Fifth annual report on the implementation of the Council Joint Action of  12 July 2002  on the European Union's contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons (2002/589/CFSP).
Date: 2006-07-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: activity report, arms control, arms limitation, firearms and munitions, joint action

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(Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union)

Fifth annual report on the implementation of the Council Joint Action of 12 July 2002 on the
European Union's contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small
arms and light weapons (2002/589/CFSP).

(2006/C 171/01)

INTRODUCTION

— Part II deals with international implementation efforts;

In pursuing the objectives of the Joint Action, the EU played an
active role at the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small
Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (New York, 9 —
20 July 2001), ending with the adoption of a UN Programme
of Action, as well as at the First biennial Meeting of States held
in New York from 7 to 11 July 2003. In 2005 the EU has
continued to play this active role during the Second biennial
Meeting of States held from 11 to 15 July 2005. The EU has
also actively participated in the meetings of the Open-ended
Working Group on tracing of small arms and light weapons
held between 2004 and 2005, which led in June 2005 to the
adoption of the UN multilateral instrument on the tracing of
illicit small arms and light weapons, endorsed by a decision of
the 60th UNGA. The EU also has actively participated in the
negotiations of the Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of
and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and
Ammunition supplementing the United Nations Convention
Against Transnational Organised Crime, adopted by the UN
General Assembly on 31 May 2001.

The European Council adopted on 15-16 December 2005 an
EU Strategy to combat illicit accumulation and trafficking of
Small Arms and Light Weapons and their ammunition (1). This
document underlines the need for consistent EU policies in the
areas of security and development, while exploiting fully the
means available to the EU at multilateral and regional levels,
inside the European Union and through its external relations. It
serves as political guidance for the EU activities in this field
through various instruments available and for its Member
States.

— Part

III contains

for a more systematic
approach to EU assistance in the field of small arms and
light weapons as well as lessons learnt.

the priorities

The report covers the Council Joint Action 2002/589/CFSP as
well as the EU programme for preventing and combating illicit
trafficking in conventional arms adopted by the Council on 26
June 1997. It focuses on activities carried out during 2005.

1. NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS DURING 2005

1.A Cooperation, coordination and exchange of informa-
tion between administrative and law enforcement
agencies.

These are the contributions provided by EU Member States so
far concerning their national efforts in enhancing cooperation
between administrative and law enforcement agencies in 2005:

AUSTRIA

In the run-up to Austria's EU Presidency, cooperation and coor-
dination between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry
of the Interior, the Ministry of Economics and Labour and the
Ministry of Defence have been further fostered.

This report is structured in three parts:

CYPRUS

— Part I covers Member States' efforts to address the problems

related to small arms and light weapons;

(1) Council document 5319/06

Within the Cyprus Police Headquarters, a special branch for
keeping records (national arms archive) has been established
and an electronic database facilitates the sharing of information
on SALW with other competent authorities in the EU, regional
organisations and other countries.

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IRELAND

is the
(CDLE)
The Customs Drugs Law Enforcement Unit
for Revenue's
national/international customs contact point
Customs Service on firearms and ammunition.
Information/
Intelligence exchange in relation to suspect importations, takes
place on a regular basis between detecting customs enforce-
ment officers and nominated officers of this unit and nomi-
nated officers in Crime & Security Branch, of Garda Headquar-
ters. This is a useful facility in determining whether importa-
tions relate to simple licensing breaches or have an organised
crime dimension.

A specific liaison arrangement has been put in place between
officials of the CDLE and of the Garda National Bureau of
Investigation to facilitate joint enforcement action
Criminal
such as controlled deliveries, i.e., when there is intelligence and
evidence
involvement. One
controlled delivery of ammunition and one joint investigation
into the importation of automatic weapons by criminal groups
involved in drug trafficking was undertaken in recent months.

to suggest organised crime

ITALY

In 2005, the ad hoc working group on small arms and light
weapons — established in Italy since June 2000 under the co-
ordination of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and which
includes representatives of relevant ministries, law enforcement
administrations and interested national
industrial associations
— met three times. Discussions were mainly focussed on the
instrument on marking and
negotiations of the multilateral
tracing, as well as on the preparation of the 2005 Biennial
Meeting of States Parties to the 2001 UN Programme of Action
against the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons.
Due consideration was also given to the debate in other rele-
vant multilateral fora (UNGA First Committee, OSCE, Wasse-
naar Agreement, G8).

LUXEMBOURG

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the task of liaising with
other States and organisations for the purposes of international
coordination in the area of small arms and light weapons.

MALTA

such as Customs,
the Commerce Division and the Armed
Forces of Malta, have the responsibility to control trade or
transfer of SALW. The Police always ascertains that the move-
ment of any weapon from Malta is immediately communicated
to the proper Police authorities in the country of destination.

PORTUGAL

Efforts to foster the co-operation, co-ordination and exchange
of information between administrative and law enforcement
agencies have proceeded. The Portuguese Ministry of Foreign
Affairs has set up a coordination group to articulate the work
and avoid the overlapping of competences between several
Portuguese administrative and law enforcement agencies in the
combat against the accumulation and spread of small arms and
light weapons, as well as on the prevention of illicit trafficking
in the field of conventional arms. This group is composed by
representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Disar-
mament and Non Proliferation Unit), the Ministry of Defence
(Direction General for the Defence Armament and Equipment),
the Portuguese Intelligence Services, the Ministry of Internal
Affairs (National Republican Guard and the Police) and the
Ministry of Finance (Customs Direction-General for Customs).

SPAIN

transactions against

For the purposes of cooperation/coordination and information
exchange, the links between the Enforcement agency (Customs)
and the Administrative agency (Licensing office) are perma-
nently reviewed and improved in order to ensure control on
real time of all transfers (exports, imports, etc), checking back
actual
licences issued. The information
exchange is done through a crypto-LAN. On the other hand, it
is also essential to keep a precise record of all transactions in
order to fulfil the information to be supplied to the Spanish
Parliament and included later in the national Statistics. Other
reports or issues of interest that may eventually emerge are
examined by the
the
purposes of clarification, and in certain sensitive cases, the law
calls for the mandatory intervention of a Joint Board (with
representatives of five different ministries), where cooperation,
coordination and exchange of information between administra-
tive and law enforcement agencies takes place in a more formal
these mechanisms are updated constantly,
framework. All
according to the needs and experiences identified by the Joint
Board.

two aforementioned agencies,

for

Malta does not have a national co-ordination authority respon-
sible for Small Arms and Light Weapons. However, Malta has
established, in accordance with the United Nations Programme
of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), a
national point of contact, who liaises with other pertinent
national authorities
the Armed Forces of Malta,
Customs and the Commerce Division, among other Authorities.
The Police authorities, together with other pertinent authorities

such as

1.B Newly enacted legislation, reviews of the practical

functioning of existing legislation

A number of Member States introduced newly enacted legisla-
tion in 2005 or are in the process of reviewing existing legisla-
tion. Details of these are as follows:

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AUSTRIA

In October 2005 the new Austrian Foreign Trade Act (‘Aussen-
handelsgesetz’) entered into force. It replaces the Foreign Trade
Act 1995. The new Foreign Trade Act also brought about
changes of the War Material Act (‘Kriegsmaterialgesetz’). The
new law brings regulations into accordance with recent EU
decisions. It harmonises definitions of brokering activities and
brokers both in the Foreign Trade Act and the War Material
Act with Council Common Position 2003/468/CFSP on the
control of arms brokering.

CZECH REPUBLIC

The Arms Act (Act No 119/2002 as amended) was amended
twice in 2005. Section 68 of the Arms Act was changed by
Act No 359/2005 amending the Civil Code as amended and
some related acts. The amended clause provides that found
weapons and their ammunition, found ammunition and explo-
sives are to become State property six (formerly twelve)
months after the find has been reported, unless they are
claimed by their owner. The amendment took effect on 1
September 2005. Section 76, paragraph 4 of the Arms Act was
changed by Act No 444/2005 amending the Local Revenue
Authorities Act as amended and some related acts. The
amended clause provides that fines are to be collected by the
local Customs Office (formerly the Revenue Office). The
amendment took effect on 1 January 2006. Several other bills
concerning this field were being drafted in 2005, including an
amendment
to the Act regulating foreign trade in military
material (Act No 38/1994 as amended), an amendment to the
Act regulating mining, explosives and the National Mining
Administration (Act No 61/1998 as amended), and a brand
new Act to regulate the handling of certain assets that can be
used for defence or security purposes in the territory of the
Czech Republic. These bills are in various stages of the legisla-
tive process.

DENMARK

On October 2004 a new act containing rules on transportation
of weapons between third countries (i.e. other countries other
than Denmark) entered into force. The rules ban transportation
of weapons etc. to countries covered by a UN, EU or OSCE
arms embargo. Furthermore,
transportation between third
countries that have not issued the necessary export and import
licences is banned.

the owner of the weapons etc., to arrange such a transfer. The
ban does not apply to activities carried out in another EU
Member State or outside EU by Danish individuals residing
abroad. The act implements the European Council Common
Position 2003/468/CFSP of 23 June 2003 on the control of
arms brokering.

