Security Council Extends Mandate of Liberia Panel of Experts by One Year; Urges Govt to Implement Recommendations of Kimberley Process Review Team

The Security Council, which has renewed for 12 months its travel ban on persons deemed to be a threat to the peace in Liberia and readjusted its arms embargo to allow the Liberian Government, as well as the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country, to receive certain military material for the same time period, has extended until 20 December 2010 the mandate of the Panel of Experts that monitors the implementation of the measures.

The Panel of Experts is tasked with assessing the Government of Liberia’s compliance with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, and to coordinate with the Kimberley Process in assessing compliance. It is also required to provide a midterm report to the Council through the Committee by 1 June 2010 and a final report to the Council through the Committee by 20 December 2010, and to provide informal updates to the Committee as appropriate before those dates, especially on progress in the diamond sector since the lifting of paragraph 6 of resolution 1521 (2003) in April 2007.

The Panel must also cooperate actively with other relevant groups of experts, in particular that on C?te d’Ivoire re-established by paragraph 10 of resolution 1893 (2009), and with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme;

The Security Council urges the Government of Liberia to implement the recommendations of the 2009 Kimberley Process review team to strengthen internal controls over diamond mining and exports, and encourages the Kimberley Process to continue to cooperate with the Panel of Experts and to report on developments regarding Liberia’s implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.

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