8 Movement and the High Council for the Unity of Azawad, which paved the way for the presidential elections in Mali. This strong involvement of Burkina Faso was pursued with its participation in the inaugural meeting of the Support Group set up to monitor the situation in Mali and 9th working session of the International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau (GIC-GB) held in Abidjan, on 7 June 2012. Still concerned about sub-regional and regional peace and stability, Burkina Faso participated in the inter-ministerial meetings of experts from ECOWAS Member States on the regional strategy for combating terrorism in Africa. Burkina Faso is also present in peace-keeping operations, notably in the following contexts: - United Nation’s Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo with thirty-two (32) persons; - United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti with twenty-one (21) persons; - United Nations missions in the Central African Republic and Chad, also with twenty-one (21) persons; - United Nations and African mission in Darfur with two hundred and eighty-five (285) persons; - United Nations operation in Côte d’Ivoire with three (3) persons; - United Nations Office in Burundi with one (1) person; - BINUB 1 person, MINUSMA 500 persons. - Also, following the mutinies that shook the country in 2011, the National Armed Forces embarked on a reconstruction phase. They, therefore, adopted a Strategic reform plan (2012-2016) in line with the vision of the 2025 National Defence Prospective Study (EPDN), i.e. the establishment - of: a “united, efficient army, in line with the ambitions and challenges of Burkina Faso and source of our national pride”.