As part of the 'Assessment Survey on Small Arms in the Sahel Region and Neighbouring Countries' the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Sub Regional Platform for West and Central Africa organised a sub-regional symposium for the adoption of an Action Plan to fight against the proliferation of SALW in the Sahel region. The symposium took place on 6-7 September 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria and was aimed at bringing a common and concrete response to address the illicit proliferation, circulation and trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in the Sahel region and neighboring countries. During the meeting, representatives from National Commissions for the fight against the proliferation of SALW, Civil Society Organizations as well as national experts analyzed the results of the country-by-country survey, developed a common strategy to fight against the proliferation of SALW in the Sahel region and formulated recommendations for the implementation of the Regional Action Plan on SALW control. The establishment of this Regional Action Plan will make it possible to fill the regulatory, institutional and infrastructural deficiencies in the field revealed by the surveys. The symposium forms part of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS) and the African Union Strategy on the Control of Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons.