In a unanimously adopted resolution on November 11, the UN Security Council voted to add to the mandate of the UN mission in Liberia the "apprehension, detention and transfer [of Charles Taylor] to the Special Court of Sierra Leone, in the event of his return to Liberia." The former Liberian president has been living in exile in Nigeria since August 2003 and has been charged with crimes against humanity by the Freetown court. The Security Council noted that Abuja had granted asylum to Taylor "with broad international support," but that this support was only "temporary." In a press release, the prosecutor of the special tribunal stressed the significance of this resolution that was adopted following the free presidential elections held in Liberia under the supervision of the UN.