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Military Reform – 2001

FRUD combatants were assembled in two locations, Ribta and Waddi, in the north of the country to be demobilized, disarmed and integrated into the country’s security forces. According to a report, 1,160 combatants were counted and only 300 members of FRUD were enrolled in the armed forces and the police.¹“Permanent Mission of the Republic of Djibouti to the United Nations addressed to the Department for Disarmament Affairs on the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects,” United Nations (A/CONF.192/BMS/2003/CRP.105), July 7, 2003, http://www.poa-iss.org/CountryProfiles/CountryProfileInfo.aspx?Acc=M&CoI…