of the region. I realize that at the moment there is no great enthusiasm for the idea, but I would like to explain. I think we should take a longer view.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“Here I hope I may comment on the proposal to deploy 40 military observers, since we believe it important that the Secretariat clarify the concept and indicate more specifically how those additional elements will work with those already in place, including both the Mixed Technical Commission on Security and the mobile observation units - how they will work together and what will be the role of the Government in relation to the observations they will perform. We are totally willing to continue our dialogue with our friends in the United Nations and the Secretariat on the issue, and we think it should enable us to move forward. The Government of Mali is also very concerned about the development of terrorist activities and drug trafficking in the region.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“Any other occupation by irregular forces is therefore illegal and should end, and the Agreement should support that. Furthermore, in his current report, the Secretary- General recommends the deployment of 40 military observers. The Government takes note of the recommendation but asks that posts be created for liaison officers to work with the Malian armed forces and security forces so that the deficiencies in collaboration and cooperation between our forces and those of the United Nations can be remedied.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“Next is support in organizing and securitizing elections, particularly those relating to the country's territorial and political reorganization through the regionalization process, as well as in our work on structural projects designed to benefit the people and areas affected by the crisis. Following the decisions taken by ECOWAS and the African Union at their respective summits, which took place on 17 and 18 May in Accra and 14 and 15 June in Johannesburg, the Government of Mali would like to urge the Security Council in its turn to ensure that it is the Malian armed forces alone that have the right and the legitimacy to occupy any area of their national territory as part of their sovereign mission to secure the country's borders, its people and their property.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“In our view, that particular point should be one of the innovations in the new resolution. It is true that one can create a framework for countering terrorism with the help of the Barkhane force. Organized crime, particularly drug trafficking, is the source fuelling the conflict, and as long as we do not deal properly with the issue - which the Agreement does not address sufficiently - we will never reach a definitive solution to the crisis, because drugs are feeding every party to this conflict. Thus I believe it is absolutely essential, with the help of the United Nations and every partner involved, that we launch a strong initiative to fight drug trafficking.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“Unfortunately, that idea did not receive the hoped-for support, but now that the Agreement has been signed, it is one of the top priority tasks we should tackle with the help of the United Nations, and particularly the agencies within whose purview it falls, along with the assistance of our financial partners. Next is combating terrorism and trafficking of every kind within the framework of cooperation between, on the one hand, Operation Barkhane and the Malian armed forces, and, on the other, between MINUSMA and the Malian armed forces and security forces. And of course all three should be able to work together, with the Malian forces in the centre. Then comes support for the national authorities in combating organized crime, especially drug trafficking.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“Here I should also stress the importance of assisting the Malian authorities with training and other forms of support for demining and the destruction of improvised explosive devices. Another issue is ensuring the security of humanitarian convoys, including by opening humanitarian corridors and implementing an emergency humanitarian package. I would like to emphasize that last issue, setting up the emergency humanitarian package. This is not a new problem. During the negotiation process the Government party put on the table the need for all sides to agree on a minimum humanitarian action package that would make it possible to ease the people's suffering.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“The Government would like the new mandate of MINUSMA to take the following into account. First and as a matter of absolute priority is support for the re-establishment of the State's authority, the reconstruction of the security sector and the provision of basic social services. Such support will be an initial test of the commitment and credibility of all parties to the Agreement. The Special Representative referred just now to the fact that the people are demanding the restoration of basic social services. That is absolutely true, but above all they are specifically demanding the restoration of the Malian State, which will enable us to create the conditions necessary for restoring the administration, restoring basic social services and creating a minimum level of security.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“Then the use of every available means of preventing and avoiding the threat and return of terrorist groups, drug traffickers and other forces hostile to the implementation of the Agreement - including, 1 would reiterate, the establishment of a regional rapid deployment force, as recently advocated by ECOWAS, the African Union and the Organization ofIslamic Cooperation - must be authorized. The Security Council should also demand that the armed groups that signed the Agreement be clearly distinguished from terrorist groups, drug traffickers and other hostile forces. The third priority for the Government of Mali is support for the re-establishment of the State's authority throughout the country, for the reconstruction of the Malian security sector, for the promotion and upholding of human rights and for humanitarian aid.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“We feel that the Council should demand in particular that the battalions needed for the establishment of the MINUSMA rapid deployment force be made operational, something that has not yet happened even though the force was envisaged in resolution 2164 (2014). Secondly, the mechanisms for observing the ceasefire and implementing the Agreement should also become operational. Next, we will not cease demanding that resources needed to provide MINUSMA with surge capability be made available.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“The Council should also renew its authorization for MINUSMA to protect civilians imminently threatened with physical violence, in particular women and children threatened by conflict, especially those who are victims of sexual violence. To that end, MINUSMA must be invited to expand its presence in the north of the country, particularly in areas where civilians are in danger; support the implementation of the ceasefire and confidence-building measures on the ground; and enhance its operational coordination with the Malian defence and security forces. The DDR programme, which is important to the implementation of the Agreement, must be taken in hand, and all combatants from armed groups who do notjoin the defence and security forces must be able to benefit from socioeconomic rehabilitation programmes.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“The Malian Government's second priority is security, stabilization and the protection of civilians. It calls on the Security Council to once again authorize MINUSMA to help the Malian authorities to stabilize the main urban areas, in particular in the country's northern regions, remove threats and take steps to prevent the return of armed elements to those areas. The Council should also renew its authorization for MINUSMA to support the Malian authorities so as to coordinate the international efforts to canton the armed groups; develop and implement the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme for former combatants; and dismantle such groups.