Small and light weapons Other firearms, their parts and components and Ammunition Plastic explosives, Other explosives and their precursors.

OP 2 BW, CW, NW

Nuclear disarmament can trigger progress in other weapon systems, be they conventional, chemical, biological or bacteriological weapons.

With regard to weapons export, Tunisia does not manufacture weapons and so does not export them, nor does it import weapons for export.

Small arms, light weapons and landmines

Nuclear weapons and disarmament

The armed forces and police of States therefore need small arms and light weapons.

The control of small arms and disarmament of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons is a prerequisite for peace and security.

Furthermore, with respect to the question of small arms and light weapons, illegal and legal weapons appear to be dealt with in the same manner.

This is particularly important in the field of conventional weapons, small arms and light weapons and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration.

Nuclear weapon States should work towards eliminating their large nuclear stockpiles and the nuclear weapons remaining in their arsenals.

Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons

In large parts of the world, small arms and light weapons are weapons of mass destruction.

Illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons

Combating the proliferation of small arms and light weapons

The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons has contributed to their unlimited proliferation.

Until the goal of the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons is achieved, nuclear weapon States should commit themselves not to be the first to use nuclear weapons and should undertake unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non nuclear weapon States or nuclear weapon free zones.

Disarmament and repatriation of foreign armed groups

Controlling illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons

Also, weapons exporting countries need to assume a greater degree of responsibility in their operations relative to small arms and light weapons.

The group deals chiefly in ammunition, small arms and heavy weapons (anti aircraft and anti tank weapons).

The dangers posed by WMDs should not lead us to underestimate the gravity of the proliferation of conventional weapons, such as small arms and light weapons, and landmines.

(a) Switzerland is a party to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.

Disarmament and repatriation of foreign armed groups

8. Stresses the need for an undertaking by the nuclear weapon States that possess such weapons not to increase the number or types of weapons deployed and not to develop new types of these weapons or rationalizations for their use

In some societies, especially in Africa, the latter constitute the weapons of mass destruction.

Such a zone should include an appeal to the nuclear weapon States to honour the desires of the region to be totally free from nuclear weapons and thus the NWS should desist from transiting deployed nuclear weapons through the oceans in the zone.

The recent increased risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery was accompanied by the threat that non State actors, might gain access to nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological weapons and sensitive material.

Cluster weapons systems held by the French armed forces

Prevention of human rights violations committed with small arms and light weapons

and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction

Small arms and light weapons are now central to all civil wars and armed violence throughout the world.

Mindful of the impact of surplus small arms and light weapons on the illicit trade in these weapons, and welcoming the practical measures taken by States to destroy surplus weapons and confiscated or collected weapons, in accordance with the recommendations of the Secretary General in his report on small arms,A 54 258.

UNIDIR is carrying out a pilot project on the theme European action on small arms, light weapons and explosive remnants of war , and work has begun on a joint study with the South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons and the University of Bradford to undertake a study of the costs of destroying small arms and light weapons.

The need to prevent small arms and light weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists is becoming increasingly clear, in particular with regard to the most dangerous types of small arms and light weapons.

(i) The prohibition of those types of non strategic nuclear weapons that have already been removed from the arsenals of some nuclear weapon States and the development of transparency mechanisms for the verification of the elimination of these weapons

The gravity of the problem of small arms and light weapons is clearly illustrated by the fact that such weapons cause more than 90 per cent of all casualties in armed conflicts.

The meeting resulted in the adoption of a pilot programme on small arms and light weapons control and an international framework for the national commission on small arms and light weapons.

Australia is a State Party to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).

The use of children in armed conflict has been aggravated by the proliferation of small arms and light weapons worldwide.

(e) Development of nuclear weapons is also prohibited in the Arms and Explosives Act.

Focal point responsible for combating the use of small arms and light weapons

Uganda National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Illicit brokering of small arms and light weapons

Furthermore, as experience shows that marking and tracing of small arms and light weapons is an effective instrument for the regulation of their flows, the Council may also wish to recommend that all small arms and light weapons used in peacekeeping missions be marked and traced, as appropriate, by the United Nations, in collaboration with troop contributing countries.