UN Sets July 1 Takeover Date for Mali

July 1 will be the date when the UN officially takes over peace keeping operations in Mali.

They will take over from a mixed group of international troops, mostly from France and Chad.

Those troops will stay and become part of the UN force.

The full UN force is to be deployed by the end of 2013, and be twelve thousand and six hundred strong.

That will make it the third largest peace keeping force, in the world.