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Small Arms Survey
Cumulative Index 2001—2014 Compiled by Margaret Binns www.binnsindexing.co.uk
Order of entries is word-by-word; for example El Salvador comes before Eldoret
Personal names beginning with al- are indexed under the part of the name following; for
example al-Badr, Muhammed is listed under Badr.
9A-91 assault rifle 2002 26
12GA Shotgun, used in crime in the US 2001 24
92F pistols 2002 37
655 Report (United States) 2001 152, 2002 121–2, 2003 106, 2005 113
A9 Group 2004 107
AAAS see American Association for the Advancement of Science
Aasha Gang Conflict Mediation Project (United Kingdom) 2010 247
AB see Aryan Brotherhood
ABA see American Bar Association
abductions
conflict goods 2002 142
Georgia 2003 209, 210
Haiti 2007 174
Lord’s Resistance Army (Uganda) 2006 275–9, 280–1, 288–9
Papua New Guinea 2006 184
risk to development workers 2003 149
tribal violence in Yemen 2003 184
‘Abdulaye Miskine’ 2005 309
Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk 2013 238
Abkhazia
conflict with Georgia 2003 191–2, 194–5
conflict sourcing 2005 171
conflict use 2005 184
gun culture 2005 214
illicit transfers to 2001 179–80
post-conflict period 2003 207–10
terror attacks 2002 172
ABM see Air Bursting Munitions
Aboukir Engineering Industries (Egypt) 2002 17
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) (Philippines) 2002 98
illicit weapons 2013 302–4, 308
accessibility thesis 2001 202–7, 2002 159, 2004 182–6
accessories
costs 2012 275
definitions 2012 245–6
manufacturing sectors 2005 44, 45, 49–51, 58–62
transfers 2006 68–73, 75–8, 2012 2, 5–7, 269–75
Comtrade data 2001–2011 2014 113–17
estimating 2012 250–1
types of 2012 261–9
accidental shootings
accessibility thesis 2001 202
armed groups 2010 319
assault rifles, lethality 2001 212
Brazil 2007 230
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 199–200
weapons collection, Argentina 2002 309
accountability, stockpiles 2003 58
accounting, costs of small arms violence 2003 132–3, 135, 2006 193
Accuracy International (United Kingdom) 2002 40, 2004 27, 30
Aceh
armed groups 2006 253
Badan Reintegrasi-Damai Aceh (BRA) (Aceh Reintegration Agency) 2009 249, 257–8,
266, 268–9, 273–4
Badan Rekonstruksi dan Rehabilitasi (BRR) (Tsunami Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Agency) 2009 273–4
conflict deaths 2005 249
DDR programme 2005 291, 2009 256–9
donor support 2009 258–9
economy 2009 270
education 2009 265
employment 2009 264, 270
GAM Needs Assessment 2009 251, 264–5
gun violence 2004 191
Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 2009 249, 253, 256–7
history of conflict 2009 251–4
human rights violations 2007 77–9
insurgent firearms 2002 98
peace agreement 2009 253
post-conflict 2009 226, 228
reconstruction 2009 270–1
violence 2009 253–4
poverty 2009 264
reintegration 2009 249–51, 256–78
tsunami (2004) 2009 253
aid 2009 271–5
weapons collection and destruction 2009 256
see also Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM)
Aceh Conflict Monitoring Updates 2009 251
Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) 2009 253, 256
Aceh Poverty Assessment 2009 251, 264
Aceh Reintegration Agency see Aceh, Badan Reintegrasi-Damai Aceh
Aceh Reintegration and Livelihoods Surveys (ARLS) 2009 251
Aceh Village Survey 2009 251
Aceh/Sumatra National Liberation Front (ASNLF) 2007 78
Acholi people (Uganda) 2006 274–5, 2013 104, 105
Acioli, Patricia 2012 70
acoustic technology, police weapons 2011 83
ACP see Automatic Colt Pistol
acquisition, accessibility thesis 2001 204–5
acquisition networks, demand for small arms 2006 145
acquisitions approach, militia holdings in the Republic of the Congo 2003 258–62, 264
ACS see Ammunition Coding System
ACT see Australian Capital Territory
ACTC see Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Centre for Combating
Transnational Crime
Active Denial System 2011 86
Adams, Gerry 2006 260
Adaptive Combat Rifle 2011 76
Aden (Yemen) 2003 170, 173, 175
ADI see Australian Defence Industries
ADM assault rifles 2006 283
adults, violence risk factors 2008 252
advocacy
NGOs 2002 242
supply-side humanitarianism 2002 183–4
Aegis 2011 125
AEK-919K Kashtan sub-machine gun 2002 26
AEK-971 assault rifle 2002 26
AEY Inc. 2007 82
ammunition procurement 2010 14
AfD see Arms for Development
Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) 2009 292
Afghan Military Forces
DDR programmes 2009 286, 298
transitional security force 2009 233, 236, 289
Afghan National Army, transfers to 2003 112
Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) 2012 333
Afghan New Beginnings Programme (ANBP) 2009 287, 292–9
disarmament process 2009 295
donors 2009 294
Afghan Pipeline 2001 180–1
Afghanistan
ammonium nitrate fertilizer 2013 240–1
ammunition 2011 76
destruction 2009 302
procurement 2010 14
undocumented transfers 2010 27
armed groups 2009 290–1
ATGWs 2011 32–3
attacks on schools 2009 203–4
children’s health 2009 206
conflict
casualties caused by mortars 2001 212
child soldiers 2001 230
conflict goods 2002 142
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 211
former insurgents becoming legitimate authorities 2001 82–3
