(a)

to grant, sell, supply, or transfer technical assistance, brokering services and other services related to military activities and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of items in paragraph 1, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Liberia;

(b)

to provide financing or financial assistance related to military activities, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of items in paragraph 1, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in Liberia.

(a)

arms and related materiel and technical training and assistance intended solely for support of or use by the United Nations Mission in Liberia;

(b)

arms and related materiel and technical training and assistance intended solely for support of or use in an international training and reform programme for the Liberian armed forces and police, as approved in advance by the Committee established by paragraph 21 of UNSCR 1521 (2003) (the Sanctions Committee);

(c)

non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, and related technical assistance or training, as approved in advance by the Sanctions Committee;

(d)

protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Liberia by United Nations personnel, representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel, for their personal use only;

(e)

weapons and ammunition already provided to members of the Special Security Service (SSS) for training purposes and remaining in the custody of the SSS for unencumbered operational use, provided that their transfer to the SSS had been approved in advance by the Sanctions Committee and technical and financial assistance related to such weapons and ammunition;

(f)

weapons and ammunition intended for use by members of the Government of Liberia police and security forces who have been vetted and trained since the inception of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, provided that such supplies have been approved in advance by the Sanctions Committee, upon a joint request by the Government of Liberia and the exporting State, and technical and financial assistance related to such weapons and ammunition;

(g)

non-lethal military equipment other than non-lethal weapons and ammunition, as notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee, intended solely for use by members of the Government of Liberia police and security forces who have been vetted and trained since the inception of the United Nations Mission in Liberia in October 2003.

(a)

constitute a threat to the peace process in Liberia, or are engaged in activities aimed at undermining peace and stability in Liberia and the subregion including those senior members of former President Charles Taylor’s Government and their spouses and members of Liberia’s former armed forces who retain links to former President Charles Taylor;

(b)

are in violation of the prohibition on the sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related material of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment and spare parts for the aforementioned, or of the prohibition on the provision of technical training or assistance related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance, or use of such items;

(c)

provide financial or military support to armed rebel groups in Liberia or in countries in the region, or are associated with entities so doing.