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  1. “On behalf of our Heads of State and Government, we assure the Security Council that the Economic Comnunity of West African States will cooperate with the Secretary-General's Special Representative in implementing the Peace Plan for Liberia so that 'hy Liberian people, so battered and war-torn, may rinally experience peace, security and unity, and embark, with our support, on their reconstruction and once more undertake their development in a world of solidarity and independence.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  2. “Indeed, the international community cannot allow those protagonists to dispose as they please of the lives and riches of a people who have a right to choose their leaders through peaceful and democratic means, merely to slake their own thirst for tyranny. It is also an encouragement of the tireless efforts to find peace that are being made by our Heads of State and Government, determined as they are to restore security to the subregion, which is eager to achieve economic integration in the interest. of its peoples. The whole of Africa is grateful to the Council for having taken proper stock of a situation that can only further impede the recovery of its economy, whose continuing worsening can undermine its own security as well as that of the rest of the world.”

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  3. “Mr. HOLO (Benin) (interpretation from French): I should like, on behalf of the Ministerial Delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) present here today, to express to you, Mr. President, our sincere thanks for the dedication, competence and skill with which you have conducted the business of the Security Council on this important question of civil war in Liberia, the continuation of which is a threat to the peace and security of the West African subregion. The Council has had a thorough discussion of tha subject, which has resulted in forceful action, as the tragic situation requires. 'he Council's decision sends a very clear message to the protagonists in the ongoing tragedy in Liberia.”

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  4. “The Economic Community of West African States, which our delegation has the honour to represent here, is firmly convinced that our work will allow us to show all peoples that international solidarity can in fact help to establish a climate of lasting peace on our continent in general and in particular in our subregion, an integral part of the South Atlantic that in 1986 the General Assembly proclaimed a zone of peace and cooperation encompassing 23 countries of Africa and Latin America. Constant support from the Organization of African Unity is a source of encouragement for the Heads of State and Government of that subregion, as is the support of the Non-Aligned Movement, as can be seen from the conclusions ef its last Summit, held in Jakarta in September of this year.”

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  5. “To that end, we ask the Security Council to remain seized of this matter until peace has been totally restored in a country that was among the three African Members that signed the San Francisco Charter. Furthermore, we believe that the alarming developments in this situation require an increase in humanitarian assistance. Therefore we would like the various steps to be adopted in this framework to be given immediate follow-up. The Liberian people, so sorely tried by civil war, expects the international community to support the efforts of ECOWAS in Liberia by agreeing to apply sanctions against ail the warring parties that continue Co violate the peace agreements.”

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  6. “This disastrous situation requires urgent effective action, which our Governments earnestly hope will be adopted and implemented by the Security Council. Among other things, we have in mind: first. effective compliance with the cease-fire agreed upon by the Heads of State of ECOWAS on 28 November 1990; second, the disarming and encanpment of the troops of the warring factions; third, the appointment of a Special Representative by the Secretary-General; fourth, a total arms embargo against Liberia, with the exception of arms for ECOMOG; fifth, a ban on export of Liberian resources by the warring parties from the areas they control. Those measures would create conditions that would allow the organization of free and democratic elections in Liberia.”

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  7. “These energetic steps were necessary; to put an end to this civil war, continuation of which threatened the peace and security of cha West African subregion and therefore international peace and security. That is why a mandate was given to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member countries of the Committee of Nine, here present, to approach the Security Council as soon as possible in order to explain the details of the decision on sanctions and request its firm support so as to make the decision binding on the international community. As this meeting is being held, we must draw a grim conclusion: Liberia is gradually becoming engulfed in a total war. The innocent peuple of that country are the victims of bombings, hardship, sickness and famine.”

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  8. “Those were the circumstances in which a meeting of Heads of State or Government of the follow-up committee - the Comaittee of Nine - was held at Abuja on 7 November 1992, The summit issued a fresh appeal for an immediate cease-fire as of midnight, 10 November 1992. The Heads of State or Government also invited the Sacretary-General to name a special representative to work with the Economic Community of West African States to implement the peace plan for Liberia. Above all, tho summit noted that the deadline set by the Cotonou meeting had expired, and that the parties had not implemented the provisions of the Yamoussoukro IV Agreement. Consequently, the Heads of State or Government considered that their decision on sanctions had entered into force against ali the warring factions a8 of 5 November 1992.”

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  9. “Those sanctions are intended to blockade all land, sea and air points of entry into Liberia in order to prevent the delivery of war materigl to those parties and the export of products from the zones they control in Liberia. Despite the moasures we adopted at Cotonou in the hope of ending the horrors of a civil war that has already cost thousands of lives, there remains a@ great risk that the war will spread to the entire West Africa, subregion if the protagonists continue, in violation of international humanitarian law, to speak the language of arms rather than that of dialogue and reason. The ECOWAS intervention force, ECOMOG, is gravely handicapped in its mission, and has <<ven been the target of armed attacks by Mr. Charles Taylor's NPFL that have claimed many victims in its ranks.”

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  10. “A 15-day deadline was established for the complete implementation of the provisions of the Yamoussoukro IV Agreement of 30 October 1991. A follow-up committee was established, composed of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo. This Committee of Nine constitutes the ministerial delegation I have the honour to lead today. It was mandated to evaluate, five days before the expiration of the 15-day deadline, the extent to which the parties had implemented the Cotonou decisions; if the situation was unchanged, the Committee was mandated to implement fully the Cotonou decision with respect to sanctions against the warring factions that had not complied with the provisions of the Yamoussoukro IV Agreement.”

