The government has had to extend its deadline for the surrender of weapons, because it needs more time to deliver the tools, oxen and small loans it has promised to those who have already handed in their guns.
Advocates for domestic violence victims counter that the most dangerous moment is when such orders are first issued, and that the surrender of weapons at this stage may be only temporary.
An announcement is due this month from a disarmament commission in Belfast on whether there has been any progress in the long-awaited beginning to the surrender of weapons by the Irish Republican Army.
In fact, Gaddafi took risks from 2003 when he helped negotiate the surrender of weapons of mass destruction that led to Libya's opening to the west, then helped free the four Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor being held on bogus charges of infecting children with Aids (in Benghazi), and played a key role in negotiating the Lockerbie settlement.
Due to the poor response to the demand for the surrender of weapons, the deadline was extended several times until a date of 8 July was fixed.
He briefly noted the success in his recent memoir, "Decision Points," saying that with the surrender of the weapons Libya "resumed normal relations with the world".
The government assumed control over the capital, declared a state of emergency, and called for the surrender of private weapons.
The result of these conditions would be the complete demobilisation of the French land, sea, and air forces, the surrender of our weapons and the total occupation of French territory.
On the day after the surrender, the commander of the NDH armed forces, Vojskovođa (Marshal) Slavko Kvaternik issued a proclamation demanding the surrender of all weapons to NDH authorities by 24 April.
Last January, ETA also issued a statement calling for a permanent cease-fire – an offer that was deemed insufficient by the government because it did not include any surrendering of weapons.
