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Weapons handed over to ECOMOG

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    Weapons seized by the RUF from the Guinean contingent of ECOMOG early in September were handed over in Makeni, ECOMOG said.
    It quoted Sankoh as saying that the weapons could be moved through the territories occupied by his men and reiterated the willingness of his fighters to disarm.

    According to the UN, as of Thursday some 999 ex-combatants have disarmed, among whom 94 were children. Some 44,000 former rebels are still assumed to be in the bush, the Secretary-General’s spokesman, Fred Eckhard, said. The UN will start deploying its new 6,000-strong peacekeeping force next week and will continue until the middle of December.

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