Adopted by the Security Council at its 3517th meeting, on 13
April 1995
The Security Council,
Recalling its resolutions 813 (1993) of 26 March 1993, 856
(1993) of 10 August 1993, 866 (1993) of 22 September 1993, 911
(1994) of 21 April 1994, 950 (1994) of 21 October 1994 and 972
(1995) of 13 January 1995,
Recalling also its resolution 788 (1992) of 19 November
1992, in which it decided, under Chapter VII of the Charter of
the United Nations, that all States shall, for the purpose of
establishing peace and stability in Liberia, immediately implement
a general and complete embargo on all deliveries of weapons and
military equipment to Liberia until the Security Council decides
otherwise, and in which it decided also that the embargo shall
not apply to weapons and military equipment destined for the sole
use of the peace- keeping forces of the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS) in Liberia, subject to any review
that may be required in conformity with the report of the Secretary-
General,
Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General
dated 24 February 1995 (S/1995/158) and 10 April 1995 (S/1995/279)
on the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL),
Deeply concerned that the cease-fire in Liberia has broken
down, precluding the full deployment of UNOMIL and preventing
UNOMIL from fully carrying out its mandate,
Noting with deep concern that in violation of resolution
788 (1992) arms continue to be imported into Liberia, exacerbating
the conflict,
Welcoming the decision of ECOWAS to hold a summit of Heads
of State in May 1995,
1. Decides to extend the mandate of UNOMIL until 30 June
1995;
2. Urges all Liberian parties to implement the Akosombo
Agreement (S/1994/1174) and the Accra Agreement (S/1995/7) by
re-establishing an effective cease-fire, promptly installing the
Council of State, and taking concrete steps towards the implementation
of the other provisions of the Agreements;
3. Encourages the ECOWAS States to promote implementation
of the Akosombo and Accra Agreements, and to continue to do all
in their power to facilitate a political settlement in Liberia;
4. Urges all States, and in particular all neighbouring
States, to comply fully with the embargo on all deliveries of
weapons and military equipment to Liberia imposed by resolution
788 (1992), and to that end decides to establish, in accordance
with rule 28 of its provisional rules of procedure, a Committee
of the Security Council, consisting of all the members of the
Council, to undertake the following tasks and to report on its
work to the Council with its observations and recommendations:
(a) To seek from all States information regarding the action taken by them concerning the effective implementation of the embargo imposed by paragraph 8 of resolution 788 (1992);
(b) To consider any information brought to its attention by States concerning violations of the embargo, and in that context to make recommendations to the Council on ways of increasing the effectiveness of the embargo;
(c) To recommend appropriate measures in response to violations of the embargo imposed by paragraph 8 of resolution 788 (1992) and provide information on a regular basis to the Secretary-General for general distribution to Member States;
5. Expresses its appreciation to the Chairman of ECOWAS
for his initiative in organizing a regional summit on Liberia
and to the Government of Nigeria for agreeing to host it, and
urges all parties to participate;
6. Demands once more that all factions in Liberia strictly
respect the status of personnel of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group
(ECOMOG) and UNOMIL, and those of organizations and personnel
delivering humanitarian assistance throughout Liberia and further
demands that these factions facilitate such deliveries and that
they strictly abide by applicable rules of international humanitarian
law;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security
Council by 15 June 1995 on the situation in Liberia, including
whether there is an effective cease-fire and whether UNOMIL can
carry out its mandate, and on the status of contributions of financial
and logistical resources from the international community in support
of the troops participating in ECOMOG, and notes that the Council
will consider the future of UNOMIL in the light of the Secretary-General's
report;
8. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.