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“Particularly important are the continuation of the good-offices missions of MINUSMA, intended to anticipate, prevent, mitigate and resolve conflicts; support for the Comite de suivi, led by Algeria, and for the central role that the Government of Mali will play in the implementation of the Agreement; enhancement of cooperation between MINUSMA and the Malian authorities - a point on which I would place particular emphasis; and the re-establishment of confidence between MINUSMA and the people of Mali, who are in no way hostile to the force's intervention in the country; quite the contrary. In addition, the human, material and financial resources of MINUSMA should be strengthened to meet the challenges of security, early recovery and development in the implementation of the mandate of this important tool.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“First, with regard to support for the political process designed to resolve the crisis and ensure reconciliation in Mali, the Government invites the Security Council to give MINUSMA a mandate to help the Malian authorities and all the Malian parties to effectively and fully implement the Agreement.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“In our view, therefore, MINUSMA should support the following: political dialogue and national reconciliation; the Government's efforts in the area of security, stabilization and the protection of civilian populations; the re-establishment of the State's authority throughout the country; the reconstruction of the Malian security sector; the promotion and upholding of human rights; and humanitarian aid. Specifically, and in view of the lessons learned in recent times, the Government of Mali requests the members of the Security Council to take into account certain priorities in the future mandate of MINUSMA.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“As the Council once again prepares to extend that mandate, I would like to emphasize that the Mission's future mandate should take into account the positive developments in the Malian peace process. In that regard, the Government would like the future mandate of MINUSMA to be based essentially on the implementation of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, as highlighted a moment ago by the Secretary-General's Special Representative.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“For its part, the Government of Mali, under the authority of the President of the Republic, Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, once again reaffirms its steadfast determination to honour all its commitments under the Agreement. We expect the same of the other Malian parties, whose good faith and commitment in the matter we do not doubt. We also call upon the international community to honour its commitments and to continue its support for thorough and full implementation of the Agreement. As Council members will remember, on 25 June 2014, the Security Council adopted resolution 2164 (2014), extending the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, or MINUSMA.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“This Agreement will set the seal once and for all on reconciliation among Malians. The Bamako Agreement constitutes a balanced compromise that takes into account the legitimate concerns of all the parties while respecting the unity and territorial integrity of Mali and the secular and republican character of the State. It also establishes the conditions for long-term stability, because the reconciled Malian nation will effectively and relentlessly combat terrorism, drug trafficking and other criminal networks, particularly in the area of irregular migration. The signature of the Agreement by all the Malian parties, however, is not enough in itself. The greatest difficulty at the moment remains the effective and full implementation of the provisions of this valuable and, I must emphasize, historic instrument.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“I am particularly gratified to be meeting with the Security Council this morning, at this juncture when the peace and reconciliation process in Mali has made significant progress in the right direction, as evidenced by the finalization of the Bamako Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali. Indeed, following the signature on 15 May of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, which came from the Algiers process, by the Government of Mali, the Platform coalition and members of the Coordination coalition, we welcome the signature of the Agreement on 20 June in Bamako by the other members of the Coordination that had not previously signed. Mali now has a consensual peace agreement that will serve as the general framework for the sustainable resolution of all dimensions of the most serious crisis in our country's history.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“The Government of Mali has taken note of the Secretary-General's report on the evolution of the situation in Mali (S/2015/426) and would like to thank our friend Mr. Mongi Hamdi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), for his briefing. At the outset, I would like to note that the report should be updated, because it fails to mention the recent positive developments, including in relation to the peace process, that have taken place since 15 May.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“I extend the heartfelt thanks of the Malian people to all friendly nations and international partner organizations that have shown their solidarity with Mali by sending their children, and often their experts, to defend the values underlying our humanity. I pay solemn tribute to the memory of all victims - civilians and soldiers, Malians and foreigners - who fell on the field of honour in Mali in defence of human dignity, freedom and democracy. I reassert the active solidarity of the Government and people of Mali with the Governments and people of the Niger, Chad and Kenya, following the recent terrorist attacks, which caused a high number of casualties, particularly among the civilian population.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“In a similar vein, I would like to reaffirm the confidence of the Government of Mali in the international mediation led by Algeria, which included the United Nations, the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the European Union, the Organization for Islamic Cooperation and neighbouring nations such as Burkina Faso, Mauritania, the Niger, Nigeria and Chad. I would like to particularly thank France for its role and decisive contribution in Mali and all its sacrifices. I also commend the United States of America for the decisive role it has played in helping to restore peace and stability in our country. I also take this opportunity to commend the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for his personal commitment to peace and reconciliation in Mali, but also to stability in the Sahel region in general.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“Mr. Diop: Allow me to express our warmest congratulations to the delegation of Malaysia on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. By the same token, I would like to commend the delegation of Lithuania for the manner in which it conducted the work of the Council during the previous month. (spoke in French) I would like once again to express the deep gratitude of His Excellency Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of the Republic of Mali, and that of the Government and people of Mali to our common Organization, the United Nations, and to Member States for their multifaceted and steady support of the peace process in Mali since January 2012.”