history of 2009 287–91
trigger effect 2001 204–5
conflict deaths 2005 234, 237, 244, 246–7, 2009 289
DDR and weapons reduction programmes 2003 61, 288, 312, 2004 58, 2005 291, 2009
184, 285–6, 291–310
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
development assistance 2009 307–8
disarmament 2009 292–9, 305–6
security dilemma 2009 304–5
displaced persons 2001 2002 196
drug economy 2009 307
explosions at arms depots 2010 322
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 211
Human Development Index 2009 307
illegal armed groups, disbanding 2009 299–304
illicit transfers from 2001 180–1
to Azerbaijan 2001 180
to Kazakhstan 2012 123
to Tajikistan 2005 171
illicit transfers to
arms embargoes against 2001 180–1, 2002 132, 133
Cold War grey market 2001 169
irresponsible transfers 2007 91, 98
to non-state actors 2007 135
Pakistani craft production 2001 47, 2003 32–3
illicit weapons 2012 2–3, 7, 313–14, 2013 309, 311–12
Chinese 2014 268
country of origin 2012 330, 333
data sources 2012 315–16
light weapons 2012 333–6
prices 2013 251
seized caches 2012 330–6
small arms 2012 331–3
sources 2012 348–9
trafficking 2012 335
imports
from Bulgaria 2003 109
human rights 2004 128
irresponsible transfers to 2007 91, 98
list of exporters 2005 104, 2006 70
from Romania 2003 110
from Russia 2003 111
trends 2000 2003 112
from the United States 2001 180–1, 2003 107, 2007 98
value 2002 2005 106
value 2003 2006 74
improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2010 123, 2013 225–6, 227, 228–30, 234, 241–2
Kyrgyzstan 2004 310
landmines, destruction 2009 302
light weapons use 2011 23–4
MANPADS 2004 84, 85–6, 88, 89, 92
attacks on aircraft 2008 13
diversion 2008 119, 120, 125
masculinity and firearms 2005 211
military procurement 2006 22
militias 2010 118, 122, 262
non-state actors
foreign government support for 2002 130–1, 2007 135
illicit transfers to 2007 135
light weapons holdings 2008 32
short-term gain-seeking groups 2005 195
non-state armed groups, firearms 2010 122
political violence 2009 229
politization of humanitarian action 2002 186
post-conflict 2005 199, 271–2
death and injury rates 2002 163
security 2009 304–5
timeline of key events 2001–2006 2009 293
violence 2009 230, 285
prices
black market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2002 66, 2007 263, 274
private security companies 2011 101
armed 2011 112, 115, 116
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
firearm types 2011 117–19
illicit arms possession 2011 119–20
personnel 2011 104
production, illicit craft production 2003 27
Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) 2014 65
reconciliation 2009 308–9
reintegration of ex-combatants 2009 295–9
abuse of system 2009 295–6
training 2009 297, 298
stockpiles 2002 102, 2003 57, 73–6, 2005 71
ammunition 2009 302
estimates 2001 63
insurgent stockpiles 2001 81, 82, 2002 83
MANPADS 2004 84
surplus weapons transferred to 2008 79, 81
trafficking 2004 322–3
transitional security forces 2009 236
US production 2004 11, 28–9
violence clustering surveys 2005 240
violent incidents 2008 232–3
weapons collection 2009 292–3, 295
women and firearms 2014 65
Yemen 2003 171
see also Northern Alliance; Taliban
AFL see Armed Forces of Liberia
AFRC see Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
Africa
air cargo companies 2001 114
armed groups
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 273–89
West African 2006 247–67
border porousness 2007 266–7
brokering 2001 96, 110
civilian firearms 2003 80–6, 2004 198, 2007 171, 172, 2011 264
conflict
child soldiers 2001 230
conflict-related mortality 2001 210
internal displacement 2001 225
control measures 2002 95, 262–3
regional measures 2001 258–66
crime and violence 2004 175, 176, 178, 179, 192–200
carjackings 2007 171, 172
urban armed violence 2007 171–3
correlation to city size 2007 167
gangs 2007 171
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 185
DDR and weapons reduction programmes 2002 288–90, 294, 2003 279, 307
demilitarization industry 2013 193–4
effects of small arms misuse 2003 147
firearm homicides and suicides 2008 219
firearms ownership, urban armed violence 2007 171, 172
gang violence 2010 142–4
illicit transfers 2001 170–5
brokering 2001 96
transport networks 2001 115–23
imports
trends 2000 2003 110
value 2000 2003 101
judicial systems, municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 185
land conflicts 2013 1, 3, 103–26
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 261, 266–7, 281, 282, 283
private military companies 2001 110
private security companies, armed 2011 114, 115
production, distribution of producers 2001 10
stockpiles 2003 80–6
civilian holdings 2007 63
insurgent stockpiles 2002 81–2
sub-regions 2001 259
transfers 2003 117–19
trends 2000 2003 100
value 2000 2003 100, 101
young men and small arms 2006 299, 305
see also Eastern Africa; Great Lakes and Horn of Africa; North Africa; Organization of
African Unity; Southern Africa; sub-Saharan Africa; West Africa
Africa Peace Forum, initiatives in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 265
African National Congress/Umkhonto We Sizwe, weapon-related commitments 2010 317, 318
