Working together in the Western Balkans – key to European security

Interior Ministers from the Western Balkans met with Ministers of Home Affairs of Estonia, Bulgaria and Austria, and the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship in Sofia, at ...

Cutting the supply chain at source: Bosnia and Herzegovina destroys 200.000 pieces of ammunition

200.000 pieces of the 7.62x39mm caliber ammunition were destroyed in Bosnia and Herzegovina this October, with the support of the European Union and SEESAC. Easily hidden and smuggled across ...

No Borders for the Illegal Arms Trade

SEESAC’s experts Slobodan Boskovic and Juliana Buzi presented SEESAC’s work and its relevance to the global fight against the illicit trade of small arms and light weapons (SALW) at expert symposiums ...

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 ...

The intimate connection: gender and small arms and light weapons

SEESAC’s research on gender and small arms and light weapons utilized in new ISACS module On 5 October 2017, the United Nations’ internal mechanism for Coordinating Action on Small Arms (CASA) ...

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 ...