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Liberia: UN Tweaks Liberia Sanctions
UN News, 2 September 2015
The United Nations Security Council today renewed an arms embargo on non-State actors in Liberia for nine months while terminating other sanctions on the country, including a… Read more »
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Liberia: UN Lifts Taylor-Era Travel Ban, Sanctions
FrontPageAfrica, 3 September 2015
"With the adoption of resolution 2237 (2015) on 2 September 2015, the Security Council terminated the travel and financial measures set forth in paragraph 4 of resolution 1521… Read more »
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Liberia: UN Security Council Renews Sanctions On Liberia
Liberian Observer, 11 December 2014
The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed the sanctions on Liberia for another nine months since it has determined the situation in the country remains fragile and constitutes a… Read more »
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Liberia: UN Renews Arms Embargo - Travel, Asset Freeze Bans
FrontPageAfrica, 10 December 2014
The United Nations Security Council voted Wednesday to renew sanctions on Liberia for a further nine months, while recognizing the impact of the Ebola outbreak on peace and… Read more »
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Liberia: Urey Runs Into Anxiety - Snowe
New Dawn, 14 January 2014
Mr. Benoni Urey's declaration to contest the Liberian Presidency in the 2017 presidential elections is within the view of Montserrado County District #7 Representative Edwin M.… Read more »
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Liberia: UN Maintains Sanctions On Post-War Nation
FrontPageAfrica, 10 December 2013
The United Nations Security Council has alarmed that while significant progress has been made in Liberia since the end of the civil war, the situation in the post-war nation… Read more »
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Liberia: 2,026 Unmil Soldiers Left in June
New Democrat, 6 September 2013
Pursuant to UN resolution 2066, UNMIL completed the first of three drawdown phases by 30 June when 2,026 military personnel departed the mission, handing over some facilities and… Read more »
UN Adjusts Liberia Sanctions
The Security Council has ended the travel ban and asset freeze on those deemed a danger to the country's stability, but urged the government to take steps to combat the illicit trafficking of arms and ammunition.
Benoni Urey, an ally of former president Charles Taylor who has declared his intention to run for president in 2017, was removed from the UN's travel ban list in 2014.
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The UN Security Council says the situation in post-conflict Liberia remains fragile and constitutes a threat to regional security. Read more »
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Congressmen Jesse Jackson and Christopher Smith in separate statements warned leaders of Liberia's main opposition Congress for Democratic Change that the United Sates "will ... Read more »
