Small Arms Control: Old Weapons, New Issues(UNIDIR S.)

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Causal factors and policy considerations: an overview of the global trade in small arms and light weapons; light weapons and human security - a conceptual overview; problems and linkages in controlling the proliferation of light weapons; working toward policies for controlling light weapons; causation and the arms trade, with reference to small arms; peace operations, disarmament and post-conflict reconstruction; areas of major concentration in the use and traffic of small arms. Part 2 The problem of small arms and light weapons in Africa: control efforts in the Sahel region; the case of Somalia; Rwanda and Burundi - a tragic case study of small arms; Zimbabwe's experiences with small arms; the situation in Namibia; a case study of light weapons in Swaziland; small arms proliferation and disarmament in Mozambique; firearms in South Africa; a sociological perspective on small arms proliferation in South Africa. Part 3 The proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean: sources of weapons procurement, diffusion and violence in Central America; Central America, Haiti and Colombia - problems, initiative and additional measures; demobilization and integration of former combatants in Guatemala; El Salvador's consumer goods for firearms programme; small arms transfers in the Republic of Panama; controlling the tools of violence in the Caribbean; links between drugs and arms in Columbia; model regulations for the control of firearms. Part 4 The plague of small arms and light weaponry in South Asia: sources of small arms and light weapons procurement in Southwest Asia; light weapons flows to and from Afghanistan; linkages between arms trafficking and the drug trade in South Asia; illicit transfer of conventional weapons - the role of state and non-state actors in South Asia; national, regional and global measures for controlling light weapons. Epilogue: recent governmental, trans-governmental and non-governmental efforts to curb the spread of small arms.