Security Council resolution 2480 (2019) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) until 30 June 2020]
Symbol: S/RES/2480 (2019)
Date: 2019-06-28
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/ X The situation in Mali.
S/74 [226] UN MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI
S/74 [225] MALI--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
Subjects: UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali|UN. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali|Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali emanating from the Algiers Process (2015)|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|PEACE AGREEMENTS|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|INTERNAL SECURITY|MALI
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
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country: CÔTE D'IVOIRE
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country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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country: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
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country: FRANCE
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country: GERMANY
vote: yes
country: INDONESIA
vote: yes
country: KUWAIT
vote: yes
country: PERU
vote: yes
country: POLAND
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SOUTH AFRICA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/2480 (2019)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                28 June 2019




               Resolution 2480 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8568th meeting, on
               28 June 2019

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling all its previous resolutions, statements of its President and press
               statements on the situation in Mali,
                      Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, unity and territorial
               integrity of Mali, emphasizing that the Malian authorities have primary responsibility
               for the provision of stability, security and protection of civilians throughout the
               territory of Mali,
                     Reaffirming the basic principles of peacekeeping, including consent of the
               parties, impartiality and non-use of force, except in self-defence and defence of the
               mandate, recognizing that the mandate of each peacekeeping mission is specific to
               the need and situation of the country concerned, and recalling its Presidential
               Statement of 14 May 2018 (S/PRST/2018/10),
                     Expressing grave concern about the continued deterioration of the security and
               humanitarian situation in Mali, including through the maintenance of a high level of
               asymmetric attacks by terrorist groups in the North and the escalation of
               intercommunal violence in the Centre, which have caused the loss of numerous
               innocent lives as well as numerous internally displaced people, people in critical need
               of assistance and children without access to education due to school closures, and
               further expressing deep concern that the situation in Mali negatively impacts that of
               neighbouring countries and of the Sahel region,
                    Emphasizing that security and stability in Mali are inextricably linked to that of
               the Sahel and West Africa, as well as to that of Libya and North Africa,
                     Strongly condemning the continued attacks against civilians, representatives
               from local, regional and State institutions, as well as national, international and UN
               security forces, including the Malian Defence and Security Forces (MDSF), the G5
               Sahel joint force (FC-G5S), the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated
               Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), the French forces and the European
               Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali),
                    Underlining that lasting peace and security in the Sahel region will not be
               achieved without a combination of political, security and development efforts
               benefitting all regions of Mali, as well as the full, effective and inclusive
               implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali (“the



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               Agreement”), which involves all Malian actors supportive of the peace process and
               ensures full, effective and meaningful participation of women and youth,
                     Recognizing that more progress was made during the past nine months than
               during the first years after the signing of the Agreement, which we re characterized by
               a slow pace of implementation, noting that a combination of some level of political
               will and international pressure, including through the prospect of sanctions,
               constituted an important factor in securing these positive results, and underlining that
               MINUSMA, along with the other security presences mentioned in resolution 2423
               (2018), significantly contributes to the implementation of the Agreement and to the
               stabilization of Mali,
                     Expressing a significant sense of impatience with parties over the persistent
               delays in the full implementation of key provisions of the Agreement, regretting the
               recent stagnation in the implementation process mentioned by the Independent
               Observer in its April 2019 report, noting that protracted delays in implementation
               contribute to a political and security vacuum jeopardizing the stability and
               development of Mali as well as the viability of the Agreement, and stressing the need
               for increased ownership and prioritization in the implementation of the Agreement,
                     Underlining that engaging in hostilities in violation of the Agreement as well as
               actions taken that obstruct, or that obstruct by prolonged delay, or that threaten the
               implementation of the Agreement constitute a basis for sanctions designations
               pursuant to resolution 2374 (2017), among other designation criteria,
                    Underlining that stabilization of the situation in Central Mali requires the
               implementation of a renewed and fully integrated strategy encompassing
               simultaneous pursuit of progress on security, governance, development,
               reconciliation, accountability, as well as protection and promotion of human rights,
                     Stressing the importance of ensuring the success of the inclusive political
               dialogue recently announced with the aim to build consensus on key political and
               institutional reforms,
                     Strongly condemning all violations and abuses of international human rights law
               and violations of international humanitarian law, including those involving
               extrajudicial and summary executions, arbitrary arrests and detentions and ill -
               treatment of prisoners, sexual and gender-based violence, as well as killing, maiming,
               recruitment and use of children, attacks against schools, hospitals and humanitarian
               and medical personnel, and calling upon all parties to bring an end to such violations
               and abuses and to comply with their obligations under applicable international law,
                     Reiterating, in this regard, the importance of holding accountable all those
               responsible for such acts and that some of such acts referred to in the paragraph above
               may amount to crimes under the Rome Statute, and taking note that, acting upon the
               referral of the transitional authorities of Mali dated 13 July 2012, the Prosecutor of
               the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened on 16 January 2013 an investigation
               into alleged crimes committed on the territory of Mali since January 2012,
                     Emphasizing the need for adequate risk assessment and risk management
               strategies, by the government of Mali and the United Nations, of ecological changes,
               natural disasters, drought, desertification, land degradation, food insecurity, energy
               access, climate change, among other factors, on the security and stability of Mali,
                     Commending troop- and police- contributing countries of MINUSMA for their
               contribution, paying tribute to the peacekeepers who risk, as well as lost, their lives
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                Further commending MINUSMA’s efforts to adopt a more robust posture over
           the past months as well as the intensification of the frequency and scale of its
           operations,
                 Recognizing that, in light of the specific and challenging environment in which
           it is deployed, MINUSMA interacts with other security presences which have the
           potential to be mutually beneficial instruments to restore peace and stability in Mali
           and the Sahel region,
                Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2019/454),
                 Determining that the situation in Mali continues to constitute a threat to
           international peace and security,
                Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,

           Implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali
                 1.    Urges the Government of Mali and the Plateforme and Coordination
           armed groups (“the Malian parties”) to continue to accelerate the implementation of
           the Agreement, through significant, meaningful and irreversible measures to be taken
           on an urgent basis, and further urges Malian parties to sign without delay a revised
           roadmap with a clear, realistic and binding timeline focused on a limited number of
           priorities related to the main pillars of the Agreement;
                 2.    Strongly regrets that several provisions of the Agreement referenced in
           paragraph 4 of resolution 2423 (2018) have not yet been fully implemented or started,
           despite its repeated calls in this sense over the past months, recalls paragraph 3 of
           resolution 2423 (2018) expressing its intention to respond with measures pursuant to
           resolution 2374 (2017) should the parties not implement the agreed-upon
           commitments of the Roadmap adopted on 22 March 2018 within the announced
           timeframe;
                 3.    Stresses that individuals or entities placed on the 2374 sanctions list shall
           not benefit from any financial, operational or logistical support from United Nations
           entities deployed in Mali, until their removal from the list and without prejudice to
           the exemptions set by paragraphs 2, 5, 6 and 7 of resolution 2374 (2017);
                 4.   Urges the Malian parties to take immediate and concrete action to fulfil
           the following priority measures before the end of MINUSMA ’s current mandate:
              – ensure the completion of the constitutional reform, including institutional
                reforms envisioned by the Agreement, following an inclusive consultation with
                the full involvement of the Malian parties, the political opposition and civil
                society;
              – complete the transfer of decentralized State services to local authorities in their
                areas of competence, complete the transfer of 30 per cent of State revenues to
                local authorities based on an equitable distribution system with special attention
                paid to the Northern regions and adopt, following adequate consultations, a
                legislation establishing a regional territorial police force;
              – resolve outstanding issues related to the concept of reconstituted and reformed
                MDSF, including through consultations between the Malian parties at the
                highest level, resolve outstanding issues related to the training, integration and
                redeployment of at least 3,000 members of the signatory armed groups in the
                MDSF, following an inclusive consultation process with the full engagement
                and consensus of the Malian parties and other relevant stakeholders, and
                develop and commence implementation of a comprehensive plan for the
                progressive redeployment of reconstituted and reformed MDSF to Northern

