MISSING PIECES - Inter-Parliamentary Union
MISSING PIECES - Inter-Parliamentary Union
MISSING PIECES - Inter-Parliamentary Union
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<strong>MISSING</strong> <strong>PIECES</strong><br />
TABLE 2 ENTRY POINTS FOR ACTION ON ARMED GROUPS AND SMALL ARMS<br />
CONTROL FOR PARLIAMENTARY ACTION 24<br />
Problem<br />
‘Supply’<br />
How do<br />
armed<br />
groups get<br />
weapons?<br />
Legal/grey market transfers<br />
Through arms brokers<br />
Embargo busting<br />
Trafficking<br />
Possible responses<br />
Adopt human rights and IHL<br />
criteria for arms transfers<br />
Ban transfers to groups<br />
known to commit egregious<br />
human rights violations<br />
Introduce robust legislation<br />
on brokering and ensure<br />
prosecution of unscrupulous<br />
arms brokers and shipping<br />
agents<br />
Better equip the UN to monitor<br />
and enforce arms embargoes;<br />
establish a UN embargoes unit<br />
Ratify and implement the UN<br />
Firearms Protocol<br />
Tighten border controls<br />
‘Demand’<br />
How can the<br />
demand for<br />
weapons be<br />
reduced?<br />
Weak stockpile management<br />
(e.g. looting of armouries)<br />
Addressing inequality and<br />
insecurity<br />
Disarmament<br />
Review the procedures and<br />
facilities for safe storage and<br />
registration of guns and<br />
ammunition<br />
Manifestations of inequality<br />
and insecurity need to be<br />
identified and addressed on a<br />
case-by-case basis (for<br />
example, unequal distribution<br />
of resources, access to power,<br />
trafficking in conflict goods)<br />
Effective disarmament that<br />
goes beyond weapons collection<br />
related to cease-fires and<br />
peace agreements and includes<br />
‘weapons for development’<br />
projects, long-term arms control<br />
initiatives, regulation of<br />
all civilian users, and detailed<br />
reintegration strategies<br />
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