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The fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons is one of the key priorities on the peace and security agenda of West African states. West African armed and security forces have a...

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 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...

The Middle East, for over half a century, has been confronted with the threat posed by the existence of weapons of mass destruction in the region. On the eve of the US-led attack on Iraq in 2003, the...

Multilateral disarmament and arms control negotiations have achieved scant success in recent years, despite pressing political imperatives. This volume analyzes and reframes current challenges with a...

As the peaceful uses of outer space grow in both number and scope, so too does their importance in the day-to-day lives of people across the globe. Growing insecurity of the space environment could...

Outer space is an internationalized common area beyond the national jurisdiction of individual states. Security in space must therefore be the common security of all states. The objective of this...

This book is the fourth and final publication to arise from a project entitled “Weapons for Development”. This two-year project assessed small arms and light weapons collection programmes in which the...

This publication highlights the work of a selection of thirty-eight Nobel Peace Prize Laureates who strove to promote international peace through the development of organizations from the antecedents...

Over the years, much has been achieved in ensuring the use of outer space for the benefit of humankind. Yet, while elements of an international legal framework have been put in place, the key problem...

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...

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...

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...

This book wrestles with fundamental questions of practical disarmament and peace building in Sierra Leone. Although they were written prior to the May-June 2000 upsurge of violence in Freetown that...

The present Cost Benefit Analysis Model was developed in order to allow states to estimate the real costs involved in ammunition and weapon storage. It allows each storage depot to calculate its full...

The 2006 conference “Building the Architecture for Sustainable Space Security” is the latest in a series of annual conferences held since 2002 by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research...

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...

Success in multilateral disarmament and arms control negotiations has been scarce in recent years. There is need for new approaches—to “think outside the box”—in order to make them work better because...

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...

States and organizations recognize the centrality of international assistance to help states prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW). However...