Disarmament – 2012
2012
With UNOCI support, a national policy concerning DDR was adopted on August 2 and provided for a single entity to oversee the process: the Authority for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (ADDR).
“The Authority for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration developed a pilot programme for an initial caseload of 5,000 former combatants to be processed at the Anyama demobilization site in Abidjan. The operation targeted mainly elements associated with FRCI who had fought on the of President Ouattara during the post-elections crisis. . . . As of 18 December, 1,194 former combatants, including 63 women, have been disarmed and demobilized, while 861 weapons have been collected. . . . The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration operations are planned to continue in other parts of the country. The two sites rehabilitated by UNOCI in Guiglo and Bouaké are ready for operations, and the remaining six, in San Pedro, Man, Séguéla, Korhogo, Bouna and Abengourou, are expected to be completed by mid-2013.”1
“UNOCI also continued to support the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, which has conducted nine ad hoc operations across the country to encourage the voluntary handover of weapons. During those operations, a total of 112 weapons and 6,323 rounds of ammunition were collected.”2
The disarmament process for militias was still going on as of November 2012, although there were outbreaks of violence in December. Since July 2011, the disarmament program that received support from UNOCI had collected 1,163 weapons and 225,154 rounds of ammunition from 1,351 combatants.3
- “Thirty-first progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Cte dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2012/964), December 31, 2012, paragraphs 34-36.
- Ibid., paragraph 37.
- “Thirtieth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Cte dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2012/506), June 29, 2012, paragraph 32.