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UN chief urges more action on Mali crisis

08 August 2012 22:20 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Wednesday called upon the UN Security Council to consider taking more action, including targeted sanctions, against those responsible for the current instability in Mali, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

"I encourage the Security Council to give serious consideration to the imposition of targeted travel and financial sanctions against individuals or groups in Mali engaged in terrorist, religious extremist or criminal activities," Ban told a Security Council meeting here on peace and security in Africa.

The UN chief expressed his extreme concern about reports that armed groups in the north of Mali are committing serious human rights violations, including summary executions of civilians, rapes and torture.

He noted that such grave developments not only have brought enormous suffering to the people of Mali, but also pose a widening threat to international peace and security.

With a unanimously adopted resolution in early July, the Security Council has expressed its concern, Ban said. "Today, as we consider the latest developments, it is clear that more may be required of you."

In addition to international engagement, the secretary-general stressed that the crisis in Mali will require a holistic and comprehensive approach, rather than partial and disconnected measures, given its complex and multidimensional nature.

In his remarks to the meeting, Ban also welcomed the return of President Dioncounda Traore to Mali as a "positive development," with his presence enhancing the constitutional legitimacy of the transitional arrangements.

"I commend the steps the president is taking to ensure the formation of a government of national unity," Ban said. "I also welcome his announcement of the creation of the National Transition Committee, the National Dialogue Committee, and the High Council of State, which he plans to chair."

In January, fighting between Malian government forces and Tuareg rebels resumed in northern Mali. According to UN, the instability and insecurity resulting from the renewed clashes, as well as the proliferation of armed groups in the region and political instability in the wake of a coup d’etat in March, have led more than 253,000 Malians to flee to neighboring countries.

On July 5, the Security Council adopted a resolution, demanding the immediate and unconditional cessation of hostilities by rebel groups in the north of the country.

On July 28, Traore, Mali’s transitional president, returned to his country after undergoing medical treatment in France for the last two months.

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