Hundreds of thousands of people are killed every year in conflict or “post-conflict” zones around the world. The majority of the victims are civilians. Most commonly used in wars, as well as in state repression and criminal activity, are inexpensive small arms—automatic rifles, grenades, submachine guns, high powered pistols and other weapons that a single person can easily transport and fire.

NISAT combines the resources and networks of its partner organizations to help block the spread of small arms to areas where they are likely to be used in warfare, armed violence or human rights abuses.

Latest addition:

PRIO Report on Small Arms and Development workshop  On 30 November–1 December 2006, an international workshop on ‘Integrating Small Arms Measures Into Development Programmes’, organized by the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT), was held in Oslo. The workshop gathered over 60 experts from 30 countries (including about 20 from developing regions), to engage participants in sharing knowledge and experience of initiatives to redress the impact of small arms violence upon sustainable development. This PRIO report presents a summary of the presentations at the workshop and a list of recommendations. Download the report here.

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  NISAT - April 2004