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  1. “Advancing a United Nations strategic approach to weapons and ammunition management could further enhance multilateral efforts to deliver peace, security, stability and development around the world. Please allow me, in conclusion, to underline that UNIDIR stands ready to continue to provide applied and forward-looking research, innovative ideas, advisory services and fora for inclusive dialogue to tackle the diversion and trafficking of arms and ammunition.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  2. “They do not, however, systematically integrate conventional arms control measures into their conflict prevention and management toolbox. UNIDIR is developing arms-related risk analysis tools that can help peace operations to better integrate conventional arms control measures into their conflict prevention, management and peacebuilding efforts. An increasing number of stakeholders — both within and outside the United Nations system — are starting to utilize more comprehensive, integrated approaches to weapons and ammunition management. This provides an opportune moment for an inclusive, participatory and gender-sensitive international dialogue towards a more coherent and strategic approach to strengthening multilateral, regional and national policies and practices on weapons and ammunition management.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  3. “In a recent study, we highlighted several ways in which weapons and ammunition management plays a role in United Nations arms embargo regimes, including, first, for the development and tailoring of benchmarks for modifying arms embargoes and for the conduct of national assessments of arms and ammunition control capabilities; secondly, for the promotion of cooperative approaches and dialogue to strengthen the implementation and enforcement of arms embargoes; and thirdly, regarding the use of appropriate safeguards for incremental lifting of arms embargoes. Our research in support of action 21 of the Secretary-General’s Agenda for Disarmament found that peace operations often gather and have access to critical information for supporting arms embargo implementation and enforcement, as well as conventional arms control efforts more broadly.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  4. “Today, weapons and ammunition management is increasingly recognized as a fundamental component of conflict prevention and actions to tackle armed violence. The Secretary-General’s small arms reports to the Security Council now regularly feature a section on weapons and ammunition management. The concept of weapons and ammunition management is also increasingly reflected in resolutions adopted by the Council on arms embargoes and peace operations.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  5. “Many States need and seek support in identifying priority areas and in sequencing steps to establish and maintain national systems to address the drivers of demand and supply-side dynamics of illicit arms and ammunition proliferation. UNIDIR develops and provides tools to strengthen national ownership of weapons and ammunition management throughout their entire life cycle. Between 2015 and 2020, the Institute supported 11 States in conducting weapons and ammunition management baseline assessments. Such assessments enable States to comprehensively and systematically evaluate their relevant institutions, policies and operational processes in order to determine where and how to address gaps and build capacity.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  6. “In that regard, it is encouraging that Member States are already taking important steps and have started discussing and addressing diversion in a comprehensive manner, as we have seen, for example, in the recent report produced by the Group of Governmental Experts established pursuant to resolution 61/72 and the annual General Assembly resolution on problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus. National ownership is fundamental to effectively tackling diversion and arms trafficking; however, we will not achieve success without international cooperation and assistance.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  7. “States affected by patterns of recurring armed violence therefore face many challenges in preventing the diversion and misuse of arms. Research into what facilitates diversion, how and where it occurs and who is involved reveals the importance of putting in place systemic and practical national measures at key stages in the life cycle to prevent, detect and address diversion and trafficking in arms. A UNIDIR review of 200 documented diversion cases highlighted the importance of taking action to prevent and detect diversion not only from national stockpiles, but also from the country of manufacture and export. UNIDIR’s diversion analysis framework shows the importance for all United Nations Member States to remain vigilant in addressing the diversion or trafficking of arms and ammunition at key stages in their life cycle.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  8. “The use of these weapons by those entities and individuals destabilizes communities and exacerbates situations of insecurity, including through the commission of serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, as well as violence against women and children in various contexts. The negative, gendered and age-related impacts of the misuse of illicit arms and ammunition range from direct effects — including deaths, injuries, displacement and psychological harm — to long-term socioeconomic effects on, inter alia, access to health care and education, the delivery of humanitarian services, the protection of civilians and sustainable development. The illicit arms trade is dynamic, multifaceted and often context specific. When loopholes and gaps are closed in one domain, vulnerabilities are exploited in another.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  9. “It is an honour for me to address the Council, and I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mexico for having invited the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) to speak. (spoke in English) The diversion of and trafficking in arms, including small arms and light weapons and ammunition, is a defining factor in undermining peace and security. Throughout the life cycle of arms and ammunition — from production through to final use or destruction — there are contexts, conditions and moments that facilitate their diversion and trafficking to non-State armed groups, criminals and terrorist actors.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source