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                     Mali in a transparent manner with the full engagement and consensus of the
                     Malian parties and other relevant stakeholders as part of a broader national
                     vision for Security Sector Reform;
                    – create the Northern Development Zone through the adoption of requisite
                      legislation; the operationalization of the sustainable development fund and
                      related inclusive management mechanisms; and the implementation of a pilot
                      project to be jointly designed by the Malian parties and civil society with a view
                      to swiftly delivering peace dividends to the population of Northern Mali ;
                    – hold a high-level workshop, with the full involvement of the Malian parties and
                      of the civil society, that will identify concrete recommendations to be
                      implemented within agreed timelines to ensure full, effective and meaningful
                      participation of women in the mechanisms established by the Agreement to
                      support and monitor its implementation, including through greater
                      representation of women in the Comité de suivi de l’Accord (CSA);
                     5.    Calls upon all parties in Mali to ensure full, effective and meaningful
               participation of women in the mechanisms established by the Agreement to support
               and monitor its implementation, including through greater representation of women
               in the CSA, meeting the 30 per cent quota for women in all political functions and
               offices as defined in Mali’s legislation, and completion of Agreement-related targets
               laid out in Mali’s third national plan for the implementation of resolution 1325
               (2000), and requests the Secretary-General to pay specific attention to these points in
               its regular reporting on MINUSMA;
                     6.   Requests the Secretary-General to assess progress achieved in the
               implementation of the priority measures referenced in paragraph 4 above every six
               months in his regular reporting on MINUSMA, encourages the panel of experts
               established pursuant to resolution 2374 (2017) to identify parties responsible for
               potential lack of implementation of these priority measures through its regular
               reporting and interim updates, and expresses its intent, should these priority measures
               not be implemented by the end of MINUSMA’s current mandate, to respond with
               measures pursuant to resolution 2374 (2017) on individuals and entities who are thus
               obstructing or threatening the implementation of the Agreement;
                     7.    Calls upon all parties in Mali to strictly abide by the arrangements in place
               for a cessation of hostilities, and demands that all armed groups reject violence, cut
               off all ties with terrorist organizations and transnational organized crime, take
               concrete steps to prevent human rights abuses against civilians, put an end to
               recruitment and use of child soldiers, cease any activities hampering the return of
               State authority and basic social services, and recognize without conditions the unity
               and territorial integrity of the Malian State within the framework of the Agreement;
                    8.    Urges all parties in Mali to cooperate fully with the SRSG and MINUSMA
               as well as to ensure the safety, security and freedom of movement of MINUSMA ’s
               personnel with unhindered and immediate access throughout t he territory of Mali;
                    9.    Calls for the inclusion within national and regional strategies of programs
               to address the stigma of sexual and gender-based violence, bring justice to victims
               and support the reintegration of survivors into their communities;
                     10. Requests the SRSG to use his good offices to encourage and support the
               full implementation of the Agreement, notably by heading the Secretariat of the CSA
               as well as by playing a central role to assist the Malian parties in identifying and
               prioritizing implementation steps consistent with the implementation of the
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                 11. Encourages more structured exchanges between Malian parties between
           sessions of the CSA, including through the establishment of a dedicated Secretariat
           under the authority of the Minister of Social cohesion, Peace and National
           reconciliation and with the support of the international mediation, acknowledges the
           role of the CSA to reconcile disagreements between the Malian parties, recalls the
           provisions of the Pact for Peace signed on 15 October 2018 between the Government
           of Mali and the United Nations recognizing the enforceability of the decisions and
           arbitrations of the international mediation team in case of divergence in the
           implementation of the Agreement, and calls on the members of the CSA and other
           relevant international partners, to increase their engagement in support to the
           implementation of the Agreement in coordination with the SRSG and MINUSMA;
                 12. Calls upon the Independent Observer to continue to make public,
           including through presentation to the CSA, regular reports containing concrete
           recommendations on steps to be taken by all parties to accelerate the full, effective
           and inclusive implementation of the Agreement, and further calls upon all parties to
           fully cooperate with the Carter Center in order to facilitate the implementation of its
           mandate as Independent Observer;
                 13. Calls upon all parties to fully cooperate with the International Commission
           of Inquiry established in accordance with the Agreement and as r equested by
           resolution 2364 (2017);
                14. Encourages all relevant United Nations agencies, as well as bilateral,
           regional and multilateral partners to provide the necessary support to contribute to
           the implementation of the Agreement by the Malian parties, in particular its
           provisions pertaining to sustainable development;

           Situation in Central Mali
                 15. Urges Malian authorities to take expedited and priority action through the
           Cadre politique de gestion de la crise au Centre du Mali to develop and implement a
           comprehensive politically-led strategy to protect civilians, reduce intercommunal
           violence, and re-establish State presence, State authority and basic social services in
           Central Mali, and further urges Malian authorities to disarm without delay all militias,
           to enhance their actions to restore peaceful relations between communities, to ensure
           that those responsible for violations and abuses of international human rights law and
           violations of international humanitarian law in Central Mali are held accountable and
           brought to justice without delay;
                 16. Encourages MINUSMA to continue efforts to facilitate the return of State
           presence, State authority and basic social services in the Centre, including thr ough
           supporting Malian authorities in reducing intercommunal tensions, redeploying the
           MDSF, ensuring effective, dynamic and integrated protection of civilians, and
           fighting impunity, and further encourages MINUSMA to enhance communication
           efforts to underscore the role and responsibilities of the Malian authorities to protect
           civilians while raising awareness on its own role and limitations;

           MINUSMA’s mandate
           General principles
                17.   Decides to extend the mandate of MINUSMA until 30 June 2020;
                18. Decides that MINUSMA shall continue to comprise up to 13,289 military
           personnel and 1,920 police personnel;
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                     20. Decides that the primary strategic priority of MINUSMA remains to
               support the implementation of the Agreement by the Government, the Plateforme and
               Coordination armed groups, as well as by other relevant Malian stakeholders, and
               further decides that the second strategic priority of MINUSMA is to facilitate the
               implementation of a comprehensive politically-led Malian strategy to protect
               civilians, reduce intercommunal violence, and re-establish State authority, State
               presence and basic social services in Central Mali, through the implementation of its
               mandated tasks;
                     21. Stresses that MINUSMA’s mandate should be implemented based on a
               prioritization of tasks established in paragraphs 20 above and 28 and 29 below,
               requests the Secretary-General to reflect this prioritization in the deployment of the
               mission and to align budgetary resources according to the prioritization of mandate
               tasks as set out in this resolution, while ensuring appropriate resources for the
               implementation of the mandate, affirms, in this regard, that the support to the
               implementation of the Agreement should be given priority in decisions about the use
               of available capacity and resources, that the SRSG, in consultation with the Force
               Commander, should be given sufficient flexibility to deploy MINUSMA contingents
               between sectors to rapidly respond, in line with MINUSMA’s mandate, to the
               dynamic security situation in both North and Central Mali, and that the SRSG, in
               consultation with the Force Commander, should ensure that sufficient mission
               resources are allocated to the implementation of the second strate gic priority, and
               requests the Secretary-General to conduct, within six months of the adoption of the
               resolution, a thorough assessment of the situation in Northern and Central Mali and
               of the Mission’s configuration in regards to the implementation of its primary and
               second strategic priorities;
                    22. Requests MINUSMA to continue to carry out its mandate with a proactive,
               robust, flexible and agile posture;
                     23. Expresses its deep concern regarding the heavy number of losses of
               peacekeepers in Mali and requests MINUSMA to ensure the safety, security and
               freedom of movement of United Nations and associated personnel, to protect
               installations and equipment, and, in this context, to periodically review all safety and
               security measures;
                    24. Encourages the Secretary-General to keep the Mission concept under
               continuous review in order to maximize the positive impact of MINUSMA ’s
               resources and make operational adjustments where necessary, and requests the
               Secretary-General to implement the options for adaptation with a view to enhancing
               MINUSMA’s effectiveness to support the implementation of the Agreement through
               a greater focus on priority tasks as well as the recommendations to enhance
               MINUSMA’s support in the Center presented in its report mentioned above;
                     25. Encourages the Secretary-General to keep under continuous update the
               integrated strategic framework setting the United Nations ’ overall vision, joint
               priorities and internal division of labour to sustain peace in Mali, requests the
               Secretary-General to ensure an efficient division of tasks and complementarity of
               efforts between MINUSMA and the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), based on
               their mandates and comparative advantages as well as to continuously adjust their
               deployment according to the progress made in the implementation o f MINUSMA’s
               mandate, while stressing the importance of adequate resources for the UNCT,
               underscores the critical nature of enhanced UNCT presence and activity in the
               Northern and Central regions of Mali, and calls on Member States and relevant
               organizations to consider providing the necessary voluntary funding to this end;
                    26. Encourages MINUSMA to pursue its efforts to improve coordination
               between its civil, military and police components, including through an integrated

