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ACRONYMS ATFUS BATF BPA CFR CFR CICAD CICAD CIP DDPS DRC EAPC ECOWAS EU FN FREDES FRT GRIP IWETS NATO NCB NCIS NFFID NFTS NGO NTC Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (US) British Proof Authorities Canadian Firearms Register Central Firearms Register Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission Model Regulations: Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission’s Model Regulations for the Control of the International Movement of Firearms, their Parts and Components, and Ammunition Commission of International Proof Federal Department of Defence, Civilian Protection, and Sports(Switzerland) Democratic Republic of Congo Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Economic Community of West African States European Union Fabrique nationale Firearms Registration Direct Entry System Firearms Reference Table Group de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité (Brussels) Interpol International Weapons and Explosives Tracking System North Atlantic Treaty Organisation National Central Bureau (of each national member of Interpol) National Criminal Intelligence Service (UK) National Firearms Forensics Intelligence Database (UK) National Firearms Tracing Service (UK) Non-Governmental Organization National Tracing Centre (USA) xi
Page 1 and 2: UNIDIR/2002/20 The Scope and Implic
Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS Page Preface. . . . . . .
Page 5: v Chapter 4 Structures and Institut
Page 8 and 9: viii point of diversion, thus inhib
Page 12 and 13: xii OAS OASConvention OSCE OSCE PGT
Page 14 and 15: CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW PAPER Owen Green
Page 16 and 17: 3 Ammunition and explosives are inc
Page 18 and 19: 5 law enforcement agencies generall
Page 20 and 21: 7 commits States parties to coopera
Page 22 and 23: 9 It is, in fact, important that ma
Page 24 and 25: 11 codes have been sanitized. Altho
Page 26 and 27: 13 Regional Agreements The three re
Page 28 and 29: 15 In many countries, including the
Page 30 and 31: 17 • establish and maintain compl
Page 32 and 33: 19 and other identifiers and histor
Page 34 and 35: 21 industry and trade groups. ATF i
Page 36 and 37: 23 and for training and education p
Page 38 and 39: 25 UN forces have actively sought t
Page 40 and 41: 27 investigations and through close
Page 42 and 43: 29 The participating States agree t
Page 44 and 45: 31 In this final section, we consid
Page 46 and 47: 33 also lay the basis for future ne
Page 48 and 49: 35 further tracing. Where there was
Page 50 and 51: 37 sharing at sub-regional, regiona
Page 52 and 53: 39 International efforts to develop
Page 54 and 55: United Nations Convention against T
Page 56: 46 This issue was raised during the
Page 59 and 60: 46 Nations Convention against Trans
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48 Figure 1: The relationship betwe
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50 e. devices that produce electric
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52 characteristics? What are the di
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54 2.3 WHAT FEATURES OF THE VARIOUS
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56 account elements of the investig
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58 different manufacturers is stagg
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60 different cartridge components.
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62 According to the UN definition,
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64 efficiency) can only take place
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66 Table 3: Categories of firearms
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68 sophisticated and are comprised
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70 is—remains unrealistic, which
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72 Table 5: Handgun registration ac
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74 a PGT, more efficient use should
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76 There is no answer to the above,
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78 Of course, the costs in Table 6
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80 In conclusion, let us recall tha
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82 29 Organisation des Nations Unie
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84 APPENDIX 2
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86 APPENDIX 4 - - - Where does the
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CHAPTER 3 MARKING AND RECORD-KEEPIN
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91 secondary marking is certainly a
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93 It is unnecessary to sanitize ma
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95 3.1.4 Markings on Components and
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97 In such cases, a new unique iden
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99 the tracing process. For example
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101 official recovering these weapo
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103 computer programmes are availab
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105 therefore, be greatly reduced t
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107 whenever illicit weapons are re
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109 (b) Otherwise, import markings
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111 5. Individual Military Units Ar
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113 it extremely difficult to retri
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115 The second UNLiREC/CICAD/OAS in
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117 • Limited proactive investiga
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119 its provisions have a direct re
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121 3.5 LESSONS THAT CAN BE LEARNED
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123 factories. The VIN codes are al
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125 3.6 STORAGE AND ACCESS TO THE I
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127 agencies. Access to systems, su
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129 3.9 TRACING MODALITIES National
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131 that a weapon is the proceeds o
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133 The various regions of the worl
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135 Secretariat shall take all nece
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137 communities, jeopardizing their
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139 Notes 1 The author would like t
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141 20 UN TOC Article 2(a) “Organ
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CHAPTER 4 STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIO
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145 and he believed that the number
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147 • Licensing: Although not nec
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149 4.2.1 State Tracing Centers Whe
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151 of the often myriad players (la
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153 • accessibility of the record
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155 4.3.4 Local, Regional, or Natio
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157 firearm can provide instant inf
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7 Indeed, even within a single coun
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CHAPTER 5 SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAP
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163 6. The Protocol on the Control
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165 (i) A recommendation to the Gen
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167 SADC Protocol Scope: • This m
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169 • Classic marking has the adv
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171 legibility and durability of th
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to the last importer indicated on t
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175 The UN Programme of Action •
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177 harmonization of data exchange
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179 party guarantees its confidenti
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181 The SADC Protocol • The State
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183 norms of the desirable system d
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185 The SADC Protocol • The State
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187 5.3.2 The Bamako Declaration Th
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189 firearms index that contains th
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a. From a geographical point of vie
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193 A further question concerns whe
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195 14 “Strictly speaking” here
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197 are considered dangerous, and i
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199 BIBLIOGRAPHY Bamako Declaration
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201
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203 Number of States concerned All
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205 Concerns explosives? General ob
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207 Includes the year of manufactur
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209 Marking of existing weapons Uni
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211 Firearms, ammunition and/or oth
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213 Other States improve the capaci
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215 National point of contact Regio
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217 Crosschecking of information us
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