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<h1 align="center">The Making of a Moratorium on Light Weapons</h1>
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<h3>Summary</h3>
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The proliferation and abusive use of the over 500 million
small arms and light weapons in circulation in the world
caused millions of deaths in the last decade alone.
These weapons include assault rifles, light and heavy
machine-guns, rocket-propelled grenades, individually
portable mortars and missiles, and anti-personnel
landmines. Readily available, affordable, easy to main-
tain, conceal, smuggle and use, light weapons have
prompted ordinary citizens and self-styled freedom
fighters in Africa to try to solve their problems and
achieve their goals by violent means.
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This publication documents the making of the
Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manu-
facture of Light Weapons, effective in 16 West African
States since 1 November 1998. It traces the historic
initiative of Mali’s President Alpha Oumar Konare;
other key players include the UN Advisory Mission to
the Sahara–Sahel region, UNDP, UNIDIR, ECOWAS,
NISAT, the Wassenaar Arrangement, media, NGOs and
civil society organisations. While none of the measures
traditionally associated with arms control can be
expected to work effectively in dealing with small arms,
the Moratorium bears testimony to the political will
under way in West Africa to stem and, hopefully, with
time, reverse the destabilising accumulation and abusive
use of light weapons.
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<H3>Table of Contents</H3>
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<B>List of Tables</B><br>
<B>List of Acronyms</B><br>
<B>Publication Outline</B><br>
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<H4>PART ONE</h4>
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<B>General Introduction</B><br>
<B>Preface </B> Ivor Richard Fung and Lansana Kouyaté<br>
Executive Summary<br>
<B>Introduction</B> Boh Herbert<br>
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<h4>PART TWO: <I>The Geopolitical and Security Situation of West Africa</I></h4>
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<B>Instability and Insecurity in West Africa: State of the Art </B><br>Boh Herbert<br>
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<h4>PART THREE: <I>The Moratorium Declaration Text and the Code of Conduct for the Implementation of the Moratorium</I></h4>
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<B>Declaration of a Moratorium on Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Light Weapons in West Africa</B></p>
<p><B>The Code of Conduct for the Implementation of the Moratorium </B></br>
<small>Institutional Arrangements,
Administrative Mechanisms, Operational Aspects, Promotion and Expansion</small><br>
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<h4>PART FOUR: <I>Plan of action for the Implementation of PCASED, Practical Organisation and Steps Taken</I></h4>
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<p><B>Plan of Action</B><br>
<small>Objectives and Priority Areas of PCASED, Priority Areas</small><br></p>
<p><B>Practical Organisation and Steps Taken to Launch the Programme</B><br>
<small>Origins of PCASED, Mandate and Activities of PCASED, Structure of PCASED, Supplies and Equipment, Duration and Location of PCASED, Reinforcing the Operational Capacity of PCASED: The Advisory Group, Processes and Methodology of Installations, Languages of PCASED</small><br>
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<h4>PART FIVE: <I>Progress in the Implementation of PCASED and Evalution of the Implementation of the Moratorium</I></h4>
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<B>PCASED Evaluation</B><br>
<small>Enhancing a Culture of Peace, Establishment of a Regional Arms<br>
Register and Database, Collection and Disposal of Surplus and Unau-<br>
thorised Weapons, Establishing National Commissions, Facilitating<br>
Dialogue with Producers/Suppliers, Review and Harmonisation of<br>
National Legislation and Administrative Procedures, Mobilising<br>
Resources for PCASED Objectives and Activities, Enlarging Membership<br>
of the Moratorium, Communication to Back Efforts to Enlarge Member-<br>
ship of the Moratorium, Working with Civil Society to Expand Support<br>
for the Moratorium, Strengthening Institutional Capacities to Imple-<br>
ment the Moratorium, Evaluating the Implementation of the Morato-<br>
rium</small>
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<h4>PART SIX: <I>Other related documents and information</I></h4>
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<dt>Annexure 1:</dt><dd>Landmarks in Disarmament Involving Africa</dd>
<dt>Annexure 2:</dt><dd> Declaration by ECOWAS Ministers of Foreign Affairs on Child Soldiers</dd>
<dt>Annexure 3:</dt><dd> Final Report of the Meeting of ECOWAS Ministers of Foreign Affairs on the Modalities for the Implementation of the Programme for Co-ordination and Assistance for Security and Development</dd>
<dt>Annexure 4:</dt><dd> The Oslo Platform for a Moratorium on Light Weapons in West Africa</dd>
<dt>Annexure 5:</dt><dd> Communiqué Issued by the Participants Attending the Ecumenical Consultation on Micro-disarmament in the Subregion of West Africa</dd>
<dt>Annexure 6:</dt><dd> Final Document: West African NGOs Consultation on Small Arms, Abuja, Nigeria, 29 30 October 1998</dd>
<dt>Annexure 7:</dt><dd>Message to the Authority of the Heads of State and Government of the ECOWAS from the West African NGOs Consultation on Small Arms</dd>
<dt>Annexure 8:</dt><dd> A Call for Action: A Message to the Meeting of Foreign Ministers on the Occasion of the Launching of PCASED fromthe West African Civil Society Consultation</dd>
<dt>Succinct Bibliography</dt>
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