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The Kinshasa Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Central Africa

The Kinshasa Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Central Africa Part 3 Notes and Commentaries / Notes et commentaires ∵ Chapter 18 The Kinshasa Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Central Africa Mutoy Mubiala1 1 Introduction2 Central Africa is characterized by protracted armed conflicts, including in Bu - rundi, the car, Chad and the d rc. These conflicts have generated the pr - olif eration and circulation of small arms and light weapons ( sa lw ) in many areas. In most of the countries in the sub-region, one can buy a small arm with less than 10 US dollars. This explains the proliferation sa of lw throughout the sub- region. To illustrate the trends in this field, in the Republic of the Congo, over than 40,000 weapons were reported detained by various militias throughout the country, as a legacy of the civil war of 1997 and 1 3 998. Over the two past decades, addressing the issue of the control of the cir - cu lation of s a lw has been at the top of the agenda of several sub-regional initia - tives and for4 a, including within the United Nations Standing Advisory Com - mittee on Security Questions in Central Africa http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Yearbook of International Law Online Brill

The Kinshasa Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Central Africa

Mubiala, Mutoy
African Yearbook of International Law Online , Volume 23 (1): 8 – Nov 28, 2018
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Part 3 Notes and Commentaries / Notes et commentaires ∵ Chapter 18 The Kinshasa Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Central Africa Mutoy Mubiala1 1 Introduction2 Central Africa is characterized by protracted armed conflicts, including in Bu - rundi, the car, Chad and the d rc. These conflicts have generated the pr - olif eration and circulation of small arms and light weapons ( sa lw ) in many areas. In most of the countries in the sub-region, one can buy a small arm with less than 10 US dollars. This explains the proliferation sa of lw throughout the sub- region. To illustrate the trends in this field, in the Republic of the Congo, over than 40,000 weapons were reported detained by various militias throughout the country, as a legacy of the civil war of 1997 and 1 3 998. Over the two past decades, addressing the issue of the control of the cir - cu lation of s a lw has been at the top of the agenda of several sub-regional initia - tives and for4 a, including within the United Nations Standing Advisory Com - mittee on Security Questions in Central Africa

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