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Download: CWMD September report
The illicit proliferation of conventional weapons prolongs conflicts, causes instability, undermines development, and is now well established as the leading threat to human security globally.
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Click to download the CWMD September report as a PDF |
Such items include Small Arms and Light Weapons, aircraft bombs, large calibre artillery, mortar ammunition and rockets.
As the scale of the conventional weapons problem has become apparent across the world, MAG has been increasingly involved in addressing the threat posed by these items, through its Conventional Weapons Management and Disposal (CWMD) activities – from direct clearance activities and training to Physical Security and Stockpile Management.
MAG is currently undertaking CWMD projects in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Iraq, Rwanda, Somalia and Sudan.
Read more in the CWMD September report [PDF].
[Photo by Martina Bacigalupo: Weapons about to be destroyed at the Weapons Destruction Workshop, Burundi.]
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