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.