Comments on: How Not To Disarm http://blogs.ssrc.org/sudan/2009/08/12/how-not-to-disarm/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Matthew Sinn http://blogs.ssrc.org/sudan/2009/08/12/how-not-to-disarm/comment-page-1/#comment-4368 Matthew Sinn Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:25:47 +0000 http://blogs.ssrc.org/sudan/?p=995#comment-4368 The first step on the road to disarmament should be cantonment of heavy and crew-served weapons first, including technicals/"doshkas," kept under guard by U.N. forces, proceeding in parallel with Sudanese Army withdrawals and drawdowns of the state security apparatus (i.e., Border Police, Transhumant Police). Responsibility for armed groups should be vested in designated individuals, who will then have incentive to control the behavior of the combatants/former combatants within their jurisdiction. Disarmament should not, at this stage, cover small arms, which should be retained one per able-bodied male (I am presuming that a gender-equitable formula would be difficult and perhaps impractical, as I have not heard anything about female fighters). The first step on the road to disarmament should be cantonment of heavy and crew-served weapons first, including technicals/”doshkas,” kept under guard by U.N. forces, proceeding in parallel with Sudanese Army withdrawals and drawdowns of the state security apparatus (i.e., Border Police, Transhumant Police).

Responsibility for armed groups should be vested in designated individuals, who will then have incentive to control the behavior of the combatants/former combatants within their jurisdiction.

Disarmament should not, at this stage, cover small arms, which should be retained one per able-bodied male (I am presuming that a gender-equitable formula would be difficult and perhaps impractical, as I have not heard anything about female fighters).

]]> By: Abd al-Wahab Abdalla http://blogs.ssrc.org/sudan/2009/08/12/how-not-to-disarm/comment-page-1/#comment-4363 Abd al-Wahab Abdalla Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:23:52 +0000 http://blogs.ssrc.org/sudan/?p=995#comment-4363 This experience is unsurprising. My question is, what have the successive international mediatiors for the Darfur conflict done to take this into account? Or are they strictly bound by UN Security Resolution 1564 and so committed to the disarmament of the Janjaweed? This experience is unsurprising. My question is, what have the successive international mediatiors for the Darfur conflict done to take this into account? Or are they strictly bound by UN Security Resolution 1564 and so committed to the disarmament of the Janjaweed?

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