24 October – kick off day for Disarmament Week

24 October 2017 Monday 24th October 2017 marks the beginning of the United Nations (UN) disarmament week. Disarmament involves decreasing the numbers of all types of arms, from weapons of mass ...

SEESAC shares expertise with INTERPOL members

SEESAC presented its holistic, regional approach to small arms and light weapons (SALW) control to INTERPOL members at the 4th INTERPOL Firearm Forensics Symposium, held from 17th – 19th October in ...

Ministries of Defense work together to benefit South East Europe

The South-East Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) Process brought together representatives of Ministries of Defense from across South East Europe to discuss joint projects and common challenges, on ...

Regional solutions for cross border security challenges

For the 9th time since 2009, RASR gathered government representatives on stockpile management from six countries in South-East Europe and experts from several international organizations to exchange ...

From its citizens to law enforcement, Montenegro united in destroying its ammunition

Citizens, the Police and the Ministry of Interior of Montenegro united to destroy 21,412 pieces of ammunition on 22 September in an event funded by the European Union and facilitated by SEESAC. ...

SEESAC’s stockpile management training – global best practice as perceived by United Nations Secretary General

The United Nations Secretary-General outlined the achievements of United Nations agencies, governments, regional organizations and non-governmental organizations in preventing, combating and ...

A 360 degrees approach to a security threat that is here to stay

SEESAC at the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation Vienna, 20 September 2017 Since 2002, SEESAC has been providing continuous support to security institutions of South East Europe in their ...

Serbia destroys 18,009 pieces of small arms and light weapons

The Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia disposed of 18,009 pieces of firearms with EU and UNDP SEESAC support. Destruction of small arms and light weapons reduces the risk of SALW ...

The Regional Report on Arms Exports 2014 - Available Now

The eighth issue of the Regional Report on Arms Exports, covering licenses issued in 2014, is now available.  The Report, published by SEESAC and funded by the European Union, is based on export data ...

Over 2,400 SALW destroyed in Western Balkans to mark International Gun Destruction Day

The Western Balkans joined the annual International Gun Destruction Day by disposing of over 2,400 small arms and light weapons (SALW). Funded by the European Union and coordinated by SEESAC ...