Αποφάσεις - Ανακοινώσεις — ΦΕΚ A' 160/2003

Decides that the Government of Liberia has not com?plied fully with the demands in resolution 1343 (2001);

Notes with concern that the new aircraft registry up?dated by the Government of Liberia in response to the de?mand in paragraph 2 (e) of resolution 1343 (2001) remains inactive;

Stresses that the demands referred to in paragraph 1 above are intended to help consolidate and assure peace and stability in Sierra Leone and to build and strengthen peaceful relations among the countries of the region;

Calls upon all States in the region, particularly the Gov?ernment of Liberia, to participate actively in all regional peace initiatives, particularly those of ECOWAS, the Inter?national Contact Group, the Mano River Union and the Ra?bat Process, and expresses its strong support for these ini?tiatives;

Calls upon the Government of Liberia and the LURD to enter without delay into bilateral ceasefire negotiations un?der the auspices of ECOWAS and the mediation of former President Abubakar of Nigeria;

Stresses its readiness to grant exemptions from the measures imposed by paragraph 7 (a) of resolution 1343 (2001) in cases of travel which would assist in the peaceful resolution of the conflict in the subregion;

Wel comes the Government of Liberia's agreement to the revised mandate of the United Nations Office in Liberia and calls on the Government to respond constructively to the Council's statement of 13 December 2002 (S/PRST/2002/36);

Calls upon the Government of Liberia and all parties, particularly the LURD and other armed rebel groups, to en?sure unimpeded and safe movement for the personnel of United Nations humanitarian agencies and non-govern?mental organizations, to end the use of child soldiers and to prevent sexual violence and torture;

Reiterates its demand that all States in the region cease military support for armed groups in neighbouring countries, take action to prevent armed individuals and groups from using their territory to prepare and commit attacks on neighbouring countries and refrain from any ac?tions that might contribute to further destabilization of the situation in the region, and declares its readiness to con?sider, if necessary, ways of promoting compliance with this demand;

Decides that the measures imposed by paragraphs 5 to 7 of resolution 1343 (2001) shall remain in force for a further period of 12 months from 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time on 7 May 2003, and that, before the end of this peri?od, the Council will decide whether the Government of Liberia has complied with the demands referred to in para?graph 1 above, and, accordingly, whether to extend these measures for a further period with the same conditions;

Recalls that the measures imposed by paragraph 5 of resolution 1343 (2001) apply to all sales or supply of arms and related materiel to any recipient in Liberia, including all non-State actors, such as Liberians United for Reconcili?ation and Democracy (LURD);

Decides that the measures imposed by paragraphs 5 to 7 of resolution 1343 (2001) and by paragraph 17 below shall be terminated immediately if the Council, taking into account, inter alia, the reports of the Panel of Experts re?ferred to in paragraph 25 below and of the Secretary-Gen?eral referred to in paragraph 20 below, inputs from ECOW?AS, any relevant information provided by the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 14 of resolution 1343 (2001) ("the Committee") and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) and any other relevant information, particularly the conclusions of its forthcoming mission to West Africa, determines that the Government of Liberia has complied with the demands referred to in para?graph 1 above;

Reiterates its call upon the Government of Liberia to establish an effective Certificate of Origin regime for Liberi?an rough diamonds that is transparent, internationally ver?ifiable and fully compatible with the Kimberley Process, and to provide the Committee with a detailed description of the proposed regime;

Notwithstanding paragraph 15 of resolution 1343 (2001), decides that rough diamonds controlled by the Government of Liberia through the Certificate of Origin regime shall be exempt from the measures imposed by paragraph 6 of resolution 1343 (2001) when the Com?mittee has reported to the Council, taking into account expert advice obtained through the Secretary-General, that an effective and internationally verifiable regime is ready to become fully operational and to be properly im?plemented;

Calls again upon States, relevant international orga?nizations and other bodies in a position to do so to offer as?sistance to the Government of Liberia and other diamond exporting countries in West Africa with their Certificate of Origin regimes;

Considers that the audits commissioned by the Gov?ernment of Liberia pursuant to paragraph 10 of resolution 1408 (2002) do not demonstrate that the revenue derived by the Government of Liberia from the Liberia Ship and Corporate Registry and the Liberian timber industry is used for legitimate social, humanitarian and development pur?poses, and is not used in violation of resolution 1408 (2002);

Decides that (a) all States shall take the necessary measures to pre?vent, for a period of 10 months, the import into their ter?ritories of all round logs and timber products originating in Liberia; (b) these measures shall come into force at 00:01 East?ern Daylight Time on 7 July 2003, unless the Council de?cides otherwise; (c) at the end of this period of 10 months, the Council will decide whether the Government of Liberia has complied with the demands referred to in paragraph 1 above, and, accordingly, whether to extend these measures for a further period with the same conditions;

