[20050720]RS22202_利比里亚战后过渡：关键问题.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS22202July 20, 2005Liberias Post-War Transition: Key Issuesnae redactedSpecialist in African AffairsForeign Affairs, Defense and Trade DivisionSummaryLiberia appears on course to hold elections in October 2005, a key goal of a peaceaccord signed in August 2003. It ended Liberias second civil war in a decade, and ledto the current post-war transition process, which is U.S.-aided. Liberias securitysituation is stable but subject to periodic volatility. Humanitarian conditions areimproving. Progress on governance has been mixed. The case of Liberias formerpresident, Charles Taylor, a war crimes indictee living in exile in Nigeria, remainsunresolved. This periodically updated report augments CRS Report RL32243, Liberia:Transition to Peace. It contains further background on the topics discussed below.Background. Liberia, a small, poor West African country of 3.4 million people,is undergoing a post-conflict transition and peace-building process after its second civilwar within a decade. The latter conflict burgeoned in 2000, after several minor borderincursions in 1999. It