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The Southeast Europe Women Police Officers Network (SEE WPON) held its launch meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria on 2-3 December 2009. The meeting, the third in a series, was organized by the Southeast Police Chiefs Association (SEPCA) and supported by UNDP/SEESAC,  ... read more

Convertible Weapons in the Western Balkans is the result of a comparative study which was carried out to determine the extent to which convertible weapons are addressed in existing legislation and the extent to which this corresponds with new European Union regulations. In 2008, the European Parliament and the European Council adopted Directive 2008/51/EC, which amended Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons. One of the amendments included within the definition of a firearm non-lethal  ... read more

On Saturday 21 November 2009 at the "Centar za reciklazu" in Zeleznik, Belgrade, the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia and SEESAC implemented a joint project for the destruction of 10,000 surplus and collected weapons. The destruction event  ... read more

The first meeting of the regional information exchange process on arms export controls took place on 12 November 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia, with the participation of delegations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of  ... read more

The Republic of Montenegro has produced their third national report on export and import of arms, military equipment and dual-use goods covering the period 01 Jan - 31 Dec 2008.

The main body of the Report contains general information on applicable legislation, the new Law on Foreign Trade in Controlled Goods, in force since 01 July 2009, the policy of export and import controls, national control lists, competent institutions in the licensing process, licensing criteria, international agreements,  ... read more