UN security council approves Mali peacekeeping force

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Jun 24, 2013

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved the deployment of a peacekeeping force in Mali today.

The UN peacekeeping force, MINUSMA, from the start of July, will take over peacekeeping responsibilities from the French army in Mali.

“There was a unanimous agreement by Security Council members that we should move to the next phase of Mali’s recovery with the deployment of MINUSMA from July 1, “ said the president of the UN Security Council, British ambassador Mark Lyall Grant.

The MINUSMA peacekeeping force will consist of soldiers from the Chadian army and other West African nations.

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