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  • Liberia To Get 15,000 UN Troops

    09/19/2003 3:47:49 PM PDT · by blam · 5 replies · 239+ views
    BBC ^ | 9-19-2003
    Liberia to get 15,000 UN troops The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a force of up to 15,000 peacekeepers for Liberia. Liberia as a whole remains highly unstable The resolution, proposed by the United States, sets up a UN mission in Liberia to monitor last month's peace agreement between the government and rebels. The main task of the force will be to restore security and to devise a plan to disarm more than 30,000 militiamen, including child soldiers, who are still active in the countryside. In August, Liberia's two main rebel groups signed a power-sharing deal with the...
  • Liberia: Security Council approves 16,000-strong peacekeeping force

    09/19/2003 12:36:17 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 4 replies · 169+ views
    UN Press Release ^ | September 19, 2003
    19 September – The United Nations Security Council today unanimously approved the establishment of a new mission for war-shattered Liberia consisting of up to 15,000 military personnel and up to 1,115 civilian police officers, embarking on a new peacekeeping operation in a country that has been torn by 12 years of conflict. The mission - the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) - is for an initial 12 months, and is set to take over authority from the UN-authorized West African-led multinational force currently keeping the peace on 1 October. UNMIL's mandate includes monitoring implementation of the ceasefire agreed between...