EU supports SEESAC activities

On 11 March 2010, the Council of the European Union adopted Council Decision 2010/179/CFSP in support of a SEESAC project which aims to reduce the threat posed by SALW to security in the Western Balkans. The activities to be supported by the EU have the following specific objectives:
 

• to improve the management and security of unsafe and unstable stockpiles of weapons and ammunition,
• to reduce the available stockpiles of weapons and ammunition through destruction activities,
• to enhance controls on SALW, including through the implementation of international and national instruments on marking and tracing in the Western Balkans countries and improvement of the weapons registration process.

The EU is providing a grant in the amount of EUR 1,600,000 over the period of 24 months.

The full text of the Council Decision can be found here.