ESTONIA

No new legislation has entered into force in 2005. The process
of amending and adapting the Weapons Act (entered into force
in 31.3.2002) was initiated in 2005 and is ongoing. In 2005
The Estonian Police Board received 822 confiscated, expro-
priated and voluntarily ceded arms and weapons. Destruction
of these firearms will take place in 2006. In 2003 Estonia took
into use the register of service and civil weapons. Currently it is
functioning well. Updating the
register
programme is taking place in case of need (lastly updated in
mid 2005).

service weapons

FRANCE

Decree No 2004-1374 of 20 December 2004 on the legislative
part of the Defence Code repealed the Statutory Order of 18
April 1939 determining the regime for combat equipment,
arms and munitions and incorporated its provisions, as estab-
lished law, in Title III of Book III of Part II of the Defence Code.

The Articles of Title III of the Defence Code, on combat equip-
ment, arms and munitions subject to authorisation, therefore
remain the sole reference for the various regimes applicable to
all
items considered as arms or combat equipment under
French law.

The Defence Code classifies such equipment into 8 categories,
of which the first three constitute ‘combat equipment’ in the
strict sense of the term. The fourth category, ‘defensive arms’,
contains handguns, some of which may be considered to be
combat arms.

The text also sets out the principles applying to the acquisition,
possession, manufacture and trading of combat arms and
equipment, depending on the category concerned. The princi-
ples of the export and import regime are also defined. The text
determines offences and the penal or administrative sanctions
to punish any failure to comply with the obligations it
imposes.

On 14 June 2005 the Danish Parliament adopted an act intro-
ducing, among other things, regulation on arms brokering.
According to this act it is prohibited without a license from the
Minister of Justice, or the person authorised by the Minister, as
a broker to negotiate or arrange transactions that involve the
transfer of weapons etc., as defined in the Danish weapons and
explosives
legislation, between countries outside the EU.
Furthermore, it is prohibited to buy or sell such weapons etc.
as part of a transfer between countries outside the EU, or, as

A law has been drafted establishing a prior authorisation
system for transactions by dealers. This amends the 2001
proposal and is to be examined by parliament shortly. This
control regime will apply to persons resident or established in
France, and will include penal sanctions. Purchasing and resale
transactions carried out abroad by persons resident or estab-
lished in France, which escape the export control procedures,
will be subject to the same conditions.

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A draft implementing decree for these provisions has also been
drawn up.

LATVIA

The establishment of a prior control regime for transactions by
dealers will thus be added to the controls on natural or legal
persons acting as dealers.

No new legislation on small arms and light weapons has been
introduced in 2005. No changes have been made in the
existing legislation since there has been no perceived need for
review.

A proposal for a law to amend the Penal Code is currently
being drafted. It defines an embargo and provides for penal
sanctions if there is a violation of an embargo or restrictive
measures.

LITHUANIA

GERMANY

In order to implement the EU Common Position on brokering
(2003/468/GASP), Germany is currently amending her export
legislation. For exports of military SALW outside NATO, EU
and NATO-equivalent
the Federal Government
applies the ‘new for old’ principle so as to ensure that the reci-
pient whenever possible destroys weapons that are to be
replaced by the new consignment, rather than reselling them.
In general, exports of military SALW are not licensed to private
end-users.

countries,

GREECE

During 2005, Greece was in the process of amending Law
2168/1993 in order to incorporate Common Action 468/2003
regarding brokering. The above mentioned law complies fully
with the EU directive 91/477, as well as with the Schengen
Agreement. Additionally, Greece signed the Firearms Protocol
Ç (10.10.2002), and is undertaking the necessary steps to ratify
it. By the Legal Decree 176700/E3/26700 of 24 August 2005
Greece updated the transfer control
lists of goods, which
include chemical, biological, bacteriological and toxin agents,
taking into account the decisions adopted by the various inter-
national control regimes.
is also important to note that
Greece applies catch-all mechanisms, and requires end-user
certification for both biological and chemical agents, as well as
for firearms.

It

HUNGARY

The new Government Decree 301/2005 on the implementation
of Act No CIX/2005 on Licensing of Producing Military Equip-
ment and Providing Technical Assistance. Act No CIX/2005
entered into force on 23 December 2005. This GD covers the
regulation of producing military equipment and providing tech-
nical assistance in the area of the Republic of Hungary. The
Hungarian licensing authority is the HTLO. The licenses are
issued on the basis of expert assessments formed by the Indus-
trial Committee on Military Goods.

Lithuania has signed the Protocol against the Illicit Manufac-
turing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Compo-
nents and Ammunition, supplementing the UN Convention
against Trans-national Organized Crime. The Protocol was rati-
fied by the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas)
in 2004. Conse-
quently, all firearms of category B, C, D imported into the
Republic of Lithuania must be adequately marked with letters
‘LT’. This provision is in place since January 2005.

A new Law on the Control of Strategic Goods which is in
compliance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 as
last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 149/2003 came
into force in May 2004. The Law incorporates the definition of
‘mediation’ and regulates the brokering activities. Under the
provisions of
the Law brokers must posses an individual
brokering license, issued by the Ministry of Economy for each
individual intermediary deal involving items from the Common
List of Military Equipment. Accordingly, since May 2004 both
the brokering activities, as well as individual acts of mediation
in Lithuania are subject to licensing and control.

Law on the Implementation of the Economic and Other Inter-
national Sanctions entered into force in 2004. The aim of the
law is to ensure implementation of international sanctions and
EU common foreign and security policy, to promote peace and
security in the world, to fight against terrorism and to support
protection of human rights.

All activities related to the arms export are conducted in
accordance with standards and criteria laid down in various
international documents. Lithuania has committed itself
to
apply the criteria and principles contained in the European
Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports (approved by EU on
8 June 1998). The Government of Lithuania by Decision No
237 ‘On Approval of the list of States to which export and
transit as well as any kind of brokering transactions of goods
from Common Military List is prohibited’, issued on 1 March
2005 has approved a list of countries to which exports, transit
or brokering of arms is forbidden. The list implements arms
embargoes imposed by UN, EU and OSCE and is constantly
updated.

LUXEMBOURG

No new legislation was introduced in 2005.

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The Law of 15 March 1983 on arms and munitions and the
Grand-Ducal Regulation of 31 October 1995 on the import,
export and transit of arms, munitions and equipment specifi-
cally intended for military use and the related technology
constitute the relevant legal basis in this area. The acts were
published in the Mémorial, Luxembourg's official
journal. A
review of current legislation is under way.

THE NETHERLANDS

With respect to legislation on small arms and light weapons in
2005 the Netherlands has made no modifications.

in 2003. The Decree legally regulates the procedures of issuing
permits for imports, exports, storing, transit or brokering in
military weapons and equipment. The Decree stipulates that
every application for the export of such goods should be
previously submitted for consideration to the expert committee
for issuing preliminary opinions in the procedure of issuing
permits for trade in military weapons and equipment estab-
lished by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. Prior to
the issue of a permit by the Ministry of Defence, the commis-
sion examines every application for the export of military
equipment or weapons in the administrative procedure and
adopts a relevant (positive or negative) decision.

POLAND

SPAIN

the provisions of

to fully implement

the UN
In order
Programme of Action on SALW, on 25 February 2005 Poland
ratified the ‘Protocol against illicit manufacturing of and traf-
ficking in firearms, their parts, components and ammunition,
supplementing the UN Convention against transnational orga-
nized crime’.

No new legislation regarding small arms and light weapons was
passed in 2005, but some amendments to the existing regula-
tions were introduced.

The latest events related to new legislation and/or regulations
are as follows:

An analysis of the feasibility and necessity of introducing a
common system of marking all essential parts for all arms
producers in Poland is currently under way. A team of experts
in the Ministry of Economy has been established to review the
changes in the executive regulations to the Act of 22 June 2001
on the implementation of business activity in the scope of production
and trade of explosives, weapon, ammunition, products and technolo-
gies used by Armed Forces and Police (Journal of Laws of 2001 No
67, item 679 with subsequent amendments). This activity is aimed
at adjusting the SALW records and storage documentation to
the provisions of the Instrument. Trainings regarding these
issues are also envisaged.

PORTUGAL

Portugal continued the adoption process of a new legal frame-
work regime covering the production, assembling,
repair,
import, export, transfer, stockpile, circulation, trade, licensing
and sanction relating to small arms, light weapons and respec-
tive ammunition. This project has already been approved by
the Parliament and is currently depending on governmental
authorization and subsequent publication in the Portuguese
It's entry into force is expected to happen
Official
during 2006.

Journal.

SLOVENIA

legislation.
In 2005, Slovenia adopted only one piece of
the
Slovenia amended the Decree of
Republic of Slovenia on Permits and Authorisations for Trade
in and Manufacture of Military Weapons and Equipment (Ur. l.
RS, No 18/2003 and 31/2005), which was originally adopted

the Government of

aspects of

— In order to update the Spanish legislation on Arms and
Explosives, a new Royal Decree 277/2005, was issued on
the 11th March 2005. This new Royal Decree modifies
some
existing Explosives Regulation,
improving the administrative control of activities related to
the production, circulation, stockpile, transfer, trade, posses-
sion and use of explosives, given the clear risks to civil
security in case of theft and/or diversion of such materials
to criminal ends.

the

— In October 2005, the Spanish Parliament urged the Govern-
ment to issue, in one year time, a Law on Arms Trade. It
will upgrade provisions
in the aforementioned Royal
Decree 1782/2004, 30 July. The new Law should fulfil and
make an explicit reference to the U.N. Programme of
Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in
Small Arms and Light Weapons in All
Its Aspects and
UNGA Resolution 55/255, as well as the Protocol against
the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms,
Their Parts and Components (‘UN Firearms Protocol’).