African Union (AU) see Organization of African Unity
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) 2012 337, 339, 340, 345–7, 2014 200
AFSC see American Friends Service Committee
age
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 125
firearm possession 2011 275–6
firearm-related deaths
Brazil 2007 228, 232–3, 235, 238–41, 247
Colombia 2006 228–30
United States 2001 204, 239
suicide, Brazil 2007 243, 244, 247
urban violence 2007 167
victims of violence 2004 180, 183
violence risk factors 2008 251–3, 258
young men and small arms 2006 295–317
see also youth
age of stock, military procurement 2006 14–20
agenda development, NGOs 2002 242
aggravated assault, United States, firearm use 2014 251–2
agricultural land, Africa 2013 104–5
agriculture
effects of small arms misuse 2003 142
humanitarian impacts 2002 160
AGS-17 grenade launcher 2008 24
Ahlu Sunna wal Jama’a (ASWJ) (Somalia) 2012 337, 346
Ahtisaari, Martti 2009 249
AIA see Afghan Interim Authority
aid agencies, attacks on, Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 276
AIEK-973 assault rifle 2002 26
aiming lasers 2012 245
Air Atlantic Cargo 2001 121
Air Bursting Munitions (ABM) 2003 25
air cargo companies
brokers 2001 110–23, 172
tax havens 2001 104
Air Cess 2001 114, 119, 121, 122
Air Foyle 2001 122–3, 172
air guns 2004 107–8, 189
air transport
brokers 2001 110–23
civil aviation regulations 2010 59–62
control measures 2010 44–9
customs regulations 2010 54–8, 62
international regulation 2010 49–50
national regulation 2010 50–4
Air Transport Office (ATO) 2001 104, 118–19
aircraft
air cargo companies 2001 110–23, 172
illicit brokering 2004 145
MANPADS attacks 2004 90–1, 93, 94, 2008 12, 13
registration 2001 114–15, 2010 60
use for diversions 2008 115–16
airline security, US to Puerto Rico 2012 12–13
AK series assault rifles
exports from the Russian Federation 2001 158
identifying features 2014 219–20
illicit weapons in possession of RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 173
intellectual property rights 2007 24
Iraq 2007 84–5
mafia use 2013 91
popularity 2001 18, 20, 2007 258–9
producers
Egypt 2002 17
Russian Federation 2001 33, 158, 2002 25
symbolism 2001 205
technological developments 2003 22
AK-47 assault rifles
ammunition
availability 2005 19
type 2007 260
Bulgaria 2003 109
Burundi 2007 204
Central America 2012 18
child soldiers 2001 230
crime in Africa 2004 194, 195
drug violence, Mexico 2012 17, 29
gang use, Nicaragua 2013 59, 60–1, 63, 64, 67
Georgia 2003 201
illicit transfers of 2013 312
to Colombia 2003 116, 2006 85
to Jamaica 2012 31
to the Republic of the Congo 2003 262
illustration of 2007 259
intellectual property rights 2007 24
Iraq 2012 320
irresponsible transfers of, to Iraq 2007 82, 83
Kalashnikov series 2004 15, 34
Kosovo 2004 197
Kyrgyzstan 2004 319, 321
Latin America 2003 87
popularity 2007 258–9
prices 2002 65
2006 2007 260
Afghanistan 2013 251
Africa 2003 86
black market 2002 66–7
fashion and 2002 70
looted Albanian weapons 2002 68–9
second-hand 2002 67–8
production
global 2001 62, 63, 2006 54, 55
illicit craft production in Pakistan 2001 47, 2003 33
JSC Izhmash 2002 24–5
survey of producers 2004 28
seizures in Afghanistan 2003 76
South Sudan 2007 329
stockpiles
destruction of surpluses 2004 60
government armed forces stocks, East Germany 2001 75
India 2002 101
insurgent weapons in Palestinian territories 2002 90–1
Iraq 2004 47–8, 49
militia holdings in the Republic of the Congo 2003 267
Mozambique 2001 64
Pakistan 2002 100
Saudi National Guard 2004 55
West African armed groups 2006 257
use by private security companies 2011 114, 117–18, 119
use in homicides, Bogotá (Colombia) 2012 29
varieties 2007 260
Yemen 2007 45
see also Kalashnikov-pattern rifles
AK-74 assault rifles 2001 17, 2006 283
ammunition 2007 260
Burundi 2007 204
government armed forces stocks, East Germany 2001 75
illustration of 2007 259
producers, JSC Izhmash 2002 25
technological developments 2003 22
AK-101 assault rifles
ammunition 2007 260
illustration of 2007 259
AK-103 assault rifles 2006 12, 87
ammunition 2007 260
licensed production 2007 9, 11, 30
AK-105 assault rifles, identifying 2009 111
AK5 automatic rifles 2006 55
AKM assault rifles 2001 17, 2006 222, 226
ammunition 2007 260
diversion to Colombia 2008 113
identifying 2009 111, 130
illustration of 2007 259
import marks 2009 118
Iraq 2012 321
Akol, Lam 2007 321
AKSU-74 assault rifles, Burundi 2007 204
Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, stockpiles 2003 78
Al Shaggara Ammunition Plant (Sudan) 2014 232
Al Zarghaa Engineering Complex (Sudan) 2014 232
Al-Kadissiya sniper rifles, Iraq 2012 321
Al-Nassira rocket launcher 2012 323
Al-Qaeda
Afghanistan 2007 135, 2009 285, 288
armed violence 2010 85
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
home-made explosives 2013 237–8
Kyrgyzstan 2004 310, 320
MANPADS 2004 88
Somalia 2007 93–4
stockpiles 2003 73–6, 2004 55
suicide bombers 2013 222
training 2013 242
transfers to 2003 112, 2004 102
Yemen 2003 170
Al-Qassam rockets, Gaza 2008 15
Al-Shabaab (Somalia) 2012 154, 337–8, 346
ammunition 2014 200–1
