implementation of income generation projects and others various economic activities, such as co-participation in the building of improved houses, granting of scholarships to their dependents and exemption from school enrolment fees at elementary, secondary and technical education, as well as reduces fees in public transport, medical assistance and support in funeral expenditures. 7. However, during the consultations for drafting this progress report, there was widespread feeling that there are delays in payment of pensions and there are some beneficiaries who do not receive their respective pensions. It was further argued that the beneficiaries have also claimed that pensions paid to them show themselves reduced. 8. As a result of these feeling attempts for demonstrations by some former demobilized soldiers and also ex-militia who demanding for improvement on the value of their pensions become frequent. Such demonstrations are done in front of the office of the Prime Minister when the Cabinet is in session. These have lead to some detentions by the police and the leader of the group was stood trial. These events demonstrate that the issue of pensions has not been fully resolved. However, it is expected that with the review and consequent approval of the Statute of the Combatants by the Government as well as the creation of Demobilized Commission, some of these issues will be overcome. 9. This issue must be seen as a challenge for the Government and various associations of demobilized soldiers for establishment of a platform of understanding, taking as a basis permanent dialogue, however, certainly not lose sight of the real capabilities of the Mozambican state in provide pensions beyond what the state budget can tolerate under the risk of such initiatives becoming unsustainable in the long term. 10. With regards to the recommendation of the APR Panel on the need to disarm the former RENAMO soldiers and their integration in the defence and security forces, the Government indicated that according to the Protocol IV of the General Peace Agreement (GPA), the Mozambique Defence Forces (FADM) should be composed by 30.000 effective men from the sides signatories of the GPA, 50% each. It was also foreseen that the process of formation of the new army should prioritize the training of the soldiers and finalize the formation of the army up to the time of the inauguration of the new government resulting from the first General and Multiparty Elections of 1994 (MDN: Letter n°2109SP/MDM/2012). 11. Furthermore, the Government argues that Protocol IV also foresees the existence of other forces on top of the FADM, and as so, all members of the former forces which were not integrated into the FADM should be demobilized up to 180 days after the entry into force of the cease fire. It was based on these principles, together with those agreed upon a legal framework was passed for the establishment of the military institution and defined disciplinary norms. 12. However, up to the time of inauguration of new government resulting from elections 1994, the formation of the armed forces had not been concluded in terms of quantity of required soldiers. This was due to the fact that the parties had not submitted their personnel with appropriate qualifications to be integrated in the military institution. As a result, conditions were created to incorporate Mozambican youths of both genders legally fit into the army. This efforts lead to the passing of the Law 24/97, of 23 December, Law of Military Service and subsequent military incorporations. 19