SALW Control, Security & Development

1. 4.11 SALW Control, Security & Development

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

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

6. 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 International Agreements • ECOWAS Moratorium • EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports • EU Joint Action on SALW • EU SALW Strategy • Nairobi SALW Protocol

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. Legitimacy Impartiality Replicability Guiding Principles • Safety • Control • Transparency • Sustainability

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

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

18. Government Development and Implementation of National SSSR plan. Management Information The National SALW Control Strategy should be a component part of any national SSR plan, with cross linkages clearly identified. Armed Forces Armed Forces Capacity Building and Restructuring SALW Destruction SALW Stockpile Management The security and destruction of surplus stocks of SALW is a fundamental requirement of the logistic component of any armed forces restructuring. Counter-Terrorism Operations SALW Collection SALW Stockpile Management Linkage in terms of denying the terrorist access to illegal weapons hides or theft from government facilities. Police Police Capacity Building and Restructuring SALW Destruction Much smaller scale than the military requirements, and should be coordinated as a central destruction programme. Offensive Search and Seizure Operations SALW Collection Linkage in terms of denying criminal access to SALW. Defensive Search and Seizure Operations SALW Collection Counter-Terrorism Operations SALW Collection SALW Stockpile Management Linkage in terms of denying the terrorist access to illegal weapons hides or theft from government facilities. Community Based Policing SALW Awareness A SALW Awareness component should in included in any CBP programme. Critical Incident Scene Examination (CISE) Management Information Development of technical methodologies and protocols for dealing with SALW of evidential value. Countering organised crime. SALW Collection SALW Stockpile Management Disruption and denial of criminal access to SALW. Intelligence Services Post Incident Analysis Management Information (SALW Survey) See CISE Weapons Intelligence Management Information (Statistics) Weapons intelligence agencies must maintain close links with any SALW Control operation. Paramilitaries See Armed Forces Judiciary Development of Legislation Legislative and Regulatory Issues Legislation, guidelines and monitoring of SALW exports, transfers and internal civilian possession and use. Marking and Tracing SALW Production Restrictions Border and Customs Agencies Physical Export Controls Cross Border Controls Anti-Trafficking Operations Private Security Companies (PSC) Commercial Operations Legislative and Regulatory Issues Appropriate legislation to control their carriage and use of weapons must be developed and implemented.