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(Rapaport...June 16, 2005) Pressure is growing on Liberia with yet a second anti-corruption plan produced in the past three days to address illegal activity and diamond and timber mining in the region. News agency IRIN obtained a copy of The Liberia Economic Governance and Action Plan (LEGAP,) which proposes to limit the interim government's powers to grant contracts and place international supervisors in key positions of governance.
IRIN says the report will be put before Liberia's transitional government and the United Nations Security Council in coming weeks.
The international community wants to impose an Economic Governance Steering Committee to supervise revenue collection and public expenditure in Liberia for the next three years and would have veto power on economic policies and contract awards. The report requests representatives from the United Nations, the European Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the United States, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank to lead the committee.
Prime assets in Liberia remain timber and diamonds, but the United Nations Security Council banned their export after former President Charles Taylor used transaction funds to fuel conflicts.
The draft proposal hints that the sanctions on diamonds and timber could be lifted in return to Liberia's acceptance of tight international oversight, IRIN reports.
Earlier in the week, Global Witness called upon the international community to intervene in Liberia and take control of Liberia's natural resources to safeguard the nation from falling into war once again.
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