SEESAC Chairs RASR Steering Committee Meeting

The Steering Committee of The Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) met on 14 January 2013 in Belgrade, Serbia. Chaired by the SEESAC’s Team Leader Dr. Ivan Zverzhanovski, the meeting was ...

Another 17,000 Small Arms and Light Weapons Destroyed in Serbia - a total of 110,000 since 2003

Among these 17,000 pieces is a 100,000th piece of SALW that the MoI has destroyed with the support of UNDP/SEESAC

On 20 December, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia (MoI) together with the UNDP/SEESAC organized a public destruction of yet another 17,000 pieces of confiscated and surplus small arms and ...

Napalm Powder Disposal in Serbia Begins - 40,767 kg of Napalm Powder Repackaged and Ready for Destruction

Packaging of napalm powder filled ammunition at the MoD\'s “Jovac” location has been completed

On 20 December 2012, the packaging and removal of approximately 41 tonnes of napalm powder at the MoD’s “Jovac” location was completed with the transfer of some 89 large bags to the Batajnica Air Base ...

Target of 30,000 SALW Marked for Destruction in Croatia Surpassed – Another 2,500 SALW Destroyed

On 19 December 2012, another 2,500 pieces of small arms and light weapons (SALW) that were in the possession of the Ministry of Interior of Croatia as confiscated and surplus weapons, were destroyed ...

SEESAC Attends the Parliamentary Forum General Assembly

Honorable Ala Talabani, the newly elected President of the Parliamentary Forum\'s Board speaks with other attendees of the Forum

On 14-15 December, SEESAC attended the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) held in Stockholm. Marking the 10th Anniversary of the Forum’s existence, ...

Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces in Montenegro Trains its Staff on Gender in Security Sector

From 12 to 14 December 2012, a seminar titled “Gender in Security Sector” was held for fourteen representatives of Montenegro’s Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces, Ministry of the Interior, ...

SALW Storages in Bosnia and Herzegovina More Secure

41 new doors were installed at 4 SALW and ammunition storage sites of the Ministry of Defense of BiH

On 12 December 2012 the Defence Ministry of Bosnia and Herzegovina together with the United Nations Development Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina and UNDP/SEESAC organized an official handover ...

Association "Network of Women in the Ministry of Interior of Republic of Srpska" BiH Holds its First Annual Conference

On 10 December 2012, the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Srpska (RS MoI) and its Association “Network of Women in the Ministry of Interior” (RS WPON) organized the First Annual Conference of ...

SEESAC’s Regional Steering Group Meets to Review Results and Future Plans

Chiaring the meeting were (left to right) Efrem Radev Senior Expert for Security Issues from the RCC, Ivan Zverzhanovski - SEESAC Team Leader and Wiliam Infante, UN RC in Serbia

On 7 December 2012, the Regional Steering Group for Small Arms and Light Weapons (RSG) held its annual meeting in Belgrade, Serbia. Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and SEESAC, the ...

New and Improved Regional Report on Arms Exports Published

On 7 December 2012, UNDP/SEESAC presented the newly published Regional Report on Arms Exports for 2010 at the Regional Steering Group Meeting on Small Arms and Light Weapons, held in Belgrade, Serbia. ...