Reintegration – 2000

The Townsville Peace Agreement stipulated the repatriation of MEF and IFM soldiers and the initiation of public works programs to provide counseling and employment services for ex-combatants and their families (within 3 months of repatriation). By the end of 2000, approximately 1000 ex-combatants had been recruited into the Solomon Islands Police Force.[1] There were no other documented reintegration programs in 2000.

[1] “Solomon Islands: Fears money not there to pay militants recruited as constables,” BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, January 4, 2001.