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1 Anna Mensah, et al., Weapons and Ammunition Management in Africa Insight: 2023 Update 1 (2023)

handle is hein.unl/wsadamn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Effective weapons and ammunition management (WAM) can reduce the number of illicit arms and ammunition in circulation, prevent the diversion of state-owned weapons to unauthorized users, and mitigate the risk of unplanned explosions of munitions, thereby contri- buting to the maintenance of peace and the achieve- ment of socioeconomic and development goals. UNIDIR's Reference Methodology for National Weapons and Ammunition Management Baseline Assessments is designed to support national and regional efforts to review and update policies and practices to control conventional arms and ammunition throughout their life cycle, as well as efforts to address the illicit trade and misuse of such materiel. UNIDIR has identified 10 key functional areas for WAM, including a national coordi- nation mechanism and a national legal and regulatory framework, as well as measures to be taken to control transfers, stockpile management, accounting including marking and record-keeping, dealing with illicit arms and ammunition, and their disposal. This is the second annual update by UNIDIR to reco- gnize the progress made to strengthen WAM policies and practices by 12 African States that have undertaken a WAM baseline assessment using UNIDIR's metho- dology. The report presents national examples of progress made in 2022 in the 10 key WAM functional areas. The update reports information provided by represen- tatives of these 12 States on persistent and emerging challenges that they face in strengthening WAM policies and practices. More than half of these States face per- sistent challenges in strengthening policy and practice with regards to stockpile management, their national coordination mechanisms, and their national legal and regulatory frameworks. Several of the representatives of West African States flagged concerns for WAM that arise from the increased risk of violent extremism and the growing threat of terrorism, especially in the Liptako- Gourma region and the Lake Chad Basin. Among the examples of progress made in 2022 in strengthening WAM policies and practices, participants in the research highlighted weapon-collection activities and disposal, including destruction.

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