During a live radio program conducted in Rome on Radio...
During a live radio program conducted in Rome on Radio Radicale, Demba Traore, vice President of the Mali Justice Commission, gave assurances that Mali would vote in favour of a resolution for a moratorium on capital executions at the UN General Assembly
During a live radio program conducted in Rome on Radio Radicale, Demba Traore, vice President of the Mali Justice Commission, gave assurances that Mali would vote in favour of a resolution for a moratorium on capital executions at the UN General Assembly.
The show's purpose was to recap the situation following the recent Hands Off Cain missions to Africa and Central Asia in order to gather support for an eventual UN General Assembly vote on a moratorium resolution.
Participating were Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, Secretary and Treasurer of Hands Off Cain respectively, together with Marco Cappato MEP. Traore and She Okytundo, advisor to DRC's President Joseph Kabila, participated via phone link up.
Traore was able to give the assurances following a meeting with the country's Justice Minister.
As well as these positive steps taken by Mali internationally, Traore said that internally, the decree approved on 16 May 2002 by President Amadou Toumani Traore, introducing a two year moratorium in the country, was due to be put to Parliament to gain popular approval.
Traore added that in Mali, which has a 90% Muslim population, the government's final objective was the total abolition of the death penalty, which would best be realised via small, progressive steps.
The show's purpose was to recap the situation following the recent Hands Off Cain missions to Africa and Central Asia in order to gather support for an eventual UN General Assembly vote on a moratorium resolution.
Participating were Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, Secretary and Treasurer of Hands Off Cain respectively, together with Marco Cappato MEP. Traore and She Okytundo, advisor to DRC's President Joseph Kabila, participated via phone link up.
Traore was able to give the assurances following a meeting with the country's Justice Minister.
As well as these positive steps taken by Mali internationally, Traore said that internally, the decree approved on 16 May 2002 by President Amadou Toumani Traore, introducing a two year moratorium in the country, was due to be put to Parliament to gain popular approval.
Traore added that in Mali, which has a 90% Muslim population, the government's final objective was the total abolition of the death penalty, which would best be realised via small, progressive steps.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Hands Off Cain, 21/08/2003)