The impartial forces have strengthened their deployment in order to prevent incursions and to confiscate individual arms.

The process can be outlined as follows. A Somali warlord places an order to import arms into Somalia.

(d) After eradicating security tension, and the establishment of law and order, a quest for possessing arms would not exist.

According to the Law on Arms the manufacturing of arms and bullets is carried out by the legal entities who had obtained licenses for arms production in the order prescribed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, ensuring the complete safety of the arms manufacturing, supervision over the manufacturing process and the appropriate quality of the products.

The Transitional Government is studying ways of reinforcing border security measures in order to discourage any arms trafficking in the national territory.

Governments need to work on the basis of the principle of confidence building in order to put an end to the arms race.

Halting and reversing the nuclear arms race in all its aspects is essential in order to avert the danger of war involving nuclear weapons.

Thirdly, arms must be controlled and restraint must be exercised by every State in order to prevent unnecessary human suffering and loss of human life.

The establishment of an international instrument on the identification and tracing of small arms and light weapons would also help the Council in its efforts to enforce arms embargoes and to control the illicit trade in order to ensure the protection of civilians.

This could bring existing arms control and disarmament efforts to naught and, some fear, bring the international order back to the time of the Cold War.

We can no longer afford to falter between democracy, embodied in a legally established Government, and those who take up arms in order to seize power.

WCO suggested that capacity building was very important in order to enhance the arms embargo, as customs officers had limited knowledge in identifying cross border firearms.

Does the Government of Yemen buy arms from or sell arms to the arms market?

That fails to take into account the right of all States to possess small arms and light weapons in order to meet their legitimate defence and security needs.

Furthermore, we encourage the Council to consider increased cooperation with the International Criminal Police Organization in order to improve identification of diversion points in the trade of small arms.

The Congolese Government, by Order No. 003 of 31 March 2003, set up a Focal Point to coordinate action to combat illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons.

In order to curb this trend, Kenya requests the Secretary General to undertake a study into the possibility of a legal instrument to control international transfers of conventional arms.

Such steps would include export control, arms and arms brokers licensing systems and measures to criminalize arms embargo violations.

A. Bakaraaha Arms Market, arms trading networks and the opposition

Acknowledging the right of all States to manufacture, import, export, transfer and retain conventional arms for self defence and security needs, and in order to participate in peace support operations,

She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

The Monitoring Group should continue to consult with WCO in order to establish a cooperation mechanism to guarantee the effectiveness of United Nations sanctions, in addition to sharing and exchanging information and intelligence on the arms embargo and providing the necessary support for special programmes aimed at enhancing the arms embargo.

In addition to those measures which address the supply, particular attention should also be devoted to promoting a culture of non violence in order to reduce the demand for small arms.

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Small arms.

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Arms control

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We believe that, in order to combat the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons, the Security Council should support the recommendations contained in the Secretary General's report (S 2005 69).

In the framework of securing the territory, UNOCI has strengthened its operational cooperation with the United Nations Mission in Liberia in order to prevent the cross border movement of arms and fighters.

Arms purchases and sales at the Irtogte arms market during the mandate period

(b) Restriction of arms possession leading to a total control over these arms.

Arms purchases and sales at the Bakaraaha Arms Market investigated during the mandate period

The Monitoring Group uncovered 34 individual arms shipments or violations of the arms embargo.

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Small arms control

(b) Conventional arms

Of the 34 arms shipments identified by the Monitoring Group, 21 transactions were conducted through the Bakaaraha arms market, which reaffirms the central role it plays in the arms trade and in arms embargo violations in Somalia.

Additionally, the Monitoring Group is convinced that another arms market, located in Yemen, operates in conjunction with the Bakaarah arms market by functioning as a continuing source for the arms routinely received by the Bakaarah arms market.