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1995-09-15
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  1. “Let us take this meeting as another opportunity, another step by the international community to seek concrete assistance for ECOMOG and the Liberian people. In that part of the world, the effective maintenance of international peace and security is within our reach. This opportunity should not be allowed to slip away. Let us grasp it and with concrete deeds assure the people of Liberia a quick return to permanent peace and normality, which, like all of us, they rightly deserve, and they expect of us. It is our common responsibility, and we cannot afford to fail.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  2. “The disarmament and demobilization of combatants remain behind schedule, and the skirmishes between some factions and ECOMOG have led to casualties on all sides and among the civilian population, a situation which it is within the reach of the international community to halt. The Liberian national Council has reiterated its commitment to continue cooperating with ECOMOG and UNOMIL to keep the peace process on track, and we in ECOMOG are determined to continue our search for peace. I would say that the light at the end of the tunnel, which we all applauded in the last quarter of 1995, is beginning to grow dim. But there is still hope and we can build on the successes that we have so far achieved.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  3. “We insist that the international community, represented by the Security Council, has yet to show enough interest in the situation in Liberia, which, compared to the situation in other zones of conflict, does not demand too much for a successful resolution. Where do we stand now? As has been made abundantly clear, the reluctance of the international community to pay serious attention to Liberia with material assistance is beginning to reflect negatively on the peace process. The report of the Secretary-General says it all. The lack of resources means that ECOMOG has not been able to deploy troops all over the country as quickly as desired.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  4. “(Ofiicial Records of the General Assembly, F iftieth Session, Plenary Meetings, 38th meeting, p. 3) ECOMOG troop contributors and ECOWAS member countries are determined to pursue the objective of peace in Liberia, even at great cost to our struggling national economies. Let me say that my President restated the commitment firmly just a couple of weeks ago, saying that no matter what happened in Liberia Ghana and ECOMOG would stay there to see the attainment of the objective of peace and civil society there. Our need for logistical and financial contributions to ECOMOG from the countries represented here continues to be paramount.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  5. “However, I regret to note that not only are the pledges slow to be redeemed, but the amounts offered are grossly inadequate and do not reflect the expressed sentiment of the international community that it wishes to see the Liberian conflict put behind us. We do not ask for much. But, at the risk of flogging a dead horse, let me echo the words of my Head of State at the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations: "We cannot help being struck by the fact that the international community is willing to spend $5 million a day on United Nations peace-keeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina - and we do not begrudge those noble people such international solidarity - but when we have asked for a sum that represents 10 to 15 days of that bill to help [Liberia], there is a deafening silence".”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  6. “The importance of an early solution to the Liberian problem was underscored by the convening of the Conference on Assistance to Liberia, co-chaired by the Secretary-General, the current Chairman of ECOWAS and the Chairman of the Liberian Council of State, on 27 October 1995. At that pledging conference, all speakers - representatives of some of our countries - underlined the urgent need for financial and logistical assistance to the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) and to Liberia if the ambitious peace programme was to be successfully implemented. We are most grateful for the assistance pledged at the Conference and for assistance offered since then by some concerned States.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  7. “I called on the international community to shoulder its responsibility to turn the hope for permanent peace into reality. I briefed the Security Council about the programme of actions that would lead to free and fair elections in Liberia on the road to ordered civil life, of which the Liberian people have been robbed for over half a decade. On behalf of the current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President J. J. Rawlings of Ghana, I called on the United Nations to assume a more active role in pursuing peace in Liberia, by urgently making available the resources needed to preserve the positive momentum for peace, which we would have an uphill task to restore once lost.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  8. “Let me join in congratulating you, Sir, on the work you are doing as President of the Security Council. I wish also to thank you for this opportunity to address the Security Council once more on the question of Liberia, a subject of great importance to my country and to other African countries. Only four months ago, in mid-September 1995, I had the honour to inform the Council of the positive developments in Liberia: the signing of the Abuja Agreement on 19 August 1995 by all the parties to the Liberian conflict, in which they agreed to lay down their arms and work towards peace in their country. In my statement then, I noted that after many false starts and failures, we could see the light at the end of the tunnel leading to the end of the six-year-old fratricidal war in Liberia.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  9. “It is my ardent hope that you would come to our aid by convincing the United Nations to assume a more active role in pursuing peace in Liberia, by urgently making available the resources I have just mentioned The urgency surrounding these requests is based on the need to preserve the positive momentum for peace among Liberians generated by the Abuja Peace Accord. Once that momentum is lost, we would have an uphill task in protecting the peace of Liberia." With tenacity and consistency we are, in Liberia, on the verge of achieving a great victory for the international community and realizing the hope embodied in the Charter. Ghana appeals to members of the Security Council to meet their responsibility. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Wisseh (Liberia) took a place at the Council table.”

