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	Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL)
		In early 2003 a dissident movement known as the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) surfaced in the south-eastern region of Liberia.
		MODEL was described by one of the LURD leaders, Joe Willie, in an interview on 9 April 2003 with the BBC radio ''as an integrated force...'' of LURD.
		Its main target seemed to be the port of Buchanan in Grand Bassa County, from where the Government of Liberia is exporting the country's major produce, timber.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/model.htm (233 words)

	The Peace Agreement Signed in Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		With the exit of the President Charles Taylor of the Republic of Liberia, the GOL shall be headed by the Vice President for an interim period.
		Immediately upon the installation of the NTGL in Liberia, all cabinet Ministers, Deputy and Assistant Ministers, heads of autonomous agencies, commissions, heads of public corporations and State-owned enterprises of the current GOL shall be deemed to have resigned.
		The authority of the NTGL shall be established and recognised throughout the territory of the Republic of Liberia, immediately upon its installation in Monrovia.
	www.tqharris.com /ThePeaceAgreement.htm (6213 words)

	Rebels Seize Key City In Liberia
		Rebels from the smaller Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) movement stormed into Buchanan in the morning and wrested it after a fierce battle, residents said, adding that government troops fled the garrison there towards Monrovia.
		In Monrovia, detonations were heard at regular intervals as forces of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) main rebel movement pressed on with their two-week-old siege on the city.
		"We urged the Movement for Democracy in Liberia in the strongest terms to avoid worsening the situation and especially not to attack the port in Buchanan," Boucher said.
	www.rense.com /general39/seize.htm (767 words)

	IJNL: Vol 6 Iss 4 - A Nation Long Forlorn: Liberia's Journey from Civil War toward Civil Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A number of political movements were established during this period of ferment, including the Movement for Justice in Africa (MOJA) and the Progressive Alliance of Liberia (PAL).
		With the cessation—at least for now—of the armed conflict in Liberia, many of these ex-combatants have drifted to Monrovia and other cities, drawn by both the attraction of urban life and the fear of retribution or at least of being ostracized in the towns and villages where many committed unspeakable atrocities during the fighting.
		It will require the strengthening—if not the wholesale overhaul—of the institutions of civil society that, if not destroyed during the years of fighting, are compromised either by involvement with discredited regimes, past and present, or by what is perceived as self-absorbed pursuit of the individual interests of their self-appointed leaders.
	www.icnl.org /JOURNAL/vol6iss4/ar_pham.htm (7160 words)

	World Movement for Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Largely unrecognized and often at great personal risk, this democratic movement is exerting increasing pressure on all sides of Sudan's 20-year civil war to end the fighting, and is building the foundations for sustainable peace, democracy, and human rights in the country.
		Among the organizations leading the Movement are the Association of Liberian Professional Organizations, the Press Union of Liberia, the Campaign for Good Governance of Sierra Leone, and the Organisation Guineene des Droits de l'Homme.
		The movement continues to be heavily repressed for opposing the Lukashenko regime.
	www.wmd.org /press/demo_tribute.html (440 words)

	Liberia faced with continuing instability as UN agrees 15,000 troops
		Aid workers in Liberia are reporting continued fighting, as well as attacks on civilians including looting, rape and summary executions throughout the north and central regions of Liberia.
		Further reports from relief workers in the east of Liberia next to Ivory Coast which is controlled by the rival rebel group, the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), say there is a “delicate situation”.
		Aid was withdrawn when Liberia was no longer required to be a major centre for US intelligence operations in Africa that it had been during the Cold War period.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/oct2003/libe-o01_prn.shtml (1165 words)

	World Movement for Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The four selected honorees have all shown exceptional courage in their work for freedom and democracy, often struggling in isolation and against some of the most difficult challenges to democracy and human rights in the world today.
		The Democracy Courage Tributes dinner is named for the late John B. Hurford, an international philanthropist who was one of the earliest proponents of the founding of the World Movement for Democracy.
		Launched in 1999, the World Movement is a global network of democracy activists, scholars and practitioners from around the world that meets periodically to exchange ideas and experiences and uses new information and communication technologies to foster collaboration among democratic forces around the world.
	www.wmd.org /press/mar1303.html (735 words)

	The Movement of Democratic Change in Liberia
		Several vicious tactics were employed by Charles Taylor and his National Patriotic Front of Liberia in their rape and destruction of Liberia and its people: Unmitigated violence against the masses; and fear, torture and death against individuals perceived as obstacles to his quest for power were the most well-known.
		The Movement for Democratic Change in Liberia views with abhorrence the continued misuse of the state of emergency in Liberia as a means of cracking down on those whom the government views as its enemies, whether real or perceived.
		The Movement for Democratic Change in Liberia (MDCL) wholeheartedly endorses and, hereby, reaffirms the principles set forth in the Position Statement on Security, Reconciliation and Peace in Liberia, presented to the Authority of ECOWAS and the government of Nigeria on 15 March 2002.
	www.mdcl.org /pressreleases.htm (1189 words)

