Resolution nº S/RES/2227 (2015) of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 2015
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nation s

S

/RES /2227 (20 15)

Security Council

Dist r.: Ge neral

29 Ju ne 2015

15-107 78 (E)

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Resolution 2227 (2015)

Adop ted by the Sec urity Co uncil at its 7474 th meeting, on

29 June 2015

The S ecurity Council

,

Reca lling

i ts pre vious resolut ions, in par ticular 2164 (2014) and 2100 ( 2013),

its Pres idential Statem ents o f 6 Feb ruary 2 015 (S/ PRST /201 5/5), 28 Jul y 2014

(S/PR ST/20 14/1 5) and 23 J anua ry 20 14 ( S/PRS T/20 14/2 ), and its press statem ents

of 18 June 20 15, 29 M ay 2015, 1 May 2015 and 10 April 2015 ,

Reaff irm ing

its stron g comm itment to th e sovere ignty, un ity and terri torial

inte grity of Mali ,

emph asiz ing

tha t the Ma lian au thoritie s have p rimary

respo nsibili ty fo r th e pro vision of stabilit y an d se curity throu ghout the territo ry o f

Mali , an d

unde rsco ring

the import ance of achievi ng national ow nership of peac e

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and security

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relat ed initi atives,

Reaff irm ing

the basi c princip les of pe acekeep ing, inc luding cons ent of th e

parti es, im partiali ty, and non

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use of for ce, exc ept in self

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defe nce an d defen ce of the

man date, an d

recogn izin g

th at the mandat e of ea ch peac ekeepin g miss ion is specifi c

to th e need and situ ation of the cou ntry co ncerned ,

Reco gnizi ng

the legi timate asp iration of al l Malian cit izens to enjo y lasting

peac e and de velopme nt,

Welcom ing

th e sig ning of the Agree ment on Pea ce and Reco nciliati on in Mali

(“th e Agree ment”) in 2015 b y the Gover nment of Mali, the

Plate form e

c oalition of

arme d group s, and the

Coord ination des Mou vements de l’Az awad

coa lition o f

arme d grou ps, as a his toric o pportuni ty to ach ieve l asting pea ce in Mal i, and

comm endi ng

t he sig natories of the Agr eement for the co urage they demons trated in

this regard,

Cons ider ing

th e Agreem ent as balanc ed and compre hensive , aimin g to address

the pol itical, ins titution al, go vernanc e, sec urity, d evelopm ent an d recon ciliatio n

dime nsions of t he crisis in Mali, resp ecting the sovereig nty, unity a nd territo rial

inte grity of the Ma lian Sta te,

Unde rsco ring

t hat t he res ponsibi lity for th e ful l and effe ctive implem entatio n

of the Agr eement, w hich has to be M alian

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led and M alian

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own ed, rests wi th the

Gove rnment of Mali , th e

Plate form e

and

Coord inati on

armed grou ps, and will be