— Ratification by Spain of the UN Firearms Protocol

is at

advanced stage.

SWEDEN

No new legislation regarding small arms and light weapons was
passed in 2005. Government
inquiry proposed i.a. certain
adjustments of the Military Equipment Act to the EU Code of
Conduct Common list of defense equipment, and also further
clarification of the criteria for granting export permits. With a
Protocol’
view

Firearms

ratifying

‘UN

the

to

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a proposal was presented to amend Swedish legislation with
regard to marking of SALW. However, it was also noted that
the Firearms Protocol
that requires
level but also by the EU.
measures not only at a national
Sweden would not be able to implement the UN Firearms
Protocol exclusively on its own.

is a ‘mixed agreement’

1. C Training of administration, law enforcement agencies,

judicial organs

These are the contributions from EU Member States concerning
their efforts and initiatives in the area f
their
national administrations.

training of

IRELAND

The CDLE Unit has been involved in researching the training
needs of Customs officers in the area of recognition and safe
handling of firearms, parts, and chemical, biological, radiolo-
gical and nuclear weapons and is progressing the development
of a training course in conjunction with the Garda Siochana
and the Army. It is expected to have this training completed by
mid-year.

POLAND

Within a framework of administrative steps connected with
enhancement of arms export control a number of courses for
entrepreneurs participating in trade in goods, technologies and
services of
SALW, was
importance,
conducted. In the years of 2002/2005 a total of 150 courses
for 350 entrepreneurs was conducted.
In 2005, 45 such
courses were carried out.

including

strategic

instructed the enterprises
The Ministry of Economy has
involved in the man portable air defense systems (MANPADS)
about
the provisions concerning the principles of export
control of these goods adopted by the Wassenaar Arrangement.
That led to the introduction by these enterprises of legal, orga-
nizational and technical solutions as well as related instruction
courses.

SPAIN

Spanish law enforcement agencies continued to organise, like
in previous years, courses and workshops on the criminal treat-
ment of firearms and explosives and on the application of
information technology to the control of weapons and explo-
sives. These are regular seminars organized in order to dissemi-
for preventing and
nate
combating illicit trafficking of weapons and with the goal of
recycling and updating police officers of the relevant agents on
the subject.

rules and legal

treatment

the

1.D Other initiatives or activities

CZECH REPUBLIC

Bilateral cooperation in the field of small arms and light
weapons continued especially with Germany (Customs Criminal
Office in Cologne) and Slovakia (Customs Administration).

DENMARK

The Danish law enforcement authorities participate in various
international and regional initiatives dealing with arms control
and arms trafficking issues. As an example, in May 2005 the
Danish police and customs authorities took part in a High
Impact Operation (HIO) on firearms sent in postal packages co-
ordinated by Europol. The operational planning for the HIO
was conducted by Danish Customs Service assisted by the
Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). During the
operation more than 40.000 international packages were
controlled at various locations in Denmark.

IRELAND

In May 2005 the CDLE Unit co-ordinated a high profile opera-
tion in conjunction with the Crime & Security Branch of An
Garda Siochana targeting importation by post into the EU, of
firearms and ammunition. The operation was regarded as
highly successful by both agencies, and while no seizures
resulted during the short operational period, detections made
by Customs before and after the relevant dates highlighted the
significant risk that applies in this area.

ITALY

In 2005, Italian armed forces destroyed the following small
arms and light weapons, identified as surplus: 31 291 Beretta
pistols, mod.
‘M1’,
‘M1-A1’ and 1 014 light
1 197 Winchester carabines, mod.
weapons of different models. In total 37 371 small arms and
light weapons were destroyed.

‘34’, 3 869 Winchester carabines, mod.

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

During 2005 the General pardon was granted by the Slovak
Government for all persons that were in possession of illegal
SALW. Persons under the terms of the pardon can register any
SALW at the Police Authorities without any penalty or prose-
cution and it is not necessary to explain the origin of weapon
and manner of acquisition. Weapons to be registered are
checked for their possible involvement in criminal activities. If
a result is negative, all technical data, characteristics and type
of cleared weapon are stored for record. Up to now, more than
30 weapons were handed over to the Police. The deadline for
the presentation of unregistered SALW has been set on 14
April 2006. The goal of this Government's effort is to give a
chance to persons keeping unregistered and hidden weapons
from, for example World War I and II.

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SPAIN

The security forces (Guardia Civil) have been undergoing a
process to modify and update their computer
technology
(central electronic database) applied to the control of weapons
and explosives, with the aim of upgrading the existing control
measures.

An Early Warning Alert System has been created, in relation to
the theft, disappearance or lack of control of weapons, ammu-
nition, explosives and /or other NBQR related substances or
material, capable of being diverted to terrorists organizations
(Instruction Number 4, 14 March 2005, of the State Secretary
of Security). This initiative pretends to prevent the risk of diver-
sion through quick knowledge and real time share of informa-
thus contributing to a
tion between competent agencies,
prompt tracing and location of the missing weapons, or items
of concern.

Co-ordinated by the Central Inspection for Arms and Explo-
sives of the Guardia Civil (Spain's central agency for the admin-
istrative control of small arms), Spanish relevant authorities
seized 1 115 illegal firearms in 2005. At present, the Spanish
authorities have a total of 269 171 firearms of different kinds
and types in stockpile (bonded, seized and confiscated); 20 811
firearms will be auctioned and 43.324 others destroyed in
2006. During 2005, the Spanish authorities carried out 31 546
inspections to facilities where firearms and/or explosives are
produced or stored (including factories, commercial outfits,
sports shooting facilities, private security companies, etc.); from
those, 8 849 inspections were carried out to facilities related to
firearms and 22 697 inspections to facilities where explosives
are produced or stored. Additionally, Customs and Tax officials
their
paid several visits to ports and airports as part of
programme of fight against gun-running during arms export.

Spain participated during 2005 in police cooperation programs
with Member States (Poland), Acceding Countries (Bulgaria y
Rumania) and Candidate Countries (Turkey).

accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons in
Cambodia. The project aims at supporting the Cambodian
Armed Forces to continue and finalise work related to record-
keeping, management and security of weapons stocks and to
develop policies, guidelines and best practices. This project
began in 1999. Total funding since 1999 amounts up to EUR
7,9 million. This is an integrated programme involving legal
assistance in drafting an arms law, weapons collection and
destruction, building of safe storage facilities and training of
army and police on monitoring and management of
the
weapons they legitimately possess. It is the only SALW project
implemented and managed totally by the EU.
is firmly
supported by the Cambodian Government. The Weapons
Registration and Safe Storage programme is being efficiently
implemented with the cooperation of the Ministry of National
Defence and is running according to schedule. The adoption of
the Arms Law in 2005 can be considered as a long-term
success for Cambodia and the EU. EUR 600 000

It

Ukraine.

On 29 November 2005 the Council adopted a decision
concerning the destruction of Small Arms and Light Weapons
and their ammunition in Ukraine through a contribution to the
NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) during the
first phase of
the demilitarisation of
SALW,
ammunition and MANPADs. EUR
1 000 000

its project aiming at

conventional

ECOWAS.

The implementation of the decision adopted by the Council in
December 2004 with a view to an EU contribution to
ECOWAS in the context of the moratorium on small arms and
light weapons started in 2005. This project aims at the trans-
formation of the Moratorium into the ECOWAS Convention
on Small Arms and Light Weapons. EUR 515 000.

II. INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS DURING

2005

II.A Measures to combat the accumulation and spread of
small arms and light weapons, and to prevent illicit
trafficking in conventional arms

Indonesia.

II.A.1 Financial,

technical and other assistance given to relevant
programmes and projects conducted by the UN, ICRC and
other international or regional organisations and NGOs

II.A.1.1 Actions and projects supported by the European

Union

Cambodia. EU ASAC.

