The...Secretary General also argues in his most recent report to the Security Council that by imposing additional sanctions on the existing sanctions regime, especially on timber, rubber, and the maritime industry, would create a serious social crisis for the country’s poor...While we disagree on the impact of timber, we agree with the Secretary General that adding rubber to the sanctions regime will have and adverse social consequence on ordinary Liberians...We therefore urge the Security Council not to lift the current sanctions regime, but also to broaden it to include timber and the shipping registry.