Content_paragraphs:  In an effort to increase awareness of the Mission’s mandate and role and clarify 
  
  the role and responsibilities of the Malian authorities to protect civilians and ensure 
  
  the implementation of the Agreement, the Mission took measures to increase its 
  
  outreach activities throughout the country. To this end, MINUSMA conducted 
  
  hundreds of community-based awareness-raising sessions in local languages and 
  
  French, in Bamako, in the centre and in the north with traditional chiefs, religious 
  
  leaders and local populations, in particular women and youth.