Measures

Marking and Tracing

Small Arms Survey Publication

Anders, Holger. 2006. Following the Lethal Trail: Identifying Sources of Illicit Ammunition. In Stéphanie Pézard and Holger Anders (Eds.) Targeting Ammunition: A Primer.

Pézard, Stéphanie. 2005. Rounding out the Gun: Ammunition. In Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War.


Other Articles, Books, and Journals

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2005. Report of the Open-ended Working Group to Negotiate an International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons. UN Document A/60/88 of 27 June.

Groupe de recherche et d'information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP). 2005. Scope for International Minimum Standards on Tracing Illicit SALW Ammunition. Note d'Analyse. Brussels: GRIP.

Amnesty International, International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and Oxfam. 2004. Tracking Lethal Tools. Control Arms Campaign. ACT 30/022/2004.

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 1999. Report of the Group of Experts on the Problem of Ammunition and Explosives. A/54/155 of 29 June.


Further Resources

Groupe de recherche et d'information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP)
UN Open-Ended Working Group on Tracing Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (OEGW)
UN Group of Governmental Experts on Tracing Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons
 
 
 

Stockpiles Management and Destruction

Small Arms Survey Publications

Wilkinson, Adrian. 2006. Looking After the Legacy: Stockpiles Management. In Stéphanie Pézard and Holger Anders (Eds.) Targeting Ammunition: A Primer.

Wilkinson, Adrian. 2006. The Three Ds: Disposal, Demilitarization, and Destruction. In Stéphanie Pézard and Holger Anders (Eds.) Targeting Ammunition: A Primer.

Pézard, Stéphanie. 2005. Rounding out the Gun: Ammunition. In Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War.


Other Articles, Books, and Journals

Greene, Owen, Sally Holt and Adrian Wilkinson. 2005. Biting the Bullet 18: Ammunition Stocks, Promoting Safe and Secure Storage and Disposal. Bradford: CICS, IANSA, Saferworld, SEESAC.

South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC). 2004. RMDS/G 05.50: Ammunition and Explosives Stockpile Management. Belgrade: SEESAC.

Faltas, Sami and Vera Chrobok. 2004. Disposal of Surplus Small Arms: A Survey of Policies and Practices in OSCE Countries. Bonn: BICC, BASIC, Saferworld, Small Arms Survey.

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2003. Best Practice Guide on National Procedures for SALW Stockpile Management and Security. 19 September. FSC GAL/43/03/Rev 3.

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2003. Document on Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition. 19 November. FSC DOC/1/03.

Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD). 2002. Explosive Remnants of War (ERW): Undesired Explosive Events in Ammunition Storage Areas. Geneva: GICHD.

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

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.


Further Resources

North Atlantic Treaty Organization / Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (NATO MSIAC)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization / International Security Assistance Force (NATO ISAF)
South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)