Weapons Collection and Destruction

Dynamic Disposal: An Introduction to Mobile and Transportable Industrial Ammunition Demilitarization Equipment, January 2013. The Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) Initiative, Issue Brief No. 3

Costs and Consequences: Unplanned Explosions and Demilitarization
in South-east Europe, by Jasna Lazarević, a joint publication of the Regional Approach for Stockpile Reduction, the US Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, and the Small Arms Survey, November 2012. Special Report No. 18

Capabilities and Capacities: A Survey of South-east Europe’s Demilitarization Infrastructure, by Pierre Gobinet, a joint publication of the Regional Approach for Stockpile Reduction, the US Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, and the Small Arms Survey, April 2012. Special Report No. 15

Buy and Burn: Factoring Demilitarization into Ammunition Procurement, April 2012. A joint publication of the Regional Approach for Stockpile Reduction, the US Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, and the Small Arms Survey. Issue Brief No. 2 (also available in Albanian, BCMS and Bulgarian)

Safer Stockpiles: Practitioners’ Experiences with Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Assistance Programmes, edited by Benjamin King, April 2011. Occasional Paper No. 27

South-east European Surplus Arms: State Policies and Practices, November 2010. The Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) Initiative, Issue Brief No. 1 (also available in Albanian and BCMS)

The Politics of Destroying Surplus Small Arms - Inconspicuous Disarmament, edited by Aaron Karp, published by Routledge, July 2009.

Man, the State, and War: The Three Faces of Small Arms Disarmament, by Aaron Karp, 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War. 

The Central African Republic and Small Arms: A Regional Tinderbox, by Eric G. Berman with Louisa N. Lombard, December 2008 (also available in French).

A Semi-automatic Process? Identifying and Destroying Military Surplus, by Aaron Karp, 2008. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience.

Stockpile Management: Disposal and Destruction, by Adrian Wilkinson, 2008. In James Bevan, ed. Conventional Ammunition in Surplus: A Reference Guide, co-published with BICC, FAS, GRIP, and SEESAC with support from the German Federal Foreign Office.

Conventional Ammunition in Surplus: A Reference Guide, edited by James Bevan, co-published with BICC, FAS, GRIP, and SEESAC with support from the German Federal Foreign Office, January 2008.

Disposal of Surplus Small Arms: A survey of policies and practices in OSCE countries, co-published with BICC, Saferworld, and BASIC, edited by Sami Faltas and Vera Chrobok, January 2004

A Guide to the Destruction of Small Arms and Light Weapons: the Approach of the South African National Defence Force, by Sarah Meek and Noel Stott, co-published with the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), 2004.

Talking about Disarmament: The Role of Small Arms in Peace Processes, by Camilla Waszink, 2003. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied

Destroying Surplus Weapons: An Assessment of Experience in South Africa and Lesotho, by Sarah Meek and Noel Stott, co-published with UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), 2003.

Changing Attitudes: Weapons Collection and Destruction, by Camilla Waszink, 2002. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2002: Counting the Human Cost.

Removing Small Arms from Society: A Review of Weapons Collection and Destruction Programmes, by Sami Faltas, Glenn McDonald, and Camilla Waszink, July 2001. Occasional Paper No. 2

United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs (UNDDA). 2001. A Destruction Handbook: Small Arms, Light Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives.

Turner, Mandy. 2006. Costs of Disarmament: Cost Benefit Analysis of SALW Destruction versus Storage. Geneva: UNIDIR.

Borrie, John and Vanessa Martin Randin, eds. 2006. Thinking Outside the Box in Multilateral Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations. Geneva: UNIDIR.

Peartree, C. Edward. 2001. Destroying Excess Small Arms: U.S. Policy and Programs. In U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda Vol 6. No.2, Washington, D.C.: U.S. State Department. June.

Godnick, William. 2001. Transforming Attitudes Towards the Tools of Violence: the Arms Exchange Programme in Mendoza, Argentina. Working Paper No. 3. Bradford: Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford.

Hughes-Wilson, John and Adrian Wilkinson. 2001. Safe and Efficient Small Arms Collection and Destruction Programmes: A Proposal for Practical Technical Measures. New York: UNDP.

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC). 2000. Tackling Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Practical Guide for Collection and Destruction. Bonn: Bonn International Center for Conversion.

DeClerq, David. 1999. Destroying Small Arms and Light Weapons: Survey of Methods and Practical Guide. Report No.13. Bonn: Bonn International Centre for Conversion.

International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). 1998. Report of the UNDP Mission for an Arms Collection Pilot Programme in the Gramsh District - Albania. Tirana: IANSA.

Meek, Sarah. 1998. Buy or Barter: The History and Prospects of Voluntary Weapons Collection Programmes. ISS Monograph Series 22. London: Institute for Strategic Studies.

Laurence, Edward, assisted by Sarah Meek. 1996. The New Field of Micro-Disarmament: Addressing the Proliferation and Buildup of Small Arms and Light Weapons. Issues Brief 7. Bonn: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC).

Kennedy, David, et al. 1996. Gun Buy-backs: Where Do We Stand and Where Do We Go? In Plotkin, Marta R., ed. Under Fire: Gun Buy-backs, Exchanges and Amnesty Programs. Washington, D.C.: Police Executive Research Forum.

Kleck, Gary. 1996. Nothing Succeeds Like Failure. In Plotkin, Marta R., ed. Under Fire: Gun Buy-backs, Exchanges and Amnesty Programs. Washington, D.C.: Police Executive Research Forum.

OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe). 2008. OSCE Handbook of Best Practices on Conventional Ammunition. Vienna: OSCE.

OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe). 2003. OSCE Document on Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition. FSC.DOC/1/03. Adopted at the 407th Plenary Meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation. Vienna: OSCE. 19 November.

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2003. Best Practice Guide on National Procedures for the Destruction of Small Arms and Light Weapons. Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons. 19 September. FSC. GAL/26/03/Rev 2.

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2003. Best Practice Guide on the Definition and Indicators of a Surplus of Small Arms and Light Weapons. Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons. 19 September. FSC. GAL/36/03/Rev 3.

UNSC (United Nations Security Council). 2000. Methods of Destruction of Small Arms, Light Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives. S/2000/1092 as of 15 November 2000.