In his report of 6 January 1995 , 1/ the Secretary-General informed the Council of the results and findings of his high-level mission to Liberia , which was headed by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs . Following discussions with the various faction leaders to the conflict in Liberia and with regional heads of State and other government officials , the high-level mission recommended to the Secretary-General that there was the need to strengthen the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) Monitoring Group ( ECOMOG ) in order to make it a more effective organization in fulfilling its role and responsibilities in the peace process and that the international community must be encouraged to extend adequate financial , logistics and equipment support to ECOMOG .