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                 approach to operational planning and intelligence as well as through intra-mission
                 dedicated coordination mechanisms;
                       27. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure close coordination
                 and information sharing, where appropriate, between MINUSMA, the United Nations
                 Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), sub-regional organizations,
                 including ECOWAS and the G5 Sahel, as well as Member States in the region;

                 Priority tasks
                       28.   Decides that MINUSMA’s mandate shall include the following priority
                 tasks:

           (a)   Support to the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali
                      (i) To support the implementation of the political and institutional reforms
                      provided by the Agreement, especially in its Part II, notably to support the
                      Government’s efforts for the effective restoration and extension of State
                      authority and rule of law throughout the territory, including through supporting
                      the effective functioning of interim administrations in the North of Mali under
                      the conditions set out in the Agreement;
                      (ii) To support the implementation of the defence and security measures of the
                      Agreement, especially its Part III and Annex 2, notably:
                         – to support, monitor and supervise the ceasefire, including through the
                           continued implementation of control measures on movement and
                           armament of signatory armed groups, and to report to the Security Council
                           on violations of it;
                         – to support the cantonment, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration
                           of armed groups, including through the integration of elements of the
                           signatory armed groups in the MDSF as an interim measure, and the
                           continued implementation of a community violence reduction program,
                           within the framework of an inclusive and consensual reform of the security
                           sector, taking into account the particular needs of wome n and children and
                           without prejudice to the anticipated plans of the demobilization,
                           disarmament and reintegration and integration commissions;
                         – to support the establishment by all relevant Malian parties of a
                           comprehensive plan for the redeployment of the reformed and
                           reconstituted MDSF in the North of Mali, and to support such
                           redeployment including through operational, logistical and transportation
                           support during coordinated and joint operations, planning, strengthened
                           information sharing, and medical evacuation, within existing resources,
                           without prejudice to the basic principles of peacekeeping;
                         – to ensure coherence of international efforts, in close collaboration with
                           other bilateral partners, donors and international organizations, including
                           the European Union, engaged in these fields, to rebuild the Malian security
                           sector, within the framework set out by the Agreement;
                      (iii) To support the implementation of the reconciliation and justice measures
                      of the Agreement, especially in its Part V, by continuing its current activities,
                      including with respect to the support of the operations of the International
                      Commission of Inquiry, in consultation with the parties, support to the work of
                      the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission, support to the effectiveness
                      of justice and corrections officials in the North and Centre of the country and to
                      associated interim authorities, and technical support to Malian judicial

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                    institutions regarding the detention, investigation and prosecution of individuals
                    suspected of, and sentencing of those found responsible for, terrorism -related
                    crimes, mass atrocities and transnational organized crime activities (including
                    trafficking in persons, arms, drugs and natural resources, and the smuggling of
                    migrants), which risk destabilizing the peace process;
                    (iv) To support, within its resources and areas of deployment, the conduct of
                    inclusive, free, fair, transparent, and credible elections, conducted in a peaceful
                    environment, as well as the holding of a constitutional re ferendum, including
                    through the provision of appropriate technical assistance and security
                    arrangements, consistent with the provisions of the Agreement;

         (b)   Support to stabilization and restoration of State authority in the Centre
                    (i) To support Malian authorities in reducing violence and intercommunal
                    tensions by using its good offices;
                    (ii) To support the redeployment of the MDSF in the Centre of Mali, including
                    through continued operational, logistical and transportation support during
                    coordinated and joint operations, planning, strengthened information sharing
                    and medical evacuation, within existing resources, without prejudice to the basic
                    principles of peacekeeping;
                    (iii) To support Malian authorities in ensuring that those responsible for
                    violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international
                    humanitarian law are held accountable and brought to justice without delay;

