A House with Two Rooms - The Advocates for Human Rights

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) is this 17 day of February, A.D. 2007 entered
into between the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Liberia (“TRC”) of the City of Robertsport,
Republic of Liberia, represented by its Chairperson, Jerome J Verdier, Sr and Minnesota Advocates
for Human Rights (“Minnesota Advocates”), a nongovernmental organization operating and existing
under the laws of the State of Minnesota, United States of America, represented by its Executive
Director, Robin Phillips, for the purposes herein stated;
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WHEREAS, the TRC is an Independent Commission of the Government of Liberia established to
redress years of human rights violations resulting from nearly two decades of protracted conflict in
Liberia which displaced nearly half a million of its 3 million inhabitants in the west African sub-region,
Europe and the USA; and
WHEREAS, the TRC plans to expand its program activities to incorporate the experiences and
participation of Liberians in the Diasporas, including the State of Minnesota, USA, which is host to
the largest Liberian refugee population in North America; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Advocates is a nongovernmental human rights advocacy organization with vast
experience in working with Liberian refugee and asylum communities in Minnesota and is interested
in assisting the TRC with fostering its mandates and achieving its goals of reaching out to Liberians in
the Diaspora, especially in the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the foregoing, the TRC and Minnesota Advocates have agreed to work
together to implement TRC programs in the USA, thereby enhancing its outreach objectives for the
benefit of Liberian communities in the USA, especially in the State of Minnesota.
THEREFORE, and in consideration of the foregoing, the PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
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