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Britain announces new assistance

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    At the Contact Group meeting, Foreign Officer Minister Tony Lloyd
    announced further British help for building lasting peace and democracy in Sierra Leone, to be spearheaded by Paul Harvey who is to be appointed the UK Special Representative for Peace in Sierra Leone.

    Some 4.5 million pounds sterling would be spent training and equipping the new, democratically accountable Sierra Leone army with the support of about 80 British servicemen and other UK officials.

    According to the Foreign Office, Britain's contribution of officers to UNOMSIL would be doubled from 10 to 20.

    Among other things, Britain would also continue to support programmes for disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration, governance, rehabilitation, reconciliation, police training, media development and the creation of an anti-corruption Unit, Lloyd said.

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