UN Security Council
2021

the United Nations and the critical other partners of Mali; 2. Calls on the Malian Transition Government to organize free and fair presidential, as well as legislative, regional and local elections and a constitutional referendum, as appropriate, within the 18-month timeline, as announced in the electoral calendar, conducted in a transparent and inclusive manner, with the full, equal and meaningful participation of women, youth, refugees and internally displaced persons, reiterates in this regard decisions that the Head of the Transition, the Vice-president and the Prime minister of the Transition should not under any circumstances be candidates for the forthcoming presidential election, and insists on the need to prioritize building trust, engaging in dialogue and willingness to compromise, in order to make sure the Transition is consensual, inclusive and lays the foundations for a more stable, democratic and peaceful country; 3. Welcomes the steps taken in advancing the implementation of the Agreement but regrets the slow pace of its implementation, urges the Government of Mali and the Plateforme and Coordination armed groups (“the Malian parties”) to