The Council adopted on 7 November 2005 a decision with a
view to a European contribution to combating the destabilising

As part of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) on the imple-
mentation of the security arrangements (MoU between Govern-
ment of Indonesia and GAM), the monitoring of the demobili-
zation of GAM and decommissioning of its armaments was
also carried out. The relocation of non-organic military troops
and non-organic police forces took place in parallel with the
decommissioning. Total funding: EUR 9 000 000

supported the implementation of

The European Development Fund, administered by the Euro-
pean Commission,
the
ECOWAS Small Arms Control Programme (ECOSAP) which
focuses on the establishment and reinforcement of national
small arms Commissions and their activities. Implementation
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Furthermore the following projects were financed by the EC:

II.A.2 Financial, technical and other assistance by the EU Member

States given to SALW projects

— Contribution to ICRC to carry out a programme for the
protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts, including ICRC's
protection activities for victims of armed conflict and other
situations of violence and actions against the recruitment of
children EUR 4 000 000

In addition to projects funded by the EU through the different
instruments at its disposal, Member States have financed a wide
range of SALW related projects bilaterally. Member States have
provided so far the following contributions to this report:

— Support to UNICEF for collection of data on the impact of
armed conflicts on children, displacement and recruitment
of
implementation: Angola,
of
Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Sri Lanka.
EUR 1 044 000

children. Countries

— Support to UNICEF to strengthen the protection of children
and women in emergencies, notably via the implementation
of the UN Interagency Guiding Disarmament, Demobilisa-
tion and Reintegration System (Children and DDR). EUR
1 800 000

— Grant

to UNDP/SEESAC to establish the EU Western
Balkans SALW Control Support Plan. This includes the
creation of national strategies and support to Civil Society
as well as SALW-targeted regulatory measures comple-
menting and connecting related CARDS programmes in the
region. EUR 1 500 000

BELGIUM

In order to support projects on the retraining and reintegration
of ex-combatants and the collection of data on the illegal trade
in SALW, Belgium allocated EUR 3 000 000 to finance the
three-year project (2003 to 2005) ‘Community Recovery, Reinte-
gration of Ex-Combatants and Small Arms Collection, Storage and
the
Destruction Programme’
Congo. This project is supervised and managed by the UNDP.

in the Democratic Republic of

Belgium made a contribution of EUR 110 000 to the data
collection on a project on small arms in West and Central
Africa from 2004 to 2005. Through the project, the European
Institute for Research and Information on Peace and Security
(GRIP)
intends to conduct studies in six West and Central
African countries (Senegal, Niger, Mali, DRC, Rwanda and
Burundi).

— Croatia. Twinning programme to combat trafficking in Fire-
arms, Ammunition and Explosives. It aims at developing
law enforcement measures to enhance the ability of the
Ministry of Interior to prevent, combat and eradicate the
illicit manufacturing of firearms for criminal activities. A
second ‘Supply’ component aims at upgrading forensic
methods for ballistic analysis and to develop this as a
‘standard’ for EU police. EUR 4 000 000

CZECH REPUBLIC

At the end of 2005, the Czech Republic contributed 2 500 000
CZK (around EUR 89 285) to the UNDDA Trust Funds. The
specific utilization of the amount will be subject to a joint deci-
sion of the Czech Republic and the UN; different activities
including consolidation of peace through practical disarmament
measures in African countries are being proposed.

— South East Europe, regional action: support to Saferworld
to engage Civil Society in decision making on SALW
control and community safety. EUR 200 000

FINLAND

II.A.1.2 EU cooperation with other States

Finland supported the following specific activities related to
SALW in 2005:

— ECOWAS Small Arms Programme

EU Troika meetings at expert level (Global Disarmament and
Arms Control) the issue of SALW figures prominently in the
agenda. This regular dialogue takes place under each EU Presi-
dency with the US, Canada, Japan, China, Russian Federation,
Republic of Korea, Ukraine and Brazil (once a year). Specific
SALW Troikas are also organised on an ad-hoc basis.

— Regional Small Arms Control Project

in Guatemala,
Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua implemented by
IEPADES — Instituto de Enseñanza para el Desarrollo
Sostenible. The project aims at reducing illicit Small Arms
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— Small Arms Survey for the edition of

the Small Arms

Survey Yearbook 2005.

— Financial contribution to Saferworld for the activities of the
Small Arms Consultative Group Process of the Biting the
Bullet Project.

— Organisation in cooperation with Tanzania of an interna-
tional workshop on global principles for arms transfers in
Dar-es-Salaam in February 2005.

— Financial contribution to an international workshop on
global principles for international arms transfers, organised
by Civil Society Conflict Prevention Network KATU and
Saferworld in Helsinki in November 2005.

Germany supports country programmes for the reintegration
of ex-combatants in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. Germany supports the Uganda
National Focal Point for Small Arms Control in the implemen-
tation of the Uganda National Action Plan. Germany supports
programmes for raising awareness for the dangers of small
arms and light weapons in El Salvador and Senegal and funded
a SALW training programme in Southern Sudan. Furthermore,
Germany has developed a manual for NGOs in partner coun-
tries on how to set up awareness raising campaigns for small
arms control. The manual has been published by the German
Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and offers practical guidance.
Germany also funded the development by BICC (Bonn Interna-
tional Conversion Centre) of modules, tools and courses for
training and education on issues related to the control of small
arms and light weapons, which have been used in Columbia
and Southern Sudan.

FRANCE

France participates in actions to re-establish the rule of law,
and in post-conflict DDR operations. It was involved in this
type of process in the DRC in the context of the EU's Artemis
operation in 2003, and is engaged in a similar operation in the
Licorne operation in Côte d'Ivoire. In a tight budgetary situa-
tion, France favours the targeting of bilateral action in areas it
considers to be a priority (e.g. West Africa).

GERMANY

Germany supported and contributed to a UN Regional Confer-
ence of States members of the Arab League to review their
implementation of the Program of Action in April 2005 in
Algiers. Furthermore, Germany supported the Arab League's
regional focal point which organized — with German advice
and financial contribution — the first meeting of Arab national
focal points in December 2005.

Germany supports the Southern African Development Com-
munity in the implementation of the SADC Protocol on the
Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Material.
As part of this cooperation Germany has deployed an advisor
on peace and security issues to support the establishment of a
Regional Focal Point at the SADC Secretariat.

LITHUANIA

As part of their mission at the Lithuanian led Province Recon-
struction Team in the Province of Ghor, Afghanistan, Lithua-
nian military personnel is involved in destruction of stockpiles
of excessive ammunition,
including SALW. Two Lithuanian
experts are deployed at the EU mission in Aceh, Indonesia,
where they deal with disarmament, demobilisation and reinte-
gration process.

THE NETHERLANDS

In 2005 the Netherlands has contributed to the following insti-
tutions, projects and other activities in the field of small arms
and light weapons (SALW). Contributions to SALW activities
the
listed below were allocated from designated funds of
Government of The Netherlands and constitute a total of EUR
2,55 million:

— SaferAfrica, Sustaining Action project for the purpose of
combating illicit small arms trade in South, West and East
Africa

Germany supports the development of a political,
legal and
institutional framework within the East African Community to
combat the uncontrolled proliferation of SALW, including the
creation of a Regional Focal Point on Small Arms Control.

— SaferAfrica, additional support to the All Africa Conference
in preparation to African common positions on different
areas of SALW for discussion during the review process of
the Programme of Action

Germany supported the activities of SEESAC by funding
SEESAC projects in South East Europe.

— Contribution to the Nairobi Secretariat/RECSA for

the
implementation of the Nairobi Declaration in the Great
Lakes region and Horn of Africa

Germany finances the thematic trust funds of the UNDP BCPR
(Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery) working on SALW
and DD&R as key areas of conflict prevention and peace
building.

— NAMSA, support to the NATO PfP Trust Fund for the
destruction of small arms and light weapons, MANPADS
and ammunition in the Ukraine

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— HALO Trust, collection and destruction of small arms, light

SWEDEN

weapons and ammunition in Afghanistan and Angola

— Asociacion para Politicas Publicas (APP), activities against
the proliferation of and illicit trade in small arms in Argen-
tina

— Saferworld, Biting the Bullet project

— Small Arms Survey, core funding

Sweden contributed to the following projects:

— Support

to the Inter Parliamentary Forum on SALW

(SEK 3.000.000)

— NGO capacity building regarding SALW issues in Latin

America through UN-LiREC (SEK 4.000.000)

— Institute for Security Studies (ISS), country studies and cross
border research in South, East and Central Africa for the
purpose of implementation and data transfer

— Increased

funding

to

Small Arms

Survey,

SAS

(SEK 1.000.000)

— IANSA, global outreach strategy for small arms reduction

— UNIDIR, Disarmament as Humanitarian Action: Making
Multilateral Negotiations work, a project that in 2006 will
result in a publication to which the Dutch Minister of
Foreign Affairs wrote the foreword

— UNIDIR, request by the Netherlands for, and financial
support to a comparative brokering study, to be published
before the UN Review Conference

— Geneva Forum, a contribution to the project Building Peace
and Security Partnerships entailed sponsoring for activities
towards more effective multilateral disarmament diplomacy,
in which the Netherlands also participates

— Financial assistance to UNDDA for the benefit of several
broad based consultations on regulation of brokering activ-
ities

— The Dutch NGO Pax Christi received funding for the orga-
nisation of a workshop on community based responses to
armed violence

SPAIN

technical assistance and personnel

In November and December 2005 the Guardia Civil gave assis-
tance to Cape Vert on Firearms and Explosives Control. In the
framework of
training
carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
and Spain's Agency for International Cooperation (AECI), Spain
has organized since 2004 three workshops/seminars on the
implementation of the UN Programme of Action on SALW in
Latin America. The
in 2004 in La Antigua
(Guatemala), and two others took place in 2005, both in Carta-
gena de Indias (Colombia).

first was

Approximately a total of 100 experts from Latin America,
International Organizations (PNUD, CIFTA, etc.) and
Spain,
NGOs
Intermon/Oxfam, etc.)
(SweFOR, Arias Foundation,
attended the above mentioned workshops.

— Contribution to International Action Network Small Arms
(IANSA)
for participation of delegates from developing
countries in Africa at PrepCom SALW, New York, Jan 2006

— Funding to Safer Africa (SEK 1.100.000)

— Funding to Safer World (SEK 800.000)

The Stockholm Initiative on DDR (SIDDR) was concluded,
issuing a set of recommendations which may be useful inter
alia in the context of UN peacekeeping operations.

