The UN Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Unit launches its programme in Ed Damazin, Sudan. Fifteen combatants from the Sudanese north-south war, ended with the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, are demobilized during an official ceremony attended by senior governmental officials, donor countries and UN representatives. During the process the soldiers symbolically handed over their weapons, registered and received a DDR ID card, cash, non-food items and a coupon for food rations.