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Registration
and Verifications of combatants and weapons 2007
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Registration
and Verifications of combatants and weapons 2007 |
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Verification
of combatants at the Maoist army cantonment sites
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December 2007 UNMIN
Number
of Maoist army combatants
2007 |
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The
corrected number of personnel registered
in the first phase was 31,318.
18,923
of these personnel were verified in the second phase as members of the
Maoist army. |
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An
additional 932 persons who had not been
registered in the first phase were presented
for the verification process in the second phase. 679
of this total were verified as members of the Maoist army. |
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8,640
personnel did not appear for verification
interviews in the second phase and were automatically disqualified. |
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4,008
persons remain to be discharged from cantonments
after the total of absentees has been taken into account. |
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2,973 of this total were assessed to be under
the age of 18 on 25 May 2006. |
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The
full total verified as members of the Maoist army is thus 19,602,
comprising 15,756
men and 3,846 women. |
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Registration
of combatants and weapons at the Maoist army cantonment sites
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February 2007 UNMIN
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Number
of Maoist army combatants and arms
2007 |
The
total number of Maoist army combatants registered at the seven main cantonment
sites, including those from the associated satellite cantonment sites,
is 30,852.
The
total number of weapons registered so far is 3,428.
The
types of weapons are:
91
mortars (of which 55 are locally-made);
61
machine guns;
2,403
rifles;
61
automatic weapons (sub-machine guns);
114
side-arms; 212 shotguns;
253
various/miscellaneous; and 233 home-made weapons. This includes 524 weapons
retained for perimeter security by designated guards, in accordance with
the Agreement on Monitoring of the Management of Arms and Armies,
and
49 of the weapons are so far retained away from the cantonments, pending
an understanding with the Government on arrangements for personal security
of leaders.
The
Nepal Army has made available to UNMIN a breakdown by types of 3,430 weapons
which it states were taken from the Nepal Army, the Nepal Police and the
Armed Police Force. |
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Location:
Chitwan, Nepal
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Maoist
statement, March 2007
The
CPN-Maoist has informed that 706 weapons and 5,966 combatants (5012 men
and 954 wome) have been registered at the PLA's 3rd division cantonment
at Shaktikhor of Chitwan district. Maoist Division Commander Bibidh said
that of the registered weapons, 616 were in the containers, while 75 were
being used for camp perimeter security and 15 more were being used for
the security of the camp commanders.
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UNMIN 
