UN Security Council
2021

assistance, the Takuba Task Force, a multinational special forces task force designed to advise, assist and accompany the MDSF, the Partnership for Security and Stability in the Sahel and the Sahel Alliance, Recalling the establishment of the transitional arrangements in Mali, including a Transition Charter, a Transition Action Plan, and an election calendar, welcoming the mediation by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the role of the Monitoring Mechanism it has announced to ensure respect of these arrangements, including the electoral calendar unveiled on 15th April 2021, Strongly condemning the violation of the Transition Charter constituted by the arbitrary arrest of the transitional leaders by elements of the Defense and Security forces on 24 May 2021, calling for the immediate resumption of the inclusive transition in Mali leading to elections and constitutional order within the established 18-month timeline, in accordance with the Transition Charter, including presidential election on 27 February 2022 as per the transition government’s electoral calendar, and taking note of the conclusions of the ECOWAS extraordinary Summit on the