Download or read book Small Arms Light Weapons and the Need for Institutional Cooperation written by Heiko Borchert and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Light Weapons and Civil Conflict written by Jeffrey Boutwell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A common feature of conflict in the 1990s is death and suffering from small arms and light weapons. The global diffusion of assault rifles, machine guns, mortars, and rocket-propelled grenades, which can be easily carried by an individual or transported by a light vehicle, has greatly intensified the violence of conflicts in countries around the world. This book represents the perspectives of the foremost specialists on light weapons, and it surveys the wide range of policy options open to the international community. These include export and import controls, law enforcement strategies to break up black markets, collection and destruction of weapons following the end of conflict, and efforts to illuminate how small arms and light weapons make their way to the killing grounds of the 1990s.
Download or read book Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons written by Elli Kyto ma ki and published by UN. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication assesses the reports submitted to the UN by member states during 2003 on the progress they have made towards implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PoA). This is based on a joint project undertaken by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs (UNDDA) and the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), in collaboration with the Small Arms Survey. Findings include that 103 out of 191 member states submitted annual reports during 2003, with progress made on implementation of the PoA in the areas of national legislation, weapons collection and destruction, and public awareness.
Download or read book Small Arms and Light Weapons written by United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a convenient collection of key international instruments relating to the issue of small arms and light weapons at the United Nations, as well as the most recent documentation from the Security Council and the General Assembly relevant to the subject. It is a handy reference tool for diplomats and other government officials, regional and subregional bodies, the United Nations system, specialized non-governmental organizations, research institutes, educators, students and the general public.
Download or read book Curbing Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Sensitive Technologies written by United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates how illicit trafficking affects both the stability of states & the safety of their populations. Curbing its development & proliferation calls for a better assessment of the phenomenon & a new way of looking at problems & identifying solutions. The debate in this book centres around such prominent issues as trafficking in small arms; delivery system technologies & components; & weapons of mass destruction. The book concludes with a set of recommendations on how to develop cooperation & provides an action-oriented agenda that can be adopted by such institutions as police forces, border patrols, judiciary & parliamentary institutions, INTERPOL & intelligence services.
Download or read book Searching for Aid Effectiveness in Small Arms Assistance written by Kerry Maze and published by United Nations Publications UNIDIR. This book was released on 2010 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: States and organisations recognise the centrality of international assistance to help states prevent, combat, and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW). However, addressing SALW remains a serious challenge for many states. States and organizations have yet to tackle important questions about the practices of delivering, evaluating, and measuring SALW assistance. This report explores these questions and highlights areas where further work remains to be done. Looking partly through an aid-effectiveness lens, this report aims to help the international community work toward ensuring that assistance is being used optimally and that states are measurably benefiting.
Download or read book Arming Conflict written by Mike Bourne and published by Global Issues. This book was released on 2007-07-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uncovers and analyzes the structures and dynamics of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons that fuel conflicts.
Download or read book Small Arms Control written by Jayantha Dhanapala and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers collected in this volume were originally prepared for four workshops organised by the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs to inform the work of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms. These workshops were held during 1995-96. Some of the authors updated their papers for publication in early 1998. Lora Lumpe, senior fellow with the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers in Oslo and Tamar Gabelnick, Acting Director of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, DC edited the presentations for this book.
Download or read book The Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons written by Ogaba Oche and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Politics of Destroying Surplus Small Arms written by Aaron Karp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it receives much less attention than better known disarmament processes, the destruction of small arms is reshaping the military arsenals of the world. Out of roughly 200 modern military small arms world-wide, about 500,000 are destroyed every year. The commitment of major governments and international organizations makes small arms destruction is a permanent addition to the global disarmament repertoire. But the prospects for greater military small arms disarmament may be declining, as war in Afghanistan and Iraq create unprecedented demand for second-hand weaponry. Inconspicuous disarmament of small arms and ammunition is reshaping the global picture of firearms, light weapons and ammunition. The process is far from comprehensive, but much more than cosmetic. Small arms destruction is here to stay, but its contributions may be fleeting. This book is the first full-length examination of the issue. The case studies in this volume examine the politics of military small arms disarmament. When, they ask, is surplus destruction most likely? And what can be done to make destruction more likely and more effective? Case studies examine small arms destruction by NATO and the OSCE, and in Bulgaria, Cambodia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine and others. This book was published as a special issue of Contemporary Security Policy.
Download or read book Small Arms and Light Weapons written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Small Arms and Light Weapons written by Erwin Dahinden and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are over 600 million small arms and light weapons (SALW) in circulation worldwide. Of 49 major conflicts in the 1990s, 47 were waged with small arms as the weapons of choice. Small arms are responsible for over half a million deaths per year, including 300,000 in armed conflict and 200,000 more from homicides and suicides. Multilateral cooperation in this area took a significant step forward when the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Traffic in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects was held from 9-20 July 2001 at UN Headquarters in New York. The General Assembly, in its Resolution 56/24V, welcomed the adoption of the PoA and reiterated Member States' support for action to curb the illicit flow of small arms and light weapons.This fourth volume in the Arms Control and Disarmament Law series addresses the issue of small arms and light weapons from the legal point of view, presented at the seminar on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Legal Aspects of National and International Regulations. [from Un website]
Download or read book The Scourge of Small Arms written by Michael T. Klare and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The booklet Documents the problem that small arms and light weapons pose to development and peace and focuses on whether or how supplies of small arms can be limited by UN, EU or US initiative and action.
Download or read book Small Arms and Light Weapons written by Ian Miller and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons written by Silvia Cattaneo and published by United Nations Publications UNIDIR. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report analyses 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 national policies and practices, identifies gaps or inadequacies, and presents recommendations both of a substantive nature and on the reporting mechanism as a whole. The authors focus on international cooperation and assistance, illicit brokering, stockpile management and surplus disposal, and marking and tracing.
Download or read book International Small Arms and Light Weapons Transfers written by Richard F. Grimmett and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report provides general background on U.S. policy regarding the international trade in small arms and light weapons (SA/LW). It outlines major questions associated with the international trade in these items, and reviews United States efforts to assist in controlling the illicit transfers of these items. This report will be revised as developments warrant."-- p. 1.
Download or read book Small Arms and Security written by Denise Garcia and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the emergence of new international norms to govern the spread of small arms, and the extent to which these norms have been established in the policies and practices of states, regions and international organizations. It also attempts to establish criteria for assessing norm emergence, and to assess the process of norm development by comparing what actually happens at the multilateral level. If norm-making on small arms and related multilateral negotiations have mostly dealt with ‘illicit arms’, and most of the norms examined here fall on the arms supplier side of the arms equation, the author argues that the creation of international norms and the setting of widely agreed standards amongst states on all aspects of the demand for, availability, and spread of both legal and illegal small arms and light weapons must become central to the multilateral coordination of policy responses in order to tackle the growing violence associated with small arms availability. Small Arms and Securitywill be of interest to researchers and professionals in the fields of peace and conflict studies, global governance, international security and disarmament.
