Small and light weapons

Small arms, light weapons and landmines

Combating the proliferation of small arms and light weapons

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

The Netherlands continues to be active on almost all non nuclear arms control and disarmament issues, including biological weapons, chemical weapons, missiles, landmines, explosive remnants of war and small arms and light weapons.

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

Illicit brokering of small arms and light weapons

This is particularly important in the field of conventional weapons, small arms and light weapons and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration.

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

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 .

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?

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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 conference also agreed on the following categories of data for the arms register importation, exportation manufacture, holdings, collection and destruction, donations, licenses, and surpluses.

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.

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.

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The Assembly should also give greater attention to addressing the threat of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

An underlying factor in all of these conflicts is the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

g Earmarked for a project entitled, Cost Benefit Analysis of Small Arms and Light Weapons Destruction.

The number of illicit small arms and light weapons in circulation, as well as the number of the victims of those weapons, remain unacceptably high.

Notwithstanding the failures in the field of nuclear disarmament and non proliferation, there has been some good progress on the CWC, on the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and on small arms and light weapons.

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 illicit manufacture of and trafficking in small arms and light weapons is a multidimensional problem.

Several draft resolutions have been introduced under this cluster to address illicit small arms and light weapons.

To date, almost all these countries have established national commissions for the fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

The first phase of the plan to collect medium and heavy weapons and ban their possession has been implemented through the following

Perhaps one of the most promising items on the disarmament and arms control agenda has been the implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons.

The European Union as a whole supports the idea of a legally binding instrument that also includes small arms and light weapons ammunition.

In conclusion, and as the former Foreign Minister of Japan said, the issue of small arms and light weapons is a multidisciplinary issue.

Small arms and light weapons pose a great challenge to the maintenance of peace and security in the Caribbean region.

The accumulation and proliferation of small arms and light weapons continues to be a serious threat to peace, stability and sustainable development.

The use of children in armed conflict has been aggravated by the proliferation of small arms and light weapons worldwide.

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

Ukrainian legislation envisages strict measures to prevent the illegal manufacture, possession and trafficking of all types of armaments, including small arms and light weapons.