A House with Two Rooms - The Advocates for Human Rights

May 2001 – U.N. Security Council renews an arms embargo on Liberia as punishment for Taylor’s
trading of weapons for diamonds with rebels in Sierra Leone.
February 5, 2002 – Charles Taylor declares a state of emergency when it appears that LURD rebels
may be gaining on Monrovia.
June 4, 2003 – In Accra, Ghana, Liberian peace talks commence while the U.N.-mandated Special
Court in Sierra Leone indicts Charles Taylor’s on 17 counts of war crimes committed in support of
rebels in Sierra Leone.
June 6, 2003 – First offensive by LURD rebels on Monrovia.
June 17, 2003 – In Accra, Ghana, representatives from LURD and another rebel group, the
Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), sign a ceasefire agreement with the Taylor
government.
June 21-22, 2003 – Breaking the ceasefire, LURD and Taylor’s government forces continue fighting
in Monrovia.
June 27, 2003 – Another ceasefire is signed in Accra, Ghana.
July 4, 2003 – ECOWAS approves sending 3,000 regional peacekeepers into Liberia in order to
restore peace.
July 19, 2003 – LURD launches their final attack on Monrovia, leaving 1,000 dead and nearly
600,000 displaced.
August 4, 2003 – The first group of Nigerian peacekeepers under an ECOWAS mandate arrive in
Liberia.
August 11, 2003 – Charles Taylor steps down from the presidency and leaves for asylum in Nigeria.
August 18, 2003 – Representatives from LURD, MODEL, and the Liberian government sign the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Accra, Ghana.
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