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The resolution, which proposed to extend by one year the sanctions regime imposed in 2017 against those who endanger the 2015 peace agreement, as well as the committee of experts responsible for monitoring it, received 13 votes, with one abstention (China) and one against (Russia).
Published on August 31, 2023 00:02
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the leader of Mali’s ruling junta, Assimi Goita, near Saint Petersburg, Russia, on July 29, 2023. (MIKHAIL METZEL / TASS HOST PHOTO AGENCY / AFP)
Russia, Bamako’s ally, on Wednesday August 30 vetoed a UN Security Council resolution extending sanctions against Malians that threaten peace in the country and which the Malian junta called for their lifting.
The resolution, which proposed to extend by one year the sanctions regime imposed in 2017 against those who endanger the 2015 peace agreement, as well as the committee of experts responsible for monitoring it, received 13 votes, with one abstention (China) and one against (Russia).
Russia agreed to extend the sanctions, but only for the last time, and wanted above all to disband the committee of experts, whose objectivity it disputes towards Bamako. His corresponding resolution was rejected with one yes vote, one no vote and 13 abstentions.
Violence against women is carried out “systematically and organized”.
The Committee of Experts’ latest report, published last week, particularly questioned the violence against women, which was “systematic and organized” by the Malian armed forces and their “foreign security partners”, believed to be members of the Russian Wagner group “was exercised.
This sanctions regime (asset freeze or travel ban) was introduced in 2017 and affected eight individuals, notably leaders of signatory groups to the 2015 peace agreement, who were accused of endangering it.
These sanctions were demanded by the Malian government at the time, but the junta in power today is demanding that they be lifted.
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