Then, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council decided that all states should immediately implement a general and complete embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment to Liberia until the Security Council decided otherwise.[2] The embargo however, would not apply to weapons and military equipment destined for the ECOWAS peacekeeping forces, and subsequently it was violated and exacerbated the conflict.[3] Finally, the Council commended the work of international humanitarian organisations and Member States in providing humanitarian aid to the population.