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Congolese team on study tour

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    A seven-member team from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for a two-week study on disarmament, and other aspects of the situation in the country.

    The executive secretary of Sierra Leone's National Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme, Francis Kaikai, told IRIN on Wednesday that the recommendation for the team's visit was made at a workshop held earlier in the year.

    "A workshop organised by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), UNICEF, UNDP and the World Bank recommended that the Congolese team visit Sierra Leone," Kaikai explained.

    "Since the Congolese team has started a pilot programme on demobilisation and reinsertion they are visiting us so we can share experiences with them on the DDR programme," he said. "They have heard a lot about the DDR programme, its success so far and its organisation generally". "They are coming to get first hand experience".

    Three other members of the team are to follow, Kaikai said. They will also look at Sierra Leone's national strategy for peace, military reintegration, and activities undertaken by external partners in national rehabilitation, reconstruction and protection of children.

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