ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report is based on a workshop of the same name held in Accra, Ghana in August 2004. It draws heavily on the contributions to that conference by Brigadier General Charles Mankatah, Lansana Gberie, Douglas Fraser, Colonel Robert Sackey, Major General Joseph Owonibi, Abiodun Onadipe, Thokozani Thusi, James Fennel, Geraldine O'Callaghan and Una McCauley, the work of the rapporteurs: Prosper Addo, April O'Neill, Nana Odoi and Thokozani Thusi, as well as the rest of the delegates. However, the responsibility for any errors and interpretations in this report remains with the authors.

We are very grateful for the financial support of the governments of the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, as well as the hospitality of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, under the command of Brigadier General Mankatah, all of which was essential to the workshop and this report.