The 3rd Annual Meeting of WPON

Participants of the WPON Annual Meeting held in Sofia

Women police officers, representing 9 police services from South East Europe, took part in the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Women Police Officers Network in South East Europe which was held in Sofia on ...

Ivan Zverzhanovski Briefs the Ministers a the EU-Western Balkans Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Forum

Ivan Zverzhanovski, UNDP/SEESAC Team Leader a.i. was invited to attend the EU-Western Balkans Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Forum, held in Tirana on 5-6 November, where he briefed the ministers ...

When the Swedish Armed Forces have Designs on Gender Equality

by Danijela Djurovic, Project Officer/Advisor Question: How do you know when gender equality is truly embedded in your country’s armed forces? Answer: When a high-ranking male officer serves ...

Six Years After the Paracin Military Storage Explosion – Storages Remain a Problem

Six years ago, on 19 October 2006, a series of explosions and fires occurred at the military ammunition storage facility “7 Jul” located only 3 km from the city center of Paracin in Serbia. There were ...

The Last of 30,000 Weapons Marked for Destruction in Croatia - Destroyed

The last of 30,000 weapons marked for destruction have been destroyed

On 19 October 2012, less than two years after the Croatian President Ivo Josipovic symbolically destroyed the first weapon marked for destruction, the last of 30,000 small arms and light weapons were ...

13 October – International Day for Disaster Reduction - Recognizing the Special Role of Women in Disaster Risk Reduction at the National Parliament

In order to mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction – 13 October, Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality at the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (RS) held a ...

Croatia: 3rd Annual Report on Arms Exports and Imports Published

The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Croatia produced their third Annual Report on Export and Import of Military Goods and Non-Military Lethal Goods for 2011. The Report comprehensively covers ...

The Ministry of Interior of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia interested in continued collaboration on arms control activities with SEESAC

On 8 October 2012, as part of its ongoing activities in support of national capacity development for SALW control, the SEESAC Team visited the Ministry of Interior of the former Yugoslav Republic of ...

Second Regional Meeting on Gender Equality in the Military

The Second Meeting of Representatives of the Gender Equality Mechanisms in the Ministries of Defence (MoD) took place in Skoplje on 9-10 October 2012. Representatives of the Ministries of Defence of ...

SEESAC’s Work Recognized in 2011 UN Yearbook

The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook is a concise and comprehensive reference tool on disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control issues around the world. It provides examples of successful and ...