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AFISMA. Council reiterated its request to the Commission, in cooperation with ECOWAS, to
help mobilize technical and financial support for the smooth functioning of the CDR.
Council stressed the importance of organizing free, fair andcredible elections
throughout the Malian territory, in order to complete the process of restoring
constitutional order and legitimacy in the country. In this regard, Council noted the strong
will of the Malian authorities to organize elections in July 2013 and urged the Commission,
the Member States and international partners to provide the necessary support to the
electoral process in Mali.
Council welcomed the outcomes of the, Donors’ Conference held on 15 May 2013,
in Brussels, at the initiative and the co‐chairmanship of the EU, Mali and France, to support
the post‐conflict reconstruction and development in Mali. Council urged all the
stakeholders concerned to speedily translate into deeds the important commitments
made. Council encouraged the Commission to design a support programme for Mali within
the framework of the African Solidarity Initiative (ASI).
Council took note of resolution 2100 (2013) of the UN Security Council authorizing
the transformation of AFISMA into a UN operation, and reiterated the parameters defined
in the communiqués of its 358thand 371stmeetings held respectively on 7 March and 25
April 2013. Council took note of the measures taken by the Commission, in cooperation
with the ECOWAS Commission and in relation with the UN Secretariat, with a view to
ensuring a harmonious transition from AFISMA to a UN Integrated Mission for Stabilization
in Mali(MINUSMA), including the meeting which the three organizations held in Addis
Ababa, on 8 and 9 May 2013. Council stressed the need for the AU and ECOWAS to
cooperate closely in order to ensure a harmonious presence in Mali, with the aim of
pursuing, with greater effectiveness and in cooperation with the UN and other
international partners, their collective action for a lasting solution to the multidimensional
crisis faced by Mali.Council requested the Commission to continue to ensure the smooth
running of the deliberations of the frameworks of coordination and consultation which the
AU has established within this framework.