	Online NewsHour: Liberia's Civil War -- Rebel Groups Fighting Taylor's Government
		Two rebel groups, Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), have led the way in the battle to oust Charles Taylor from power.
		The groups control roughly 60 percent of Liberia between them, with LURD forces controlling territory in the north and west and MODEL controlling portions of the south and east.
		The Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) quickly became a major player in the fighting, taking control of strategic areas in Liberia's south and east.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/africa/liberia/rebel_groups.html (853 words)

	ELCA Liberia Support Network
		Warring government factions and rebel forces in Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) created unrest, displacing people from their homes and virtually eliminating Liberian citizens’ access to basics for survival — food, clean water, and health care.
		Violence in Liberia increased during the final days of the negotiations, but a plan for peace and new governance in Liberia was established.
		The women of Liberia are determining the future of Liberia now!" Where violence and conflict have persisted, WIPNET has been present to document violations of the peace agreement and intervene with actions for peace and reconciliation.
	www.elca.org /liberia/news/liberianwomenpeace.html (1100 words)

	U.N. Peace Keeping Force Disarmed Over 18,000 Ex-combatants in Liberia
		Opande told the United Nations run FM radio station in Monrovia on 28 April that the ex-combatants are very anxious to discharge their weapons to the UN peacekeeping forces.
		According to the force commander of the UN Mission in Liberia, the former generals and commanders of the belligerent groups are collaborating with the peacekeepers in the area of the comprehensive implementation of the sensitive and crucial DDRR exercise.
		Opande argued that any one can assess all parts of the country without experiencing problems from the ex-combatants but admitted that there are still illegal check points being mounted on some of the highway in the country, with specific reference to the southeastern region where MODEL is based.
	www.theperspective.org /2004/apri/18000disarmed.html (354 words)

	Liberia - UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum
		Liberia still serves as a transit point for illicit diamonds and the panel cites its concern over reports that the National Transitional Government of Liberia has signed a 10-year contract with the West Africa mining Corporation.
		Liberia complains to the UN arguing that its neighbor, Guinea, is supporting the rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD.) Liberian President Charles Taylor says that the government of Guinea is facilitating the establishment of LURD by permitting the recruitment, training and arming of Liberian refugees living in the territory of its country.
		As Liberia remains a source of conflict and instability for the region, the UN should not ease the sanctions regime against President Charles Taylor.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/liberindex.htm (7074 words)

	Liberia - Samuel Doe and the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) and Armed Forces of Liberia ...
		Liberia - Samuel Doe and the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) and Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) - DangerFinder
		The now dead Doe, a Krahn, was a 28-year-old master sergeant who put an end to the line of wealthy coffee-colored descendants of freed fl slaves from America when he overthrew and executed Tolbert and 13 ministers.
		He was offered safe passage out of Liberia by the U.S. government (we provide free chauffeur service to all our favorite dictators), but he turned it down.
	www.comebackalive.com /df/dplaces/liberia/player10.htm (318 words)

	liberia, peacekeeping, congress - FCNL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the urgency of providing support for the `Agreement on Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities Between the Government of the Republic of Liberia and Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy and the Movement for Democracy of Liberia', and for other purposes.
		Whereas ongoing civil war and unrest in Liberia have devastated the country's economy, social fabric, and the livelihoods of its people, leaving Liberians with a ruined economy and barely functioning physical infrastructure, few resources or the basic necessities to maintain life, and an insolvent government regarded as a pariah by many states;
		Whereas Liberia is among the countries most richly endowed with natural resources in Africa, with enormous tropical forests which, if preserved, may be directed toward building Liberia's economy through natural resource management and trade;
	www.fcnl.org /issues/int/sup/un_liberia-peacekeeping.htm (1388 words)

	Boston.com / Latest News / World
		MONROVIA, Liberia Rebels captured Liberia's refugee-choked second-largest city Monday, defeating President Charles Taylor's embattled forces on a new front and depriving him of his last significant port outside the besieged capital.
		Benjamin Yeaten, a leading government commander, confirmed that Buchanan fell to fighters from Liberia's second rebel group, the Movement for Democracy in Liberia, by nightfall.
		The Movement for Democracy in Liberia, which until recently had largely heeded cease-fire pledges, claimed Taylor's forces had provoked the offensive on Buchanan with attacks on rebel positions outside the city in recent days.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/28/liberia_buchanan.htm (951 words)

	The Movement of Democratic Change in Liberia
		The Movement is committed to the building of democratic institutions in Liberia and ensuring transition to a democratic way of life.
		The Movement for Democratic Change in Liberia (MDCL) is deeply troubled by the recent palace coup in the Steering Committee of the All-Liberia National Conference (ALNC) with the concerted effort to replace Dr. James Teah Tarpeh as Chairman of the Committee.
		We are shocked by the total lack of concern on the part of LURD for the continued loss of life of innocent Liberians, as well as the peril posed to those who remain barely alive.
	www.mdcl.org (530 words)

