This monograph is sponsored by the government of Norway, through the Training for Peace in Southern Africa programme, and by the governments of Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the Federal Republic of Germany through the Arms Management Programme.

The maps are reproduced with the kind permission of the United Nations and the tables with that of the National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (Sierra Leone).

The ISS and the authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Sierra Leone, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji, and his personnel for the assistance, hospitality and excellent co-operation afforded by all interlocutors within UNAMSIL. While the latter are too many to list, we would like to express special thanks to the Force Commander, Lieutenant-General Daniel Ismael Opande, and his personal staff for the logistic and administrative support provided to the authors.

We are also very grateful for all those representing UNAMSIL, the government of Sierra Leone, the government of the United Kingdom, and various NGOs, whose names appear only (unfortunately) in the endnotes to this monograph, for granting the authors such cordial and candid interviews.