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ECOWAS efforts. Council requests the Commission, in close collaboration with the ECOWAS
Commission, to establish the list of the individuals and entities concerned, for immediate
transmission to all AU Member States and partners. Council holds the members of the junta
personally and collectively responsible for the actions that they have taken, as well as for
the security and safety of all political personalities, including the legitimate President,
Amadou Toumani Touré, and other opponents to the coup d'état arrested since the
unconstitutional change of 22 March 2012. Council recalls that, in pursuance of Article 25
(5) of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, the perpetrators of
unconstitutional change of government are liable to prosecution;
8.
Expresses its full support for the sanctions imposed by ECOWAS, in pursuance of its
communiqués of 27 and 29 March 2012. Council requests the Commission, in collaboration
with the ECOWAS Commission, to facilitate the effective implementation of these sanctions,
so that they quickly generate the desired effect on the junta and its supporters, while
seeking to minimize their impact on the civilian population, and to develop implementation
guidelines, including provisions relating to humanitarian assistance;
9.
Reiterates the strong condemnation by the AU of the attacks perpetrated by armed
groups in collaboration with terrorist groups, including the Al‐Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
(AQMI), and transnational criminal networks against the sovereignty, unity and territorial
integrity of Mali, as well as the abuses committed against civilians in the different localities
occupied by these armed groups. Council rejects the use of force by the said groups, and
declares null and of no value all the consequences that the armed groups concerned aim to
draw from the occupation of a part of the Malian territory and the announcements made or
to be made in this respect;
10.
Calls on the Commission, in collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission, the core
countries and the Algiers‐based African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism, to
develop, within one month, the list of all terrorist and other armed groups operating in
conjunction with them on the territory of the Republic of Mali, for their inclusion in the AU’s
list of terrorist groups;
11.
Emphasizes the need to put an immediate end to the attacks by the rebel
movements in the north of the country, to restore the authority of the Government of Mali
on its entire territory and to facilitate the search for a lasting solution to any legitimate
claim, on the basis of strict respect for the national unity, territorial integrity and
sovereignty of Mali. In this regard, Council endorses the decision of ECOWAS to activate the
planning process for the possible deployment of elements of its Standby Brigade to assist in
protecting the unity and territorial integrity of Mali, and requests the Commission to extend
the necessary support to the ECOWAS initiative, including through the provision of planning
personnel. Council calls upon all Member States and AU partners to provide the financial,
logistical and other necessary support to ECOWAS’s efforts;
12.
Calls upon countries in the region, particularly those of ECOWAS and the core
countries, and to all other States to do everything possible to prevent any flow of arms and
fighters for the armed and terrorist groups operating in the northern part of Mali. In this
respect, Council requests the Commission, in collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission