(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order applies to each of the territories specified in Schedule 1. It gives effect to Resolution 1521, adopted by the Security Council of the United Nations on 22nd December 2003, which prohibits the delivery or supply of arms and related matériel, the provision of assistance, advice and training related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of arms and related matériel, and bans the import of diamonds and round logs or timber products from Liberia, and to a Common Position adopted by the Council of the European Union on 10th February 2004 which adopted the measures in Resolution 1521 and applied additional related measures to Liberia.
It replaces The Liberia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/ 946), and The Liberia (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1867 as amended by S.I. 2003/1876), which ceased to have effect by virtue of the cancellation of the relevant parts of United Nations Security Council resolution 1343 of 7th March 2001 and resolution 1478 of 6th May 2003.