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.  This PRIO report presents a summary of the presentations at the workshop and a list of recommendations. Download the text here.
	Tracking the guns: International diversion of small arms to illicit markets in Rio de Janeiro This report was produced by PRIO and Viva Rio/ISER with Norwegian Church Aid.  It examines the means by which foreign origin weapons are trafficked into illicit hands in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).   Click on each section to download:  Part 1 (1.9mb) Part 2 (2.83mb) Part 3 (3.31mb) Part 4 (3.59mb) Part 5 (3.83mb) Or download all parts as a single file here (15.5mb).
	Integrating Development into the UN Programme of Action Process Report and Recommendations from an expert seminar jointly organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NISAT, in Oslo on 22–23 March 2006. The report presents a summary of the presentations and discussions that took place during the seminar, as well as priority areas and recommendations for future action at the local, national, regional and international levels.  Click to download (468kb)

Overview of governmental statements made at the small arms PrepCom 9-17 January 2006,  New York Click to download (256kb)

Who Takes the Bullet ? The impact of small arms violence.

A report on small arms from a development and humanitarian perspective. Published by Norwegian Church Aid, with PRIO. Click on the title to download a digital copy (2.7mb).  

Shining a Light on Small Arms Exports:The Record of State Transparency
by Maria Haug, Martin Langvandslien, Lora Lumpe and Nicholas Marsh. Jointly produced by NISAT and the Small Arms Survey. Click on the title to download a digital copy. 

Available from Zed Books
Running Guns-- The Global Black Market in Small Arms. 

Produced by NISAT/ PRIO and published by Zed, this book describes the meaning, methods and impact of the black-market traffic in guns. It outlines many policy measures that States should take to effectively diminish the trade. Also available through Amazon UK and Barnes & Nobles.com

Available from NISAT
The Making of a Moratorium on Light Weapons This publication documents the making of the Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Light Weapons, effective in 16 West African States since 1 November 1998.

Available from NISAT
The Arms Fixers: Controlling the Brokers and Shipping Agents This joint report by PRIO/ NISAT/ BASIC, released in Nov. 1999, explores the role of middlemen in setting up often illegal arms deals. The study contains recommendations for States to curb the deadly activities.

Small Arms Control: Old Weapons, New Issues (published by Ashgate in 1999 for UNIDIR). The 29 papers collected in this volume were originally prepared for four regional workshops organized by the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs to inform the work of the UN Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms. NISAT staffer Lora Lumpe edited the papers for publication. This book is not available from NISAT. Contact Ashgate Press.

Available from NISAT
Flame of Hope  This report summarizes the proceedings of a May 1999 conference NISAT sponsored with the Henri Dunant Center in Geneva on the implementation of the West African Moratorium on Small Arms.

Available from NISAT
Arms Availability and Violations of International Humanitarian Law; the Deterioration of the Situation of Civilians in Armed Conflicts This 87 pp. report summarizes a meeting of experts held in Oslo in May 1998 on the impact of small arms on non- combatants. Co-published with the International Committee of the Red Cross.  

A Moratorium on Light Weapons in West Africa  This 112 pp. booklet summarizes an April 1998 conference in Oslo where the President of Mali challenged other governments from West Africa to agree to halt small arms imports and production.

A Farewell to Arms This 28 minute video raises awareness about the dangers posed by the spread of military-style small arms, and about steps being taken by Africans to combat this plague. Completed in January 1999, the documentary focuses in detail on the experience of Mali with small arms.(unfortunately, this video is no longer available). 

Controlling the Gun-runners This 8 pp. brief--produced jointly by NISAT, BASIC and Saferworld in February 1999--contains proposals for EU action to close the loopholes exploited by arms brokers and shipping agents.

Nisat Study

Small Arms Survey in Darfur And Investigation of the Child Soldier A study of the effects of small arms proliferation in Southern Sudan. Commissioned by Norwegian Church Aid and written by CHARM. 2000

Magazine/journal articles:

Small Arms Are Big Problems, but Norway's on the Case, Peace Magazine, March 1998.

The Leader of the Pack (the United States leads the world in weapon sales and giveaways), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 1999.

Curbing the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Security Dialogue, June 1999.

Conference papers and presentations:

Statement by Nicholas Marsh on arms brokering at the New York Small Arms Forum. April 2005

Dutch – Norwegian Initiative on Further Steps to Enhance International Co-operation in Preventing, Combating and Eradicating Illicit Brokering in Small Arms and Light Weapons. Download the Conference report here.

Curbing the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons, December 1998

Transparency in the Legal Small Arms Trade, February 1999

Civil Society Support for the Program for Coordination and Assistance on Security and Development in West Africa, March 1999

The U.S. Arms Central America--Past and Present, May 1999

Presentation to Diplomats at UN Prep Com, January 2001 

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