UN Security Council strongly condemns military coup in Mali

The UN's most powerful body "urged those mutineers to release safely and immediately all the officials detained, and to return to their barracks," and "underlined the urgent need to restore rule of law and to move towards the return to constitutional order."
The council's 15 members also called on the parties in Mali to "show restraint and give priority to dialogue to resolve the crisis."
The statement came before the Security Council was due to be briefed on Mali on Wednesday.