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Article: Liberia: Abuja accord affirmed. (Abuja II Agreement)(includes related article of political reform in Liberia)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- December 22, 1996
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The Security Council on 27 November extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) for another four months, until 31 March 1997. It also called on the factions to cease hostilities and implement their commitments, especially the 17 August 1996 Abuja II Agreement, reached under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
That Agreement, concluded in Abuja, Nigeria, established an implementation timetable, provided a mechanism for verifying compliance, and proposed possible measures against the factions in the event of non-compliance.
The Council decided to maintain UNOMIL deployments at an appropriate ...