2015-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7468 (2015) · source
“France has also initialed, as Ijust said, and the United States of America has made a statement in support. We welcome the unity of action of the international mediation, which continues to be essential to the success of the peace process in Mali. In turn, today the Security Council must face up to its responsibilities. The eyes of the Malian people are on the Council. And the countries of the region and those throughout the world that love peace and justice are watching the Council as well.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“Regional development agencies have been set up in the context ofthe regionalization provided for in the agreement; the date of municipal elections has been postponed to ensure the participation of all communities in the local polls; and awareness-raising campaigns about the agreement have been conducted in all regions of the country, as well as in Bamako and in refugee camps in neighbouring countries. In conclusion, I would like to recall that we are at a crucial stage ofthe Algiers process. The Government of Mali has assumed all ofits responsibilities by committing itself to the peace process in good faith. The Platform of Movements has done the same. The international mediation, led by Algeria, has unanimously initialed the agreement.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“Finally, I came to ask the Council not to condone any resumption of talks in Algiers - under any guise - for the simple reason that such an option is unacceptable to my Government and the international mediation, for it runs the risk of setting a very dangerous precedent for the Security Council. I take this opportunity to reiterate that the Government of Mali has never closed the door to dialogue with our brothers in Coordination, or with any of our other brothers willing to extend a hand in peace. But for us and for the mediation, the negotiations are completed. One must therefore face reality, and all efforts must now aim for the implementation of the agreement. Against that backdrop, the Government of Mali has begun to take various steps towards implementation.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“I emphasize that I am referring to obstacles here, as we are not calling for sanctions for those who have not signed off on the agreement. That is not the goal. Those who have not signed off on the agreement can take their time, and consultations can continue to convince them to do so before the train leaves the station, which must then be able to move at a sustained pace. I am talking about those who have not signed off and who are going to oppose the agreement's implementation - and it is up to Governments, the international community and the mediation to take the necessary response.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“First, I call on the Council to endorse the agreement initialed on 1 March, as the African Union Peace and Security Council did in its communique of 27 March in Addis Ababa, a copy of which has been circulated. Secondly, I call on the Council to lend its full support to the agreement initialed with France at Algiers on 1 March in the framework of the mediation. Thirdly, I would like the Council to continue to exert the necessary pressure to bring the Coordination of Movements to sign off on the agreement without delay, prior to its signing at Bamako in April, and, if need be, to consider measures including those set out in the 6 February presidential statement, namely, targeted sanctions against those who impede the Algiers peace process.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“I wish to stress that such must take place without prior conditions. The status quo raises the issue of national, subregional, regional and even international security. We ask that the Security Council not be distracted by the radical wing of the Coordination, which manipulates the public to make it seem as if they have rejected the agreement. Today, the international community, similarly to what it has done in other regions, should make every effort to eradicate the terrorists, drug traffickers and forces hostile to the peace agreement in Mali. The work already begun in that vain should be completed. I have come before the Security Council to make several requests.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“Those who, despite all, choose to obstruct the path to peace leave the international community no choice but to isolate them and to treat them as such by imposing sanctions on them in conformity with the 6 February statement of the Security Council (S/PRST/2015/5). We therefore welcome all initiatives intended to encourage our brothers in the Coordination to become part of the movement and to ensure that in the month of April, the decision is made to initial and sign the agreement. In that regard, we are encouraged by the announcement made by Algeria of the initialling ceremony by the Coordination of movements, scheduled for 15 April in Algiers. We hope that it will lead quickly and without precondition to the signing by all parties of the agreement for peace and reconciliation in Mali.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“The Security Council and good will should help those who want peace to make their choice with courage and to make it known. We ardently appeal to the Coordination of movements to seize this historic opportunity to make peace. The first step is to initial and sign the draft agreement for peace and reconciliation because there is no alternative to peace. Neither is there an alternative to this agreement, which, after all, is only a framework for the parties' ongoing commitment. It is therefore unacceptable that the peace process in Mali, the hope of 15 million Malians, should be held hostage by a group of radical, extremist individuals.