List of Abbreviations
| AAFI | Asian American Labor Free Institute | |
| ACRWC | African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child | |
| AFL | Armed Forces of Liberia | |
| CAAC | Children Affected by Armed Conflict | |
| CAP | Children Assistance Program | |
| CDF | Civil Defense Forces | |
| CIEP | Community Investment Education Program | |
| CIREFCA | International Conference on Central America Refugees | |
| CLDHRO | Cambodian League for the Defense of Human Rights Organization | |
| CPA | Child Protection Advisor | |
| CPC | Child Protection Committee | |
| CPN | Child protection Network | |
| CRC | Convention on the Rights of the Child | |
| CVAP | Cambodian Veterans Assistance Program | |
| DBH | Don Bosco Homes | |
| DDR | Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration/Rehabilitation | |
| DDRP | Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Program | |
| EEC | European Economic Community | |
| ECHA | Executive Committee for Humanitarian Affairs | |
| ECOMOG | ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group | |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States | |
| FARC | Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia | |
| GOSL | Government of Sierra Leone | |
| GTZ | German Technical Cooperation | |
| IASC | Inter-Agency Standing Committee | |
| ICC | Interim Care Centers | |
| ICCs | Interim Care Centers | |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross | |
| ILO | International Labor Organization | |
| INFL | Independent National Front for Liberia | |
| IOM | International Office for Migration | |
| IRC | International Rescue Committee | |
| LPC | Liberia Peace Council | |
| MSF | Medecins Sans Fronteres | |
| MSWGCA | Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Child Agency | |
| MYES | Ministry of Youth, Education and Sport | |
| NCDDR | National Commission on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration | |
| NCRRR | National Commission for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Reintegration | |
| NGOs | Non-Governmental Organizations | |
| NPFL | National Patriotic Front of Liberia | |
| NRP | National Reconstruction Plan | |
| ONUSAL | United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador | |
| OP-CRC | Optional Protocol on the Convention on the Rights of the Child | |
| PAHO/WHO | Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization | |
| PRODERE | Development Program for Refugees, Displaced and Repatriated Person in Central America | |
| QIPs | Quick Impact Projects | |
| QUAP | Quick Action Program | |
| Radda Barnen | Swedish Save the Children | |
| RCAF | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | |
| RUF | Revolutionary United Front | |
| SCF-UK | Save the Children Fund-United Kingdom | |
| SDP | Sustainable Development Program | |
| SLA | Sierra Leone Army | |
| SNR | Secretariat for National Reconstruction | |
| SRSG/CAC | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict | |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development | |
| ULIMOD | United Liberation Movement for Democracy | |
| UN | United Nations | |
| UNDDA | United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs | |
| UNDHA | United Nations Department for humanitarian Aids | |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme | |
| UNDPA | United Nations Department for Political Affairs | |
| UNDPKO | United Nations Department for the Peace-Keeping Operations | |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |
| UNICEF | United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund | |
| UNOCHA | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | |
| UNOMIL | United Nations Operation Mission in Liberia | |
| UNOMSIL | United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone | |
| WB | World Bank | |
| WFP | Revolutionary United Front | |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
List of Tables
| Table 1 | Functions carried out by child soldiers during the war in El Salvador | |
| Table 2 | Recruiting patterns of FAES and FMLN during the war in El Salvador | |
| Table 3 | Activities performed by UN agencies and other NGOs for former child soldiers during the DDR process in El Salvador | |
| Table 4 | Sources of psychological support for the former child soldiers during the DDR period in El Salvador | |
| Table 5 | Reintegration Assistance to separated children | |
| Table 6 | Children coming into the Interim Care Centers and what type of assistance they received during the DDR period in Sierra Leone | |
| Table 7 | Child soldiers from rural areas' Centers in Sierra Leone | |
| Table 8 | Skills training for children on transit in the ICCs in Sierra Leone | |
| Table 9 | The latest disarmament figures in Sierra Leone which shows the running total up to February 21, 2000 | |
| Table 10 | Trauma suffered by children during the war in Liberia | |
| Table 11 | Activities under-taken and implemented by UN agencies and NGOs for former child soldiers in Liberia | |
| Table 12 | Number of child soldiers demobilized between 1992 and 1997 in Liberia | |
| Table 13 | Percentage of child soldiers recruited by each faction during the war in Liberia | |
| Table 14 | Functions undertaken by child soldiers during the war in Cambodia | |
| Table 15-17 | DDR related competencies, non-field skills and field experience of UN agencies and implementing partners/NGOs. |