photo: AP / Giovanni Diffidenti
Soldiers of the former Angolan rebel movement UNITA wave the movement's flag while chanting and dancing celebrating their demobilization Saturday April 12 1997 in Vila Nova, central Angola. These soldiers were part of the first group demobilized since Friday's inauguration of a unity government that marked an end to Angola's 20-year-old civil w
photo: ISAF
Soldiers from the demobilized 1st Battalion of the Afghan National Guard stand in line to turn-in their weapons in the first part of the demilitarization, demobilization and reintegration program December 7. ula1
photo: UNMIL file
Registering to surrender weapons. As a result of the Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR) programme, more than 100,000 combatants were disarmed and demobilized, including 22,000 women, 8,500 boys and 2,500 girls, Gbarnga,
photo: AP / William Fernando Martinez
Demobilized rebels wait in line as they surrend their weapons at a military base in Tumaco, Colombia, Friday, April 3, 2009.
photo: U.S. Army/SFC Darren D Heusel
A young Afghan boy removes shells from a bunker located near the Herat airport. The site was established as part of the U.S.-led coalitions Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration program, which is aimed at pursuading warlords and other militia mem
photo: U.S. Army/Capt. Juanita Chang
Mayann Charfauros, wife of Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Charfauros, places leis on Guam Army National Guard Soldiers at a welcome home ceremony. The Soldiers, who returned to a demobilization unit Hawaii, will head back to Guam after serving one year in the
photo: UN / Marie Frechon
Members of the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) after being encouraged to disarm and repatriate to Rwanda board a UN helicopter of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) headed to the Demobilization, Disarmament, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR) base camp in Goma
photo: USAID
Africa Demobilized ex-combatants in Butembo hf1
photo: AP / Tomas Munita
A former Afghan fighter, who years later lost his leg farming, walks in a field where 360 Russian-made bombs, mostly 500kg, are scattered near a village in Panjshir Valley, some 100km north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug 7, 2005. The DDR program (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Program) is in its last phase of collecting ammunition from the valley famous for it resistance to Soviet and Taliban force
photo: UN / Marie Frechon
Ex-Child Soldiers Make Pottery in North Kivu in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo .
photo: Other Service / LT. WAYNE MILLER
War And Conflict, WAR & CONFLICT BOOKERA: WORLD WAR II/WAR IN THE EAST/JAPAN
photo: UN file/Yasmina Bouziane
A United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) "Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Resettlement and Reintegration (DDRRR)" Officer (right) explains the DDRRR process to young Rwandan ex-combatants
photo: UN / Robel Mockonen
Head of UNMIN Praises Role of Interim Task Force Personnel in Kathmandu, Nepal .
photo: UN/Basile Zoma
Guillaume Soro (left), Prime Minister of Côte d´Ivoire, hands the "Flame of Peace" torch to President, Laurent Gbagbo (right) during a ceremony to destroy arms, to mark the beginning of the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in
photo: UN/Martine Perret
A United Nations peacekeeper from the Indian Battalion of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) takes stock of weapons and ammunition collected during the demobilization process in Matembo, North Kivu, in
photo: AP / Christophe Ena
Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier in Sierra Leone, speaks during a conference sponsored by United Nations children's agency, UNICEF
photo: AP / Jerome Delay
Congolese government soldiers (FARDC) stand guard next to a U.N. vehicle, at the Kibati checkpoint, north of Goma, eastern Congo, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008.
photo: UN / Marie Frechon
Ex-Child Soldiers Make Pottery in North Kivu Former child soldiers at the Don Bosco Youth Centre which is supported by many donors, including the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC),
photo: Creative Commons / Captmondo
Early CNE midway sign in 1937 Patty Conklin of Conklin Shows was awarded the contract for the CNE midway and his company continued to provide this service to the CNE until 2004, at which point it merged with other leading midway operators to form North American Midway Entertainment (NAME).
photo: AP / Doug Mills
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton wears a traditional "netsela" scarf as she talks to workers during a tour of Bana Share Woodworking Training Center in Asmara, Eritrea, a training center for female veterans of Ertitrea's 30-year war for independence against Ethiopia Saturday March, 29, 1997.
photo: Creative Commons / Bwmoll3
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