1. SALW Control, Security & Development 4.11

2. Overview Introduction DDR and SALW Control International agreements SALW Control measures Guiding principles Types of SALW Control programmes The components of an SALW Control programme SALW Control and Security Sector Reform (SSR)

3. Introduction What is SALW Control? –Refers to “those activities, which, together, aim to reduce the impact of uncontrolled SALW proliferation and misuse in individual, community and national security” SALW Control, Security and Development –Influenced by the failure of the State to provide security to its citizens

4. DDR and SALW Control DDR focuses on ex-combatants –SALW Control component should be established to focus on wider arms control Sustainable peace requires a SALW Control programme –Short-term stability –Long-term peace consolidation

5. DDRSALW CONTROL Usually takes place ‘post conflict’Can take place at any time Can include all weapons and ammunition types Usually restricted to weapons and ammunition of less than 100mm calibre Supports some form of peace process and broader recovery Supports a national SALW Control strategy Undertaken as a specific mandate in support of the ‘peace process’ Supports Security Sector Reform (SSR), social and economic development ‘Targets’ or ‘Beneficiaries’ are normally Armed Forces, Groups or Factions ‘Targets’ or ‘Beneficiaries’ can be Individuals, Civilian Groups, Communities, Governments, Former Warring Factions, Terrorists or Criminals

6. International Agreements ECOWAS Moratorium EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports EU Joint Action on SALW EU SALW Strategy Nairobi SALW Protocol OAS Firearms Convention OAS SALW Resolution AG/RES.1968 (XXXIII-O/03) OSCE Document on SALW OSCE Document on Conventional Ammunition OSCE Decision on MANPADS

7. SALW Control Measures Measures to consider: –Cross border control issues –Legislative and regulatory measures –SALW surveys –SALW awareness and communications strategies –SALW collection operations –SALW destruction operations –Management of information –SALW stockpile management Aim and operational objectives of SALW Control programmes

8. Guiding Principles Safety Control Transparency Sustainability Legitimacy Impartiality Replicability

9. Types of SALW Control Programmes Directed programmes Co-operative programmes Buy Back Guns for Food or Goods Weapons in Exchange for Development Weapons in Competition for Development Weapons Linked to Development –Linkages to reintegration incentives and training

10. National control programmes National ownership Matrix of SALW collection incentive options ‘Targets’ for SALW control intervention programmes

13. The Components of a SALW Control Programme Formation of a National SALW Commission Acceptability of weapons Assessment of the SALW threat –Four major components of a comprehensive SALW Survey, Small Arms Distribution Assessment (SADA) Small Arms Impact Survey (SAIS) Small Arms Perception Survey (SAPS) Small Arms Capacity Survey (SACS)

14. The Components of a SALW Control Programme (cont.) Planning of a national SALW Control programme Planning of a national SALW awareness programme. Funding of an SALW programme Development of an amnesty plan Development of national legislation Development of the collection and destruction plan

15. The Components of a SALW Control Programme (cont.) Accounting for weapons Implementation of the collection plan Implementation of the destruction plan Monitoring and verification of the SALW programme Development of a cross- border SALW movement prevention programme Evaluation of the SALW programme

16. SALW Control and Security Sector Reform (SSR) Weak security sector creates demand for SALW Demand for weapons is directly related to perception of threat SALW Control and SSR operational relationships

17. SALW Control and Security Sector Reform (SSR) (cont.) The following should be examined for SALW in SSR –Analysis of SSR should include a SALW Control component –The functional areas of SALW Control –SSR interventions should be coordinated with SALW –Obtain information on community perceptions –SSR should be supported by a SALW Awareness campaign