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Disarmament: MoU between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement

Implementations

Disarmament – 2005

Following the MoU, the European Commission decided to establish the Aceh Monitoring Mission starting 15 September 2005. As specified in the MoU, the AMM was responsible for monitoring the demobilization of GAM combatants and decommissioning their weapons, the relocation of organic military and non-organic police troops, the reintegration of GAM members, and the human rights situation, among other things. The mission was initially launched for six months. It had 80 monitors on the ground.¹

By the end of the year, the GAM handed over 1,011 weapons to the AMM during the decommissioning process. Of those weapons provided, only 840 were recognized.²

On 23 December 2005, the AMM issued a press advisory suggesting that the formal process of disarmament and decommissioning of weapons had been completed.³

“EU Monitoring Mission In Aceh (Indonesia) — Background,” European Union Council Secretariat (ACEH/07), December 15, 2006.
“Indonesia: Free Aceh Movement announces dissolution of military wing,” BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, December 27, 2005.
“Towards a Weapon Free Aceh, Public Announcement,” Aceh Monitoring Mission, last modified December 22, 2005, accessed March 27, 2013, http://www.aceh-mm.org.