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DDR camp in Daru still operational

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    The future of the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programme (DDR) is "under discussion", Francis KaiKai, Executive Secretary of DDR told aid agencies at a meeting on Monday. He said the disarmament component of the programme was on hold but would start again once the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL was "appropriately deployed." The DDR camp in the eastern town of Daru is still operational as some Revolutionary United Front (RUF) fighters in nearby Kailahun continued to express their interest in disarming, OCHA reported Kaikai as saying.

    Meanwhile, existing reintegration programmes for demobilised combatants will continue, Kaikai said. He added that the focus would be on the reintegration of former child combatants as resources were available to support programmes for children.

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