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Council underscores the urgent need for the Malian stakeholders, working with ECOWAS and
the Mediator, to resolve the outstanding issues, especially the management of the transition,
its duration, and the prerogatives of the various organs of the Transition, after the expiry of the
40 days deadline provided for in Article 36 of the Constitution of February 1992, to avoid a
constitutional vacuum in Mali, it being understood that the civilian institutions should have full
responsibility for managing the Transition, with all the necessary prerogatives in this regard. In
this context, Council stresses the opportunity to extend the mandate of the parliamentarians
so that the National Assembly could continue to assume its powers during the transitional
period;
6.
Reiterates its deep concern about the developments in northern Mali and the strong
condemnation by the AU of the attacks perpetrated by the armed and terrorist groups against
the Malian State, including exactions against the Malian military and their families in Aguelhok,
in the north of Mali;
7.
Rejects the “declaration of independence made by the National Movement for the
Liberation of Azawad", which is null and void. Council stresses that the occupation of any part
of the Malian territory by armed criminal and terrorist groups is a threat to international peace
and security. Council strongly condemns the taking of hostages by terrorist groups, in particular
the abduction of diplomats of the Consulate of Algeria in Gao, Mali;
8.
Recalls the provisions of paragraph 7 of the communiqué PSC/MIN/Comm (CCCXIV) by
which Council affirmed its determination to actively support the efforts of the neighboring
countries of Mali, particularly the core countries, and ECOWAS mediation, in scrupulous respect
of the national unity and territorial integrity of the Republic of Mali;
9.
Welcomes the efforts being made by the Chairperson of the Commission to follow up
on the relevant decisions of Council. Council requested him to speed up his consultations with
all the stakeholders, with the view to finalizing the modalities for the implementation of the
process referred to in paragraph 7 above, and facilitating the preparation and implementation
of an overall political and security strategy, to address the situation, including modalities for
applying the sanctions already imposed against terrorists and armed groups active in northern
Mali, in accordance with paragraphs 10 and 12 of communiqué PSC/PR/COMM (CCCXVI), as
well as the measures envisaged by ECOWAS on the basis of the relevant provisions of the
communiqués issued at the end of its Extraordinary Summits of 27 and 29 March 2012, and the
outcomes of the meeting of the Mediation and Security Council of ECOWAS, held in Abidjan, on
12 April 2012;
10.
Looks forward to the decisions of the Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS, scheduled in
Abidjan on 26 April 2012, and the outcomes of the inaugural meeting of the Support and
Follow‐up Group, which will take place in Abidjan, on 4 May 2012, whose establishment was
decided at its 314th meeting, held on 20 March 2012, in Bamako, and whose mandate was
extended to the issue of the restoration of constitutional order by the communiqué of its 315th
meeting, held on 23 March 2012;