UN General Assembly
2021

I recall that our common Organization, the United Nations, was well advised in April 2013, when it decided on the very timely deployment of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. Resolution 2100 (2013), of 25 April 2013, which established MINUSMA, determined, in its twenty- third preambular paragraph, that “the situation in Mali constitutes a threat to international peace and security,” and therefore decided to take action, in accordance with Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. In paragraph 16 (a) (i) of resolution 2100 (2013), it was established that the initial mandate of MINUSMA is, inter alia, “In support of the transitional authorities of Mali, to stabilize the key population centres, especially in the north of Mali and, in this context, to deter threats and take active steps to prevent the return of armed elements to those areas”. In the twelfth preambular paragraph of resolution 2164 (2014), of 25 June 2014, which renewed the mandate of MINUSMA for a one-year period for the first time, it is stressed that