         (c)   Protection of civilians
                    (i) To protect, without prejudice to the primary responsibility of the Malian
                    authorities, civilians under threat of physical violence;
                    (ii) In support of the Malian authorities, to take active steps to anticipate, deter
                    and effectively respond to threats to the civilian population, notably in the North
                    and Center of Mali, through a comprehensive and integrated approach, and, in
                    this regard:
                       – to strengthen early warning and to increase efforts to monitor and
                         document violations of international humanitarian law and violations and
                         abuses of international human rights law;
                       – to strengthen community engagement and protection mechanisms,
                         including interaction with civilians, community outreach, reconciliation,
                         mediation, support to the resolution of local and intercommunal conflicts
                         and public information;
                       – to take mobile, flexible, robust and proactive steps to protect civilians,
                         including through the deployment of ground and air assets, as available,
                         in high risk areas where civilians are most at risk;
                       – to mitigate the risk to civilians before, during and after any military or
                         police operation, including by tracking, preventing, minimizing, and
                         addressing civilian harm resulting from the mission’s operations;
                       – to prevent the return of active armed elements to key population centres
                         and other areas where civilians are at risk, engaging in direct operations
                         pursuant only to serious and credible threats;
                    (iii) To provide specific protection for women and children affected by armed
                    conflict, including through Protection Advisors, Child Protection Advisors and
                    Women Protection Advisors as well as consultations with women’s

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                      organizations, and address the needs of victims of sexual and gender-based
                      violence in armed conflict;

           (d)   Good offices and reconciliation
                      (i) To exercise good offices, confidence-building and facilitation at the
                      national and local levels, in order to support dialogue with and among all
                      stakeholders towards reconciliation and social cohesion;
                      (ii) To support efforts to reduce intercommunal tensions, bearing in mind the
                      primary responsibility of the Malian authorities;
                      (iii) To support the holding of inclusive, free, fair, transparent and credible
                      elections, conducted in a peaceful environment;
                      (iv) To encourage and support the full implementation of the Agreement by the
                      Government of Mali, the Plateforme and Coordination armed groups, and all
                      relevant non-signatory actors, including by promoting the meaningful
                      participation of civil society, including women’s organizations as well as youth
                      organizations;

           (e)   Promotion and protection of human rights
                      (i) To assist the Malian authorities in their efforts to promote and protect
                      human rights, in particular in the areas of justice and reconciliation, including
                      to support, as feasible and appropriate, the efforts of the Malian authorities,
                      without prejudice to their responsibilities, to bring to justice without undue
                      delay those responsible for serious violations or abuses of human rights or
                      violations of international humanitarian law, in particular war crimes and crimes
                      against humanity in Mali, taking into account the referral by the transitional
                      authorities of Mali of the situation in their country since January 2012 to the
                      ICC;
                      (ii) To monitor, document, help investigate and report publicly and regularly
                      to the Security Council, on violations of international humanitarian law and on
                      violations and abuses of human rights, including all forms of sexual and gender -
                      based violence and violations and abuses committed against women and
                      children throughout Mali and to contribute to efforts to prevent such v iolations
                      and abuses;

           (f)   Humanitarian assistance
                       In support of the Malian authorities, to contribute to the creation of a secure
                 environment for the safe civilian-led delivery of humanitarian assistance, consistent
                 with humanitarian principles, and the voluntary, safe and dignified return of internally
                 displaced persons and refugees, or local integration or resettlement of internally
                 displaced persons and refugees in close coordination with humanitarian actors;

                 Other tasks
                       29. Further authorizes MINUSMA, without impeding on its capacity to
                 implement its priority tasks, to use its existing capacities to assist in implementing
                 the following other tasks in a streamlined and sequenced manner, bearing in mind that
                 priority and secondary tasks are mutually reinforcing:




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         (a)   Quick impact projects
                     To contribute to the creation of a secure environment for quick impact projects
               in direct support to the implementation of the Agreement in the North or in response
               to specific needs in the Centre on the basis of strong conflict analysis;

         (b)   Cooperation with Sanctions Committees
                    To assist and exchange information with the Sanctions Committee and the Panel
               of experts established by resolution 2374;
                    To assist the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee
               and the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team established by resolution
               1526 (2004), including by passing information relevant to the implementation of the
               measures in paragraph 1 of resolution 2368 (2017);

               Other security presences in Mali and the Sahel region
                     30. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure adequate coordination, exchange
               of information and, when applicable, support, within their respective mandates and
               through existing mechanisms, between MINUSMA, the MDSF, the FC -G5S, the
               French Forces and the European Union missions in Mali, and further requests
               MINUSMA to convene regular meetings of the Instance de Coordination au Mali as
               the main platform for such coordination, exchange of information and support;
                     31. Stresses that security responses to the threats faced by Mali can only be
               effective if conducted in full compliance with international law, by taking feasible
               precautions to minimize the risk of harm to civilians in all areas of operations, and
               requests MINUSMA to ensure that any of its support to other secur ity presences
               mentioned in paragraph 30 above is provided in strict compliance with the Human
               Rights Due Diligence Policy on United Nations support to non -United Nations
               security forces (HRDDP);
                     32. Affirms that the redeployment of the reformed and reconstituted MDSF
               across the territory of Mali and the full operationalization of the FC -G5S will
               contribute to the stability of Mali and its region, facilitate the fulfilment by
               MINUSMA of its mandate and thus open the way for the implementation of an exit
               strategy for the mission, and requests, in this context, MINUSMA, in coordination
               with the Instance de Coordination au Mali, to develop a long -term conditions-based
               transition approach to ensure a phased, coordinated and deliberate transition of
               security responsibilities, without jeopardizing the stability of Mali and its region;

