Explosives (residues)

Control of precursors

Control of precursors

A workshop on precursor analysis was held as part of the regional project on precursor control in Central Asia.

Hence, the Explosives Act makes provision to prevent the manufacture, stockpiling, transfer and possession of unmarked plastic explosives and other explosives and their precursors.

Plastic explosives Other explosives and their precursors.

The trading network extracts the explosives from the mines and loads the explosives into 50 kilogram bags for sale.

Explosive Remnants of War

Explosive remnants of war Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Recommends that the General Assembly consider the budget implications of the present resolution for the International Narcotics Control Board, in particular the work of its secretariat concerning precursor control

With respect to control of precursors, the Assembly encouraged States to establish or strengthen mechanisms and procedures to ensure strict control of chemical precursors used in such illicit manufacture and to support international operations aimed at preventing the diversion of chemical precursors.

(b) Explosive remnants of war

Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)

A number of representatives reported on precursor control efforts in their countries, indicating that the need to strengthen national legislation on precursor control had been identified and was being addressed.

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?

Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection

The Convention for the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection

Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the purpose of Detection

Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection

In conclusion, important progress continued to be made in the control of precursors.

Companies producing, using, importing or exporting chemical precursors furthermore have to submit a declaration about their production, use, import and export, acquisition, disposal of said precursors to ISP.

(i) Measures to prevent the illicit manufacture, import, export, trafficking, distribution and diversion of precursors used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

The permission to use the explosive is good for 5 months.

Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purposes of Identification.

Reducing the ERW problem

Under the Explosives Act, no person can manufacture explosives unless he holds a permit issued by the Commissioner of Police.

The Bomb Disposal Service of the National Civil Police

In that Act, the prohibited activity is manufacture of explosives .

Commercial and improvised explosives

Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Humanitarian threat posed by ERW

ERW clearance in theatre

59 162. Follow up on strengthening the systems of control over chemical precursors and preventing their diversion and trafficking

These heme like substances theoretically inhibit ALA synthase and hence the accumulation of toxic precursors.

The importation of explosives and heavy weapons is of serious concern.

There is an Explosives Act governing the manufacture and control of explosives in Mauritius.

ERW bad luck or bad intent

Using military components for critical functions can increase the reliability of entire systems, for example, the use of military explosives and detonators in improvised explosive devices.

The network trades, on an ongoing basis, in the explosives openly by falsely professing in public that the explosives are used exclusively for blasting rocks and quarries to obtain building materials.

Concerned that the diversion and smuggling of precursors, material and equipment essential to the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances constitute a problem that deserves the full attention of all States and the United Nations,

Governments need to provide sufficient material and human resources to ensure the effective functioning of national precursor control systems and increase their efforts to ensure that officials engaged in the control of precursors receive the training required to facilitate the operation of those systems.

Serious concern was expressed at the increased extent of attempted diversion of and trafficking in precursors.

Serious concern was expressed at the increased extent of attempted diversion of and trafficking in precursors.

The explosives are transported by lorry by one of two land routes to Kismaayo.