The UN Security Council team visiting here last week expressed concern over key areas, mainly the failure of the security sectors reform, rising corruption, capital flight, and the failure or inability of the government to implement Resolution 1532 mandating all member states to freeze the assets of targeted official of former President Charles Taylor.

Sources told this paper that the team listed these points during a closed-door meeting with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

But speaking to journalists before departure, Ms. Rice, for the team, said the country remains a "fragile" state. Liberia was one of the spots the team visited in its tour of African trouble spots, including DR Congo.

On the travel ban and the assets freeze, the Council's team was adamant, sources, insisting they would remain in place because those affected remain national security risks.

Amongst the team was Ms Susan Rice, a long-time Liberia observer who served as US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs when Mr, Taylor was in power here