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UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SIERRA LEONE UNAMSIL On 22 October 1999, the Security Council established UNAMSIL to cooperate with the Government and the other parties in implementing the Lome Peace Agreement and to assist in the implementation of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration plan. On 7 February 2000, the Council revised UNAMSIL's mandate. It also expanded its size, as it did ...

TRC | Documents | Links | Archives | E-mail | Photos | Culture | Home 8 August: Liberian fighters who abducted 28 Sierra Leoneans last month from the border town of Kokobu were members of the rebel group Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), according to a man who escaped his captors. Tamba Bockarie, who spoke to BBC correspondent Tom McKinley via an interpreter, said he and ...

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Resolution 1231 (1999, Adopted Unanimously, Condemns Rebel Atrocities, Expresses Concern at Reports of Arms, Mercenaries Supplied from Liberian Territory The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) until 13 June, expressing support for all efforts to peacefully resolve the conflict there and restore lasting peace and ...

Indian troops in Sierra Leone - A peace-keeping misadventure ...