Decides to consider by 7 September 2003 how best 2442 ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΕΩΣ (ΤΕΥΧΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟ) to fund humanitarian programmes, taking into account the recommendations of the expert panel requested in para?graph 25 below and the assessment of the Secretary-Gen?eral requested in paragraph 19 below;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Council by 7 August 2003 on the possible humanitari?an or socio-economic impact of the measures imposed by paragraph 17 above;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Council by 21 October 2003 and thereafter at six-mon?thly intervals from that date, drawing on information from all relevant sources, including the United Nations Office in Liberia, the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UN?AMSIL) and ECOWAS, on whether Liberia has complied with the demands referred to in paragraph 1 above, and calls on the Government of Liberia to support United Nations efforts to verify all information on compliance which is brought to the United Nations notice;

Invites ECOWAS to report regularly to the Committee on all activities undertaken by its members pursuant to paragraphs 10 and 17 above and in the implementation of this resolution, particularly on the implementation of the ECOWAS Moratorium on small arms and light weapons re?ferred to in the preamble of this resolution;

Calls on States of the subregion to strengthen the measures they have taken to combat the spread of small arms and light weapons and mercenary activities and to improve the effectiveness of the ECOWAS Moratorium, and urges States in a position to do so to provide as?sistance to ECOWAS to this end;

Calls on all parties to conflicts in the region to include disarmament, demobilization and reintegration provisions in peace agreements;

Requests the Committee to carry out the tasks set out in this resolution and to continue with its mandate as set out in paragraph 14 (a)-(h) of resolution 1343 (2001) and in res?olution 1408 (2002);

Requests the Secretary-General to establish, within one month from the date of adoption of this resolution, in consultation with the Committee, for a period of five mon?ths, a Panel of Experts consisting of up to six members, with the range of expertise necessary to fulfil the Panel's mandate described in this paragraph, drawing as much as possible and as appropriate on the expertise of the mem?bers of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to reso?lution 1458 (2003), to undertake the following tasks: (a) to conduct a follow-up assessment mission to Liberia and neighbouring States, in order to investigate and com?pile a report on the Government of Liberia's compliance with the demands referred to in paragraph 1 above, and on any violations of the measures referred to in paragraphs 10 and 17 above, including any involving rebel movements; (b) to investigate whether any revenues of the Govern?ment of Liberia are used in violation of this resolution, with particular emphasis on the effect on the Liberian populace of any possible diversion of funds from civilian purposes; (c) to assess the possible humanitarian and socio-eco?nomic impact of the measures imposed by paragraph 17 above and to make recommendations to the Council through the Committee by 7 August 2003 on how to mini?mize any such impact; (d) to report to the Council through the Committee no lat?er than 7 October 2003 with observations and recommen?dations, particularly on how to improve the effectiveness of implementing and monitoring the measures referred to in paragraph 5 of resolution 1343 (2001), including any rec?ommendations pertinent to paragraphs 28 and 29 below, and further requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary resources;

Requests the Panel of Experts referred to in para?graph 25 above, as far as possible, to bring any relevant in?formation collected in the course of its investigations con?ducted in accordance with its mandate to the attention of the States concerned for prompt and thorough investi?gation and, where appropriate, corrective action, and to al?low them the right of reply;

Calls upon all States to take appropriate measures to ensure that individuals and companies in their jurisdiction, in particular those referred to in the reports of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolutions 1343 (2001), 1395 (2002), 1408 (2002) and 1458 (2003), act in confor?mity with United Nations embargoes, in particular those es?tablished by resolutions 1171 (1998), 1306 (2000) and 1343 (2001), and, as appropriate, to take the necessary judicial and administrative action to end any illegal activi?ties by those individuals and companies;

Decides that all States shall take the necessary measures to prevent entry into or transit through their ter?ritories of any individuals, including from the LURD or oth?er armed rebel groups, determined by the Committee, tak?ing account of information provided by the Panel of Experts and other relevant sources, to be in violation of paragraph 5 of resolution 1343 (2001), provided that nothing in this paragraph shall oblige a State to refuse entry into its ter?ritory by its own nationals;

Requests the Committee to establish, maintain and update, taking account of information provided by the Pan?el of Experts and other relevant sources, a list of air and maritime companies whose aircraft and vessels have been used in violation of paragraph 5 of resolution 1343 (2001);

Calls on all member States of ECOWAS to cooperate fully with the Panel of Experts in the identification of such aircraft and vessels, and in particular to inform the Panel about any transit on their territory of aircraft and vessels suspected of being used in violation of paragraph 5 of res?olution 1343 (2001);

Asks the Government of Liberia to authorize the Ap?proach and Control Unit at Robertsfield International Air?port to provide regularly to the Flight Information Region in Conakry statistical data related to aircraft listed pursuant to paragraph 29 above;

Decides to conduct reviews of the measures referred to in paragraphs 10 and 17 above before 7 November 2003, and every six months thereafter;

Urges all States, relevant United Nations bodies and, as appropriate, other organizations and all interested par?ties to cooperate fully with the Committee and Panel of ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΕΩΣ (ΤΕΥΧΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟ) 2443