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
illicit weapons 2013 254, 269, 271
Albania
ammunition 2005 30
diversion 2008 52
production 2014 190
stockpiles 2008 91, 93, 2010 13, 14
DDR and weapons reduction 2002 301–3, 2007 65
EU Joint Action 1998 2001 271–2
incentives 2002 306
participatory approaches 2002 313
SEESAC 2002–2005 2005 290
UNDP 2002–2004 2005 292
UNDP/UNDDA/UNOPS 1997–2002 2003 281
weapons for development in Gramsh 1999 2001 177, 2002 298–300, 302
demilitarization industry 2013 189, 192, 204
destruction programmes 2008 97
MANPADS 2008 101
effects of small arms misuse 2001 200–1
exports, UN Register 2012 287
gun culture 2005 208–10
illicit transfers from 2001 176–7
alleged arms embargo violations 2002 132
to the KLA 2004 133, 2005 218–19
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 274
private security companies
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 15
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57, 2003 43
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2003 65
looting from state arsenals 1997 2001 176–7, 200–1, 273, 2002 76–7, 298–9
military 2006 38, 44, 47
People’s War strategy 2002 76, 77
stockpile security 2002 260
trigger effect 2001 204–5
women, small arms control 2014 40
Albanians
gun culture in Kosovo 2005 205–23
Macedonia/FRY, gun ownership 2003 67
Albright, Madeleine 2004 92
Albuquerque, New Mexico (United States), illicit weapons 2014 246, 247–50, 252–68
alcohol
civilian firearm users 2011 277
Colombia 2006 230
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 181
Papua New Guinea 2006 182
and violence 2001 207, 2008 222, 264, 275, 2013 147, 149
Alcotan-100 rocket launcher 2008 25
Alderney, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Alemão favela (Brazil), drug violence 2012 65–6, 71
Alexander II, Tsar 2013 219
Alexander, John 2011 84
Alexandre, Boniface 2011 234
Algeria
ammunition, production 2014 190, 194
Bamako Declaration (2000) (OAU) 2002 213, 214
brokering 2004 152
conflict deaths 2001 210, 2005 248, 249
human rights violations 2007 76, 77
illicit transfers to, from Osama bin Laden 2001 171
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
classification of 2004 108
human rights 2004 102, 128
irresponsible transfers to 2007 76, 77, 98
list of exporters 2005 102, 2006 72
value 2001 2004 109
non-state actors
foreign government support for 2002 130
Islamic militants 2003 79
light weapons holdings 2008 32
non-state armed groups 2010 270–1
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 274
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 19
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 17, 19, 57
stockpiles
military 2005 88
police 2005 89
Algerian Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (Groupe Salafiste pour la prédication et le
combat) (GSPC) 2006 256
All Up Weight, ammunition 2005 11
Alliance for Peace Restoration and Combat against Terror (APRCT) (Somalia) 2007 93–4
alliances, military procurement 2006 21
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) (United States)
ammunition production 2001 27, 2010 22
company profile 2000 2002 29
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
government contracts 2003 17
manufacturing sectors 2005 59
Alpimex SL (Slovenia) 2003 46
Alÿs, Francis 2005 143
Amadeo Rossi (Brazil)
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
imports 2004 123
manufacturing sectors 2005 54
survey of producers 2001 29, 30, 2002 32, 2004 22
Amal Movement, Lebanon 2009 319, 320
ambushes, Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 279, 288
AMCOM see United States, Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command
Ameli light machine gun 2002 38
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2005 242
American Bar Association (ABA) 2005 242
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) 2006 144
American Samoa
civilian holdings 2004 283
gun control measures 2004 302
stockpiles 2003 89, 2004 284
Americans gang (South Africa) 2010 164
Americas
illicit transfers 2001 184–9
police, average number of officers 2006 42
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 261
production
licensed and unlicensed 2007 23
regional survey 2001 25–30
regional norms 2003 236
stockpiles, military 2006 52, 53, 58
weapons collection programmes 2003 280
see also Central America; Latin America; North America; South America; United States
AMF see Afghan Military Forces
AMISOM see African Union Mission in Somalia
ammonium nitrate fertilizer, use in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 238–41
ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (ANFO), Mpila ammunition depot explosions 2014 147, 149–50
ammunition 2005 9–33
.50 calibre sniper rifles 2005 53
Arms Trade Treaty 2014 82
authorized transfers 2009 146, 2010 7–35, 2012 242, 251
availability 2005 18–23
Yemen 2003 178
ballistics and health effects 2001 212, 240, 2005 23
Chinese, profiling 2014 200–2, 208
conflict areas, documenting 2014 180–2
construction 2005 10–12
control measures 2005 23–31
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265
Pacific 2004 302
UN General Assembly First Committee 2007 126
