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Selected Security Council Resolutions

• S/RES/1819 (18 June 2008) requested the Secretary-General to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Liberia until 20 December 2008.
• S/RES/1793 (21 December 2007) granted exemption from the Council's travel ban for witnesses who might need to appear before the Special Court for Sierra Leone (dealing with the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor).
• S/RES/1792 (19 December 2007) extended sanctions for a year and the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Liberia for six months.
• S/RES/1777 (20 September 2007) extended the mandate of UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 September 2008 and endorsed the recommendation of the Secretary-General to decrease the size of the military and police components.
• S/RES/1760 (20 June 2007) renewed the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Liberia.
• S/RES/1753 (27 April 2007) lifted the diamonds embargo.
• S/RES/1750 (30 March 2007) renewed UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 September and requested detailed drawdown plans.
• S/RES/1731 (20 December 2006) renewed sanctions.
• S/RES/1712 (29 September 2006) renewed UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)'s mandate until 31 March 2007.
• S/RES/1694 (13 July 2006) increased UNMIL's police component and decreased UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)'s military component.
• S/RES/1689 (20 June 2006) renewed sanctions.
• S/RES/1688 (16 June 2006) endorsed Taylor's trial by the Special Court in International Criminal Court (ICC) facilities.
• S/RES/1683 (13 June 2006) partially lifted the arms embargo for the new security forces of Liberia.
• S/RES/1667 (31 March 2006) renewed UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)'s mandate as well as the deployment of UNMIL troops to provide security for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) until 30 September.
• S/RES/1657 (6 February 2006) authorised UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) - UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) troop-sharing.
• S/RES/1647 (20 December 2005) renewed sanctions.
• S/RES/1638 (11 November 2005) mandated UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to apprehend Charles Taylor.
• S/RES/1631 (17 October 2005) addressed cooperation between the UN and regional organisations.
• S/RES/1626 (19 September 2005) authorised a temporary redeployment in Sierra Leone of UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) troops.
• S/RES/1625 (14 September 2005) was a declaration on the Council's role in conflict prevention, particularly in Africa.
• S/RES/1609 (24 June 2005) authorised certain measures in inter-mission cooperation and future UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) - UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) - UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) troop-sharing.
• S/RES/1579   (21 December 2004) and S/RES/1607 (21 June 2005) renewed sanctions and the Panel's mandate until 21 December 2005. 
• S/RES/1532 (12 March 2004) imposed an assets freeze against former President Charles Taylor and associates.
• S/RES/1521 (22 December 2003) imposed sanctions.
• S/RES/1509 (19 September 2003) established UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
• S/RES/1497 (1 August 2003) authorised the deployment of a Multinational Force.
• S/RES/1478 (6 May 2003) further imposed an embargo on timber.
• S/RES/1467 (18 March 2003) and 1209 (19 November 1998) addressed the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in West Africa and in the whole continent respectively.
• S/RES/1343 (7 March 2001) re-established the arms embargo and imposed an embargo on diamonds and a travel ban.
• S/RES/1315 (14 August 2000) requested the creation of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
• S/RES/985 (13 April 1995) established a Sanctions Committee.
• S/RES/866 (22 September 1993) established UN Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL).
• S/RES/788 (19 November 1992) imposed an arms embargo on Liberia.

Selected Secretary-General's Reports

• S/2008/553 (15 August 2008) was a UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) report.
• S/2008/183 (19 March 2008) was a UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) report.
• S/2007/479 (8 August 2007) was a UN Mission in Liberia  (UNMIL) report.
• S/2007/151 (15 March 2007) was a UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) report.
• S/2007/143 (13 March 2007) was a report on cross-border issues in West Africa.
• S/2006/958 (11 December 2006) was a UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) report.
• S/2006/743 (12 September 2006) was a UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) report.
•  S/2006/376 (9 June 2006) contained plans for UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)'s drawdown and recommended an additional police unit.
• S/2006/159 (14 March 2006) was a UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) report.
• S/2006/109 (17 February 2006) was a report on small arms.
• S/2006/2 (3 January 2006) requested additional troops for UN Operatoin in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI).
  A/60/182 (1 August 2005), A/59/285 (20 August 2004) and S/1998/318 (13 April 1998) are reports on the causes of conflict and promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa.
• S/2005/764 (7 December 2005) was a UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) report.
• S/2005/560 (1 September 2005) was a UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)  report.
• S/2005/376 (7 June 2005) noted that not enough progress towards benchmarks had been made.
• S/2005/135 (2 March 2005) was the report on inter-mission cooperation in West Africa.
• S/2005/86 (11 February 2005) and S/2004/200 (12 March 2004) were reports on ways to address subregional and cross-border issues in West Africa.
• S/2003/1175 (15 December 2003) detailed the Disarmament, Demobilisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR) program.
• S/2003/875 (11 September 2003) detailed the establishment of UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

