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31 August 2023
The 2374 Mali Sanctions Committee was a UN Security Council subsidiary body administering targeted sanctions on Mali from 2017 until its termination on .
5 September 2017
The 2374 Mali Sanctions Committee was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2374 of , acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, to admi…
20 December 2018
The first designations were adopted on , listing five individuals from the Plateforme and Coordination des Mouvements de l'Azawad (CMA) coalitions and a form…
30 August 2023
On , the Russian Federation vetoed a France- and United Arab Emirates-drafted resolution that would have renewed the Panel of Experts' mandate for one year,…
30 June 2023
As a result, the Panel's mandate expired and Resolution 2690 (2023), adopted on , had already terminated the sanctions measures themselves effective 31 Augus…
22 May 2023
As a result, the Panel's mandate expired and Resolution 2690 (2023), adopted on 30 June 2023, had already terminated the sanctions measures themselves effect…
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Supporters
The 2374 Mali Sanctions Committee was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2374 of 5 September 2017, acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, to administer a targeted sanctions regime supporting implementation of the 2015 Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali (the Algiers Accord). The regime imposed travel bans and asset freezes on individuals and entities determined to obstruct or threaten the peace process, violate the ceasefire, attack the Malian state, MINUSMA, or international forces, obstruct humanitarian aid, or engage in human-rights violations including the recruitment of child soldiers. The Committee was composed of all fifteen members of the Security Council and operated under the consensus rule characteristic of Council subsidiary bodies, supported by a Panel of Experts mandated to gather information, monitor implementation, and recommend listings.
Opponents
For practitioners, the 2374 file is a reference case for several propositions. It illustrates how host-state consent, while not legally required for Chapter VII measures, has become politically decisive in the post-2022 Council environment, where Russia and increasingly China contest Western-led sanctions architectures. It demonstrates the operational vulnerability of Panels of Experts to mandate non-renewal, even when sanctions measures themselves remain in force. Compliance officers in financial institutions should note that asset-freeze obligations under the 2374 regime lapsed on 31 August 2023, though listings under EU autonomous measures (Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 and successors) and national regimes continue independently. Diplomats negotiating future country-specific regimes — on Haiti, Sudan, or elsewhere — now reference the Mali precedent when calibrating sunset clauses, host-state consultation provisions, and Panel mandate protections against the risk of a single permanent-member veto unraveling years of accumulated designations.
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On 30 August 2023, Russia vetoed the France–UAE draft to renew the Panel of Experts, allowing the 2374 Mali sanctions regime to terminate the following day under Resolution 2690 (2023).
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