Keeping the OSCE at the forefront of international action on small arms and light weapons

Plenary session of the OSCE’s Forum for Security Co-operation, Vienna, Austria

This briefing was prepared for a plenary session of the OSCE’s Forum for Security Co-operation, Vienna, Austria, October 2008.

The briefing covers a number of key areas for the OSCE to address including:

  • Future priorities for the implementation of the UN PoA
  • DDR and post-conflict security building
  • Integration of SALW within development programmes
  • Transfer control principles and operational guidelines
  • Brokering
  • Implementation of the International Tracing Instrument
  • Management and security of stockpiles and surplus destruction
  • International co-operation and assistance