UN Group of Governmental Experts 2009 135, 143–7, 152
UN Programme of Action 2005 126–7
Côte d’Ivoire 2014 182, 187–208
counting 2005 11
definition 2010 8–9
demilitarization 2013 2, 4, 187–211
capabilities and capacities 2013 198–9
cluster munitions 2013 194–5
compliance and oversight 2013 201–3
contracts and tenders 2013 190–1
costs 2013 191–3, 209–10
environmental hazards 2013 204–5
industry actors 2013 188–90
market opportunities 2013 193–4
open burning and open detonation (OB/OD) 2013 188, 206–8
processes 2013 195–8
recovery, recycling, and reuse (R3) 2013 198, 208–10
regulations 2013 200–4
safety 2013 203–4
transport controls 2013 200–1
destruction programmes, Kazakhstan 2012 134–5
diversion 2005 14, 2007 289–312, 2008 45, 52
Albania 2008 52
Brazil 2008 45, 46, 52
Israel 2008 52
Kenya 2008 51, 52
Peru 2008 52
Uganda 2008 51
identifying marks 2009 117
illicit, prices 2013 261–8, 275–9
Iranian, in Sudan 2014 230
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 260
lethality 2001 212
Libya 2014 182–3, 187–208
light weapons ammunition 2006 66–7
definition 2010 9
technological developments 2010 33–4
transfers 2010 7–8, 18–20, 27–32, 34–5
marking and tracing 2002 245, 2005 25–9, 31
International Tracing Instrument 2006 95, 96–7, 99, 100, 102–3, 2007 124
lot-marking 2007 303, 311
measurement of 2008 89, 90–1
military requirements 2008 89–94
non-lethal armed violence 2012 82
non-lethal weapons 2004 221–3, 2005 16
packaging 2014 192
Papua New Guinea 2006 166, 177–8
production
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003 43
Brazil 2001 29, 2002 32, 2004 21, 22
Canada 2001 27
central and eastern Europe 2001 35, 2003 38
Egypt 2002 17
France 2002 33
global production by volume 2001 14
global ranking of countries 2001 15
Hungary 2001 37
illicit craft production, Philippines 2003 34–5
Iran 2002 18
Israel 2002 18
Kenya 2002 46
Kyrgyzstan 2004 321
licensed 2007 18, 20, 21
major producers 2003 14–15, 2004 27, 2010 22
military-calibre, global production 2002 15
Nigeria 2001 41, 2002 46–7
Poland 2003 42
Russian Federation 2002 26, 2003 20
Serbia and Montenegro 2003 47
South Africa 2001 41
Sudan 2002 18–19
survey of producers 2003 13, 2005 13–17
Switzerland 2001 32
Syria 2002 19
Turkey 2002 20
United States 2001 25, 27, 2002 29, 2003 16–17, 2004 11–12, 2005 44
unlicensed 2007 20, 21
value 2000 2002 14–15
Zimbabwe 2001 41
profiling 2014 5, 179–208
calibre 2014 187–8
country of manufacture 2014 189–91
data collection 2014 180–2
methodology 2014 185–7
produced since 2000 2014 193–4
produced since 2010 2014 195–6
unmarked 2014 204–7, 208
year of manufacture 2014 188–9
reloading 2007 305
security risk coding 2008 50
shotgun shells, transfers 2010 18, 22–3, 25–7, 30
small arms ammunition
definition 2010 8–9
transfers 2010 7–8, 18, 20–7, 34–5
small-calibre
Comtrade data 2000–2006 2009 12, 14–17
identification 2014 186
transfers 2010 18, 21–4, 30
Somalia and Somaliland 2014 183, 187–208
stockpiles 2010 13, 14
Afghanistan 2003 75–6, 2009 302
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 279, 284–5, 286
militia holdings in the Republic of the Congo 2003 268
Second World War weapons in the Pacific Islands 2003 35
shelf life 2005 17–18, 31
storage 2005 21
West African armed groups 2006 247, 255, 257, 258
storage conditions 2014 155
Sudan and South Sudan 2014 183, 187–208
Sudanese, profiling 2014 202–4, 208
surplus 2008 89–94
control measures 2009 143–7
Syria 2014 183–5, 187–208
technological developments 2003 23, 24–5, 2005 16–17, 2011 25, 75–7
terminal ballistics 2001 240, 2005 23
tons 2008 90
transfers
analysis 2010 20–32
for civilian weapons 2003 102–3
customs data 2002 126
to Cyprus 2003 105
estimated values 2010 17–20
exporters 2006 68–73
global trade 2004 100, 2006 67, 2010 7–35
government data 2001 149, 150
importers 2006 75–8
from Kyrgyzstan 2004 321
to the Pacific 2004 280–1
to Republic of the Congo 2014 154–6
from Russia 2003 111
from Sweden 2001 151
transparency 2010 10–13
transportation 2005 26
trends 2001–2011 2014 113–17
undocumented 2010 18, 27
value 2002 2005 98–9
Ukrainian, profiling 2014 204
unauthorized retransfers 2014 119, 126
unleaded 2005 16–17
see also bullets; calibre
Ammunition Coding System (ACS) 2005 28
ammunition depots
explosions
Kazakhstan 2012 108, 135, 136–8
Mpila (Republic of the Congo) 2014 145–70
amnesties
Australia 2004 57
Colombia 2006 263
incentives 2005 281
Iraq 2005 73
Kosovo 2002 291
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 181, 185–8
national control of civilian ownership 2002 267
Pacific 2004 303
Papua New Guinea 2006 184
Solomon Islands 2004 298–300
South Africa 2005 75, 2013 150
Sri Lanka 2004 59
Taiwan 2005 84
Thailand 2004 71
United Kingdom 2002 271, 2004 188
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 282–3, 291
Amnesty International 2004 1
Algeria 2007 77
Arms Trade Treaty 2004 133
codes of conduct 2002 183
irresponsible transfers to Iraq 2007 84–5
Israel 2007 79–80
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security 2014 37
Political Terror Scale 2007 75
private security companies, monitoring 2011 150
tracing weapons involved in human rights abuses 2004 126
transfers to human rights abusers 2002 183–4
