Increasing safety of all citizens - 1,839 pieces of small arms and light weapons, and components smelted

On Saturday, 17 October 2020, 12 police agencies from Bosnia and Herzegovina together with the SALW Coordination Board destroyed 1,839 pieces of small arms and light weapons (SALW), and their parts ...

Police services in South East Europe trained on Open Source Intelligence

28 September - 2 October 2020 SEESAC organized a five-day workshop on Open source intelligence (OSINT) for police services in South East Europe further developing capacities of the Firearms Focal ...

Fast Facts on Small Arms and Light Weapons Surveys in South East Europe released

In 2018, with support from SEESAC the Commissions for Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) coordinated the collection of data on the distribution and impact of SALW within South East Europe, namely in ...

Roadmap Regional Project coordinated by UNDP SEESAC featured in the Funding Windows 2019 Annual Report

The Funding Windows Annual Report 2019 provides a broad range of results achieved through UNDP’s Funding Windows pooled funding mechanism, thanks to contributions provided by Denmark, Germany, ...

The 3rd Regional Coordination Meeting of the Western Balkans SALW Control Roadmap

Following the Third Roadmap Local Coordination Meetings organized by SALW Commissions in Sarajevo (2 June), Tirana (17 June), Pristina (24 June) and Skopje (26 June) over 120 participants, joined on 3 ...

Third Round of the Roadmap Local Coordination Meetings in the Western Balkans

Within the framework for the implementation of the Regional Roadmap for a sustainable solution to arms control in the Western Balkans, local Coordination Meetings were organized online by the SALW ...

Security of SALW and ammunition of Albanian Ministry of Defence further enhanced

Security infrastructure works at SALW and ammunition storage facility in Miraka, Albania have been completed, in line with international security standards. Successful testing, commissioning and ...

South-East Europe Defence Ministerial Initiative reviews common security challenges

UNDP SEESAC participated in the 42nd South-East Europe Defence Ministerial Coordination Committee Meeting (SEDM - CC) held via teleconference on 15 May 2020, under the Chairmanship of the Ministry of ...

SEESAC supports development of the first Law on civil use of explosives in the Western Balkans harmonized with the EU regulatory framework

14 May 2020 Skopje, a new draft law on Explosives for civil use and pyrotechnical articles was discussed today in a workshop where SEESAC provided advisory support to the Ministry of Internal ...

Institutions in Albania and Serbia enhancing physical security and stockpile management with support of the United States of America featured in the annual report To Walk the Earth in Safety

The recently published 2019 Annual Report To Walk the Earth in Safety (TWEIS) - by the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs’ Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement’s (PM/WRA) - acknowledges  the ...