MINUSCA-UNIDIR Weapons and Ammunition Management (WAM) Baseline follow up Assessment in Central African Republic

05/04/2022
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08/04/2022
Activity description

From 5 to 8 April 2022, the Government of the Central African Republic, via its designated national lead entity, the National Commission for the Fight Against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (COMNAT-ALPC), in cooperation with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), with organisational support from MINUSCA, implemented a four-day national WAM baseline follow-up assessment in Bangui, CAR. Building on the first national WAM baseline assessment conducted in 2017, this follow-up assessment provided technical expertise to the Government to review and assess its current WAM institutional and operational capacities, policies, and practices, in line with international and sub-/regional obligations, commitments and standards. The assessment brought together over forty high-level national participants and technical experts, as well as international and sub-/regional stakeholders and partners supporting WAM in CAR to engage in consultative meetings and discussions at the strategic and operational levels. The assessment findings are expected to support the Government of CAR in reviewing its national strategies, action plans and procedures, as well as reporting under relevant international instruments and updating its national roadmap towards a comprehensive national WAM framework.

Project description

The activity was implemented as part of UNIDIR Research Project on Strengthening Policies and Frameworks for Weapons and Ammunition Management, with funding from Germany, Finland and Switzerland.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Sensitization and outreach
Technical material or financial assistance
Focus of Activity
Ammunition
Destruction
Diversion
Enforcement
Gender based violence (GBV)
Import controls
International instruments
Inventory and stockpile management
Marking
National action plan (NAP)
Record-keeping
Regional cooperation
Regional instruments
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Tracing
Transfer controls
Partners
Central African Republic
Implementers
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
Donors
Finland
Germany
Switzerland
Contact Details
Contact Person
Hardy Giezendanner, giezendanner@un.org
Organization
UNIDIR, Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme
Address
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone
+41 22 917 11 41