violations of UN arms embargoes 2004 127
Ampatuans (Philippines) 2013 304, 308
Amuka militia (Uganda) 2010 267
AN-94 assault rifle 2003 24
AN/PAS-13 thermal sight 2012 264, 267, 268
AN/PSQ-23 rangefinder 2012 267, 268
ANBP see Afghan New Beginnings Programme
ANC/MK see African National Congress/Umkhonto We Sizwe
Andean Plan to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
in All Its Aspects 2011 265
Andorra
exports, UN Register 2012 287
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Andrade, Mônica Viegas 2007 238
ANFO see ammonium nitrate/fuel oil
AngloGold Ashanti 2011 140, 156
Angola
brokering 2001 108, 2004 152, 165
conflict
child soldiers 2001 230
conflict goods 2002 142
internal displacement 2001 224
percentage of population killed in conflict 2001 210
DDR and weapons reduction 2005 290, 2009 184
of civilians 2004 57
defining ex-combatants 2005 284
elections 2003 304–5
mistakes 2005 285
peace negotiations 2003 287, 293, 297, 301–2
UNITA 2002 2003 279
destruction programmes 2008 97
disarmament 2009 162
displaced persons 2001 2002 196
illicit transfers between Republic of the Congo 2014 153–4
illicit transfers from, to the Republic of the Congo 2003 262, 263
illicit transfers to 2001 132, 2004 112, 2005 192
arms embargo 2002 132, 2004 265, 269
brokers 2001 116–19, 2004 165
from Bulgaria 2001 173, 2002 134, 249, 2004 265, 269
end-use assurances 2002 249
MANPADS 2004 88
from South Africa 2001 117, 2002 132, 2005 192
UNITA 2001 173
violations of end-user certificates 2002 134
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
classification of 2004 108
human rights 2004 128, 129
irresponsible transfers to 2007 98
trends 2000 2003 117, 118
MANPADS attacks on aircraft 2008 13
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 32
post-conflict 2009 226
prices
black market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2002 66, 2007 262, 274
private military companies 2001 110
private security companies 2011 145
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
firearm types 2011 117
personnel 2011 104
regulation 2011 150
training 2011 124
resource conflict 2013 103, 116
state-led violence 2009 229
stockpiles 2003 81
civilian holdings 2007 47–8, 49
UNITA demobilization 2009 233, 236
Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), use of private military companies 2001 110
Anguilla, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
ANHAM Joint Venture 2007 82
ANKI see National Army of Independent Kampuchea
Anna LLP (Kazakhstan), civilian firearms 2012 119
Annan, Kofi
disarmament 2003 291
humanitarian approach 2002 177
Millennium Report (2000) 2001 2
Programme of Action 2002 203
stockpile estimates 2003 58
Ansar al-Islam 2013 235
ANSF see Afghan National Security Forces
ant trade 2002 128–9, 135
to Brazil 2001 186, 2006 84
to Colombia 2005 160, 163, 165
definition 2001 168
to Haiti 2005 160, 2006 165
to Mexico 2003 108
West Africa 2006 256
anti-aircraft weapons
control measures 2005 124, 125
countries producing 2008 34–5
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 283
production 2004 33
see also man-portable air defence systems
anti-materiel rifles
countries producing 2008 34–5
prices 2008 22
production 2004 27, 30
types 2008 22–3
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention see Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling,
Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
anti-personnel mines
banning campaign 2010 309
destruction programmes 2008 94
global campaign 2001 280, 2002 179
Philippines 2013 307–8
seizures in Afghanistan 2003 76
see also landmines
Anti-Personnel Mines and Ammunition Stockpile Destruction project (Afghanistan) 2009 302
Anti-Social Behaviour Act (2003) (United Kingdom) 2004 189
anti-tank guided weapons (ATGWs)
countries producing 2008 34–5
definition 2011 29–30
held by non-state armed groups 2008 32–3
illicit
Afghanistan 2012 334–6
Iraq 2012 326–9
Somalia 2012 340
manufacturing sectors 2005 59, 60, 61–2
military procurement 2006 12
parts 2012 244
producers 2011 31
production 2004 27, 33
licensed 2007 20, 21, 22
production and values 2008 28–30, 31
stockpiles 2008 19–20
transfers 2011 31–3, 35
types 2008 18–20
anti-tank rounds, Iraq 2012 323–5
anti-tank weapons
missiles 2005 124
production 2004 27, 33, 34
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 70
Somalia 2012 341–2
unguided rocket launchers 2008 25–6
see also rocket-propelled grenade launchers
anti-terrorism laws, policing 2004 220
anticipatory action, military stockpiles 2006 37, 60
Antigua and Barbuda
exports, UN Register 2012 287
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 274
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Antigua Declaration (2000) 2001 258
antique weapons, tracing 2006 104
Antonov 124 aircraft 2001 122–3
AOI see Arab Organisation for Industrialisation
apartheid
armed violence 2013 135
civilian firearms 2003 239
craft production 2003 30–1
APC see Arewa People’s Congress
APEC see Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APILAS shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
Appiolaza, Martín 2002 307–10
