Meanwhile, the Secretary-General Kofi Annan's intention to gradually withdraw UNMIL's troop contingent was supported.[2] He was asked to keep the Council updated on the restructuring of the security sector, the reintegration of former combatants, political and ethnic reconciliation, the consolidation of state authority throughout Liberia, judicial reform, government control over the country's natural resources, and the establishment of a stable and secure environment for economic growth.[3] In this context, the Liberian government was required to take steps to achieve benchmarks in the key aforementioned areas.