At its meeting this afternoon, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2071 (2012), calling on the Secretary-General to provide, at once, military and security planners to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (A.U.), and partners, to help frame a response to a request by Malian transitional authorities for an international military force to restore the country’s unity.
Pictured: Youssoufou Bamba, Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire to the UN, addresses the meeting.