APRCT see Alliance for Peace Restoration and Combat against Terror
APS95 assault rifles, unlicensed production 2007 25
A.Q. Khan Laboratories (Pakistan) 2005 60
AR-15 assault rifles
drug violence, Mexico 2012 29
Papua New Guinea 2006 175, 176, 177
AR-15-pattern rifles
ammunition 2014 187
illicit, United States 2014 245
AR70/90 assault rifles 2002 37
AR70/223 assault rifles 2001 63
Arab Jamahiriya (Libya), transfers from 2007 92
Arab League 2004 152
Arab Model Law on Weapons, Ammunitions Explosives and Hazardous Material 2011 265
Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) (Egypt) 2001 38–9
Arabic Islamic Front of Azawad (FIAA) 2005 165
Arafat, Yassir 2002 93, 2003 78
‘architecture of fear’, fragmentation of public space 2007 176, 178
Arcus (Bulgaria) 2003 44, 2005 57
Arewa People’s Congress (APC) (Nigeria) 2006 249
ARF see Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Regional Forum
Argentina
control measures
MERCOSUR 2001 258
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
disarmament 2009 162
diversion of firearms 2012 32
end-user certificates 2008 128
exports
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
Comtrade data 2012 275
human rights 2004 130
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 99, 104, 107
pistols and revolvers 2001 147, 2002 114, 2009 20, 21, 41, 42
producers’ dependence on 2004 123
transparency 2006 83, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012 293, 2013 183, 2014 130
trends 2000 2003 114
UN Register 2012 287
to the United States 2009 21
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16, 24
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 209, 240, 2003 138
gun buy-back programme 2012 24
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers from 2001 184–5
to Brazil 2001 22, 23, 2003 117
to Croatia 2001 102
to Ecuador 2007 29
violations of end-user certificates 2002 135
illicit transfers to, brokers 2001 103
illicit weapons
private illegal firearms 2001 87
seizures 2006 84
imports
customs data 2002 126
from the United States 2000 2003 106
value 2001 2004 109
value 2002 2005 106
informal security groups 2011 103
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 274
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
of illicit weapons seized in Brazil 2001 22, 23
licensed 2002 45, 2007 15, 18, 29
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 54, 61
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 28, 52, 2002 57, 2004 17, 18–21
security sector reform 2003 153
stockpiles 2004 51, 53, 61
civilian holdings 2007 47–8, 56
distribution of firearms 2001 67
diversions from 2001 184–5
military 2005 77
private illegal firearms 2001 87
surplus weapons 2008 84, 85
urbanization 2007 168
weapons collection programmes 2002 302, 2003 60, 280
public awareness 2002 307–10
Arias Code of Conduct 2001 257, 2002 182
Arias, Oscar 2001 257, 2002 182, 2014 78
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand 2005 163, 288, 2007 174, 2011 230, 231
Arizona (United States)
civilian firearms
carrying in public 2011 295
prohibited and restricted 2011 272
transfer regulation 2011 284
Armalite (United States) 2005 54
Armament Technology (Canada) 2001 27
Armatix (Germany) personalized gun technology 2011 80
Armbrust rocket launchers, Iraq 2012 323
armed assault
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 199–200, 201
Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 174
armed conflict
definition 2013 285
illicit weapon prices 2013 271–3
types of 2013 8–9
see also conflict
armed forces see state armed forces
Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) 2005 167–9
Armed Forces for the National Liberation of East Timor 2006 253
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) (Sierra Leone) 2006 249, 255
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
armed groups
accidental use of firearms 2010 319
Afghanistan 2009 290–1, 299–304
Cambodia, stockpiles 2006 119, 120–2, 125, 126
civilian holdings crossing over to 2007 60–1
civilian targeting 2010 316–18
Colombia 2006 215–17, 220–6, 233–4, 263
command and control 2006 221, 252–3, 265–6
control measures, supply-side measures 2006 258–9
definitions 2010 86–9, 186
demand for small arms 2006 145–8
disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programmes 2006 259–65
engagement 2010 94, 305–26
female members 2010 191, 195, 201
humanitarian commitments 2010 310–11
humanitarian engagement 2010 306–15
internal regulations 2010 313
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 273–89
organizational factors 2005 188–99
policing 2010 319
pro-government groups 2010 94–5, 255–72
small arms 2010 305–6
misuse 2010 316–18
safety 2010 319–24
transfers and diversion 2010 324–5
sources of firearms 2006 253–6
South Sudan 2007 318–26, 341–4
South-East Asia 2006 253
stockpile management 2010 322–4
Sudan 2010 95–6, 285–8
typology 2006 248–50
urban political armed violence 2007 173, 186
Venezuela, urban violence in Caracas 2007 186
violence 2010 85–6, 2013 12
weapons management 2006 257
West Africa 2006 247–67
young men and small arms 2006 307
see also gangs; guerrillas; insurgents; militias; non-state armed groups; paramilitaries; rebel
