United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

This study investigates the methodological challenges of analyzing the costs and benefits associated with arms control. The need for such a study has arisen because the cumulative increases in the...

This study examines the consequences of arms control focusing primarily on the South Asian region. Using India and Pakistan as examples, the author explains how heavy spending on armaments and...

This publication reviews and evaluates the experience of South Africa and Lesotho with the disposal of surplus weapons and management of their stocks. The aim of the book is to highlight the lessons...

During the past decade, the problems posed by unregulated arms brokering activities have become an issue of growing concern for governments, international organizations and civil society in the...

Disarmament and arms control challenges are, at root, issues of human security. This volume, the second in the series, provides practical insights from various humanitarian contexts such as the anti...

A collective exercise by the disarmament research community providing general insight to the problems involved and stimulating new initiatives for new negotiations before the next century.

The illicit trade, accumulation and use of small arms and light weapons, and the presence of explosive remnants of war, exacerbate conflict, threaten human life, undermine development and hamper the...

This study comprises a participatory review of weapons collection programmes in exchange for development aid from the perspective of the local people, it describes the results from the Cambodia case...

This study comprises a participatory review of weapons collection programmes in exchange for development aid from the perspective of the local people. Part of a series of lessons learned from...

This publication analyses the information contained in national reports voluntarily submitted by States on their implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light...

This study comprises a participatory review of weapons collection programmes in exchange for development aid from the perspective of the local people. Part of a series of lessons learned from...

Increasingly, the demilitarization of post-conflict societies and collection of small arms and ammunition are being viewed as essential factors in the establishment of public order in communities...

This report presents the findings of a 1,200-person survey on small arms and security at the national and district levels in Sierra Leone. A detailed retrospective is also provided on the design and...

The problem of illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives, is a local, regional and international concern. Effective measures against it must involve a concerted effort by the relevant...

This study presents an assessment of the national reports submitted in compliance with the implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PoA). Overall the findings are...

This report analyzes national implementation of the Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA). It highlights...

The aim of this paper is to provide a more effective framework for the analysis and management of internal conflict and security, using South Asia as a case study. The paper is divided into four...

Increasingly, as the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of excombatants and community arms reduction programmes have become prevalent features of international efforts of post-conflict...