    1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source

  10. “President Rawlings, as Chairman of the ECOWAS, has just communicated with the Secretary-General on this matter. I quote part of his fervent appeal as follows: "the Liberian peace process has now entered the most sensitive stages of disengagement, encampment, disarmament and reintegration of ex-combatants into civilian life. The life and security of each Liberian would be dependent on the successful implementation of these programmes. These programmes would demand the provision of material and financial resources to, and logistical support for, ECOMOG and Liberia.”

    1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source

  11. “The deployment of ECOMOG and UNOMIL, which is to take place from 2 October to 14 November 1995, is to be preceded by the disengagement of the warring forces from 5 September to 26 September 1995. Combatants are to be moved into assembly and encampment sites from 9 November to 31 December 1995, with disarmament starting on 1 December 1995. The estimated financial outlay required by ECOMOG to fulfil this mandate is $90,588,960. The details of that outlay have been previously submitted to the United Nations. UNOMIL, for its part, would need some $62,894,776 for this assignment. The total requirements for Liberia will thus be about $153 million. In order not to take the time of the Council, I am annexing the details of these requirements to this statement, which, I trust, will form part of the documents of the Security Council on this issue.”

    1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source

  12. “These tasks include the augmentation of the troop strength of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) in a very significant way to enable the force to fulfil its mandate to deploy ECOMOG's forces throughout Liberia; seal all the borders of Liberia; man all entry points by land, sea or air in order to ensure that no arms or ammunition are brought into Liberia; encamp and disarm combatants of all factions; establish roadblocks to check the movement of arms and assist in directing refugees and internally displaced persons; carry out intensive patrols throughout the country; and carry out confidence patrols to create an atmosphere conducive to the holding of free and fair elections. The process of disarming the combatants is to be carried out by ECOMOG in conjunction with UNOMIL and in collaboration with the Transitional Government.”

    1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source

  13. “Nigeria and Ghana, especially, have felt compelled to make great sacrifices to bring the Liberian situation to where it is today. Our countries are now exhausted. Thus it is that the United Nations must now assume its rightful duty in marshalling the financial and material resources needed to turn the hope of a permanent peace and ordered civil life in Liberia into reality. Thus it is that the international community must now shoulder its responsibility towards Liberia. It is crucial that the Security Council extend the mandate of UNOMIL significantly. But beyond this is the Council's added duty to give support for any measures proposed by the Secretary-General to obtain the necessary resources for the tasks ahead.”

    1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source

  14. “Banana, Organization of African Unity (OAU) Eminent Person in Liberia; Ambassador Dane Smith, President Clinton's Special Envoy for Liberia; and Ambassador Nyakyi, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Liberia. After many false starts and failures, the six-year old Liberian civil war, with its devastating impact on the people of Liberia and the ruinous destruction of the country's physical infrastructure, is finally being brought to an end. We at long last can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The States of the West African subregion, themselves in dire economic straits, have borne an enormous burden in trying to contain the Liberian civil war and to bring peace to that suffering land.”

    1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source

  15. “To date there has been no major violation of the cease-fire. In accordance with the implementation provisions of the Abuja Agreement, a six-man Council of State, under the chairmanship of Professor Wilton Sankawulo, was installed in Monrovia on 1 September 1995 as a Transitional Government, under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with the President of the Republic of Ghana and Chairman of the ECOWAS, His Excellency Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, doing the honours. Present at this emotion-filled and colourful ceremony were representatives of the other Heads of State and Government of the West African subregion: President C.”

    1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source

  16. “I am honoured to speak before the Security Council today, and I thank you, Sir, for that honour. My Government has deemed it proper that I should bring before the Council the positive developments in the Liberian peace process and the enormous financial and material resources that would be needed for the permanent establishment of peace and ordered civil life in that country, as the Council considers the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL). On 19 August 1995 the Abuja Agreement on Liberia was signed by all the Liberian parties, both military and civilian, to supplement the Cotonou and Akosombo Agreements, as subsequently clarified by the Accra Agreement. Following this significant achievement, a cease-fire went into effect throughout Liberia at midnight on 26 August 1995.”

    1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source