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Combating the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons: Enhancing Controls on Legal Transfers [PDF]
, 2001 YesA prerequisite for effective international action to prevent and combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW) is that states develop a common understanding of what constitutes the legal trade and therefore what is illicit .
Saferworld
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International Journal of Social and Economic DevelopmentThe trafficking and proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) constitute a central driver of insurgency and banditry in Nigeria, particularly in the North-East and North-West geopolitical zones. This paper examines how illicit cross-border arms flows, largely originating from conflict theatres in the Sahel, sustain violent non-state actors ...
Habibat Kaka Danjuma +1 more
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Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Proliferation and Problem of National Security in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2015 The proliferation of small arms and light weapons is one of the major security challenges currently facing Nigeria, Africa and indeed the world in general.
Goddy Uwa, Osimen +1 more
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Proliferation of Small Arm and Light Weapon AND Insecurity in Northwestern Nigeria: A Review
Bulletin of "Carol I" National Defense UniversityThis paper critically reviews the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Northwestern Nigeria, examining their sources, implications, and connections to rising insecurity. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly and institutional literature,
Mubarak Sulaiman JAMIU
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Money first? Strategic and economic interests in the international arms trade network, 1920–1936
Global Networks, Volume 24, Issue 4, October 2024.Abstract Arms transfers result from economic and political motives, with the latter often dominating the former. While this is accepted knowledge for the post‐World War II period, it seems not to apply earlier. Much existing research argues that in the interwar years, weapons were traded as purely commercial goods because governments had neither the ...
Marius Mehrl +2 more
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Substantive international law limitations and problems [PDF]
, 2005 The proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) [about 700 million in circulation] has been causing deplorable security and other concerns of international law. SALW are the primary tools of violations/abuses of humanitarian principles by states,
Zeray Yihdego—Weldegiorgis,
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DIPLOMASI INDONESIA DI UNITED NATIONS PROGRAM OF ACTIONS (UNPOA) UNTUK MENGATASI ANCAMAN SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS (SALW) [PDF]
, 2017 Cold War hasbecome the “golden era” for the trade of conventional weapons. Super power states such as United States and Soviet Union were massive suppliers of weapons for theirsatellite countries.
Witarti, Denik Iswardani, Hartono, Budi
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Firing blanks? The Arms Trade Treaty [PDF]
, 2014 This paper assesses key provisions of the ATT by first back-grounding its origins and contested formulation before assessing its transfer, prohibition and national control provisions, Introduction The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was adopted by vote at the ...
Roderic Alley
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, 2019 Ambassador Sebade Toba, Permanent Representative of the Togolese Republic to the AU as President of the Council for the month of July 2019; Dr. Admore Kambudzi Director for Peace and Security; Ms.
Peace and Security Council (PSC)
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, 2022 The purpose of this study was to look into the effects of small arms and light weapons proliferation on women's security in Cameroon's Adamawa region. The study used a mixed-method approach and a descriptive research design.
Samira, Asso’o Mvom Ines Harmonie +2 more
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