2nd SEEFEN meeting held in Belgrade

BELGRADE – The second meeting of the South East Europe Firearms Expert Network (SEEFEN) took place on 19-20 May 2015 in Belgrade. The meeting focused on challenges of multi-sectoral cooperation in ...

EU and SEESAC Support Serbia’s Legalization Campaign

The Serbian Ministry of Interior, supported by the European Union (EU) through SEESAC, is organizing a country-wide campaign aimed at informing the citizens about the ongoing legalization, and calling ...

Regional Steering Group on SALW holds annual meeting

SARAJEVO - Regional Steering Group (RSG) for Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) held its annual meeting on 27 February 2015, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Hosted by the Regional ...

2,802 Pieces of SALW Destroyed in Kosovo*

On 2 December, 2014, Kosovo* institutions, with the support of the EU through UNDP’s SEESAC initiative, destroyed 2,802 weapons and 903 weapon parts. The destructions works towards reducing the ...

Upgrades of Ammunition Storage in Montenegro Finalized

Continuing its efforts to reduce the threat of proliferation of SALW and their ammunition, SEESAC completed the security upgrades on the Montenegro Armed Forces’ Brezovik ammuniton depot. Makring the ...

SALW Collection Campaign Trail in Bosnia and Herzegovina Continues in Čapljlina, Mostar, Visoko, Vogošća, Ilidža and Sarajevo

The SALW collection- and awareness-raising campaign “Be on the Right Side – Choose Life without Weapons” campaign, being carried out throughout the year in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has resumed after a ...

Third Formal Regional Meeting of SALW Commissions Held in Pristina

As the executive arm of the Regional Implementation Plan on Combating the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), UNDP’s SEESAC initiative seeks to support information sharing and ...

The First Meeting of Regional Firearms Experts held in Durres

Providing greater insight into the potential of illicit accumulation and trafficking of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and their ammunition originating from or transiting through South East ...

SEESAC Supports the SALW Collection Campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The number of illicit weapons which remain in the hands of the civilian population in the Western Balkans remains high. As a response to this issue, a series of small arms and light weapons (SALW) ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Destroys 1,200 Pieces Small Arms with Support of the EU

On 30 June, 2014, authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina destroyed over 1,200 small arms in a steel mill in Banja Luka. The spread of small arms and light weapons (SALW) continues to affect the ...