Resolution 985 (1995) / adopted by the Security Council at its 3517th meeting, on 13 April 1995.

Security Council resolution 985 (1995) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Liberia and establishment of the Security Council Committee on arms embargo against Liberia]

Decides to extend the mandate of UNOMIL until 30 June 1995; urges all Liberian parties to implement the Akosombo Agreement (S/1994/1174) and the Accra Agreement (S/1995/7) by re-establishing an effective ceasefire, promptly installing the Council of State, and taking concrete steps towards the implementation of the other provisions of the Agreements; urges all States, and in particular all neighbouring States, to comply fully with the embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment to Liberia imposed by resolution 788 (1992), and to that end decides to establish a Committee of the Security Council, consisting of all the members of the Council: (a) to seek from all States information regarding the action taken by them concerning the effective implementation of the embargo imposed by paragraph 8 of resolution 788 (1992); (b) to consider any information brought to its attention by States concerning violations of the embargo, and in that context to make recommendations to the Council on ways of increasing the effectiveness of the embargo; (c) to recommend appropriate measures in response to violations of the embargo imposed by paragraph 8 of resolution 788 (1992) and provide information on a regular basis to the Secretary-General for general distribution to Member States; demands once more that all factions in Liberia strictly respect the status of personnel of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) and UNOMIL, and those of organizations and personnel delivering humanitarian assistance throughout Liberia and further demands that these factions facilitate such deliveries and that they strictly abide by applicable rules of international humanitarian law; requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council by 15 June 1995 on the situation in Liberia.

Adopted unanimously, 3517th meeting

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Decides to extend the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Liberia and to establish the Security Council Committee on arms embargo against Liberia.