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UNSC revises travel ban list

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    The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday revised its list of Liberians and Sierra Leonean rebels banned from international travel under sanctions imposed earlier this year. The revised list retains several senior government official including the president, and members of Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF).

    Those who remained banned, the UN said on Wednesday, include President Charles Taylor, RUF member Sam "Mosquito" Bockarie, European businessman Viktor Bout, Managing Director of the Roberts International Airport Randolph Cooper, and Foreign Minister Monie Captan.

    The ban, initially imposed for 12 months, was in response to evidence of involvement in arms and diamond trafficking by both Liberian government and RUF officials. It was endorsed on 7 March and affected several other Liberian nationals, their spouses, military personnel, and other people found to have been involved in the trafficking.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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