Between combatants and civilians

To effectively respond to the threat of global terrorism and the unprecedented attacks on innocent civilians and non combatants, the United Nations should adopt a definition of terrorism as any act intended to kill or harm civilians or non combatants with the aim of intimidating governments or international organizations.

Former combatants are dissatisfied, however.

But gaps still remain in adequately addressing the issues of girl combatants and girls and boys in their roles as non combatant labourers.

Role of ex combatants in pit sawing

Though the army has reaped a financial windfall from US military aid, and has targeted many foreign militants allied with al Qaeda in the region, its performance against Pakistani militants has been mixed at best.

Yemeni militants are reportedly also sending fighters in return.

(j) To continue with its programme for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants, taking into account the special needs of the women and children, especially girls, associated with these combatants

It is often half jokingly pointed out that the number of generals and admirals in some European countries (none mentioned, none forgotten) is glaringly disproportionate to the number of fighting troops.

Here most fighters were re trained in new tactics.

Additional combatants were accepted after that date.

(j) To continue with its programme for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants, taking into account the special needs of the women and children, especially girls, associated with these combatants

Many were wives and sex slaves of commanders and other adult fighters.

Almost 12,000 combatants and their dependants have been repatriated.

I condemned these attacks as abominable and an act of terrorism, since most of the thirteen victims during the past seven years have been non combatants.

(h) To continue its programme to demobilize, disarm and reintegrate former combatants, taking into account the special needs of women and children, including girls, associated with those combatants

Over the next ten years, he gains a reputation as one of the strongest hired fighters of the city.

It is estimated that some 46,500 ex combatants were disarmed.

They felt no stigma attached to their status as ex combatants. Some locals expressed intimidation by the ex combatants.

It should be noted that because humanitarian law does not confer privileged combatant status on members of dissident armed groups in non international armed conflicts, such persons are not entitled on capture to POW status.

Three of the four Bahraini ISIS militants who called Bahrainis to take arms.

Preparations for the disarmament and demobilization of combatants have progressed significantly.

The Government would make additional efforts to encourage the enrolment of former combatants in the military.

Disarmament of child combatants is planned to start in December 2005.

At the same time, Qassam rocket and mortar shelling of Israeli targets by Palestinian militants continued.

A robust third party force is a buffer between the parties and, also, between combatants and civilians.

Yet the United Nations estimates that more than 7,000 noncombatants were killed in the final months of the war as government forces overran Tamil Tiger bases.

All training reflects the role that the fighters will perform in operations and wartime.

To stem the flow of foreign fighters, priority has been placed on securing the Iraqi Syrian border.

By its resolution 1565 (2004), the Council also mandated MONUC to facilitate the demobilization and voluntary repatriation of foreign combatants and their dependants as well as to contribute to the successful completion of the national programme of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of Congolese combatants and their dependants.

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Saudi Arabia supports local fighters there who are defending the city against the Houthis.

Background The EPLF was an egalitarian movement in which 30 of the fighters were women.

A relatively small number of fighters is threatening a huge area and millions of people.

It would also welcome further details about the proposed disarmament and demobilization efforts.

It is easy for the Taliban and al Qaeda to mobilize fighters under such conditions.

Historically, Egypt has used its intelligence services, supplemented by the police and the CSF, to fight Islamist militants.

The Soufan Group says Western nations still face the threat of trained fighters returning home.

By December 2013 Iran was thought to have approximately 10,000 operatives in Syria.

For the Chechen fighters, he had also supplied 2,900 pairs of steel reinforced anti mine boots.

There were precedents for using assessed contributions to fund disarmament and demobilization activities the budgets of the missions in Haiti and Liberia had each included a provision for that purpose.

Complete lack of data for ex combatants before the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation process

Opportunities for work and a better life are necessary to draw combatants away from the cycle of conflict.

The big concern is that an estimated 20 per cent or 30 per cent of these fighters are returning to their Western countries of origin, meaning these countries will all be coping with significant influxes of now seasoned fighters with international contacts.

The mission in Sierra Leone has used quick impact programmes to help in the reintegration of ex combatants, who have contributed to small scale agriculture and infrastructure projects that have had a beneficial impact on the local communities, as well as on the demobilized ex combatants.