Sirleaf: Liberia Will not Destabilize its Neighbors
September 27, 2012
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addresses the 67th session of the UN General Assembly
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says she will never allow her country to be used to destabilize neighboring countries.
Speaking Wednesday at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Sirleaf condemned all attempts to undermine what she called the peace and democratic gains in neighboring Cote d’Ivoire.
“As current chair of the four-nation Mano River Union comprising Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and La Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia has committed itself never to allow an inch of its territory to be used to destabilized its neighbors,” she said.
President Sirleaf called on other West African leaders to work together so that individuals intent on destabilizing the region or parts of it are treated as enemies in all parts of West Africa.
She condemned what she called the unconstitutional unraveling of democratic governments in Mali and Guinea-Bissau earlier this year.
The Liberian leader called on the U.N. Security Council to buttress efforts by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore peace in the sub-region.
“Liberia endorses the decisions of ECOWAS aimed at the full restoration of constitutional order in both countries in the shortest periods of time. Liberia enjoins the world community, particularly the Security Council to buttress the efforts of ECOWAS in restoring peace in our region, most especially in Mali,” Sirleaf said.
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