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  11. “The current Chairman of ECOWAS subsequently approached the Sacretary-General to gain the assistance and support of the Security Council and the international communicy at large with respect to any measures the Economic Community of West African States might adopt to restore peace to Liberia. In conformity with the Dakar summit decisions, the first Joint Summit of the Standing Mediation Committee and the Committee of Five, which had been established to resolve the Liberian conflict, was held at Cotonou, Benin, on 20 October 1992. Following that meeting, a new appeal was issued to the warring parties to observe a cease-fire as of midnight on 21 October 1992 throughout the territory of Liberia. To that end, the ECOWAS Monitoring Group was made responsible for supervising compliance with the cease-fire by the parties concerned.”

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  12. “It was also agreed that at the end of that time new measures would be devised to make the various factions comply with the decisions should it become clear that they did not intend to implement them. At that summit Benin was honoured to be appointed Chairman of ECOWAS for one year. Following the fifteenth summit, convinced that peace and security are the only path to the economic integration that is indispensable for our subregion, President Nicephore Soglo twok a series of actions officially to inform the protagonists, including the NPFL and ULIMO, of the decisions of the Dakar summit and to make them understand the need to accept and scrupulously observe the peace plan and the Yamoussoukro IV Agreement.”

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  13. “But the provisions of the ECOWAS peace plan, which had raised such hopes for the restoraticn of peace - lasting peace - and for the end of the great suffering of the Liberian people, were blocked by many obstacles owing to the numerous violations by one of the warring factions: Mr. Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL). Despite many appeals for a cease-fire the fighting continued, especially with the appearance of a faction known as the United Liberation Movement of At the fifteenth Summit Meeting of the Economic Community of West African States, held at Dakar from 27 to 29 July 1992, the Heads of State or Government reaffirmed once more their commitment to working for compliance with the Yamoussoukro IV Agreement. A one-month deadline was set for the encampment and disarmament operations.”

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  14. “Finally, the fourth Yamoussoukro meeting, in October 1991, and the Geneva meeting of April 1992 marked a significant evolution in the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States to establish a just and lasting peace in Liberia. Had there been even a start to the implementation of the results of those important meetings, this would have greatly helped to achieve the goals of the high officials of our subregional organization with respect to Liberia. All the warring factions in Liberia had accepted the proposed modalities for carrying out the peace plan, including the encampment and disarmament of all their armed troops under the supervision of the Economic Community Monitoring Group (ECOMOG} and the organization of free, democratic elections under the supervision of foreign observers.”

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  15. “First, on 6 and 7 May 1990 the Standing Mediation Committee of the Economic Community of West African States met in Banjul, in the Republic of the Gambia, and took important decisions on the establishment of a cease-fire, the creation of an Economic Community Monitcring Group (ECOMOG), charged with monitoring cease-fires in Liberia, the setting up of a transitional Government, whe establishment of a special emergancy fund for ECOWAS operations and the establishment of an ECOWAS observer group to oversee general elections and presidential elections. Then, on 27 and 28 November 1990 a special conference of Heads of State or Government of the Economic Community cf West African States (ECOWAS) was held at Bamako, Mali; it adopted a peace plan for Liberia and the entire West African subregion.”

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  16. “The civil war raging in Liberia dates back to 1989. It is an armed struggle for political power whose protagonists include Mr. Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) and the United Liberation Movement of Liberia (ULIMO), inspired by the memory of the former President of Liberia, killed in that war. Since the outbreak of hostilities the Heads of State and Government of the countries members of the Economic Community of West African States have, both individually and within the framework of the Community, taken many initiatives, all aimed at a peaceful settlement of the Liberian conflict, I should like to remind the Council of the major stages.”

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  17. “The Economic Community of West African States welcomes the attention and constart support it has always had from the United Nations in its efforts to restore peace in Liberia. In this regard, we should mention the statements of the Security Council on 22 January 1991 and 7 May 1992 requesting the warring parties to cooperate in a peaceful settlement of the conflict. In this context, we should also mention the praiseworthy efforts of the Secretary-General to mobilize international humanitarian assistance for the thousands of innocent victims of famine, rape, murder, hostage-taking and other torments of all kinds. We have great hope that this meeting will lead to firm decisions whose implementation will finally give the Liberian pecple, afte. several years of murderous civil war, reason to hope for a better future.”

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  18. “President, and all the other members of the Council I should like to express, on behalf of the President of the Republic of Benin, His Excellency Mr. Nicephore Soglo, Acting Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, our deepest gratitude for having kindly agreed to hold this meating of the Security Council devoted to the tragedy unfolding in Liberia. Your presence in this Chamber, despite what I know to be your very busy schedules, attests to the determination and willingness of the Security Council to discharge fully the responsibility entrusted to it by Member States under the relevant provisions of the Charter: safeguarding international poace and security.”

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  19. “Your role at the head of this important body of the United Nations system has been welcomed with great respect by all those who see in the country that you represent, Hungary, the crucible of a great civilization and a great culture and a country that has gained the admiration of the entire world by the impressive manner in which it is giving democracy a contemporary dimension, I should also like to express to Ambassador Jean-Bernard Merimee of France, who guided the work of the Council last month, our appreciation for the quality of his presidency. I shall not dweil on the excellent relations that bind his country to all the countries that are members of ECOWAS. They are, in a word, exemplary. To you, Mr.”

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  20. “Mr. HOLO (Benin) (interpretation from French): I have the houour, Sir, to extend to you the warm congratulations of the delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which I have the privilege to lead here, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for November.”

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