...Given that timber industry and resultant revenue is essential to the Taylor regime, that it continues to be linked to the arms trade and to the maintenance of armed militias, that timber revenues do not benefit the Liberian population as a whole and that the damage to the country's forests is irreparable, the argument for sanctions is strong. However, the recommendations of the UN Expert panel on Liberia relating to timber, if adopted, will have a severely detrimental effect, whilst failing to address the key issues the Panel was established to address.