UN General Assembly
2012

integrity, we are calling for the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution authorizing, under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, intervention by an international military force so as to help the Malian army to retake and ensure the security of our national territory. The Government of Mali would like to see the immediate arrival of such a force to support the defence and security forces of Mali in carrying out their noble mission of recovering and maintaining our territorial integrity and of protecting persons and property. The people of Mali continue to hope that the members of the Security Council will give due consideration to that request. I should therefore like to take this opportunity to reiterate the gratitude of the people and the Government of Mali to the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and to the United Nations for their ongoing efforts to put a lasting end to the crisis in Mali, which also threatens the stability of the subregion and of Africa, and even beyond.