Although Sierra Leone was much more stable than it had been at the time of the Council's previous mission, in October 2000, the situation in some other countries of the subregion had seriously deteriorated.
虽然塞拉利昂的局势要比安理会2000年10月的上一次代表团时要稳定得多，可是分区域其他一些国家的局势已告严重恶化。