Selected Presidential Statements

• S/PRST/2006/38 (9 August 2006) was the statement on peace consolidation in West Africa requesting, inter alia, a report with recommendations on the cooperation between the United Nations missions deployed in the region and on the cross-border issues in West Africa.
• S/PRST/2005/9 (25 February 2005) and 2004/7 (25 March 2004) considered cross-border and subregional problems in West Africa.
• S/PRST/2005/7 (17 February 2005) addressed the issue of small arms and light weapons.

Reports of Council Missions to West Africa

• S/2004/525 (2 July 2004)
• S/2003/688 (7 July 2003)

Reports of the Sanctions Committee and Reports of the Panel of Experts

• S/2007/689 (14 December 2007)
• S/2007/479 (5 December 2007) 
• S/2007/547 (14 September 2007) 
• S/2007/340 (24 May 2007)
• S/2006/1044 (28 December 2006)
• S/2006/976 (13 December 2006)
• S/2006/379 (7 June 2006)
• S/2005/745 (7 December 2005)
• S/2005/360 (13 June 2005) 
• S/2004/1025 (31 December 2004)
• S/2004/955 (6 December 2004)
• S/2004/396 (1 June 2004)

Selected Letters

• S/2008/85 (8 February 2008) was the letter from the Secretary-General appointing the Panel of Experts on Liberia.
• S/2006/365 (7 June 2006) was a letter from the Liberian government requesting the lifting of the diamond and timber sanctions and of the travel ban imposed through resolution 1521.
• S/2006/207 (31 March 2006) was a letter from the Netherlands to the President of the Security Council indicating the willingness of the Netherlands to host the Special Court for Sierra Leone for the trial of Charles Taylor.    
• S/2006/71 (2 February 2006) contained the Secretary-General's request for troop-sharing between UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI).
• S/2005/833 (30 December 2005) contained the latest annual report of the Council Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa.
• S/2005/16 (14 December 2005) contained the mandate, functions and activities of UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) for the period expiring on 31 December 2007.
• S/2002/207 (1 March 2002) contained the terms of reference for the Council Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa.

Other

• SC/9442(10 September) was the press statement delisting Moussa Cisse from its travel ban and assets freeze lists.
• S/PV.5972 (9 September) was the council debate between Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia, Ellen Margrethe Løj and troop-contributing countries.
• SC/9354 (13 June 2008) was the press release on the delisting of Montgomery Dolo from the Liberia Sanctions Committee travel ban list.
• S/2008/371 (12 June 2008) was the report of the Panel of Experts on Liberia
• SC/9336 (21 May 2008) was the press release on the delisting of Gabriel Doe, Khalid Eldine, Wesseh Dennis and Zarr Koffi from the Liberia Sanctions Committee travel ban list.
• SC/9290 (31 March 2008) was the press release on the delisting of Gerald Cooper from the Liberia Sanctions Committee travel ban list.
• SC/9183 (29 November 2007) was about the delisting of Grace Beatrice Minor from the Liberia Sanctions Committee assets freeze and travel ban list.
• SC/8856 (20 October 2006) was a press statement concluding that there had been no basis for reinstating timber sanctions.
• S/PV.5509 (9 August 2006) was the Council debate on peace consolidation in West Africa.
• S/2006/610 (3 August 2006) was the concept paper circulated by Ghana for the debate on peace consolidation in West Africa.
• PBC/OC/1/2 (21 June 2006) referred Burundi and Sierra Leone to the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).
• S/PV.5389 (17 March 2006) was a Council open debate with Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf addressing Council members.