Security Council Resolution 788 (1992) [on a General and Complete Embargo on All Deliveries of Weapons and Military Equipment to Liberia]

S/RES/788(1992)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 91 The situation in Liberia, published in 1992.

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Armed Incidents Arms Embargo Ceasefires Elections Humanitarian Assistance Liberia Liberia Situation Peacekeeping Operations Special Missions

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Commends the Economic Community ofWest African States for its efforts to restore peace, security and stability in Liberia;

Reaffirms its belief that the Yamoussoukro IV Agreement324 offers the best possible framework for a peaceful resolution of the Liberian conflict by creating the necessary conditions for free and fair elections in Liberia, and calls upon the Economic Community of West African States to continue its efforts to assist in the peaceful implementation of that Agreement;

Condemns the violation by any party to the conflict of the cease-fire established on 28 November 1990;

Also condemns the continuing armed attacks against the peace-keeping forces of the Economic Community of West African States in Liberia by one of the parties to the conflict;

Calls upon all parties to the conflict and all others

concerned to respect strictly the provisions of international humanitarian law;

Also calls upon all parties to the conflict to respect and implement the cease-fire and the various accords of the peace process. including the Yamoussoukro IV Agreement and the final communiqu6 of the informal consultative group meeting of the Economic Community of West African States Committee of Five on Liberia, issued at Geneva on 7 April 1992,

323 to which they themselves have agreed;

Requests the Secretary-General to dispatch urgently a Special Representative to Liberia to evaluate the situation, and to report to the Council as soon as possible with any recommendations he may wish to make;

Decides, under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, that all States shall, for the purposes of establishing peace and stability in Liberia, immediately implement a general and complete embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment to Liberia until the Council decides otherwise;

Also decides within the same framework that the embargo imposed by paragraph 8 shall not apply to weapons and military equipment destined for the sole use of the peace-

keeping forces of the Economic Community of West African States in Liberia, subject to any review that may be required in conformity with the report of the Secretary-General;

Requests all States to respect the measures established by the Economic Community of West African States to bring about a peaceful solution to the conflict in Liberia;

Calls on Member States to exercise self-restraint in their relations with all parties to the Liberian conflict and to refrain from taking any action that would be inimical to the peace process;

Commends the efforts of Member States, the United Nations system and humanitarian organizations in providing humanitarian assistance to the victims of the conflict in Liberia, and in this regard reaffirms its support for increased humanitarian assistance;

or 19 November 1992

Adopted unanimously al the 3138th mttting.

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