4th Regional SALW Commissions Meeting

Budva, Montenegro – The Fourth Regional Meeting of Commissions for Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) was held on 25-26 May 2015, bringing together representatives of SALW commissions from Albania, ...

Supporting Awareness Raising for Legalization of Illicit Weapons in Serbia

BELGRADE - The Ministry of Interior of Republic of Serbia organized the final in a series of street events on 23 May 2015 in downtown Belgrade to promote legalization of firearms. Legalization of ...

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 ...

“From Cradle to Grave” – Tracing the firearms

The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons occurs in all parts of the globe but is concentrated in areas afflicted by armed conflict, violence, and organized crime, where the demand for illicit ...

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 Kosovo1

On 2 December, 2014, Kosovo1 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 ...