{"id":5024,"date":"2023-07-13T13:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/?p=5024"},"modified":"2023-07-13T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:00:36","slug":"the-termination-of-peacekeeping-mission-to-mali-and-human-rights-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/2023\/07\/13\/the-termination-of-peacekeeping-mission-to-mali-and-human-rights-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"The Termination of Peacekeeping Mission to Mali and Human Rights Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><em>There are deep concerns regarding the transitional government&#8217;s decision to abandon Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) as serious harm may be brought to the Malian people.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>The UN Security Council voted unanimously on the termination of a decade-old peacekeeping mission to Mali after the UN mission was called a failure by Malian Foreign Minister.<\/p>\n<p>This is while several Council members, including the United Kingdom\u2019s Ambassador, cautioned that the withdrawal is occurring at a time of fragility in the Sahel region. Media reports have depicted a grim security landscape, according to the UN.<\/p>\n<p>There are deep concerns regarding the transitional government&#8217;s decision to abandon Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) as serious harm may be brought to the Malian people.<\/p>\n<p>UN peacekeepers have played a vital role in protecting civilians against an armed rebellion killing thousands. Some experts express their concerns about the security situation, which could worsen when the mission departs, leaving Mali\u2019s under-resourced army alone with about 1000 Wagner fighters to combat fighters who control swaths of territory in the desert north and center.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade, Mali and the Sahel region have seen a surge in clashes and attacks by armed groups and terrorist affiliates. However, Mali\u2019s Ambassador has emphasized that Mali will continue to work tirelessly to protect civilians over all its territory.<\/p>\n<p>MINUSMA&#8217;s mandate was, among other tasks, to document and investigate allegations of serious human rights violations, as well as to protect civilians from the risk of attack.<\/p>\n<p>UN peacekeepers played an important role in protecting civilians against armed rebellion, but relations between Mali and the United Nations have deteriorated sharply since the 2020 coup that brought a regime to power military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are deep concerns regarding the transitional government&#8217;s decision to abandon Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) as serious harm may be brought to the Malian people. The UN Security Council voted unanimously on the termination of a decade-old peacekeeping mission to Mali after the UN mission was called a failure by Malian Foreign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}