Combating the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons: Enhancing Controls on Legal Transfers.

yesA prerequisite for effective international action to prevent and combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW) is that states develop a common understanding of what constitutes the ¿legal¿ trade and therefore what is ¿illicit¿. At the same time, failure to exert e ffective control over the legal trade in SALW opens up possibilities for diversion to illicit markets and end-users and blurs the lines between the legal and illicit trade. All governments are potential suppliers of SALW, since even those with no manufacturing capacity will have the potential to export surplus weapons once owned by their police and/or armed forces. A major concern for the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects should thus be to define clear parameters for and to agree on a comprehensive mechanism for controlling the legal trade in these weapons.British American Security Information Council (BASIC), International Aler

Climate change and security in Bangladesh: a case study

"Climate change is predicted to have an overall negative impact on long-term security and conflict dynamics, acting as a threat multiplier that increases the volatility of existing causes of conflict and may generate new insecurities. There is significant evidence to suggest that the environmental degradation caused by climate change is already fuelling insecurity, in particular related to a growth in internal migration. This case study provides an insight into the potential impact of climate change on security and conflict dynamics in Bangladesh. It forms part of a series of papers exploring the relationship between violent conflict, insecurity and climate change that seek to generate further debate and action on this important topic.

Transparency and accountability in European arms export controls Towards common standards and best practice

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Arms and dual-use exports from the EC A common policy for regulation and control

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Small arms and light weapons in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The nature of the problem

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Kosovo The crisis and beyond

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Spreading good practices security sector reform Policy options for the British Government

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