Furthermore Sweden has actively participated in the Baltic Sea
Region Border Control Cooperation Project, which is aimed at
combating transborder criminal activities, such as illicit trade
and illicit brokering, of inter .alia, SALW, in the Baltic Sea. It has
also supported the Stockholm Initiative on Disarmament,
Demobilisation and Reintegration (SIDRR) support for Small
Arms Survey study on disarmament in the context of DDR

Sweden and UNDP/TFCPR agreed on a Swedish contribution to
strengthen the Trust Fund in the area of non-proliferation of
SALW (Service Line 4 reduction, disarmament and demobilisa-
tion) in countries in the OSCE region, such as Ukraine. The
contribution is intended for use during fiscal year 2006.

UNITED KINGDOM

The UK combats the supply, availability and demand of small
arms and light weapons through progressive policies and
programmes and is one of the largest donors to projects for
combating the proliferation and misuse of small arms. The
FCO, DFID and MoD work together to implement UK policy,
which is supplemented by the GBP 13.25 million SALW
strategy (2004-2007) under the Global Conflict Prevention
Pool. UK funding assists UN agencies, regional organisations,
the proliferation and
governments and NGOs
misuse of small arms. In the past year the UK has supported
international
programmes by a wide range of governments,
and
bodies

to combat

manage

collect,

NGOs

and

to

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destroy weapons and ammunition; reduce demand; implement
existing regional agreements; devise national action plans, and
help build the capacity of local civil society. The UK continues
initiatives to combat SALW
to strengthen existing regional
proliferation and abuse, including in Southern, East and West
Africa, and Central and South America. In the last year we
have funded weapons and ammunition destruction and training
in Latin America, East Africa, the Caribbean, Southern Africa
and South Eastern Europe.

last sessions of the Open-Ended Working Group to Negotiate
an International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and
Trace Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (OEWG). All EU
Member States participated actively in all related meetings. The
EU strongly supported the inclusion of ammunition in the
scope of
instrument and the proposal of a legally binding
instrument. The EU also supported the establishment of a UN
Group of Governmental Experts to consider further steps to
enhance international cooperation on brokering.

II.A.3 Discussion, coordination and assessment of political and prac-
tical measures among EU Member States, the Commission
and the Council

Meetings of the Council Working Party on Global Disarmament
and Arms Control are held once a month and the issue of
SALW figures regularly in the agenda. Twice a year a specific
session of this Working Party is dedicated exclusively to the
issue of SALW. During the II Biannual Meeting of States on the
implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action to
Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms
and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, which took place in New
York on 11-15 July 2005, EU Member States and the Commis-
sion held regular coordination meetings.

The European Commission supported a wide-ranging set of
scoping studies on different aspects of SALW related policies,
measures and practices under the title of ‘Strengthening Euro-
pean Action on Small Arms/Light Weapons and Explosive
Remnants of War (SALW/ERW)’. Under this project, carried out
under the responsibility of UNIDIR, an International
inter-
parliamentary Conference was organised (7-8 December 2005).
It was hosted by the European Parliament with the participa-
tion of National Parliaments.

The European Commission participated in the EU Stability
Pact-NATO-OSCE-RACVIAC informal meetings on SALW and
heavy weaponry activities in Brussels.

AUSTRIA

The Commission and Member States supporting ECOWAS
have co-ordinated their positions in the run up to, and during,
the ECOWAS/UNDP Pledging Conference in 2005.

Austria took part in the ‘International Meeting on Regulating
the Civilian Possession of SALW’ in Rio de Janeiro in March
2005.

The European Commission and those Member States which are
members of the Group of Friends of the Great Lakes Region
and of the Board of Trustees have co-ordinated two project-
proposals approved by the Conference concerning ‘Disarma-
ment and Repatriation of All Armed Groups in Eastern DRC’
and ‘Coordination of activities and Reinforcement of Capacities
in the Sub-Region to Fight the Proliferation of Illicit Small
Arms and Light Weapons’. This last project seeks, in particular,
to address urgent issues in the fight against proliferating small
arms all over the region (including the harmonization of
approaches, the strengthening of regional and national capaci-
ties, and disarmament), making extensive use of the regional
role of the Regional Centre on Small Arms (RECSA).

II.A.4 Participation in, or organisation of international seminars and

conferences

Two major events dominated the international SALW agenda
in 2005: The II Biennial Meeting of States to the 2001 UN
Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit
Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
(PoA) held from 11–15 July 2005 in New York, and the two

GERMANY

together with The Netherlands

Germany,
and the UK,
supported and contributed to a SALW seminar with ASEAN
States in the framework of the ASEAN Regional Forum.

ITALY

In 2005,
Italy actively participated in several regional and
global meetings aimed at exchanging information on national
procedures and identifying common solutions to problems
related to the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons.
In particular, Italy attended the following events:

— regional conference on the implementation of the UN POA

in Arab countries (Algiers, 11-13 April 2005);

— UN seminar on small arms and light weapons (Beijing, 19-

21 April 2005);

— conference on ‘Strengthening European action on SALW’

(Brussels, 7-8 December 2005).

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LATVIA

the
In February 2005 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Republic of Latvia organized a seminar for official representa-
tives from Moldova and Georgia on export controls to share
experience and information about EU standards on export
controls. Representatives of these two countries were intro-
duced with the existing legislation and procedures of arms
control in the Republic of Latvia, visited Custom services and
were introduced with the practical procedures.

In October 2005 an expert from the Export control of strategic
goods division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia
visited Moldova with the same aim. Law enforcement institu-
tions cooperate with partners from Estonia and Lithuania and
trafficking of
other countries working on cases of
conventional arms.

illegal

LITHUANIA

violence and undermine development and urged all member
States to support the strengthening of the UN Programme of
Action on SALW.

THE NETHERLANDS

The Netherlands participated in and contributed to the ARF
seminar on SALW that was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

POLAND

In the framework of international cooperation, the Ministry of
Economy has organized, cosponsored and participated in bilat-
eral meetings during which the principles of the Polish system
of arms export control were presented. Those events were
designed to make our experience available for the elaboration
of their national arms trade control systems in, among other
places in Ukraine, Croatia and China.

Lithuania regularly participates in Nordic-Baltic meetings on
export controls. During these meetings the participants share
experiences on export control issues, including relevant SALW
topics.

SPAIN

LUXEMBOURG

Luxembourg, which held the Presidency of the Council of the
European Union in the first half of 2005, took part in two
symposia on SALW, one in Africa (Algeria) and one in Asia
(Beijing). These events, designed to familiarise participants with
the problems arising from the accumulation of SALW in
certain regions of Africa and Asia and to prepare for the
second Biennial Meeting of States on the implementation of the
United Nations programme of action (New York, July 2005),
were also an opportunity for Luxembourg to make new and
refresh existing bilateral contacts ahead of the June session
concluding negotiations on the marking and tracing of SALW.

MALTA

Malta joined the other Heads of Government at the Summit of
the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM),
held in Malta in November 2005, in the adoption of the Final
Communiqué, which inter alia refers to SALW and to the Arms
Trade Treaty. In their Final Communiqué, the Heads of Govern-
ment of the Commonwealth noted the proposal for the devel-
opment of common international standards for the trade in
conventional weapons and added their support to calls for
work on an Arms Trade Treaty to commence at the United
the Heads of Government
Nations. With regard to SALW,
expressed, inter alia, their deep concern over the illicit produc-
tion,
illegal trade and uncontrolled availability of small and
light weapons, which prolong conflict, increase levels of armed

Spain took part in several seminars and/or workshops in 2005:
the international workshop on global principles for arms trans-
fers co-organized by Finland and Tanzania in Dar-es Salaam
(February); the second NATO's ‘Arms Control Non Proliferation
Course’, focused on SALW issues, at the NATO School in Ober-
ammergau (March); a workshop on SALW organized by the US
DTRA in Washington (April); a seminar on the Arms Trade
Treaty project organized by UK in London (May) and a work-
shop on SALW organised by the UK's JACIG in London
(September) among others.

UNITED KINGDOM

At the July 2005 Biennial Meeting of States the UK hosted two
side events on the need for strengthened transfer controls
including guidelines and also on armed violence and poverty
reduction. This helped to create greater awareness and support
for both issues. The UK also played a pro-active role at the
Meeting and also financially supported several States to send
delegations to attend this event.

The UK continued its programme of workshops we have
recently supported regional workshops in East Africa (Kenya),
Central America (Nicaragua), North Africa (Algeria) the Andean
region (Lima), the Caribbean, (Nassau). As well as international
meetings in Sri Lanka and Geneva. During these workshops we
are encouraging both the regional groups and individual coun-
tries to support common criteria and guidelines for SALW
transfers in their national reports, national statements and
interventions during the lead up to Review Conference in June
2006.

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Working with the Netherlands and Germany the UK also
supported financially and co-chaired (as the EU Presidency) an
EU/Asian Regional Forum (ARF) meeting in Cambodia in
November 2005.

light weapons and 5 rocket launchers. In total 2 461 small
arms and light weapons were destroyed.

II. A.5 Other initiatives

the spread of

Activities against
illicit small arms and light
weapons in the Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa are
mainly related to two international important fora: the Interna-
tional Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), where
the EC is fully involved as part of the Group of Friends of the
GLR; and the Conference of the Nairobi Declaration, in which
the EC is also member of the Group of Friends.

