ABSTRACT
When a war officially ends, one of the foremost issues to be addressed is the demobilisation of the warring parties, with provision for the initial demobilisation usually a central part of any peace agreement. Ideally, the terms of any peace accord will contain a procedure for the disarmament and disengagement of the contending troops, as well as a clearly detailed framework and timetable within which the demobilisation process is to be conducted. During the 1990s, around a million soldiers and guerrillas have been demobilised in Africa and Central America (Wulf 1996, p.53).