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“The mediation, after having listened at length to all the Malian stakeholders, including civil society, proposed the initialed draft as a dynamic and balanced compromise to permanently resolve the current crisis in our country. We welcome the courage and spirit of compromise of our brothers and sisters from the Platform of movements and the self-defence groups, which clearly chose unity and peace for our country. We believe that many of our brothers and sisters from the Coordination of movements only want peace. They have told us as much, and we believe in their good faith. However, their voices can barely be heard alongside those few radicals who, for ulterior motives and through stalling tactics and prevarication, want to obstruct peace.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“The terrorist attacks perpetrated for the first time in Bamako on 7 March caused the loss of five lives; there were also attacks and abuses perpetrated in the towns of Gao, Kidal, Nampala, Boni, Diafarabe, M'Boullikessi, Dialloube', and elsewhere, with numerous casualties that included Malians and non-nationals, civilians and members of the military. I must say that the negotiation process was also marked by direct and indirect consultations with all Malian stakeholders, sometimes without the mediation. Some direct discussions often took place in our hotel rooms very late at night or early in the morning, as well as in the corridors. I should point out that it was not the Government of Mali that put an end to negotiations.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“It creates an atmosphere that is not conducive to building the confidence so vital to all stakeholders in order to pursue the peace process; it paves the way for unhealthy initiatives that could jeopardize what has been so carefully built over eight long months of negotiations. The Coordination's refusal to initial the draft agreement also promotes the attempts of terrorist groups and drug traffickers to destabilize northern Mali, the entire Sahel region, and beyond. That can be seen in terrorist attacks, as mentioned earlier by Mr. Ladsous.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“As I speak, exactly 40 days after the initialling of the draft agreement, it is clear that the Coordination still has not initialed the compromise document, in spite of the commitment made on 9 June 2014 in Algiers, to peacefully resolve the conflict in northern Mali through a comprehensive and final peace agreement with the Government of Mali; but also in spite of the numerous appeals by this Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council; and moreover, in spite of the 17 March visit to Kidal by the international mediation to bring the Coordination into the peace process, and ask it to assume its responsibility. Members will agree when I say that the refusal to initial and sign an agreement reached at the end of an inclusive process carries huge risks for peace in Mali, throughout the region and beyond.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“We have launched a momentum that we should not squander. Yes, Malians are ready for peace. They are tired of war. They want to turn this dark page in the history of our nation, which is united and indivisible. They want to move forward. They want to be heard. They want, above all, to be understood and respected.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“Let me recall that, at all stages of the inclusive inter-Malian talks, the Malian Government has organized campaigns to raise the awareness of Mali's stakeholders, including political parties, civil society, community leaders, refugees and displaced persons, armed and security forces, with a view to obtaining the massive support of the population for the process. That is why, after initialing the agreement, Malians, in a broad public movement, formed a national alliance for peace and unity in Mali, and organized huge marches in all the major cities of the country to show their commitment to peace, and to demand the signature of the agreement by all parties. The Malian Government initialed the agreement, with the strong support of the vast majority of Malians, who only aspire to peace.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“Indeed, in initialing the draft agreement, with full responsibility - and despite the fact that its memorandum, which included 12 pages of amendments and was distributed to members of the international mediation, was not taken into account - the Government of Mali has shown good faith in seeking a dynamic compromise that would make it possible to achieve a just and lasting peace to the crisis affecting our country, in strict compliance with the principles laid down by the President of Mali - namely, respect for Mali's territorial integrity, national sovereignty, and unified, democratic and secular nature.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“After eight long months of intense negotiations, the parties to the inclusive inter-Malian talks concluded and initialed a draft agreement for peace and reconciliation in Mali, with the exception of our brothers from the Coordination of movements, who asked for additional time to consult with their base. For its part, the Government of Mali has always honoured its commitments.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source
“This attitude betrays a great defiance of the international community, which through the mediation had spent eight long months of intense effort, sacrifice and patience to bring peace and stability to Mali and the region. I recall to underscore this fact that, in accordance with relevant provisions of resolutions and declarations of the Security Council, the Government of Mali, under the guidance of the Head of State, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, engaged in inclusive inter-Malian talks under the auspices of the Algerian-led international mediation.”
2015-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7425 (2015) · source