Recognizing that grappling with the Ebola outbreak has slowed the Liberian Government's efforts to advance certain governance and national reforms, the Security Council today extended the United Nations mission in the country (UNMIL), tailoring its mandate to focus on civilian protection, humanitarian assistance support, and justice and security body reforms.
Adopting a new resolution today that extended UNMIL through 30 September 2015, the Council decided the mission would also focus on human rights promotion and protection, and protection of UN personnel. UNMIL would also assist the Government of Liberia in developing and implementing, "as soon as possible and in close coordination with bilateral and multilateral partners, its national strategy on Security Sector Reform (SSR)."
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