UN-doing Sanctions: The Significance of Russia’s Mali Veto

... of Experts, disregarding Mali’s pleas to disband body altogether. Hence, debate ensued among UNSC members not over whether sanctions should be implemented, but the conditions regarding their implementation. Panel Scandal More controversial in the UNSC was the topic of whether to keep Mali’s Panel of Experts. Mali accused the Panel of “non-compliance with the mandate” and “hostile, biased reports”. In a statement later made to the General Assembly, Mali and Russia claimed the Panel of Experts were an extension of Western ...