Boys went to school at the age of seven, or went to the barracks, if they lived in Sparta.

The renovation of the police regional training centres at Makeni, Bo and Kenema has been completed and barracks have been constructed at those centres to accommodate the participants.

However, in Western Darfur, Government military intelligence officials have informed human rights officers that instructions had been issued to refuse access to military barracks, including detention facilities, by all foreigners.

Whenever troops from either side build roads, construct or repair bunkers and other fortifications, or conduct patrols close to the LAC, tensions can flare.

During the period under review, UNMIL and UNDP continued to assist in the implementation of sanitation projects in military barracks in Freetown.

In early 2005, awareness raising posters on sexual exploitation and abuse and brochures on human trafficking were distributed to all missions, and they are displayed in offices in capitals and in the field, as well as military barracks.

UNAMSIL has played a supporting role since it began to focus on assisting the security forces in conducting border security patrols, transportation and construction projects to improve barracks and other infrastructure, and running training courses for armed forces personnel, including courses in driving, logistics, vehicle maintenance, information technology and signals.