The joint force should not become yet another pretext for not carrying out the needed governance reforms.
Tag: mali
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The interim authorities will need to be made operational—with competent staff and adequate financial means—so that they can start providing services to northern populations ahead of the regional elections that are supposed to be held in October or November 2017.
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Despite its minor positive outcomes, preparation (or lack thereof) of the event highlighted existing societal divides and opposing points of view.
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The patrols are meant to be a key step toward the goal of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration—in other words, they should convince people to set down their weapons and pursue peace.
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Bringing more parties on board has been a challenge during both the negotiation and implementation of the peace agreement.
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Although no fixed definition of state authority has been established, the UN Peacebuilding Support Office’s Capstone doctrine of 2015 identified various measures for missions, including developing political participation, operationally supporting the immediate activities of state institutions, small-scale capacity building, and supporting constitutional and institutional restructuring.
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A 2013 review by RAND Corporation of the Malian government’s development initiatives in the north found that much of the aid earmarked for the region had never reached its destination because of “corruption or plain bad faith.”
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The Mali-based mandate of MINUSMA has not been well-connected to the key political peace process, as well as the hard power of its force protection, which have been operating within a regional framework.
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The multitude of Mali’s hollow peace agreements until now can be blamed on the unwillingness and/or inability of elites to follow through with commitments made over the years.
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To achieve stability, Mali’s leaders and partners will need to think in terms of years of reconstruction and peacebuilding.
