Disarmament – 1997

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The disarmament process was completed in 1996, when 3,000 weapons were collected and burned.

Disarmament – 1996

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The peace agreement provided for integration contingent upon the return of arms from combatants. In this process, 3,000 weapons were collected and burned in a ceremony called the “Flame of Peace” which transpired on 27 March, 1996 “in the presence of all rebel groups as well as international community including the United Nations”.1