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which the Authority decided to adopt the harmonised Concept of Operations for the
deployment of an African‐led international Force in Mali, called “African‐led International
Support Mission to Mali” (AFISMA), and requested the AU Peace and Security Council to
endorse the said Concept and ensure its immediate transmission, together with the Strategic
Concept for the Resolution of the Crises in Mali, adopted by the 339th meeting of Council, to the
UN Secretary‐General, within the time limit prescribed by resolution 2071 (2012). In this regard,
Council takes note of the transmission by the Chairperson of the Commission to the UN
Secretary‐General, by letter dated 25 October 2012, of the Strategic Concept for the Resolution
of the Crises in Mali, and recalls paragraph 9 of its communiqué PSC/MIN/COMM.2(CCCXXXIX),
by which Council decided that the Concept of Operations for the planned deployment in Mali
would be transmitted to the UN Secretary‐General by 15 November 2012;
6.
Notes with satisfaction that the Concept of Operations, as endorsed by ECOWAS, takes
into account, as requested in paragraph 10 of communiqué PSC/MIN/Comm.2 (CCCXXXIX), the
contributions which may be made, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Protocol
Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council and the relevant decisions of
Council and the Assembly of the Union, by other African countries, including the neighbours of
Mali, in terms of intelligence, logistics and troops, and aims at building the operational
capacities of the Malian Defense and Security Forces, to enable them play a lead role in the
recovery of the regions in the north that are at present occupied by armed, terrorist and
criminal groups, as well as the execution of related tasks;
7.
Decides, in the light of the foregoing, to endorse the harmonised Concept of Operations
for the planned deployment of AFISMA, and stresses that this deployment falls within the
framework of the African Standby Force, as provided for in Article 13 of the Protocol Relating
to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council, and aims at responding to the request
of the Malian authorities to regain the occupied regions in the north of the country, dismantle
the terrorist and criminal networks and restore effectively the authority of the State over the
entire national territory. In this regard, Council notes with satisfaction the decision of ECOWAS
to maintain its standby brigade in advanced readiness for an imminent deployment;
8.
Requests the Chairperson of the Commission to transmit immediately the harmonised
Concept of Operations to the UN Secretary‐General, looking forward to the report he will be
submitting in accordance with paragraph 7 of resolution 2071 (2012);
9.
Notes that the Strategic Concept for the Resolution of the Crises in Mali and the
harmonized Concept of Operations provide the specific information requested by the UN
Security Council, in its press statement of 18 June 2012 and resolutions 2056 (2012) and 2071
(2012), on the objectives, the ways, means and modalities of the planned deployment and
other possible measures. Consequently, Council urges the UN Security Council to give its full
support to the Strategic Concept and the harmonised Concept of Operations and to authorise,
for an initial period of one year, the planned deployment of AFISMA, under Chapter VII of the
United Nations Charter. Council, recalling paragraph 17 of communiqué PSC/PR/ COMM.
(CCCXXIII), adopted at its 323rd meeting, held in New York, on 12 June 2012, also urges the