The EC in coordination with EU Member States is strongly
supporting the activities of the ‘Regional Centre on Small Arms
and Light Weapons’
(RECSA), which is in charge of imple-
menting the Nairobi Declaration and coordinating actions
against small arms and light weapons proliferation in the
region. Moreover, two informal meetings between the EC and
RECSA took place at the EC Delegation in Nairobi on 13 June
and on 14 October 2005, to strengthen relations and explore
ways of mutual cooperation.

Under the Agreement on Destruction of Man-Portable Air
Defence Systems (MANPADS) between Hungary and the United
States, Hungary decided to destruct in 2005 1 540 pieces of
Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS), commonly
referred to as shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, which are no
longer needed for Hungary's defence. Hungary and the US
signed an agreement on US financial support to this project.
The destruction is planned to be completed in early 2006.

In the framework of the EU ‘Althea’ Operation in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, where Spanish and French forces are deployed
with the Combined Task Force South,
integrated in EUFOR
since 2004, several operations have been conducted to seize
SALW and ammunition depots (Operations Free Entrance Plus).
Different items have been collected throughout these opera-
tions: 400 000 cartridges, 1 500 weapons, 6 000 hand
grenades, 3 200 mines and environ 200 kilogram of explosives,
all
locations (Sarajevo, Rogatica, Citluk,
Brijeg, Foca, Bileca, Pale and Gorazde). Spain takes part in the
UE MEDA Program with the aim of reinforcing border controls
in Morocco; the UE Coordination and Support Office to the
Palestinian police, and the PAMECA Mission in support of the
organization and strengthening of the Albanese police.

found in different

The UK Armed Violence and Poverty Initiative has established a
link between small arms, security and development.
It has
made clear that although the impact of armed violence and
arms availability on development is complex and multi-faceted,
it is almost entirely negative in terms of displacement, damage
to education, health, and agriculture, and the impoverishment
of large sections of communities and populations. We believe
that donors and development agencies should routinely address
armed violence and arms availability as part of their program-
ming and should integrate weapons reduction measures into
country programmes. In assessing progress on the Millennium
Development Goals, more attention should be paid to the role
played by arms availability in holding back development.

II.B Participation in the work of international organisa-
tions and regional arrangements
in the field of
conventional arms, especially small arms and light
weapons

Italian Armed Forces participating in multilateral
In 2005,
peace-keeping operations collected and/or seized and destroyed
the following small arms and light weapons:

II.B.1 United Nations

In Iraq 335 small arms and light weapons were destroyed: 12
AK 47; 2 carabines RMO; 6 air carabines; 9 carabines; 15 FAL;
12 craftmade guns; 9 semi-automatic gun; 9 granade lauchers
RPG 5 40mm; 92 Granade lauchers RPG 7 40mm; 9 light
machine-guns; 4 heavy machine-guns; 12 mortars 60 mm; 4
mortars 82 mm; 14 revolvers; 3 bolt action rifles; 91 semi-
automatic pistols; 1 machine pistol. In Kosovo 81 small arms
and light weapons were destroyed: 11 AK47; 23 rifles CAL
7,62; 6 rifles CAL 12; 2 carabines; 1 rifle M59; 13 hunting
rifles; 1 rifle sniper Drogunov; 1 granade laucher RPG M80; 1
rocket
launcher; 3 Light MGS RPD; 1 RPG 2; 1 mortar
80 mm; 2 muskets M 81; 2 pistols Voltran CAL 6,36; 5 pistols
M57 CAL 7,62; 3 pistols M70; 4 semi-automatic pistols; 1
machine pistol. In Bosnia 869 small arms and light weapons
destroyed: 817 rifles, 12 rocket launchers; 2 machine pistols
and 38 pistols. Besides, Italian armed forces involved in opera-
tions in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo also destroyed 1 171

The European Union has been very proactive in this forum and
played a constructive role during the Second Biennial Meeting
of States to the 2001 UN Program of Action to Prevent,
Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light
Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA) held from 11–15 July 2005
in New York. Below some details of the work and initiatives
carried out by a number of Member States can be found.

CYPRUS

Specifically, Cyprus provides reports to the UN for the imple-
mentation of
the United Nations Programme of Action to
Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms
she
and Light Weapons in All

Its Aspects. Furthermore,

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has provided information to the UNHCHR (based on decision
124/2004) concerning ‘the prevention of human rights viola-
tions caused by the availability and misuse of SALW’.

the Register, including a UK priority of expanding its scope to
include SALW.

FRANCE

The ideas and results emerging from the Franco-Swiss initiative
on the marking and tracing of SALW were presented as a
contribution to the work of the group of government experts
set up by the United Nations General Assembly resolution of
24 December 2001. France participated actively in the proceed-
ings of the group of government experts which presented its
report on 23 June 2003. It also participated resolutely in the
proceedings of the open-ended working group set up by Reso-
lution 58/241 of 23 December 2003 to negotiate an interna-
tional instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a
timely and reliable manner,
small arms and light
weapons.

illicit

GERMANY

together with France,

Germany,
initiated a UN General
Assembly resolution dealing with ammunition on which
consensus could be achieved.

IRELAND

Ireland submits annual reports to the United Nations Register
of Conventional Arms and reports to the OSCE on military
expenditure.

UNITED KINGDOM

aimed at

agreement

securing international

Working within the framework of
the UN Programme of
Action, in 2005 the UK continued with the Transfer Controls
Initiative,
to
common standards on the export, import and transhipment of
small arms and light weapons at the Review Conference in
2006. This is based on a bottom-up and region by region
approach, working through dialogue, meetings and workshops
around the world to identify specific concerns and establish
common ground. This consensus should put the issue firmly
on the agenda of the 2006 Review conference, and ensure that
it will be incorporated into the future development of the
UNPOA after July 2006.

During 2005, the UK provided an expert for Open Ended
Working Group to develop an international
instrument on
Marking and Tracing. In October 2005, the UK was active in
support of the Small Arms resolutions adopted at the UN
General Assembly. The UK has also been active in supporting
the UN Register of Conventional Arms since its inception in
1992 and will again participate in the forthcoming UN Group
of Government Experts to examine the continuing operation of

II.B.2 UNGA First Committee

Member States have taken the following positions on the reso-
lutions relating to SALW issues, which were adopted by the
60th UNGA First Committee.

Resolution A/Res/60/68 on addressing the negative humanitarian
and development impact of the illicit manufacture, transfer and circu-
lation of small arms and light weapons and their excessive accumula-
tion was introduced by The Netherlands and adopted with a
vote and supported by all EU countries.

Resolution A/Res/60/71,
introduced by Mali, on assistance to
States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them
was adopted by consensus.

Resolution A/Res/60/74, introduced by France and Germany,
on the problems arising from the accumulation of conventional
ammunition stockpiles in surplus was adopted by consensus.

Resolution A/Res/60/81 on the illicit trade in small arms and light
weapons in all its aspects, tabled by Japan was adopted without a
vote. However, operational paragraph n. 2 was adopted with a
vote and the unanimous support of all EU countries.

Resolution A/Res/60/226 on transparency in armaments,
intro-
duced by The Netherlands, was adopted with a vote and
supported by all EU countries

Resolution A/Res/60/69 on national
legislation on transfer of
arms, military equipment and dual use goods and technology, intro-
duced by The Netherlands, was adopted by consensus.

Resolution A/Res/60/44 on objective
information on military
matters including transparency of military expenditures, tabled by
Germany and Romania (biannual) was adopted without a vote.

Resolution A/Res/60/77 on the prevention of the illicit Transfer
and Unauthorized Access to and use of Man-Portable Air Defence
Systems, introduced by Australia, was adopted by consensus.

Resolution A/Res/60/75 on conventional arms control at the
regional and sub-regional levels was adopted with a vote and
the unanimous support of all EU countries.

Resolution A/Res/60/94 on the strengthening of security and co-
tabled by Algeria, was
operation in the Mediterranean region,
adopted by consensus and co-sponsored by the EU 25.

The decision 60/519 on the International instrument to enables
States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit
small arms and light weapons,
introduced by Switzerland, was
adopted with a vote and the unanimous support of all EU
countries.

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II.B.3 OSCE

FRANCE

The EU Member States participate actively in the work under-
taken by the OSCE in the field of SALW.

AUSTRIA

Austria actively supported the further implementation of OSCE
documents on small arms and light weapons (SALW) as well as
on stockpiles of
conventional ammunition, with special
emphasis put on projects for their destruction in Belarus, Tadz-
hikistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
Austria also initiated a discussion on how to present relevant
OSCE SALW projects at the UN Review Conference. With
regard to conventional ammunition Austria gave a voluntary
contribution of € 64,470 towards a project to recover and
reprocess smoke-screen chemicals in Georgia.

CYPRUS

Cyprus provided information to the OSCE, concerning national
practices and procedures for the export of Conventional Arms
(fsc.del/374/05, 15.7.2005), on
and Related Technology
Conventional Arms Transfers (FSC.DEL/243/05, 7.6.2005) and
on SALW (FSC.DEL/334/05, 15.7.2005).

