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Mediator, and the other members of the ECOWAS Contact Group on Mali, as well as to President
Thomas Yayi Boni, President of Benin and Chairman of the AU, for their commitment and sustained
efforts. Council also notes with satisfaction the action of the core countries. Council welcomes the
interaction that has developed between ECOWAS and the core countries, and encourages all
stakeholders to continue on this path, in accordance with its decision of 20 March 2012, in Bamako
[PSC/MIN/COMM.(CCCXIV)];
7.
Endorses the communiqués issued by the 41st Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Assembly of
Heads of State and Government, held in Yamoussoukro, on 28 and 29 June 2012, and the second
meeting of the ECOWAS Contact Group on Mali, held in Ouagadougou, on 7 July 2012. Council also
welcomes the adoption, on 5 July 2012, by the UN Security Council of resolution 2056(2012);
8.
Reiterates its strong condemnation of the physical assault against the interim President,
Mr. Dioncounda Traore, and requests the Chairperson of the Commission, in collaboration with the
President of the ECOWAS Commission, to put in place, with the support of the UN, an international
commission of inquiry to shed light on the assault and to identify its perpetrators and sponsors,
with a view to bringing them to justice. Council requests the current authorities, working closely
with ECOWAS, to facilitate the return to Mali of the interim President, to enable him to fully and
effectively assume his responsibilities;
9.
Reiterates the urgent need to strengthen the transitional institutions, to enable Mali to
address the serious challenges it faces, particularly in the northern part of the country. In this
regard, Council demands an end to the unacceptable interference of the military junta and their
civilian supporters in the management of the transition and the effective dissolution of the National
Committee for the Recovery of Democracy and the Restoration of the State (CNRDRE). Council calls
for the early finalization of the list of individuals whose action is impeding the transition, to allow
for the immediate imposition of sanctions by the AU and ECOWAS. Council requests the UN
Security Council and other AU partners to support such sanctions;
10.
Urges the interim President and the Prime Minister to immediately commence the required
consultations with the Malian political and civil society actors, with a view to forming an expanded
national unity Government, as requested by ECOWAS, the AU and the UN. Council requests the
Chairperson of the AU Commission and the President of the ECOWAS Commission, in close
consultation with the Mediation and with the support of the Special Representative of the United
Nations Secretary‐General for West Africa and other partners, on the basis of the communiqué of
the Ouagadougou Contact Group meeting, to facilitate the holding, as soon as possible, of
consultations among the Malian stakeholders, in Bamako, for the formation of the Government of
national unity by 31st July 2012, in accordance with the decision of the Contact Group meeting.
Council emphasizes that the formation of this Government will mark the completion of
institutional normalization and pave the way for the lifting of the suspension measure taken by the
AU, as well as for greater mobilization of Africa and the rest of the international community, in
support to the efforts of the transitional authorities;