E. whereas the Special Court for Sierra Leone plays an important role in contributing towards peace and justice in the Mano River region of West Africa and is committed to ensuring a lasting legacy; whereas, with a view to this, the Special Court has initiated outreach activities and archiving and translating programmes to provide information on its work, as well as victim protection programmes, and is contributing to building the capacity of Sierra Leoneans in the justice sector; whereas such non-judicial activities are essential to ensuring that the Special Court has a lasting impact and whereas they remain outstanding challenges to ...[+++] be met,

9. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the government and parliament of Sierra Leone, the UN Security Council, the members of the African Union and the Co-Presidents of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

It reiterates its appeal to all the parties to refrain from any action that might help to prolong the Sierra Leonean conflict, and recalls that its position concerning its relations with the aforementioned countries will take account of their attitude towards the Sierra Leonean conflict.

3. In view of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1315 on 14 August 2000, the European Union is prepared to examine the arrangements for support for the Sierra Leonean government and the United Nations for setting up a special tribunal for Sierra Leone, and to assist the Sierra Leonean authorities in building a judicial system which is fair and respects human rights.

Some 150,000 Sierra Leoneans have also fled rebel attacks and atrocities into Guinea-Conakry and Liberia over the past four to five weeks.

The return of refugees from Guinea and Liberia has filled the camps for displaced people to overflowing, and the government has launched an appeal for more international aid.