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Cambodia
On 15 November 1999 the Council adopted the
Decision 1999/730/CFSP implementing the Joint Action with a view to an EU contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and uncontrolled spread of small arms and light weapons in Cambodia.
With this decision, the EU contributed EUR 500 000 to promoting control, collection and destruction of weapons in Cambodia.
The Decision expired on 15 November 2000, but the Council decided to extend the mandate of the project manager and adopted a new Decision 2000/724/CFSP
on 20 November 2000. This decision provided additional EUR 1 300 000 to the project, consisting of four components:
• assistance to the Government of Cambodia in the development of appropriate laws and regulations on the ownership, possession, use, sale and transfer of arms and ammunition;
• assistance to the Government of Cambodia and the police and security forces to develop guidelines for improved record-keeping and security for weapons held by them;
• assistance to the Government of Cambodia and the police and security forces in developing procedures for voluntary surrender of small arms and for identifying and destroying surplus small arms, particularly in connection with planned demobilisation and restructuring of armed forces;
• support to civil society programmes to raise public awareness on problems related to small arms and light weapons and to further develop civil society cooperation with the weapons collection and destruction process, in particular by supporting activities of the NGOs.
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