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DATELINE: 16 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
16 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Med shot, delegates, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (French) El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA):
“The day after tomorrow, the constitutional referendum will be held, marking the first step of a planned process leading to the restoration of constitutional order.”
3. Med shot, delegates, Security Council
4. SOUNDBITE (French) El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA):
“The challenges facing the peace process are not insurmountable, and any path other than that of dialogue will only lead to more suffering for the Malian people and more instability for the region.”
5. Med shot, delegates, Security Council
6. SOUNDBITE (French) El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA):
“The resumption of the normal course of the peace process will make it possible to tackle the security situation more effectively. This remains worrying, marked by the pressure that the Islamic State continues to exert in the Northeast of Mali, in the regions of Gao and Menaka, and its incessant acts of violence against civilian populations.”
7. Med shot, delegates, Security Council
8. SOUNDBITE (French) El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA):
“There is a legitimate expectation of Malian people to greater results from our action. And their critics are perfectly understandable. But this efficiency can only result from closer cooperation, of a trusting relationship.”
9. Med shot, delegates, Security Council
10. SOUNDBITE (French) El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA):
“The Mission has undeniable comparative advantages, which can and must be used more effectively to support the Malian state. This effective coordination depends on a relationship of trust between the Malian authorities and MINUSMA. It requires an even greater commitment from the Malian government, through regular dialogue with the Mission, to widen the scope of possibilities and seize the many opportunities that exist for the benefit of the population.”
11. Med shot, Diop sitting, Security Council
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs to and Cooperation, Mali:
“The Transitional Government, as part of an inclusive and largely consensual, has taken strong and irreversible measures to return to a calm, secure and constitutional order within the agreed deadlines.”
13. Med shot, Diop sitting, Security Council
14. SOUNDBITE (French) Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs to and Cooperation, Mali:
“International regulations, particularly those provided by MINUSMA since its creation in 2013, have clearly shown their limits. Otherwise, how to explain that the security situation in Mali in 2013 was much better than today?”
15. Med shot, Diop sitting, Security Council
16. SOUNDBITE (French) Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs to and Cooperation, Mali:
“The options proposed by the Secretary-General in his report on the internal review of MINUSMA do not meet the concerns and expectations repeatedly expressed by the Government and the populations of Mali.”
17. Med shot, Diop sitting, Security Council
18. SOUNDBITE (French) Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs to and Cooperation, Mali:
“The Government of Mali requests withdrawal of MINUSMA without delay. However, the Government is prepared to cooperate with the United Nations in this perspective.”
19. Med shot, Diop sitting, Security Council
20. Med shot, Wane walking to stakeout
21. SOUNDBITE (French) El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA):
“We stand to be guided by whatever decision the council may take. But clearly, peacekeeping operations operate on the basis of consent from the host country, and without that consent operating in a specific country would be extremely challenging. If not impossible.”
22. Med shot, Wane leaving stakeout
El-Ghassim Wane, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), said that the constitutional referendum that will be held on 18 June "will mark the first step of a planned process leading to restoring constitutional order" in the country.
Addressing the Council today (16 Jun), Wane said, “The challenges facing the peace process are not insurmountable, and any path other than that of dialogue will only lead to more suffering for the Malian people and more instability for the region.”
He also said that resuming the normal course of the peace process would make it possible to tackle the security situation more effectively.
The security situation remains “worrying, marked by the pressure that the Islamic State continues to exert in the Northeast of Mali, in the regions of Gao and Menaka, and its incessant acts of violence against civilian populations.”
The humanitarian situation remained alarming.
Humanitarian organizations working through the United Nations-coordinated humanitarian response plan estimated that in 2023 8.8 million people would require humanitarian assistance and protection across the country – a 17 percent increase over 2022.
The most severe humanitarian needs are concentrated in parts of Mopti, Timbuktu, Gao, Kidal, and Menaka regions.
As of May 23, the displaced population was estimated at 375.539 individuals.
Turning to his work in the country, Wane said, “There is a legitimate expectation of Malian people to greater results from our action. And their critics are perfectly understandable. But this efficiency can only result from closer cooperation, of a trusting relationship.”
He also said that the Mission has undeniable comparative advantages, which can and must be used more effectively to support the Malian state.
But, he added, effective coordination depends on a relationship of trust between the Malian authorities and MINUSMA and requires an even greater commitment from the Malian Government, through regular dialogue with the Mission, to widen the scope of possibilities and seize the many opportunities that exist, for the benefit of the population.
Representing his country, Abdoulaye Diop, Malian Minister for Foreign Affairs to and Cooperation, said, “The Transitional Government, as part of an inclusive and largely consensual, has taken strong and irreversible measures to return to a calm, secure and constitutional order within the agreed deadlines.”
Diop also said, “International regulations, particularly those provided by MINUSMA since its creation in 2013, have clearly shown their limits. Otherwise, how to explain that the security situation in Mali in 2013 was much better than today?”
He stressed, “The options proposed by the Secretary-General in his report on the internal review of MINUSMA do not meet the concerns and expectations repeatedly expressed by the Government and the populations of Mali.”
He then stated, “The Government of Mali requests withdrawal of MINUSMA without delay. However, the Government is prepared to cooperate with the United Nations in this perspective.”
After the Security Council, Wane addressed the press and said, “We stand to be guided by whatever decision the council may take. But clearly, peacekeeping operations operate on the basis of consent from the host country, and without that consent operating in a specific country would be extremely challenging. If not impossible.”
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