UN move to try Taylor in Netherlands

Britain circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution yesterday that would move the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor from Sierra Leone to the Netherlands because of the danger he would pose by remaining in the West Africa region.

The resolution was in response to a request from the UN-backed Special Court in Sierra Leone, where Taylor faces 17 counts alleging war crimes, crimes against humanity and other serious violations committed during the country’s 1991-2002 civil war.