SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA UPDATES INFORMATION ON TRAVEL BAN LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia today decided to update the information concerning Mr. D. Benjamin Taylor (Jr.) on its list of individuals subject to the travel restrictions first imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003) (the travel ban list).  The additional information is shown in underline in the table below.

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	ALIAS	DATE OF BIRTH/PLACE OF BIRTH	DESIGNATION/ JUSTIFICATION
TAYLOR	D. Benjamin, (Jr.)	Darlington J. TOWAH	Nationality: Liberia	Director of Passports and Visas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Liberia. MODEL’s former Chief of Staff.  He has engaged in activities that threaten to cause instability in Liberia, derail the peace process and unravel the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

The latest versions of the travel ban and assets freeze lists are available on the Committee’s website: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml.

The Committee will continue to update the list on a regular basis.

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