Abbreviations

ANR National Intelligence Agency

CIAT International Committee for Accompanying the Transition

CNDP National Congress for the Defense of the People

DDR Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reinsertion program

DDRRR Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement program

DRC Democratic Republic of Congo

FAC Congolese armed forces prior to the transitional government

FARDC Congolese armed forces since the transitional government

FDLR Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda

MINALOC Rwandan Ministry of Local Government, Community Development, and Social Affairs

MONUC United Nations Mission in Congo

MSF Médecins Sans Frontières

NGO Nongovernmental organization

OCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

PARECO Coalition of Congolese Patriotic Resistance

RCD Congolese Rally for Democracy

UN United Nations

UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

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