Disarmament begins at Liberia’s second city Buchanan – UN mission

Former combatants of the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) lined up in an orderly manner to hand over their weapons as the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) launched a disarmament programme today in the West African country’s second city of Buchanan, the UN spokesman said.

An earlier disarmament programme at Gbargna continued for ex-fighters of the Liberians United for Democracy and Freedom (LURD) movement, spokesman Fred Eckhard said at the daily press briefing.

Some 1,300 Liberian ex-combatants have been disarmed and demobilized since 15 April, he said.