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Disarmament deadline missed

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    A 15 December deadline for disarming some 45,000 former combatants will be missed, ECOMOG spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Chris Olukolade told IRIN on Wednesday. The National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration, in line with the Lome Peace Accord, had wanted the first phase of disarmament to end ideally by 15 December, Olukolade said. Reuters quoted Information Minister Julius Spencer as saying on Tuesday that the deadline would be missed "due to delays and mistrust among parties involved in the implementation of the peace process".

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