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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 15. Mars 2005 / Time Line March 15, 2005
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Hollanske soldater trækker sig ud af Irak.
De erstattes delvist af britiske soldater.
03/15/2005
The first issue of 2005 of the "Journal of International Law of
Peace and Armed Conflict" or "Humanitäres
Völkerrecht-Informationsschriften" is out.
03/15/2005
CONGO: Hundreds of fighters join new disarmament
programme
BRAZZAVILLE, 15 March (IRIN) - The government of the Republic of
Congo (ROC) has initiated a new programme for the demobilisation,
disarmament and reintegration (DDR) of 450 former fighters who
surrendered in the Pool region, in the south of the country.
It is the first such programme being entirely paid for by the
government and is aimed exclusively at Ninja fighters once loyal to
the Reverend Frédéric Bitsangou, alias Pasteur
Ntoumi.
The latest DDR programme is designed to reintegrate the former
combatants into society. For this, the government will need to
spend 201 million franc CFA (about US $430,000), the first minister
in charge for government action and privatisation, Isidore Mvouba,
said.
First two DDR programmes
The first two DDR programmes enabled the reintegration of about
8,000 militias. Some 6,500 of them received help from the High
Commissariat in the form of income-generating microprojects. Both
programmes included reintegration schemes, whereby former
militiamen were given start-up money for businesses in exchange for
their weapons.
Some of these businesses, such as micro projects in agriculture and
fish farming, contributed to the social and economic reintegration
of the former fighters. Taking into account that these
ex-combatants did not regroup and take up arms again, the
programmes seem to have worked.
Aims of new programme
The new programme for the 450 Ninjas is one more effort to reach
all the remaining 43,000 militias. It is supposed to link into a
final National Programme of Demobilisation, Disarmament and
Reinsertion (PNDDR) that donors approved at a meeting in February
in Paris. That programme is due to begin soon.
The PNDDR programme aims to disarm and integrate all combatants who
had not participated in the earlier efforts because there was no
money or because they were too difficult to reach.
The resident representative of the UNDP in Brazzaville, Aurelien
Agbenonci, said the government had asked donors for $20 million for
the PNDDR programme. The programme consists of five components and,
other than disarming and reintegrating former fighters into society
economically, will also care for child soldiers.
"We have almost 3,500 child soldiers who need to go back to
school," Ngakala said.
The government plans to provide for basic schooling and vocational
training in trades like welding, carpentry and construction. With
the extensive PNDDR programme, the government also hopes to embark
on a major effort in conflict prevention and in reforming its
security forces.
03/15/2005
CONTRACTS from the United States
Department of Defense
American Electronics Inc., California, Md.; AMEWAS, Inc., Calif.,
Md.; RBC, Inc., Alexandria, Va.; and Triton Services, Inc., Bowie,
Md. are each being awarded $100,000,000 ceiling-priced,
indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to
provide engineering and technical services in support of the Naval
Air Systems Command's Avionics Department (AIR-4.5) research,
development, integration, analysis, assessment and test and
evaluation efforts for avionic sensor systems. Tasks to be
performed include technical and engineering services in support of
research and development in the following technology areas:
Avionics Science and Technology, Network Centric Warfare (NCW),
Flight Information Systems, Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems, Radar
and Antenna Systems, Electro Optic (EO) and Infrared Systems,
Imagery and Video Systems Software Enhancements, Ballistic Missile
Defense Surveillance Technology, Airborne Information Processing
Systems, Acoustic Systems Special Mission Sensors, Communication
Systems, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Systems, and
Navigations Systems. Each contractor will be provided a fair
opportunity to compete for individual task orders. Work awarded
under each task order awarded will be performed at individual
contractor facilities located in California, Md.; Alexandria, Va.;
and Bowie, Md. (20 percent) and at the Naval Air Warfare Center
Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md. (80 percent), and is
expected to be completed in March 2009. This contract was
competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals as
a 100 Percent Small Business Set-aside; 4 offers were received.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year. The Naval Air Systems Command Aircraft Division, Patuxent
River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-05-D-0012,
N00421-05-D-0013, N00421-05-D-0014, N00421-05-D-0015,
respectively).
Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $36,551,466
cost-plus-fixed-fee modification, valued at to previously awarded
contract (N00024-04-C-2100) for Consolidated Design Agent, Planning
Yard, engineering and technical support for active nuclear
submarines. This modification provides design and installation
services required to support planning and execution for
installation of design/configuration changes for submarines and
designated support facilities, material required to support
operational ship and shore support facility problem resolution and
consolidation programs, and research and development support of
designated submarine research vehicles. Work will be performed in
Groton, Conn. (84 percent); Kings Bay, Ga. (6 percent); Newport,
R.I. (4 percent); Quonset, R.I. (3 percent); and Bangor, Wash. (3
percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2008. Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The
Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting
activity.
Raytheon's Network Centric Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla., is being
awarded a $10,000,000 modification under previously awarded
contract (N00024-05-C-5101) for an additional four USG-2 Planar
Array Antenna Assemblies (PAAA). The assembly is a component of the
Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) System, a sensor
netting system that significantly improves battle force anti-air
warfare capability by extracting and distributing sensor-derived
information. CEC also improves battle force effectiveness by
improving overall situational awareness and by enabling longer
range, cooperative, multiple, or layered engagement strategies.
Work will be performed in Largo, Fla. (55 percent); St. Petersburg,
Fla. (31 percent); Dallas, Texas (9 percent); McKinney, Texas (4
percent); and El Segundo, Calif. (1 percent), and is expected to be
completed by January 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the
end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command,
Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
International Business Machines (IBM) located in Fairfax, Va. is
being awarded a Firm Fixed Price Contract in the amount of
$9,327,798.60 for a base year and one option year to continue
development and production maintenance, program management
services, user testing and data conversion for the Defense Security
Assistance Management System (DSAMS). Performance completion date
is February 28, 2006. The contracting activity is the Defense
Security Cooperation Agency.
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