	CBS News \| Rebels Take Key Liberian Port \| July 29, 2003 09:30:49
		Benjamin Yeaten, a leading government commander, confirmed that the strategic city, 60 miles southeast of Monrovia, fell to rebels from Liberia's second rebel group, the Movement for Democracy in Liberia.
		U.S. Ambassador John Blaney on Sunday said he had urged the Movement for Democracy in Liberia rebels to spare the coastal city.
		The Movement for Democracy in Liberia has fewer fighters than the larger rebel group but is believed to be better-disciplined and better-armed.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/07/29/world/main565620.shtml (1129 words)

	SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION DISSOLVES COMMITTEE OVERSEEING BANS ON LIBERIA, SETS UP NEW BODY TO OVERSEE EMBARGOES
		According to the resolution, the changed situation in Liberia referred to, in particular, the departure of former President Charles Taylor and the formation of the National Transitional Government, as well as progress in the peace process in neighbouring Sierra Leone.
		Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), and to all former and current militias and armed groups.
		Those conditions included urgent steps by the National Transitional Government of Liberia to establish an effective Certificate of Origin regime for trade in Liberian rough diamonds; and the establishment by it of full authority and control over the timber producing areas.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2003/sc7965.doc.htm (2028 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Agreement on Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities between the Government ...
		Agreement on Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities between the Government of the Republic of Liberia and Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy and the Movement for Democracy in Liberia
		They shall accord complete freedom of movement to the ISF at all times in the execution of their duties.
		The signing of this agreement shall be followed immediately by the engagement of the GOL, LURD and MODEL with all other Liberian political parties and stakeholders in dialogue, to seek, within a period of thirty (30) days, a comprehensive peace agreement.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MHII-62F8KZ?OpenDocument (1133 words)

	Liberia
		In August 2003, the former government of Liberia and the country's two rebel groups--Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL)--signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which ended the 1999-2003 civil war.
		In October 2003, U.N. Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) peacekeepers were deployed to further assist the peace process and provide stability during the post-conflict transition.
		During the year, the country's transition to democracy was hindered by widespread corruption, a severely damaged infrastructure, and continuing instability that delayed the return of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41611.htm (7528 words)

	Peace Agreement Between The Government of Liberia (GOL), The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), ...
		Peace Agreement Between The Government of Liberia (GOL), The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), The Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) and The Political Parties
		August 2003, to seek a negotiated settlement of the crisis in Liberia, within the framework of the ECOWAS Peace Process for Liberia, under the auspices of the current Chairman of ECOWAS, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana, and the mediation of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, former Head of State of Nigeria;
		With the exit of the President Charles Taylor of the Republic of Liberia, the GOL shall be headed by the Vice President for an interim
	www.state.gov /p/af/rls/24149.htm (3838 words)

	Cease fire agreement- Friends of Liberia
		Liberia (ICGL) to support the ECOWAS Peace Plan on Liberia;
		movement of military forces and resources from one location to another,
		United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), and the Movement for
	www.fol.org /late_breaking/ceasefire_agreement.html (908 words)

	Comprehensive Peace Agreement Between the Government of Liberia and the Liberians United for Reconciliation and ...
		Comprehensive Peace Agreement Between the Government of Liberia and the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and the Movement for Democracy in liberia (MODEL) and Political Parties: Liberia: Peace Agreements: Library and Links: U.S. Institute of Peace
		Peace Agreement Between the Government of Liberia (GOL), The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), The Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL)
		ARTICLE II The armed conflict between the present Government of Liberia (GOL), the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) is hereby ended with immediate effect.
	www.usip.org /library/pa/liberia/liberia_08182003_cpa.html (5822 words)

	Liberia Peace Agreement - US Department of State
		Comprehensive Peace Agreement Between the Government of Liberia, the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), and the Political Parties
		ARTICLE XI The Parties call on the ICRC and such other relevant national and international agencies to give all the necessary assistance to the released persons, including re-location to any part of Liberia.
		The NTGL calls on the UNDP, relevant international organisations and the ICGL to provide financial, logistics and technical support for the Commission.
	usinfo.state.gov /af/Archive_Index/Liberia_Peace_Agreement.html (5949 words)

	Liberian Ceasefire Agreement - 17 June 2003 - Sierra Leone Web
		To declare and observe a ceasefire beginning 0001 hours on 18th June 2003.
		The parties shall provide security guarantees for safe and unhindered access by humanitarian agencies to vulnerable groups, free movement of persons and goods, as well as for the return and resettlement of refugees and internally displaced persons.
		Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Liberia
	www.sierra-leone.org /liberianceasefireagreement.html (980 words)

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