               Malian Defence and Security Forces
                    33. Urges MINUSMA and the Government of Mali to redouble their efforts
               towards ensuring a swift, full and effective implementation of the M emorandum of
               Understanding on support to the redeployment of MDSF;
                     34. Encourages bilateral and multilateral partners to continue their support to
               accelerate the redeployment of the MDSF to the Centre and, once reformed and
               reconstituted, to the North of Mali, particularly by providing relevant equipment and
               training, in coordination with the Government of Mali and MINUSMA and within the
               framework of the Agreement;
                     35. Strongly condemns the continued terrorist attacks against MDSF, expresses
               serious concerns about repeated allegations of violations of international human
               rights law and international humanitarian law by MDSF in the conduct of
               counterterrorism operations, including in Central Mali, urges the Government of Mali
               to carry out transparent and credible investigations on alleged violations of

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           international human rights law and international humanitarian law by MDSF, calls
           for those responsible for such violations or abuses to be held accountable, takes
           positive note of the measures announced by the Government of Mali in response to
           several allegations referred to above and urges for the effective implementation of
           those measures, in pursuance of the conditions referred to above;
                36. Calls upon the Government of Mali to implement all recommendations
           made by MINUSMA in the framework of the HRDDP, and encourages international
           partners to insist on respect for international human rights law, international
           humanitarian law and accountability as a necessary condition when partnering with
           the MDSF or other armed actors;

           Force conjointe du G5 Sahel
                 37. Encourages G5 Sahel States to ensure that the FC-G5S continues to scale
           up its level of operation in order to demonstrate increased tangible operational results;
                 38. Stresses that operational and logistical support from MINUSMA, as per
           the conditions set by resolution 2391 (2017), has the potential to allow the FC-G5S,
           given its current level of capacities, to enhance its ability to deliver on its mandat e;
                 39. Recalls all provisions of paragraph 13 of resolution 2391, notes the request
           expressed by the G5 Sahel during the Security Council mission on the Sahel carried
           out in March 2019 that life support consumables provided by MINUSMA to the
           FC-G5S pursuant to the technical agreement between the United Nations, the EU and
           the G5 Sahel (“the technical agreement”) could be used by all G5 Sahel contingents
           operating in the framework of the FC-G5S, expresses its support for the use of life
           support consumables provided by MINUSMA to the FC-G5S based on resolution
           2391 (2017) by all G5 Sahel contingents operating in the framework of the FC -G5S
           under the conditions that the FC-G5S or other partners undertake the responsibility
           of ensuring their delivery to their respective areas of operations when outside of
           Malian territory and that provision of consumables is undertaken in strict compliance
           with the Human Rights Due Diligence Policy on United Nations support to
           Non-United Nations security forces, recalls the reporting obligations set by paragraph
           33 (iii) of resolution 2391, requests the Secretary-General to provide an assessment
           of the implementation of paragraph 13 of resolution 2391 (2017) to be included in its
           June 2020 quarterly report on MINUSMA, included any updates related to this
           paragraph, and expresses its intent, on this basis, to take a decision on the future of
           the mechanism set by paragraph 13 of resolution 2391 at the end of MINUSMA’s
           current mandate;
                 40. Requests the Secretary-General to enhance exchange of information
           between MINUSMA and the G5 Sahel States, through provision of relevant
           intelligence;
                 41. Recalls that adherence to the compliance framework referred to in
           resolution 2391 (2017) is essential in ensuring the required trust among the
           populations, and thus the effectiveness and legitimacy of the FC -G5S, and calls upon
           the FC-G5S to cooperate with the United Nations in implementing the HRDDP,
           including by cooperating with the relevant monitoring and reporting mechanisms;

           French forces
                42. Authorizes French forces, within the limits of their capacities and areas of
           deployment, to use all necessary means until the end of MINUSMA ’s mandate as
           authorized in this resolution, to intervene in support of elements of MINUSMA when
           under imminent and serious threat upon request of the Secretary-General, and
           requests France to report to the Council on the implementation of this mandate in

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               Mali and to coordinate its reporting with the reporting by the Secretary -General
               referred to in paragraph 64 below;

               European Union contribution
                     43. Encourages the European Union, notably its Special Representative for
               the Sahel and its EUTM Mali and EUCAP Sahel Mali missions, to continue its efforts
               to support Malian authorities in Security Sector Reform and reestabli shment of State
               authority and presence in the Centre, further encourages close coordination of these
               efforts with MINUSMA, and requests the Secretary-General enhance cooperation
               between MINUSMA and EUTM Mali and EUCAP Sahel missions, including by
               developing further complementarity between the missions and by exploring
               modalities for potential mutual support, including through a possible technical
               agreement without affecting MINUSMA’s capacity to implement its mandate and
               strategic priorities;

