UN General Assembly
1993

unanimous adoption by the Security Council of resolution 856 (1993), which supports the efforts of ECOWAS and approves the deployment in Liberia of an advance team of 30 military observers to participate in the work of the Joint Cease-fire Monitoring Committee. We also welcome resolution 866 (1993), which establishes the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL). This Mission can be made possible only by a mobilization of the international community to support the efforts of ECOWAS by, inter alia, contributing to the special trust fund, which would facilitate the dispatch of reinforcements to ECOMOG by the African States and help provide for the upkeep of the contingents made available to ECOMOG by the participating States, as well as by helping in carrying out the work of removing mines, providing humanitarian and developmental assistance and promoting the healthy evolution of the electoral process. The three signatories of the 25 July 1993 peace agreement met in Cotonou from 15 to 18 August 1993 to set up the Council of State, the transitional executive body. The