Russia traditionally initiates this resolution every year. The document is expected to put General Assembly voting in December. The resolution was co-authored by Azerbaijan, Belarus, Venezuela, Vietnam, Cambodia, North Kores, Cuba, Laos, Mali, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Syria, Sudan, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, and South Africa.
Hold on, did Mali co-author this and then vote no?
realizing i know next to nothing about Mali and then realizing that there have been so many coups and countries involved in the Mali war that this is going to take a lot longer than i realized
I believe that the faction in Mali represented by the UN delegate is not the same faction currently being bankrolled by Russia. Might want to fact check that though