DENMARK

Denmark continued its participation in the activities of the
OSCE, including seminars and workshops and other initiatives
related to SALW. Denmark is implementing the OSCE Docu-
ment on Small Arms and Light Weapons

FINLAND

— Secondment of an FSC Support Officer to the Conflict
Prevention Centre in the OSCE in charge of small arms
issues.

— Contribution of expertise for the OSCE programme on
border control management countering small arms traf-
ficking in Central Asia.

— Contribution of expertise and funds to the OSCE regional
workshops on the Handbook of Best Practice Guides on
Small Arms and Light Weapons in Central Asia.

— Contribution to the voluntary fund administered by the
OSCE mission to Tajikistan. The purpose of the fund is to
render assistance in destroying surplus weapons and ammu-
nition and to improve the stockpile security in Tajikistan.

In February 2005, in the framework of the OSCE mechanism
for providing assistance to the destruction of stocks of SALW
and surplus conventional ammunition, France participated in
an expert mission to Russia on the storage and destruction of
ammunition withdrawn from Transdnistria; in April 2005, it
financed an evaluation mission on the storage and destruction
ammunition in the Kaliningrad enclave
of
conventional
(Russia). Similarly,
in the framework of the
in May 2005,
destruction of stocks of ammunition and SALW carried out by
the OSCE in Tajikistan, France financed a mission (training,
supervision of stock creation, control of destruction operations)
by four experts lasting eight months (cost: EUR 110 000).

GERMANY

In the framework of the OSCE Germany has drafted a chapter
on transport of ammunition for the planned OSCE Best Practice
Guide on ammunition and participated actively in the elabora-
tion of an annex to the OSCE Best Practice Guide on SALW
dealing with Stockpile Management and Security of Man-
Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS).

HUNGARY

Within the framework of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe Hungary has undertaken a number of
politically binding commitments in relation to SALW.

ITALY

In 2005, Italy has continued to actively implement the OSCE
document on small arms and light weapons, adopted in
November 2000. In that framework, Italy presented national
updates to the information exchange on major aspects of
controls, brokering,
SALW (production, marking,
destruction techniques) established by the above OSCE docu-
ment.

export

LITHUANIA

Lithuania implements its obligations on information exchange
within the framework of the OSCE document on SALW and on
implementation of the UN Programme of Action. On a yearly
basis Lithuania submits information to the UN and the OSCE
on SALW confiscated or destroyed within national jurisdiction.

— Contribution to the voluntary fund at the OSCE mission to
Georgia. The purpose of the fund is to give assistance in
destroying surplus weapons and ammunition in Georgia.

THE NETHERLANDS

— Contribution to the rapid reaction fund at

the OSCE
mission to Georgia. The purpose of the fund is to give assis-
tance to communities that voluntarily hand over arms.

The Netherlands financed a project for the destruction and safe
storage of SALW and conventional ammunition in the Republic
of Tajikistan.

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SLOVENIA

LITHUANIA

contributed EUR 65 000 EUR to OSCE SALW
Slovenia
ammunition destruction projects
in Tajikistan (SIT 9.7
million— EUR 40 000 ) and in Ukraine (SIT 6.1 million —
EUR 25 000). Slovene diplomat Mr Jernej Cimperšek, coun-
sellor at the Permanent Mission to the OSCE in Vienna, was
appointed as Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) coordinator
for conventional ammunition. Slovenia submitted the National
Report on the implementation of the OSCE document on Small
Arms and Light Weapons (SALW).

SPAIN

Spain, together with the UK and Switzerland, took part in
2004 and 2005 in an OSCE Project in Belarus related to stock-
pile management, destruction of
storage security
conditions, ammunition depots, etc. of SALW and ammuni-
tions related.

surplus,

SWEDEN

In 2005, Sweden supported the following programmes related
to SALW:

— Agreement with UNDP/TFCPR support projects, in coopera-
tion with OSCE, relating to SALW destruction in countries
in the OSCE region, such as Ukraine (SEK 25.000.000)

— Support through OSCE for destruction of SALW in Tajiki-

stan (SEK 800.000)

UNITED KINGDOM

In Belarus, as lead nation within a pioneering OSCE project we
have provided expertise and offered funding on stockpile
management, destruction and record keeping. Furthermore
within the OSCE, the UK continues to support the implementa-
tion of the OSCE Document on SALW (November 2000). At
present, in close harmony with G8 partners along with Sweden
and Turkey, the UK is also co-ordinating drafting of an annex
to the OSCE Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and
Light Weapons which will concentrate on stockpile manage-
ment and security of MANPADS.

II.B.4 NATO

AUSTRIA

Lithuania contributed to the SALW, MANPADS and munitions
destruction project in Ukraine, which is being administered by
NAMSA (NATO).

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Through the projects in the framework of NATO/PfP and
OSCE Slovakia has donated financial contribution for destruc-
tion of SALW and ammunition in Ukraine in total sum EUR
30.000.

UNITED KINGDOM

The UK is also one of a number of countries who gave further
contributions
to an ammunition destruction programme
in Albania by NATO, which aims to destroy
carried out
11 600 tonnes of small arms and light weapons ammunition
over
several years. Similarly in February 2005 the UK
announced GBP 400 000 of funding towards a large scale and
long term NATO project destroying SALW, ammunition and
surface-to-air missiles in Ukraine. The UK is also in the lead of
a project donor currently contributing over GBP 500 000 to
destroy surplus stockpiles SALW and ammunition in Bosnia-
Herzegovina. This project includes an initial target of 250,000
small arms (75 000 already destroyed up until December 2005)
and an additional overall aim of 10 000 tonnes of ammunition.
In 2005 we also destroyed further ammunition stocks in
Albania and provided small arms destruction machines to
South Africa.

II.B.5 ECOWAS

SPAIN

In December 2005 Spain signed a Memorandum of Under-
standing with the Executive Secretary of the Economic Com-
munity of West African States (ECOWAS) pledging to commit
a minimum sum of 1.000.000 euros (to be disbursed during
the period 2006-2008) as a contribution to the activities and
programs of ECOWAS, which includes the support
to the
in West Africa’ of EUR
‘Programme of Small Arms Control
750 000.

Austria gave financial support to a project for the destruction
of SALW, MANPADS and ammunition in Ukraine. The imple-
signed in
menting agreement of
November, destruction started in December.

the US-led project was

II.B.6 The Wassenaar Arrangement

HUNGARY

Hungary has taken an active part in activities carried out in the
framework of the NATO's Partnership for Peace.

Five out of the six remaining EU Member States to join the
Wassenaar Arrangement were admitted in 2005. Cyprus' appli-
cation to join the Arrangement is still pending. The EU is
firmly of the view that the inclusion of all EU Member States
safeguards a high standard of effective export control within
the Wassenaar Arrangement, as well as within the Union.

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Member States continued their participation in the activities of
the Wassenaar Arrangement,
including seminars and work-
shops and other initiatives related to SALW. Denmark is imple-
menting the Wassenaar Arrangement Best Practice Guidelines
for Exports of Small Arms and Light Weapons.

Austria, as chair of the Wassenaar Arrangement, stressed the
significance of this export control regime for the fight against
illegal SALW.

Hungary chaired the Expert Group of the Wassenaar Arrange-
ment in 2005. Upon request of several countries this one-year-
long mandate is extended for 2006. During 2004 and 2005
Hungary acted as a facilitator in case of the Croatian accession
to the Wassenaar Arrangement.

The UK was active in further promoting the Wassenaar Arran-
gement's outreach efforts and, in particular, wider adherence to
the Best Practice Guidelines for exports of SALW and Elements
for Export Controls of MANPADS.

II.B.7 Others

HUNGARY

Hungary supports the work of the Regional Arms Control Veri-
fication and Implementation Assistance Centre. During 2005
Hungary extended its participation by sending a new military
officer to the staff of RACVIAC. Hungary will co-chair the 2nd
working group of RACVIAC in 2006.

Hungary supports the work of the South Eastern Europe Clear-
inghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons.
Hungary participated in the work of a Conference held in
Montenegro for
in
September 2005.

the Western Balkans Security Sector

SPAIN

In October 2005 Spain attended the Third Annual Meeting of
the Representatives of the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms
and Light Weapons that took place in Mexico City.

III. OTHER COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS AND RELEVANT

INFORMATION

FRANCE

For several years, France has shown increased transparency
with the annual report to parliament on arms exports, which is
distributed not only in France but also abroad (embassies and
international organisations). The
report presents national
control practices, and international exercises in the export
control field in which France participates. It also contains many
statistics, including those on exports of small arms and light
weapons.

GERMANY

Recently Germany published its comprehensive 2004 Annual
Report on Arms Exports with a special focus on utmost trans-
parency and openness regarding small arms exports. The report
inter alia contains detailed information on individual export
licences for small arms and related ammunition, such as
country of destination, type of arms, value, and number of
items. A comprehensive overview on German SALW legislation
and policy can be found at www.un.org.

LITHUANIA

Lithuanian national office of Interpol is in co-operation with
Interpol General Secretariat and Interpol national bureaus
through inquiries concerning arms identification or detection
of individuals involved in an illicit arms trade.

