Closure of UNMIL

The United Nations Mission in Liberia successfully completed its mandate on 30 March 2018. You can find out about the mission's past activities and achievements through this website. The United Nations family remains committed to supporting the Government, ensuring that the hard won peace is sustained and that the country and its people continue to progress and thrive.

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Liberia

27 Dec 2017

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Liberia

The Secretary-General welcomes the peaceful conduct of the second round of the Presidential election in Liberia. He commends the Government, political parties and people of Liberia for the orderly poll.

Following consultations with relevant national stakeholders, the Secretary-General has requested former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, a member of his High-level Advisory Board, to travel to Monrovia from 28 to 30 December as part of the United Nations continued good offices engagement in Liberia.

Peaceful, free, transparent and credible elections are a prerequisite for democratic consolidation, sustainable peace and development. The Secretary-General hopes that the will of the Liberian electorate will be respected and that a seamless transfer power will take place within constitutional timelines. He reiterates the United Nations’ continued support to Liberia’s efforts towards consolidation of peace and economic development.

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

New York, 27 December 2017