UN Security Council
2018

Taking positive note of Mali’s second National Action Plan for the implementation of the Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), as well as of Mali’s legislation requiring a 30 per cent quota for women in national institutions, and encouraging their full and swift implementation, Welcoming the signing of an action plan to end and prevent recruitment and use of children and sexual violence against children by the Coordination armed group and the United Nations in March 2017, calling for its full and immediate implementation, 18-10687 3/18 S/RES/2423 (2018) and encouraging the immediate development and implementation of an action plan by the Plateforme armed groups and the United Nations to prevent the unlawful recruitment and use of children and sexual violence against children, Emphasizing the need for all parties to uphold and respect the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence in order to ensure the continued provision of humanitarian assistance, the safety and protection of civilians receiving assistance and the security of humanitarian personnel operating in Mali, and stressing the importance of humanitarian assistance being delivered on the