Weapons Collection and Destruction Publications

Publications

Ammunition Stocks: Promoting safe and secure storage and disposal
Biting the Bullet briefing

Gender and disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR): Building blocks for Dutch policy Clingendael Institute (PDF)

Chandara. Mao. 'Small arms control in Cambodia' (INWENT Conference Paper, Bonn April 2003)

Eisele, Manfred. 'Sierra Leone – problems with the confiscation of small arms', (INWENT Conference Paper, Bonn April 2003)

Abdulai, Napoleon. ‘Cermonial arms destruction marks end of civil war’, PDF article avalailable in English and Français (IANSA newsletter, July 2002)

Portokallakis, Ilias. ‘South East Europe seminar on small arms trafficking and arms destruction ceremony’, PDF available in English and Français (IANSA newsletter, December 2002)

Wilford, Neil. ‘Arms destruction in Cambodia: a flame of peace’, PDF article available in English and Français (IANSA newsletter, December 2002)

Costello, Michael. ‘Final Report on Weapons Collection: Programme Identification Study and Technical Advice, Report for the Government of Solomon Islands’ (2001)

Godnick, William. ‘Transforming attitudes towards the tools of violence: the arms exchange programme in Mendoza, Argentina’ PDF (Working Paper, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, 2001)

Hughes-Wilson, John and Wilkinson, Adrian. ‘Safe and efficient small arms collection and destruction programmes: a proposal for practical technical measures’ PDF (UNDP, New York, 2001)

Peartree, C. Edward. ‘Destroying excess small arms: U.S. policy and programs’ (US State Dept., 2001)

Mouzos, Jenny. ‘International traffic in small arms: an Australian perspective’, PDF (1999)

DeClerq, David. 'Destroying Small Arms and Light Weapons: Survey of Methods & Practical Guide'. BICC Report No13, Bonn International Centre for Conversion 1999

Boothby, Derek. 'The UNTAES Experience:Weapons Buy-back in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (Croatia)', PDF (October 1998)

Report on the 1998 UN workshop on the experiences in Colombia, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras and Nicaragua

Faltas, Sami. ‘Weapons collection programmes: questions to answer and challenges to face’ (IANSA, 1998)

McFarlane, Fiona and Malan, Mark. ‘Crisis and response in the Central African Republic: a new trend in African peacekeeping?’ (ISS, 1998)

Meek, Sarah. ‘The history and prospects of voluntary weapons collection programmes’ (IANSA 1998)

Sinthay, Neb and Ashby, Janet. ‘Possibilities to deduce the number of weapons and the practice of using weapons to solve problems in Cambodia’ available as Word document or PDF from the WGWR website (WGWR, 1998)

Some useful sources are available on paper but not electronically:

Faltas, Sami and Di Chiaro, Joseph (eds). 'Managing the remnants of war: disarmament as an element of post-conflict peace building' can be ordered online (Nomos, Baden Baden, 2001)

HELP (Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan). 'The HELP Handgun Disposal Handbook: A Prescription for Safety'. Chicago 1996. Can be ordered online.

Reychler, Luc and Paffenholz, Thania (eds). Peace-building: a field guide. (CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Bolder, 2001)

Smith, C, Batchelor, P and Potgieter, J. Small arms management and peacekeeping in Southern Africa (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Geneva, 1996) p. 34

Kennedy, D et al. ‘Gun buy-backs: where do we stand and where do we go?’ in: Under fire: gun buy-backs, exchanges and amnesty programs, (Police Executive Research Forum, Washington, D.C., 1996)

Kleck, G. ‘Nothing succeeds like failure’ in: Under fire: gun buy-backs, exchanges and amnesty programs, (Police Executive Research Forum, Washington, D.C., 1996)