The Online Trade of Light Weapons in Libya Summary: Libya has been added to the list of failed states in the tumultuous region of the Middle East and Africa after the dramatic fall of Qaddafi. Lack of any viable leadership with a strong grip on national security and illicit arms trades and the increasing numbers Read More
SALW Counter Proliferation Posts
SALW Counter Proliferation Posts
Armed groups’ holdings of guided light weapons Summary: This report sheds light on the various non-state groups and actors who have through legal or illegal ways acquired portable weapons such as MANPADs and Anti-tank guided weapons that can be operated by one person or a small crew. The increasingly sophisticated arsenals of guided light weapons Read More
Summary: Illicit firearms account for 81% of homicides in Honduras and more than three-quarters of weapons seized in the country are pistols and revolvers. The country is facing challenges to achieve vision 2030 that calls for a significant reduction of illicit arms by the year 2030. This report explores the methods Honduras uses and challenges it Read More
Summary: According to the latest reports the number of violent deaths caused by small arms is alarmingly on the rise. The 2030 initiative aims at significantly reducing the rate by the year 2030 through working with ATT members and other international players. New report: More than one million lives could be saved by 2030 Read More
Europeans Cut Saudi Arms Sales Summary: The conflicts in Saudi Arabia have lead to three European countries, Belgium, Germany, and Norway to cut off their exports of arms to Saudi Arabia. A provision of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) prohibits arms to be exported to areas where they can be expected to be used to Read More
New Study Highlights Challenges of Monitoring UN Arms Embargoes Experts charged with monitoring United Nations arms embargoes identify numerous organizational, operational, and political obstacles to their work, according to a new study released today by the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey. Interviews with current and former arms experts on UN Panels of Experts (PoEs) reveal that Read More
The Road Ahead for Small Arms and Light Weapons – the 2018 Review Conference October 17th, 2016 Informed open discussion organized by IANSA On Monday 17 October 2016 in a side event held on the margins of the seventy-first session of the First Committee entitled, “Small Arms and Light Weapons: The Road to the 2018 Read More
Launch of the ‘Trade Update 2017: Out of the Shadows’ The Small Arms Survey’s Trade Update 2017: Out of the Shadows provides an overview of the international trade in small arms and light weapons in 2014, identifies the world’s top and major exporters of small arms and light weapons, and assesses changes in trade patterns Read More