UNSC calls for enforced assets freeze on former Liberian president

The UN Security Council on Friday expressed its concern at the absence of progress in freezing the financial assets ready for use to former Liberian President Charles Taylor, now on trial at the UN-backed court for Sierra Leone for war delinquencies and crimes against humanity, and called for an enforced assets freeze on Taylor and his mates.
In a unanimously adopted resolution, the 15-member Council extended for another year the Panel of Experts looking into issues of diamonds, timber, sanctions, arms and safety in Liberia as it recovers from 14 years of devastating civil war, and called on the Liberian government to continue to make all necessary efforts to enforce the goods freeze, which also extends to Taylor's family members, including his present wife and two of his former spouses.
The Security Council renewed an embargo on arms supplies, except in certain cases for the Liberian police, safety and armed forces, as well as a travel ban by all states on Taylor's associates and family members, except for humanitarian situations, the ruling said.
"Despite significant movement having been made in Liberia, the situation there continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security in the region," the ruling said.
The Security Council called on the panel to identify and make recommendations on areas where the capacity of states in the region can be strengthened to facilitate the execution of the measures imposed, the ruling said.
The Security Council, in a ruling unanimously adopted in 2004, has ordered the freezing of assets belonging to Taylor and his associates, and the resolution is biding to all United Nations member nations.
The former warlord, Taylor, went on trial in the Hague in June this year, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone's civil war. Taylor also has been indicted for fueling a civil war in the West African country through arms-for-diamond deals with Sierra Leonean insurgents.
The persons of Sierra Leone suffered terribly in the 1991-2002 civil war, and the court had been established to ensure the trial of those who are believed to be largely responsible for the delinquencies and atrocities committed.

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