With the election process gearing up and refugees flooding in from neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire, the increasingly complex situation in Liberia required sustained international attention, even though progress continued, Ellen Margrethe Løj, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, said today in a briefing to the Security Council.

 

“ Liberia is much stronger today than it was eight years ago,” said Ms. Løj, who also heads the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).  “Nevertheless, we should not take these eight years of unbroken peace for granted.  Continued and increased international engagement will be needed,” she added as she presented the Secretary-General’s latest progress report on the Mission.

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