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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to seek to ensure that Revolutionary United Front insurgents and Kamajor militias inside Liberia will not be a threat to peace and stability in Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to seek to ensure that Revolutionary United Front insurgents and Kamajor militias inside Liberia will not be a threat to peace and stability in Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Alan Duncan
(Conservative)
Answered by
Denis MacShane
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 July 2002
For answer on
24 July 2002
Answered on
24 July 2002
Mr. Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to seek to
ensure that Revolutionary United Front insurgents and Kamajor militias inside Liberia will not be a threat to peace and stability in
Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement. [72175]
Mr. MacShane: We take very seriously the threat posed by Liberia to peace in Sierra Leone. We have worked with the Government of
Sierra Leone to ensure that the new Republic of Sierra Leone armed forces (largely trained by the UK) are deployed in strength on
the Liberian border and regularly patrol the border. Some UK military advisers are deployed alongside these Sierra Leonean units. We
have also encouraged the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone, UNAMSIL, to maintain regular patrolling of the border
areas. Sierra Leonean armed forces and UNAMSIL have successfully intercepted armed groups crossing from Liberia into Sierra Leone.
We played a leading role in securing the renewal of UN sanctions against Liberia in May. These sanctions, which include an arms
embargo, a ban on the export of diamonds and a travel ban on President Taylor and his associates, continue to put pressure on
President Taylor to break his links with the RUF rebels and restrict his ability to procure arms and destabilise Sierra Leone. We
have made it clear to the Government of Sierra Leone and the Government of Guinea that they should take steps to prevent the
recruitment of fighters, including from the Civil Defence Force and Kamajors, for the Liberians United for Reconciliation and
Democracy (LURD) within their countries. But Sierra Leone's stability will be threatened for as long as there is fighting in
Liberia. We are supporting international and regional moves to promote a ceasefire in Liberia.
Subjects
Armed forces; Armed conflict; Deployment; Sierra Leone; Peace negotiations; Liberia
Date
24 July 2002
Reference
72175; 389 c1312W;389 c1310W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to bring all sides in Liberia's civil war to peace negotiations; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to bring all sides in Liberia's civil war to peace negotiations; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Alan Duncan
(Conservative)
Answered by
Denis MacShane
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 July 2002
For answer on
24 July 2002
Answered on
24 July 2002
Mr. Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to bring all
sides in Liberia's civil war to peace negotiations; and if he will make a statement. [72173]
Mr. MacShane: We are concerned about the fighting in Liberia. Our Embassy in Abidjan regularly presses the Government of Liberia to
end the fighting. In meetings of Security Council members we have urged all parties to the conflict to begin ceasefire negotiations.
We have called on all states to stop supporting armed groups in Liberia. We believe that providing military assistance to any armed
group in Liberia would be a breach of Un sanctions against Liberia (as renewed by UN Security Council Resolution 1408 on 6 May
2002). We support the efforts of the various regional and local initiatives under the auspices of the Economic Community of West
African States, King Mohammed of Morocco, the Liberian Leadership Forum and the Inter-Religious Council of Liberia, to find a
solution to the conflict in Liberia. A Security Council Workshop on the Mano River Union (Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea), which
was held on our initiative and chaired by my noble Friend Baroness Amos on 18 July, identified the need for greater co-ordination
between these initiatives. We also provide political and diplomatic support to the EU presidency representative to the Mano River
Union.
Subjects
Armed conflict; Peace negotiations; Liberia
Date
24 July 2002
Reference
389 c1308W;389 c1306W; 72173
House
House of Commons