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Regional disarmament
Through its efforts to enhance controls on SALW, including the
implementation of international and national instruments on marking and
tracing, and the improvement of the weapons registration process, SEESAC
successfully assisted the Governments of Montenegro and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in implementing an efficient weapons
registration system, in connection with SEESAC activities on marking, tracing
and registration of firearms.
The SEESAC focus on improving the administrative capacity and
support for transparency of arms transfers to and from the Western Balkans
resulted in: (a) the publication of annual national reports on arms exports and
imports by Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia; (b) the publication of
the third Regional Report on Arms Exports; (c) the development of a regional
database of registered brokers; and (d) the support for the Parliamentary
Forum on small arms and light weapons.
Throughout the year, SEESAC continued to act as the Secretariat for
the Regional Information Exchange Process on Arms Export Controls and
organized three regional meetings among Government officials from the
countries of the Western Balkans.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has consistently
supported arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation, in line with the
commitments of the Allies under existing arms control treaties and agreements
and within the framework of the new Strategic Concept adopted at the
Lisbon Summit, held in 2010. The Alliance has also been implementing the
Comprehensive, Strategic-Level Policy for Preventing the Proliferation of
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Defending against Chemical, Biological,
Radiological and Nuclear Threats. 56 At the same time, NATO continued to be
concerned about the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and called
upon specific countries to comply fully and without delay with all relevant
United Nations Security Council resolutions and international obligations.
In 2011, following its active policy of cooperation and outreach to
partners and international organizations, NATO organized its seventh annual
Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction Arms Control, Disarmament and
Non-proliferation, which took place in Bergen, Norway, from 15 to 16 June.
Senior officials participated in a free and informal discussion on a wide range
of proliferation issues, representing Allies and Partners, as well as countries
from Asia and the Pacific, international organizations, and select academic
institutions and think tanks. Together with Azerbaijani authorities, NATO
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