Great Lakes region ready to fight arms trafficking
May 19, 2004
The proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapon will soon be no more.
The proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapon will soon be no more.
This is if countries of the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa implement the new measures they came up with in Nairobi last month.
On April 21 the ministers of foreign affairs and other officials of the region signed a Ministerial Declaration for the Improved Capacity for Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the region.
The declaration came out of the second review conference of the Nairobi Deceleration on the Problem of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa of March 2000. The conference also adopted the Nairobi Protocol for the Prevention, Control and Reduction of Small Arms and Right Weapons.
Among the measures agreed upon was that all countries in the region ratify the Nairobi Protocol by December 31, 2004. The protocol aims at preventing, the illicit manufacturing of trafficking in and possession of small arms and light weapons in the sub-region.
The protocol also aims at promoting and facilitating information sharing and co-operation between governments in the sub-region and encouraging accountability on small arms by member states.
a secretariat was established in Nairobi to oversee its implementation, monitoring, execution and evaluation.
When ratified and implemented, the protocol will guide the region through taking collective measures to fight the problem of small arms and light weapons, thereby reducing their related evils.
The minister of Internal Affairs, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda signed on behalf of Uganda. During the same conference, the ministers mandated the Nairobi secretariat to come up with a work plan for the implementation of the protocol once ratified.
the Nairobi protocol e requires member states to adopt such legislative and other measures to criminalise illicit trafficking, manufacturing and possession of small arms and light weapons.
Its Article 4 spells out measures to enhance operational capacity which included strengthening the sub-regional co-operation among police, intelligence, customs and border control officials in combating the illicit circulation and trafficking in small arms and light weapons.
It also aims at suppressing criminal activities relating to the use of these weapons.
The protocol further seeks to control civilian possession of small arms and light weapons by state parties, establishing a co-ordinated review of national procedures and criteria for issuing them.
This is if countries of the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa implement the new measures they came up with in Nairobi last month.
On April 21 the ministers of foreign affairs and other officials of the region signed a Ministerial Declaration for the Improved Capacity for Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the region.
The declaration came out of the second review conference of the Nairobi Deceleration on the Problem of the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa of March 2000. The conference also adopted the Nairobi Protocol for the Prevention, Control and Reduction of Small Arms and Right Weapons.
Among the measures agreed upon was that all countries in the region ratify the Nairobi Protocol by December 31, 2004. The protocol aims at preventing, the illicit manufacturing of trafficking in and possession of small arms and light weapons in the sub-region.
The protocol also aims at promoting and facilitating information sharing and co-operation between governments in the sub-region and encouraging accountability on small arms by member states.
a secretariat was established in Nairobi to oversee its implementation, monitoring, execution and evaluation.
When ratified and implemented, the protocol will guide the region through taking collective measures to fight the problem of small arms and light weapons, thereby reducing their related evils.
The minister of Internal Affairs, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda signed on behalf of Uganda. During the same conference, the ministers mandated the Nairobi secretariat to come up with a work plan for the implementation of the protocol once ratified.
the Nairobi protocol e requires member states to adopt such legislative and other measures to criminalise illicit trafficking, manufacturing and possession of small arms and light weapons.
Its Article 4 spells out measures to enhance operational capacity which included strengthening the sub-regional co-operation among police, intelligence, customs and border control officials in combating the illicit circulation and trafficking in small arms and light weapons.
It also aims at suppressing criminal activities relating to the use of these weapons.
The protocol further seeks to control civilian possession of small arms and light weapons by state parties, establishing a co-ordinated review of national procedures and criteria for issuing them.