"... [practical measures] that lead to effective weapons reduction, post-conflict disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, and small arms control, including control of arms transfers and of illicit brokering."

- Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.

DRC: An ex Mai Mai combatant waits at a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) transit camp set up by the UN’s Stabilization Mission in the DRC (Monusco), before being reintegrated into society.

Photo: Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO