Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo (centre, in red tie), President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), speaks with participants of the Security Council’s meeting on Mali, including Susan Rice (left), United States Permanent Representative to the UN; Jean-Francis Régis Zinsou (to the immediate right of Ms. Rice, in glasses), Permanent Representative of Benin to the UN; and Tété António (behind Mr. Zinsou), Permanent Observer of the African Union to the UN; before the start of the meeting.