UN Security Council
2008

national security and rule of law institutions that are fully and independently operational, and to this end continues to encourage coordinated progress on the implementation of all Security and Justice Development Plans; 12. Encourages ECOWAS to develop, with the support of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), a sub-regional strategy to address the threat of the cross-border movements of armed groups and weapons as well as illicit trafficking, with the assistance of UNMIL and UNOCI, as appropriate; 13. Welcomes the efforts by the Government of Liberia to combat sexual and gender-based violence and further encourages it, in coordination with UNMIL, to continue to combat impunity for perpetrators of such crimes and to provide redress, support, and protection to victims; 14. Requests UNMIL to continue to support the participation of women in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, including in decisionmaking roles in post-conflict governance institutions, appointed and elected in Liberia, within existing resources; 15. Further requests the Secretary-General to keep it regularly informed of