               Capacities of MINUSMA, safety and security of MINUSMA’s personnel
                    44. Stresses the importance to provide MINUSMA with the necessary
               performance capacities to fulfil its mandate in a complex security environment that
               includes asymmetric threats while ensuring the best possible level of safety and
               security for its personnel;
                     45. Urges Member States to provide troops and police that have adequate
               capabilities, including regarding language skills, predeployment and, where
               appropriate, in situ training, and equipment, including enablers, specific to the
               operating environment, notes the potential adverse effects on mandate
               implementation of national caveats which have not been declared and accepted by the
               Secretary General prior to deployment, and calls on Members State to provide troops
               with the minimum of declared caveats;
                    46. Requests the Secretary-General to seek to increase the number of women
               in MINUSMA, as well as to ensure the meaningful participation of women in all
               aspects of operations;
                     47. Strongly condemns attacks against peacekeepers, underlines that these
               attacks may constitute war crimes under international law, stresses that those
               responsible for these acts should be held accountable, calls on the Government of
               Mali to swiftly investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice, with a view to prevent
               impunity from encouraging future violence against peacekeepers, calls upon
               MINUSMA to provide support to the Government of Mali to this end, further stresses
               the importance of MINUSMA having the necessary capacities to promote the safety
               and security of the United Nations peacekeepers, and requests the Secretary-General
               to ensure troop contributing countries receive sufficient information relevant to up -
               to-date tactics, techniques, and procedures in reducing tro op casualties in an
               asymmetric environment before deploying to Mali;
                     48. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take all appropriate
               measures to review and enhance the safety and security of MINUSMA ’s personnel,
               in line with the action plan developed by MINUSMA in this regard, including
               through:
                    – improving MINUSMA’s intelligence and analysis capacities, including
                      surveillance and monitoring capacities, within the limits of its mandate ;
                    – providing training, knowledge and equipment to counter explosive devices,
                      including enhanced support to troop and police contributing countries to deploy
                      the environment specific mine-protected vehicles needed under the current
                      Force requirements;

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              – improving logistics in mission, in particular by securing MIN USMA’s logistical
                supply routes, including through the continued deployment of combat convoy
                battalions and the use of modern technology such as multiple sensors,
                intelligence fusion and unmanned aerial systems, as well as by exploring
                potential alternative logistical supply routes;
              – enhancing camps protection, including through the urgent deployment of
                indirect fire attack early warning devices, such as ground alert radars, on
                premises not yet equipped;
              – implementing more effective casualty and medical evacuation procedures, as
                well as deploying enhanced medical evacuation capacities;
              – taking active and effective measures to improve the planning and functioning of
                MINUSMA’s safety and security facilities and arrangements;
              – securing long-term rotation schemes for critical capabilities as well as exploring
                innovative options to promote partnerships between equipment, troop - and
                police-contributing countries;
                49. Calls on troop- and police-contributing countries to fully and effectively
           implement the provisions of the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) signed with the
           United Nations as well as to declare all nationals caveats;
                50. Recalls its resolutions 2378 (2017) and 2436 (2018), and in particular the
           requests to the Secretary-General related to the use of peacekeeping performance data
           contained in these resolutions;
                 51. Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to
           standardize a culture of performance in UN peacekeeping, reaffirms its support for
           the development of a comprehensive and integrated performance policy framework
           that identifies clear standards of performance for evaluating all United Nations
           civilian and uniformed personnel working in and supporting peacekeeping operations
           that facilitates effective and full implementation of mandates, and includes
           comprehensive and objective methodologies based on clear and well-defined
           benchmarks to ensure accountability for underperformance and incentives and
           recognition for outstanding performance, and calls on him to apply it to MINUSMA;
                 52. Calls upon Member States, especially those in the region, to ensure the
           free, unhindered and expeditious movement to and from Mali of all personnel, as well
           as equipment, provisions, supplies and other goods, which are for the exclusive and
           official use of MINUSMA, in order to facilitate the timely and cost -effective delivery
           of the logistical supply of MINUSMA, and in this regard, and requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to facilitate the logistical supply of
           MINUSMA and to consolidate supply routes, including through using alternative
           routes;

           Obligations under international law, human rights policy and related aspects
                 53. Urges the Malian authorities to ensure that all those responsible for crimes
           involving violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international
           humanitarian law, including those involving sexual and gender-based violence, are
           held accountable and brought to justice without undue delay, and notes, in this regard,
           the Malian authorities’ continued cooperation with the ICC, in accordance with Mali’s
           obligations under the Rome Statute, in matters that are within its jurisdiction;
                  54. Urges all parties to comply with obligations under international
           humanitarian law to respect and protect humanitarian and medical personnel,
           facilities and relief consignments, and take all required steps to allow and facilitate
           the full, safe, immediate and unimpeded access of humanitarian actors for the delivery

