The following is an unauthorized version of the Report of the Panel of Experts to the United Nations on Sierra Leone.
This is not the official report. The official report has not yet been released. The report posted here is subject to change by the sanctions committee.
December 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Acronyms | |
| Executive Summary | 1-50 |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| A. General | 51-57 |
| B. The Work of the Panel | 58-63 |
| C. Standards of Verification | 64 |
| D. A Reminder | 65 |
| PART ONE: DIAMONDS | |
| I. SIERRA LEONE DIAMONDS | |
| A. Background | 66-67 |
| B. Diamonds in the RUF | 68-78 |
| C. Estimated Volume of Diamonds Mined by the RUF | 79-81 |
| D. How the RUF Move Diamonds out of Sierra Leone | 82-90 |
| E. Foday Sankoh's Post-Lomé Diamond Business | 91-99 |
| F. Sierra Leone's New Diamond Certification System | 100-110 |
| G. Conclusions on Sierra Leone Diamonds | 111-112 |
| II. INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND STATISTICS AND TRANSIT COUNTRIES | |
| A. General | 113-115 |
| B. Provenance and Origin | 116-122 |
| C. Case Studies: Liberia, Gambia, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire | 123-141 |
| D. Conclusions on Statistics and Transit Countries | 142-144 |
| III. 'CONFLICT' DIAMONDS AND 'ILLICIT' DIAMONDS | |
| A. The Issue | 145-150 |
| B. Conclusion on Conflict versus Illicit Diamonds | 151 |
| IV. A FINAL NOTE ON DIAMONDS | |
| A. Some Recommendations from Sierra Leone | 152-153 |
| B. Further Research | 154-155 |
| V. RECOMMENDATIONS ON DIAMONDS | 156-167 |
| PART TWO: WEAPONS | |
| I. WEAPONS AND THE RUF | |
| A. Background | 168-177 |
| B. Sources of RUF Weaponry Within Sierra Leone | 178-180 |
| II. LIBERIAN SUPPORT TO THE RUF | |
| A. General | 181-183 |
| B. Training | 184-192 |
| C. Safe Haven | 193 |
| D. Weapons and Related Matériel | 194 |
| III. THE ROLE OF OTHER COUNTRIES | 195-198 |
| IV. THE ROLE OF AIRCRAFT IN SUPPLYING THE RUF | |
| A. Direct Flights into RUF Territory | 199-202 |
| B. Weapons Flights into Liberia | 203-212 |
| C. The Inner Circle of the Taylor Regime | 213-218 |
| V. LIBERIA AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS | |
| A. General | 219-221 |
| B. Aircraft Registered in Liberia | 222-224 |
| C. Key Individuals in Liberia's Aviation Registry | 225-235 |
| D. Offices in the United Arab Emirates | 236-237 |
| VI. OTHER ISSUES | |
| A. The Role of Customs in Exporting and Transit Countries | 238-240 |
| B. The Role of Airport Authorities and Inspectors | 241-243 |
| C. The Non-observance of Moratoria and Embargoes | 244-246 |
| D. Further Research | 247-252 |
| VII. CONCLUSIONS REGARDING WEAPONS AND THE RUF | 253-255 |
| VIII. RECOMMENDATIONS ON WEAPONS, TRANSPORT & AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL | 256-269 |
| IX. CONCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS | 270-273 |
| PART THREE: A TECHNICAL NOTE ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYTEMS IN WEST AFRICA | |
| I. BACKGROUND | 274-277 |
| II. AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS IN WEST AFRICA | |
| A. Air Traffic Management | 278-280 |
| B. Communications | 281-285 |
| C. Navigation | 286-287 |
| D. Surveillance | 288-294 |
| III. THE ROBERTS FIR | |
| A. General | 295-303 |
| B. Guinea | 304-308 |
| C. Sierra Leone | 309-310 |
| D. Liberia | 311-313 |
| IV. CONCLUSIONS | 314-315 |
| Annexes | |
|