Security Council renews arms, travel embargoes in Liberia for one year, Diamond Liberian Online

restrictions for six months, unanimously adopting resolution 1731 (2006)

Council Will Review Diamond Measures after 4 Months, Allow Government Time to Establish Effective Certificate of Origin Regime

Determining that insufficient progress had been made by Liberia in three years to end the sanctions against it and that the situation in that country remained a threat to international peace and security in the region, the Security Council today renewed the arms and travel embargoes for another year, and the diamond restriction for another six months, and agreed to consider lifting the sanctions at the Government’s request once it had met the conditions for doing so.

Unanimously adopting resolution 1731 (2006) under the Charter’s Chapter VII, the Council will review its measures on diamonds, aimed at preventing the direct or indirect import of rough diamonds from Liberia, after four months to allow the Liberian Government sufficient time to establish an effective Certificate of Origin regime for its rough diamonds trade that was transparent and internationally verifiable, with a view to joining the Kimberley Process. [more...]