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               of humanitarian assistance to all people in need, while respecting the United Nations
               humanitarian guiding principles and applicable international law;
                     55. Reiterates that the Malian authorities have primary responsibility to
               protect civilians in Mali, recalls its past resolutions on the Protection of civilians in
               armed conflicts, Children and armed conflicts, and Women, peace and s ecurity, calls
               upon MINUSMA and all military forces operating in Mali to take them into account
               and to abide by international humanitarian, human rights and refugee law, and recalls
               the importance of training in this regard;
                    56. Welcomes the adoption by the Malian authorities of a third action plan to
               implement resolution 1325 (2000), and requests MINUSMA to take fully into account
               gender considerations as a cross-cutting issue throughout its mandate and to assist the
               Malian authorities in ensuring the full, effective and meaningful participation,
               involvement and representation of women at all levels in the implementation of the
               Agreement, including the security sector reform and disarmament, demobilizatio n
               and reintegration processes, as well as in reconciliation and electoral processes;
                     57. Urges all parties to implement the conclusions on Children And Armed
               Conflict in Mali adopted by the Security Council working group on 19 June 2018,
               encourages the Government of Mali to continue its efforts to strengthen the legal
               framework on child protection, notes the endorsement by the Government of Mali of
               the Safe Schools Declaration and encourages a mapping of schools that have been
               closed, targeted or threatened, calls upon the Government of Mali to ensure that the
               protection of children’s rights is taken into account in disarmament, demobilization
               and reintegration processes and in security sector reform, urges all armed groups to
               establish and implement action plans to end and prevent all six grave violations
               against children, as identified by the Secretary-General, including the recruitment and
               use of children and sexual violence against children, and requests MINUSMA to take
               fully into account child protection as a cross-cutting issue throughout its mandate;
                     58. Urges all parties to prevent and eliminate sexual violence in conflict and
               post-conflict situations, encourages the implementation of the Joint Communiqué on
               sexual and gender-based violence signed by the United Nations and the Government
               of Mali in March 2019, further encourages Malian authorities to continue to take steps
               towards the enactment of the draft law on prevention, prosecution and response to
               gender-based violence, calls upon the Plateforme armed group to implement the
               commitments contained in its Communiqué sur la prévention des violences sexuelles
               liées au conflit au Mali of June 2016 and upon the Coordination armed group to make
               similar commitments, and requests MINUSMA to support efforts in this regard;
                     59. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure full compliance of MINUSMA
               with the United Nations zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and
               to keep the Council fully informed if such cases of misconduct occur, and urges troopand police-contributing countries to take appropriate preventative action, including
               predeployment awareness training, and to ensure full accountability in cases of such
               conduct involving their personnel;
                    60. Remains seriously concerned over the significant ongoing food and
               humanitarian crisis in Mali, and over the insecurity which hinders humanitarian
               access, and calls on Member States and international and regional organizations to
               respond swiftly to the humanitarian appeal through increased contribu tions;

               Environmental issues
                    61. Requests MINUSMA to consider the environmental impacts of its
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           appropriate and in accordance with applicable and relevant General Assembly
           resolutions and United Nations rules and regulations;

           Small arms, light weapons and explosive ordnance threat mitigation
                 62. Calls upon the Malian authorities to address the issue of the proliferation
           and illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, including by ensuring the safe
           and effective management, storage and security of their stockpiles and ammunitions
           in accordance with the ECOWAS Convention on small arms and light weapons, their
           ammunition and other related materials, the United Nations Programme of Action on
           Small Arms and Light Weapons and with resolution 2220 (2015);
                 63. Calls upon the Malian authorities to strengthen cooperation with the
           United Nations, regional and sub-regional organizations, civil society, and private
           sector in order to give the most appropriate response to explosive ordnance threat;

           Reports by the Secretary-General
                 64. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council every
           three months after the adoption of this resolution on the implementation of this
           resolution, focusing:
                (i) on progress in the implementation of the Agreement and in the
                development and implementation of a comprehensive politically-led strategy to
                re-establish State presence, State authority and basic social services, to protect
                civilians and to reduce intercommunal violence in Central Mali, as well as on
                MINUSMA’s efforts to support these objectives;
                (ii) on coordination, exchange of information and, when applicable, mutual
                operational and logistical support, between MINUSMA, the MDSF, the FC-G5S, the French Forces and the European Union missions in Mali;
                65. Further requests the Secretary-General, addressing perspectives from all
           relevant actors, including the SRSG, in consultation with the Force Commander, to
           provide every six months the Security Council with a letter exclusively and
           thoroughly focusing on:
                (i) information on security challenges in Mali, progress in mission operations,
                troop performance and rotations, as well as an update on discussions in the
                Instance de Coordination au Mali on the coordination of security
                responsibilities as outlined in paragraph 32 above;
                (ii) an update on the implementation of the integrated strategic framework
                referred to above, encouraging that this integrated stra tegic framework also
                includes a transition plan with a view to handing over relevant tasks to the
                UNCT based on their mandates and comparative advantages as well as on a
                mapping of capabilities and gaps, a resource mobilization strategy that involves
                the full range of multilateral and bilateral partners, as well as a possible long -
                term exit strategy of the Mission on the basis of improved security and political
                conditions as well as of progress in the implementation of the Agreement;
                66.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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