From 28 March to 1 April 2022, the Government and national authorities of El Salvador, in cooperation with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the HALO Trust, organized a national WAM baseline assessment aimed at establishing a baseline of existing WAM activities, institutions and processes in place, identifying areas to be strengthened, and presenting recommendations for programmatic and policy responses to inform the development of a national framework governing the management of weapons and ammunition.