yes / Small arms and light weapons can enter the illicit market at many stages in their lifecycle.
From manufacture, to sale/export, to import, and then to final end use, States must establish
and enforce stringent and comprehensive licensing and monitoring systems to ensure that
small arms and light weapons (SALW) remain under legal control. The UN Conference on the
Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects and ensuing follow-up process
provide States with important opportunities to analyse and compare how existing systems
governing the manufacture and trade in SALW are working. They further provide the context
in which best practice can be agreed and implemented internationally, and for the discussion
of how future trends and developments in SALW manufacture and transfer can be more
effectively brought within State control.
To this end, this briefing paper covers two separate but closely related issues. The first
section of the report will analyse existing State and regional controls on SALW manufacture
and examine how international measures, including the UN Conference, can reinforce such
controls. In this regard, the growth of licensed production and co-production agreements is
highlighted, together with implications for the development of adequate regulations. The
second section examines those systems that are currently in place for the authorisation of
SALW transfers and for the certification and monitoring of their ultimate end-use.
Recommendations for best practice and implications for the UN Conference process are also
discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/4272 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Crowley, Michael J.A., Isbister, R., Meek, S. |
| Publisher | British American Security Information Council (BASIC), International Alert and Saferworld. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Briefing Paper, published version paper |
| Rights | © 2001 The Authors, British American Security Information Council (BASIC), International Alert and Saferworld. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share-Alike License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk). |
| Relation | http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/cics/publications/bullet/briefing/ |
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