Small arms

Small arms control

Small arms.

Small and light weapons

Small arms, light weapons and landmines

Combating the proliferation of small arms and light weapons

The dizzying increase in the number of illicit small arms in circulation has taken place despite the ECOWAS Moratorium on small arms and light weapons.

Geneva Forum meetings on Small Arms

The need to prevent small arms and light weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists is becoming increasingly clear, in particular with regard to the most dangerous types of small arms and light weapons.

The control of small arms and disarmament of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons is a prerequisite for peace and security.

Report of the Secretary General on small arms (S 2005 69)

Small arms transparency and control regime in Africa project

The two organizations are cooperating in controlling the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

Illicit brokering of small arms and light weapons

Proliferation of small arms and light weapons and mercenary activities threats to peace and security in West Africa.

(i) Small Arms Ammunition 14.5mm

What national measures exist to prevent the manufacture, stockpiling, transfer and possession of the following items that are unmarked or inadequately marked small and light weapons other firearms, their parts and components and ammunition plastic explosives, other explosives and their precursors?

Welcoming further the decision taken by the Economic Community to establish a Small Arms Unit and to adopt a new Small Arms Control Programme,

The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration consultant would carry out surveys on small arms and profiling, small arms management, security sector surveys and socio economic surveys.

The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration consultant would carry out surveys on small arms and profiling, small arms management, security sector surveys and socio economic surveys.

Small arms are the weapons of choice in most conventional conflicts and insurgencies.

The harmful effects of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons are increasingly obvious.

(a) It is proposed to establish a Joint Mission Analysis Cell staffed with one Senior Political Affairs Officer (P 5), one Analyst (P 3) and one Administrative Assistant (General Service (Other level)).

Prevention of human rights violations committed with small arms and light weapons

My Government is aware of the destructive nature of small arms and light weapons on the stability of regions and countries.

The word illicit should be inserted before the phrase small arms and light weapons .

Within the framework of the United Nations, three interconnected and mutually reinforcing processes are under way the first is the Firearms Protocol the second is an ongoing process to develop an additional international instrument to identify and trace illicit small arms and light weapons and the third is aimed at controlling brokering in small arms and light weapons.

Work has begun on a joint study with the South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC) and the University of Bradford to investigate the costs of destroying small arms and light weapons.

Given that small arms are inoperable without ammunition, the flow of ammunition for small arms and light weapons must also be brought under control.

International efforts on small arms and light weapons form a most active and productive component part of the current multilateral arms control endeavour.

Furthermore, with respect to the question of small arms and light weapons, illegal and legal weapons appear to be dealt with in the same manner.

The challenge that small arms and light weapons pose for us is complex.

Calls upon all parties to take measures to prevent the proliferation of small arms among the civilian population

Panel discussion on Small arms, children and armed conflict (organized by the Permanent Mission of Canada)

European Action on Small Arms, Light Weapons and Explosive Remnants of War

The priority areas identified for implementing this project are harmonizing legislation to control small arms and light weapons enhancing national capability to control firearms supporting the collection of weapons and ensuring the destruction of weapons all in order to prevent or reduce the abuse of small arms and light weapons and contribute to a culture of peace.

Members have before them the report of the Secretary General on small arms, document S 2005 69.

From this viewpoint, we will continue to provide assistance on the ground to countries affected by the scourge of small arms.

The Security Council has a major role to play in making small arms a focus of global attention and action.

In recent years, small arms and light weapons have increasingly become the focus of international attention.

In large parts of the world, small arms and light weapons are weapons of mass destruction.

Prevention of human rights violations committed with small arms and light weapons

The group deals chiefly in ammunition, small arms and heavy weapons (anti aircraft and anti tank weapons).

Our objective is to introduce minimum common international controls on small arms and light weapons transfers within the United Nations Programme of Action at the United Nations review meeting on small arms in 2006.

The meeting resulted in the adoption of a pilot programme on small arms and light weapons control and an international framework for the national commission on small arms and light weapons.