IRELAND

SLOVENIA

Ireland, as a member of the Human Security Network, supports
a people-oriented approach to the issue of arms and has a long
history of providing funding for Disarmament, Demobilisation,
Reintegration and Rehabilitation (DDRR) Programmes. Most
recently, Ireland gave a total emergency and recovery funding
of EUR 1,000,000 in 2004 and 2005 for DDRR activities to
the UNDP DDRR Trust Fund. This UNDP
Liberia under
programme works
community-based
that
ensure
programmes are tailored to address the needs of women and
child ex-combatants in particular.

to

Ireland has provided funding to the Geneva Forum, a Geneva-
based organisation that works to build partnerships among and
between governments,
international organisations and NGOs
on disarmament and arms control issues of common concern.

In 2005, Slovenia published for the first
time an Annual
Report on Arms Exports and Imports. The report was
published on the internet site of
the Ministry of Defence
(www.mors.si).

UNITED KINGDOM

During 2005 the UK Annual Report was published, this covers
licensing decisions made during 2004 and details of policy
developments over the last year. The Annual Reports, are seen
internationally as a benchmark of openness and we are one of
the leading countries in providing detailed information on each
arms license. The UK also produces quarterly reports on a
regular basis.

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III.A. Criteria for assessing requests for EU funding of

SALW projects

III.A.1 Priority guidelines

The United Nations Programme of Action to prevent, combat
and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons
in all its aspects, adopted on 20 July 2001, reaffirms the need
for complementarity at global, regional and national levels in
its implementation. The adoption in December 2005 of an EU
Strategy to combat illicit accumulation and trafficking of Small
Arms and Light Weapons and their ammunition illustrates the
EU commitment
to such essential complementarity and to
provide its contribution.

The EU Strategy is a comprehensive document that gives the
combined response needed to overcome the threats posed by
the illicit accumulation and trafficking of SALW and their
ammunition, by identifying concrete actions and practices, and
aims at exploiting fully the means available to the EU at multi-
lateral and regional levels, within the EU and in the EU's bilat-
eral relations. The Strategy builds on existing EU policies and
actions in this area and puts them under a common heading,
including the implementation of Joint Action 2002/589/CFSP.

The Strategy contains an Action Plan and therefore guidelines
for EU initiatives in the area of SALW. The regular meetings of
the Working Party on Global Disarmament and Arms Control
ensure the application of the EU SALW Strategy. At least one
session of this Working Party is exclusively dedicated to SALW
each semester.

III.B Lessons learnt

Under Joint Action 2002/589/CFSP three new projects were
launched. It is to early to draw conclusions in the light of their
implementation. However the Cambodia project has demon-
strated that a successful initiative in this area implies the need
for the recipient country to feel that its counterpart is a strong
political authority, the EU in this case, which will assist the
recipient country in gaining moral authority among the popu-
lation. This is needed in order to change the way populations
perceive the problem of SALW and respond to actions to fight
against it.

III.B.1. Criteria for allocation of funds

Criteria were published in the fourth annual report.

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ANNEX

FRANCE

II.8 — Global Disarmament, Arms Control, Export

Alexander Benedict
Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Department
Control, Multilateral Atomic Energy Issues and IAEA
Address: A-1014 Vienna, Minoritenplatz 8
Tel: +43/5 0 11 50 — 3354
Fax: +43/5 0 11 59 — 5354
E-mail: alexander.benedict@bmaa.gv.at
www.bmaa.gv.at

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Directorate of Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament
Division of Chemical and Biological Disarmament and Conventional
Weapons Control
Tel: (33-1) 43 17 40 70
Fax: (33-1) 43 17 49 52
E-mail: Jean-Francois.Guillaume@diplomatie.gouv.fr

BELGIUM

Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs
International Security Division
Non-proliferation, Disarmament and Arms Control Directorate
15, rue des Petits Carmes
B-1000 Brussels
Tel: (32-2) 501 37 11
Fax:(32-2) 501 38 22
E-mail: werner.bauwens@diplobel.fed.be

CZECH REPUBLIC

n/a

CYPRUS

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Department for Multilateral Relations
Leokoforos Proedikou
Nicosia 1447
Tel: +357 22401146
Fax: +357 22661881
E-mail: sliassides@mfa.gov.cy

DENMARK

John Kierulf
Head of Disarmament and Non-proliferation Unit
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2, Asiatisk Plads
DK-1448 Copenhagen K
Tel: (45) 33 92 06 78
Fax:(45) 33 92 18 04
E-mail: jokier@um.dk

ESTONIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1st Political Department, 1st Division
Ketlin Süsmalainen
Tel: +372 6377 100
Fax: +372 6377 199
E-mail: ksusmalainen@mfa.ee
External Economic and Development Cooperation Department, 4th
Division
Tel: +372 6377 200
Fax: +372 6377 288
E-mail: stratkom@mfa.ee

FINLAND

Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Political Department
Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation
P.O.Box 176
FIN-00161 Helsinki
Tel: +358 9 1605 5580
Fax: +358 9 1605 6066
E-mail: POL-05@formin.fi

GERMANY

National point of contact:
Federal Foreign Office
Division for conventional arms control
Werderscher Markt 1
D-10117 Berlin
Tel: + 49 30 5000 1465
Fax: + 49 30 5000 51465
E-mail: 241-1@diplo.de

GREECE

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Directorate of United Nations and International Organisations
Section of Non-proliferation, Disarmament and Arms Control
GR-Athens
Tel: (30-210) 368 22 50
Fax:(30-210) 368 22 39
E-mail: D01@MFA.GR]

HUNGARY

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Department for Security Policy and Non-proliferation
Desk Officer
Tel: (36-1) 458-1190
Fax: (36-1) 202-0120
E-mail: Titkarsag.bpf@kum.hu

IRELAND

Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section,
Department of Foreign Affairs, St. Stephen's Green,
Dublin 2, Ireland.
Tel: +353-1-4780822.
Fax:+353-1-4082383

ITALY

Counsellor Paolo Cuculi
Disarmament and Non Proliferation Division
General Department for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Piazzale della Farnesina 1
00194 — Rome
Tel: ++ 39 06 3691 4000
Fax: ++ 39 06 3235927
E-mail: paolo.cuculi@esteri.it

LATVIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Security policy department, Non — proliferation and arms control divi-
sion
Brivibas bulv. 36, Riga, LV — 1395, Latvia
Tel: +3717016456 — +371 7016156
Fax: +371 7828121

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LITHUANIA

SLOVENIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Security Policy Department
Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division
J. Tumo-Vaizganto str. 2
LT-01511 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel. +370 5 236 2522
Fax +370 5 236 2519
E-mail: rimgaile.karciauskaite@urm.lt

LUXEMBOURG

M. François Berg
Ministère des Affaires étrangères
Direction des Affaires politiques (Désarmement global)
5, rue Notre-Dame
L-2240 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 478 2469
Fax: +352 22 19 89
E-mail: francois.berg@mae.etat.lu

MALTA

Mr. Andrew Seychell
Assistant Commissioner of Police
Police Force General Headquarters
Floriana
Malta
Tel: +356-21-247800
Fax: +356-21-247922
E-mail: andrew.seychell@gov.mt

THE NETHERLANDS

Desk Officer for Small Arms and Light Weapons
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Arms Export Policy Division and Arms Control (DVB/WW)
P.O. Box 20061
2500 EB The Hague, The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 70 348 5562
Fax: +31 70 348 5479

POLAND

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Department of Security Policy
Tel: +48 22 5239202
Fax: +48 22 6285841
E-mail: dpb@msz.gov.pl

PORTUGAL

Ministry Foreign Affairs
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Unit
Largo do Rilvas
1399-030 Lisboa
Tel.: +351 21 3946295
Fax.: +351 21 3946037
E-mail.: dsd2@sg.mne.gov.pt

SLOVAKIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Department of OSCE and Disarmament
Hlboka cesta 2
833 36 Bratislava
Tel: +(421-2) 5978 3141
Fax: +(421-2) 5978 3149
E-mail: obod@foreign.gov.sk]

Mr Boštjan Jerman
Head of Section for
New Security Challenges and Threats
Security Policy Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Prešernova ulica 25,
SLO-1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: +386 1 478 22 56
Fax: +386 1 478 22 29

SPAIN

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación
Dirección General de Asuntos Internacionales de Terrorismo, No Prolif-
eración y Desarme
Subdirección General de No Proliferación y Desarme
Luis Gómez Nogueira, Desk Officer
C/Padilla, 46
E-28006 Madrid
Tel: + 34 91 379 17 59
Fax: +34-91 394 86 47
E-mail: luis.gomez@mae.es

SWEDEN

Ms. Sara Brandt-Hansen
Desk Officer for SALW
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Department for disarmament and non-proliferation
S-103 39 Stockholm
Tel: +46 8 405 57 34
Fax: +46 8 723 11 76

UNITED KINGDOM

Alastair Totty
Head of Conventional Arms
Security Policy Group
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH
United Kingdom
Tel. + 44 20 7 008 31 33
Fax + 44-20 7 008 26 35
E-mail: Alastair.Totty@fco.gov.uk

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION SECRETARIAT

Office of the Personal Representative on non-proliferation
Rue de Loi, 175
B-1049 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 281 80 44
Fax: +32 2 281 81 55
E-mail: infoWMD@consilium.europa.eu
www.consilium.europa.eu/wmd

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

External Relations — Directorate General
Mrs. Daniela Dicorrado Andreoni
Tel: +32 2 29 94 167
Fax: +32 2 29 50 580
E-mail: daniela.dicorrado-andreoni@ec.europa.eu.