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  1. “As the draft resolution provides for the extension of UNOMIL's mandate and contains significant elements, the implementation of which is crucial to the transition from war to peace in Liberia, the Liberian delegation commends it to the Council for unanimous adoption.”

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

  2. “For when a democratically elected government is inaugurated in Liberia the cooperation between ECOWAS and the United Nations will indeed be recorded in the annals of the Organization as a unique success story, the lessons of which could be applied to other conflicts in the world. At this juncture, the Liberian delegation would like to thank all Member States, the specialized agencies of the United Nations and the governmental and non-governmental organizations that have rendered, and continue to render, much-needed humanitarian assistance to alleviate the misery and suffering of the Liberian people.”

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

  3. “For five years ECOWAS has borne a substantial burden to maintain its presence in Liberia. And in keeping with Article 52 of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, which encourages regional arrangements in the maintenance of international peace and security, the Security Council, through the creation and dispatch of UNOMIL, has complemented the efforts of ECOWAS. UNOMIL's involvement in the peace process has inspired confidence among Liberians that the international community is attentive to and supportive of their desire to restore peace and normality in Liberia. Therefore, it is the hope of the Liberian Government and people that the United Nations will provide even more financial support to ECOMOG.”

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

  4. “As regards the long-term development of the country, private investors are being encouraged to return to help in the revitalization of the private sector of the economy. In this undertaking, Liberia will, for the foreseeable future, need substantial foreign assistance. However, all of these efforts can be pursued only in an atmosphere of sustained peace and security. The Government is therefore working in concert with the Cease-fire Monitoring Group of ECOWAS (ECOMOG) and UNOMIL to implement, in a timely manner, the crucial elements of disarmament and demobilization of combatants, as stipulated in all of the relevant Agreements. We join in the appeal that ECOMOG be provided additional resources and other logistical support in order for it to execute its mandate.”

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

  5. “Against this background, Liberians are more hopeful than ever that five years of war are receding into the past. The guns are silent and freedom of movement can be had. The nation as a whole is engaged in the delicate task of healing the bitter wounds wrought by the war, in order to foster genuine reconciliation, unity and stability. Additionally, the Government is devising strategies to launch the revival of the economy. In the short term, it is endeavouring to meet the food and health needs of the population, to reopen schools in areas that are now accessible and under its control, and to restore electric power, potable water and other social amenities to the capital. Discussions are being held on the key issue of the reintegration of former combatants into civil society.”

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

  6. “Among other things, the Council required the Liberian parties to make serious and substantial progress towards the implementation of the Akosombo and Accra Agreements and urged that the Council of State be installed that a comprehensive and effective cease-fire be re-established and that the parties commence the disengagement of their forces. Within this context, and in accordance with the Abuja Agreement signed by the parties on 19 August 1995, the Council of State was installed on 1 September 1995. The Cabinet has been appointed and is governing the country. The cease-fire re-established on 26 August is generally holding, despite minor skirmishes in Lofa County, where the situation is being addressed by the Joint Cease-fire Committee.”

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

  7. “Anthony Nyakyi, and the Reverend Canaan Banana, the Eminent Person of the Organization of African Unity, deserve praise for their role as facilitators. The Liberian delegation believes that one of the crowning successes of the involvement of ECOWAS in Liberia will be the restoration of peace and stability in the West African subregion. This will enable ECOWAS to pursue its goal of economic integration of the region. It is recalled that in resolution 1001 (1995) of 30 June 1995, the Security Council set a number of conditions for the extension of UNOMIL's mandate.”

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

  8. “And now, after years of painstaking diplomacy, the cumulative results of several peace agreements have led to the signing of the Abuja Agreement, which amends and supplements the Cotonou and Akosombo Agreements, as subsequently clarified by the Accra Agreement. This Agreement is being implemented and offers better prospects for a final peaceful resolution of the Liberian crisis. In this connection, the Liberian delegation commends the Chairman of ECOWAS, President Jerry J. Rawlings of Ghana, for employing his finest diplomatic skills in nudging the factional leaders to a harmonization of their differences, which, inter alia, facilitated the Abuja Agreement. We also commend the Government of Nigeria for its significant contributions to the negotiations and for hosting the meeting. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr.”

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

  9. “With the dispatch of peace-keeping troops, supported almost entirely from the meagre resources of their countries, they offered the blood, sweat and tears of their people so that Liberians might have a peaceful alternative to war. When unwholesome incidents threatened to derail the peace process, the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) gallantly proved its military mettle by thwarting those designs. Certainly, ECOMOG's presence in Liberia is not without the frustrations and humiliations that usually accompany such operations. Yet, through wise political decision, ECOWAS stayed the course.”

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

  10. “His detailed and insightful twelfth progress report on the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL), contained in document S/1995/781, which forms the basis of this meeting, gives an account of the gains that have been made in the peace process and proposes specific actions for the Council to take in order to ensure that the current momentum towards a final resolution of the Liberian conflict is maintained. To the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), who took the bold, decisive action - underpinned by humanitarian considerations - to rescue Liberia and its people from the carnage that erupted in 1990, we remain most grateful. Through this concrete demonstration of African brotherhood and solidarity, they gave true meaning to the biblical injunction that we should be our brothers' keepers.”

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

  11. “I should like to convey to you, Sir, my delegation's congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September 1995. We have every confidence that your skilful handling of the Council's work thus far will register further achievements during your tenure of office. To your distinguished predecessor, the Ambassador of Indonesia, we offer our appreciation for the effective manner in which he steered the deliberations of the Council during the past month. Allow me also to extend the sincere gratitude of the Liberian delegation to the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for the keen interest he continues to manifest in the search for durable peace in Liberia. In pursuance thereof, he has consistently recommended that the United Nations remain engaged in Liberia.”

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