43rd Ministerial Meeting of the UN Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC)

28/11/2016
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02/12/2016
Activity description

The 43rd Ministerial Meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) took place from 28 November to 2 December 2016. The meeting reviewed the security situation in Central Africa and represented an occasion to participants about the interconnections between terrorist and criminal groups and illicit arms flows in the region. This was considered one additional reason to strengthen regional commitments to ratify the Kinshasa Convention and the Arms Trade Treaty.

Project description

The Ministerial Meetings of UNSAC are bi-annual meetings that provide an analysis of the disarmament situation in Central Africa, 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
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
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 Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA)
United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC)