33rd Ministerial Meeting of UNSAC

05/12/2011
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09/12/2011
Activity description

The 33rd Ministerial Meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) reviewed the security situation in Central Africa and promoted disarmament and arms limitation programmes in the region, including the implementation of the Sao Tome Declaration on a Central African Common Position on the ATT and reported on status of signatures and ratifications of the Kinshasa Convention. The Committee adopted the Declaration on a Road Map for Counter-Terrorism and Non-Proliferation of Arms in Central Africa. In their road map, member States requested support from UNOCA and UNREC. The meeting was held in Bangui, Central African Republic.

Project description

The Ministerial Meetings of UNSAC are a bi-annual analysis of the disarmament situation in the sub-region, with a specific focus on the advances in the implementation of international, regional and sub-regional instruments. The Committee is a sub-regional grouping of eleven Member States: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Type of Activity
Sensitization and outreach
Focus of Activity
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Regional instruments
Transfer controls
Partners
Angola
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Implementers
United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC)
Contact Details

UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA)
Ms. Alice Mungwa, Political Affairs Officer
DPA Africa II Division
T: +1 (917) 367 4787
E: mungwa@un.org