Disarmament
Disarmament
Disarmament refers to the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or specific type of weaponry. The most common form of disarmament is abolishment of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear arms. General and Complete Disarmament refers to the removal of all weaponry, including conventional arms. Disarmament can be contrasted with arms control, which essentially refers to the act of controlling arms rather than eliminating them. A distinction can also be made... read more
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Mediation Practice Series - Negotiating Ceasefires
From HD Centre Dated 11 March 2011 By Luc Chounet-Cambas - Mediators are faced with many dilemmas when helping to negotiate ceasefires. Those range from dealing with the differing interests of the parties to the conflict, to the way in which a ceasefire may be integrated into...
Mediation Practice Series - Negotiating Ceasefires
From HD Centre Dated 11 March 2011 By Luc Chounet-Cambas - Mediators are faced with many dilemmas when helping to negotiate ceasefires. Those range from dealing with the differing interests of the parties to the conflict, to the way in which a ceasefire may be integrated into...
The Negotiation of Security Issues in the Burundi Peace Talks
From HD Centre Dated 30 March 2008 By Richard Barltrop - This report focuses on how various actors directly involved in the Burundi peace talks and how they addressed four issues in particular: the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of rebel groups and government forces; security sector reform;...
Transitioning to Peace - Guns in Civilian Hands
From HD Centre Dated 14 June 2006 By the HD Centre - This policy brief seeks to highlight the issue of the possession of a large amount ofnsmall arms by civilians. Indeed, the Small Arms Survey estimates that 60 per cent of the global stockpile of 640...
Boletin informativo Nd1 - Negociacion del desarme
From HD Centre Dated 30 September 2006 By Cate Buchanan and Mireille Widmer - It provides those actively engaged in peace processes n armed groups, mediators, government officials, donors, international organisations n with an overview of one particular dimension of disarmament: guns in the hands of civilians....
Rapport da#039;information nd1 - Negocier le desarmement
From HD Centre Dated 30 September 2006 By Cate Buchanan et Mireille Widmer - It provides those actively engaged in peace processes n armed groups, mediators, government officials, donors, international organisations n with an overview of one particular dimension of disarmament: guns in the hands of civilians....
Civilians, guns and peace processes: Approaches and possibilities
From HD Centre Dated 30 September 2006 By Cate Buchanan and Mireille Widmer - Thisnbriefing papernprovides those actively engaged in peace processes n armed groups, mediators, government officials, donors, international organisations n with an overview of one particular dimension of disarmament: guns in the hands of civilians....
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Venezuela: Seminar on gun violence reduction
From IANSA Dated 2 February 2012 Do not include in Special Focus block Representatives from Viva Rio, the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons, IANSA and...
DR Congo: IANSA member educates Ministries about best practice on disarmament
From IANSA Dated 12 January 2012 Do not include in Special Focus block In the DR Congo, the Minister of Interior and Security, in cooperation with...
Libya: Country's Long Road to Disarmament
From AllAfrica.com Dated 29 December 2011 Mistrust of Libya's interim administration is likely to deter tens of thousands of revolutionary fighters from complying with a massive new demobilization plan, according to analysts and former rebels.
South Sudan Releases More Than 50 Child Soldiers
From News Blaze Dated 19 November 2011 The children had been conscripted in April into the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the former rebel group that became the country's military, but were demobilized this week by the South Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration C
IANSA Women's Network launch new publication on women and small arms control
From IANSA Dated 28 October 2011 Do not include in Special Focus block On 25 October, IANSA, the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons, and the...
CAR: Rebels sign truce, await disarmament
From Pambazuka Dated 20 October 2011 2011-10-18 Two former rebel groups behind fighting in Central African Republic that claimed over 50 lives last month have signed a truce, government mediators said. The fighting was over control of a diamond mine near the town of Bria 600 km...
Training on gender and DDR
From IANSA Dated 17 October 2011 Do not include in Special Focus block The Norwegian Defense University College (NODEFIC), in collaboration with the Inter-Agency Working Group on...
Peru: Women from 10 countries trained on gender and guns
From IANSA Dated 7 October 2011 Do not include in Special Focus block From 27-30 September, the IANSA Women's Network and SweFOR, in collaboration with the UN Regional...
Sudan: Child Disarmament Programme Begins in West Darfur
From AllAfrica.com Dated 14 September 2011 The Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in collaboration with West Darfur DDR Commission, UNICEF with the support of UNAMID launched on 13 September a demobilization campaign in El Geneina, West Darfur, where approximately 350 minor ex-combatants are expected to participate...
Evaluation of the DDR process in Colombia
From IANSA Dated 19 August 2011 Do not include in Special Focus block A new report by IANSA member IKV Pax Christi and the Netherlands Institute of...
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