Controlling Small Arms in the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes Region: Supporting Implementation of the Nairobi Declaration.A joint publication of Africa Peace Forum and Project Ploughshares
This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. . Published December 2005. Available at www.ploughshares.ca. The five commissioned papers that make up this monograph were prepared for, and presented at, the regional workshop, Supporting Implementation of the Nairobi Declaration, held in support of the Nairobi Declaration II project, a joint project of Project Ploughshares and Africa Peace Forum. The project was funded by Foreign Affairs Canada and encouraged civil society input in the implementation of the Nairobi Declaration, a small arms agreement signed in March 2000 by the Foreign Ministers of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania. The papers were commissioned to develop the capacity of indigenous researchers and contribute expert knowledge and develop policy options to address the human security dimensions of the small arms problem in the Nairobi Declaration signatory countries. The five papers: * "Cross-Border Cooperation in Fighting Small Arms Proliferation Small arms proliferation is a term used by organizations and individuals advocating the control of small arms and their trade. Users of the term have notably included Kofi Annan, ex-Secretary-General of the United Nations. and Illicit Weapons: The Case of Rwanda with her Neighbours" by Dr. Anastase Shyaka * "The Proliferation and Effects of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Urban Centres in Tanzania: A Case Study of Dares Salaam" by Theo Macha * "Community Policing and Regulation of SALW SALW Small Arms and Light Weapons in Urban Areas: A Study of Attitudes, Structures, and Institutions in Kampala and Gulu, Uganda" by Lydia Karungi * "Small Arms and Border Controls in the Horn of Africa Horn of Africa, peninsula, NE Africa, opposite the S Arabia Peninsula. Also known as the Somali Peninsula, it encompasses Somalia and E Ethiopia and is the easternmost extension of the continent, separating the Gulf of Aden from the Indian Ocean. : The Case of Malkasufta, Ethiopia; Mandera, Kenya; and Bula Hawa, Somalia" by Ibrahim Farah, Aisha Ahmad, and Daud Omar * "Legal and Institutional Aspects of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Uganda" by Alexander Kibandana. Africa Peace Forum (APFO APFO Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance APFO Aerial Photography Field Office APFO Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate APFO Africa Peace Forum APFO Association of Principal Fire Officers APFO Association of Programs for Female Offenders APFO Asia & Pacific Field Office ) is a non-governmental organization based in Nairobi, Kenya, which carries out research and analysis on peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and security issues in the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes region The Great Lakes region can refer to:
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