<P> On June 4, 2003, ECOWAS organized peace talks in Accra, Ghana, among the Government of Liberia, civil society, and the rebel groups LURD and MODEL . On the opening ceremony, in Taylor's presence, the SCSL revealed their charge against Taylor which they had kept secret since March, and also issued an international arrest warrant for Taylor . The SCSL indicted Taylor for "bearing the greatest responsibility" for atrocities in Sierra Leone since November 1996 . The Ghanaian authorities did not attempt to arrest Taylor, declaring they could not round up a president they themselves had invited as a guest for peace talks . The same day, Taylor returned to Liberia . </P> <P> June 2003, LURD began a siege of Monrovia . July 9, the Nigerian President offered Taylor safe exile in his country, if Taylor stayed out of Liberian politics . Also in July, American President Bush stated twice that Taylor "must leave Liberia". Taylor insisted that he would resign only if American peacekeeping troops were deployed to Liberia . August 1, 2003, the Security Council, (Resolution 1497) decided on a multinational force in Liberia, to be followed - on by a United Nations stabilization force . ECOWAS sent troops under the banner of' ECOMIL' to Liberia . These troops started to arrive in Liberia probably as of August 15 . The U.S. provided logistical support . President Taylor resigned, and flew into exile in Nigeria . Vice-President Moses Blah replaced Taylor as interim - President . A ECOWAS - ECOMIL force of 1000 Nigerian troops was airlifted into Liberia on August 15, to halt the occupation of Monrovia by rebel forces . Meanwhile, U.S. stationed a Marine Expeditionary Unit with 2300 Marines offshore Liberia . </P> <P> On August 18, 2003, the Liberian Government, the rebels, political parties, and leaders from civil society signed the Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement that laid the framework for a two - year National Transitional Government of Liberia . August 21, they selected businessman Charles Gyude Bryant as Chair of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL), effective on October 14 . These changes paved the way for the ECOWAS peacekeeping mission to expand into a 3,600 - strong force, constituted by Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea - Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo . </P> <P> On October 1, 2003, UNMIL took over the peacekeeping duties from ECOWAS . Some 3,500 West African troops were provisionally' re-hatted' as United Nations peacekeepers . The UN Secretary - General commended the African Governments who have contributed to UNMIL, as well as the United States for its support to the regional force . October 14, 2003, Blah handed power to Gyude Bryant . </P>

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