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Liberia: U.N. Arms Embargo Failing - Weak Export Controls Largely to Blame
The United Nations Security Council must enforce the international arms embargo on Liberia, Human Rights Watch said today...The new U.N. report, which presents detailed information and documentary evidence, reveals that the weapons shipped illegally to Liberia-comprising ammunition, small arms, and helicopter spare parts-came from Ukraine, Slovakia, and Kyrgyzstan, respectively...All of the weapons were sold on the basis of counterfeit documents provided by arms brokers.