Nord for DR Congo, syd for Tchad, øst for Cameroun og vest for Sudan ligger et stort set glemt land midt inde i Afrika, herhjemme mest kendt fra filmen “Ambassadøren”, som plages af alskens tænkelige dårligdomme – en del af kuren hedder “DDR”.
BANGUI, 19 April 2012 (IRIN): Six rebel groups hold sway across the north and northeast of the Central African Republic (CAR).
Pacifying them is both a key component of the country’s security reform and a prerequisite (forudsætning) for the economic development needed to end the spiral of armed conflict and criminality that has dogged the extremely poor- but mineral rich – state since 1996.
Nevertheless, funding shortfalls and the 12 January 2012 arrest of a prominent rebel leader have put the brakes on the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) process, the active phase of which got under way in August 2011.
Why is DDR so important?
State security forces have little presence outside the capital, Bangui. Much of the north of the country is under the control of armed groups or criminal gangs.
The insecurity has displaced about 170.000 people, devastated basic infrastructure and stifled economic development and agricultural production.
CAR, in the recent words of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, is blighted by “weak national institutions, extreme poverty, corruption, human rights violations and impunity (straffrihed)”.
Any progress on these problems depends on consolidating peace, which in turn, depends on DDR, a central provision of a comprehensive peace accord signed in Libreville in 2008.
“We must act quickly to avoid a new cycle of generalized violence leading to the disintegration of the country,” Ban’s CAR envoy, Margaret Vogt, told the security council in December 2011.
What has happened so far?
DDR preparations took place between September 2009 and May 2010 under the guidance of a Steering Committee (see below). This was followed by an awareness-raising campaign for members of armed groups.
Between May and July 2010 lists of combatants were verified. Almost 5.000 members of one group have demobilized.
Which armed groups are involved?
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