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No funds for demobilisation effort

No clear positive response has been received yet from donors in support of a UN programme for the demobilisation and reintegration of members of the CAR armed forces, an official from the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) told IRIN on Thursday. “A deficit of US $3.6 million has put the project in a critical situation,” the official said. The restructuring of the armed forces is considered crucial for long-term stability in the country. In his latest report on the CAR, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said funding for the demobilisation programme would facilitate the retirement of a large number of soldiers, which would create vacancies that would, in turn, allow the induction of new recruits to achieve a balanced multi-ethnic composition of the armed forces.

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