A Guide to the UN Small Arms Process: 2016 Update

By Sarah Parker with Marcus Wilson, June 2016

This revised Handbook is designed to assist and inform policy-makers who are new to  small arms on the international agenda. While it is not meant to serve as a policy tool or as an exhaustive review of the small arms process, this concise manual includes:

• definitions and terminology;
• a brief history of the small arms process;
• summaries of key issues, instruments, and measures; and
• an overview of the roles of various institutions.

    The 2014 edition of the Handbook is also available in French