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| Loyalist arms statements expected | Loyalist arms statements expected |
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| Loyalist paramilitaries are expected to give details of decommissioning in separate statements on Saturday. | Loyalist paramilitaries are expected to give details of decommissioning in separate statements on Saturday. |
| The UVF and Red Hand Commando are expected to say they have decommissioned all of their guns, ammunition and explosives. | The UVF and Red Hand Commando are expected to say they have decommissioned all of their guns, ammunition and explosives. |
| It is believed the UDA will confirm it has started to decommission its arsenal. | It is believed the UDA will confirm it has started to decommission its arsenal. |
| Details of the UVF/RHC move will be given at a press conference in east Belfast on Saturday. | |
| It is believed that Progressive Unionist Party leader Dawn Purvis and former assembly member Billy Hutchinson will be present at the event. | |
| Former BBC security correspondent Brian Rowan said a joint conference had originally been planned, but because UDA decommissioning has been started rather than completed, it would give a separate statement. | Former BBC security correspondent Brian Rowan said a joint conference had originally been planned, but because UDA decommissioning has been started rather than completed, it would give a separate statement. |
| Four years ago the IRA put its weapons beyond use in decommissioning witnessed by two churchmen. | Four years ago the IRA put its weapons beyond use in decommissioning witnessed by two churchmen. |
| The latest decommissioning comes ahead of NI Secretary of State Shaun Woodward's August deadline for significant progress on loyalist arms. |