MERCOSUR's Working Group on Firearms and Ammunition objectives are to increase sub regional controls on private security agencies, introduce legislation on stockpile controls at the national and sub regional level, raise awareness of and public support for small arms issues and establish convergent sub regional security policies to facilitate information sharing and cooperation. It also seeks to offer a forum for sub regional cooperation to control the production and transfer of firearms and ammunition within the region and to exchange information at the sub regional level such as the related legal provisions and measures on the subject matter with attention to the ATT.