DEFINITIONS

For the purpose of this Agreement:

• Assembly: the process of relocation of the Eastern Sudan Front’s former combatants into selected sites for purpose of their disarmament and integration into selected security institutions.
• Parties: the parties to this Agreement, Government of Sudan and the Eastern Sudan Front.
• Assembly Areas: locations where combatants go through the disarmament and demobilization Process.
• D-day: means the day this Agreement is signed.
• Demobilization: the process by which the Eastern Front begins to disband their military structure and former combatants begin the process of transformation into civilian life.
• Disarmament: the collection, control and disposal of small arms, light and heavy weapons and including de-mining.
• Former combatant: former members of the Eastern Front.
• Internally Displaced Persons” (IDPs): persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of, or in order to avoid, the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or man-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border.
• Eastern Sudan Front/ Eastern Front: are used interchangablly to mean the East.
• Reintegration: assistance of measures provided to former combatants in order to increase the potential for their economic and social for their economic and social absorption into civil society.
• War affected Persons: persons or groups of people who have suffered persecution during the conflict in Eastern Sudan as well as those whose life and livelihoods have been adversely affected as a result of the conflict.
• Agreement: refers to the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA)

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