groups
Armed Islamic Group (GIA) (Algeria), guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
armed parties and political movements (PMPAs) (Burundi) 2007 203–7
armed robbery
at sea 2012 192
Burundi 2007 212
Cambodia 2006 127–30
Georgia 2003 209
Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 174, 184
armed violence
actors 2013 9–10
common factors 2008 219–22
data collection 2008 216–17, 222, 237
data and monitoring 2013 151–2
definition 2008 246, 277, 2012 81, 2013 2, 7–9, 12, 134
drivers 2013 11–12, 133, 137–9
dynamics 2008 231
firearms interventions 2008 278–9
gendered perspective 2013 18–22
global burden 2008 218
impacts on children and youth 2009 193–212
interventions 2008 226–7, 235–6, 275–6, 278–9, 295–8
El Salvador 2008 281, 288–95
United States 2008 280–8
intimate partner violence 2013 1–2, 3, 17–39
legislation 2013 139, 140–2
mafia 2013 1, 3, 75–6, 80–8
monitoring 2013 140
non-conflict 2013 1–2, 3–4, 7–13
policing practices 2013 139
post-conflict 2009 219–30, 253–4
prevention 2008 223, 227, 2013 137–40
psychosocial effects 2009 198–9
public health approach 2008 211–12, 223–8, 236–40
regional distribution 2008 218–19
risk factors 2008 262–3, 282, 2009 230–2
school shootings 2008 265–6
as social phenomenon 2008 236–7
socio-economic policy 2013 139–40, 145–7, 152
Somaliland 2012 3, 151–3, 159, 162
South Africa 2013 1, 4, 133–52
United States 2014 250–2
urban areas 2008 221–2, 257, 291
see also non-lethal armed violence; violence
Armed Violence Prevention Programme (AVPP) 2006 309, 2007 178, 2008 292
armed violence reduction and prevention (AVRP) programming, South Africa 2013 133,
147–50
Armenia
brokering 2004 152
exports
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
value 2001 148
illicit transfers from, to Chechnya 2001 178
illicit transfers to 2001 179–80
imports, grenade launchers 2011 26
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
Nagorno-Karabakh 2003 47–8
survey of producers 2001 34, 52, 2002 57, 2003 38, 47–8
stockpiles 2004 54
Armimex (Bulgaria) 2003 44
armour-piercing (AP) rounds 2003 23, 2005 21–2
Arms and Ammunition Tracing Desk see Human Security Baseline Assessment
arms control
comparison with disarmament 2009 160
post-conflict 2009 240
arms control regimes
international 2010 49–50
national 2010 50–4
Arms Corporation of the Philippines (Armscor) 2001 44
arms depots, explosions 2010 322–4
Arms for Development (AfD) 2002 297–303, 306, 2006 264–5
Arms Exchange Programme for Better Living Conditions (Argentina) 2002 307–10
arms markets, Somalia 2012 347
arms reduction see weapons reduction
arms trade see authorized transfers; transfers
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) 2004 133, 2007 117, 126, 129, 130, 2009 135–6, 147–52
ammunitions/munitions and parts and components 2014 82
brokering controls 2014 91–2
comparison with other instruments 2014 86–7
and Comtrade data 2014 136–7
conventional arms 2014 80–2
diversion controls 2014 93
draft parameters 2009 151
enforcement 2014 93
export assessment 2014 85–8
export controls, Sudan and South Sudan 2014 237
feasibility 2009 150
final provisions 2014 96–7
gender-based violence 2014 35, 55–7, 58
general implementation measures 2014 88
history of 2009 147–8, 2014 78–9
impact of 2014 3, 5, 97–100, 109
import controls 2014 89–90
international cooperation and assistance 2014 93–4
introductory provisions 2014 96
nature of 2014 80
negotiations 2011 43–4, 53–5
open-ended working group 2009 148, 152, 2011 53–4
Preparatory Committee 2011 54–5
prohibitions 2014 84
record-keeping 2014 94
reporting commitments 2014 94–5
scope 2009 150–1
signing of (2013) 2014 77
transfer criteria 2014 83–8
transfer definitions 2014 83
transit or transhipment controls 2014 90
transparency of transfers 2014 131–9
UN General Assembly resolutions 2009 148–9
and UN Register 2014 80–2, 95, 132–5, 138–9
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 5, 117, 122, 127, 128
Arms Transfer Profiling Indicator System (ATPIS) 2008 129
Arms-free Municipalities Project (AFMP) (El Salvador) 2008 292–5
‘Arms-to-Africa’ scandal (1998) 2001 110
Armscor (South Africa) 2002 45, 47–8
‘Army of the Pure’: Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) (Pakistan), guided light weapons holdings 2008
33
arquebuses, Yemen 2003 172–3
Arrow Boys (Uganda) 2010 267
Arsenal (Bulgaria) 2003 44, 2006 25
airburst grenades 2011 25
Arsenalul Armatei (Romania) 2003 45
art 2005 142–57
firearm use 2011 286
artillery rockets, transfers to Europe 2003 104
Aruba, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi (2000) 2007 199, 207
Aryan Brotherhood (AB) (United States) 2010 160
Arys (Kazakhstan), ammunition depot explosion 2012 135, 136–8
ASAC see European Union Assistance in Curbing Small Arms and Light Weapons in Cambodia
Asaib Ahl al-Haq 2013 232
ASEAN see Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASG see Abu Sayyaf Group
Asia
illicit transfers 2001 180–4
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 261
transfers, value 2000 2003 101–2
young men, proportion of population 2006 299
see also Asia-Pacific; Central Asia; East Asia Pacific; Northeast Asia; South Asia; Southeast
Asia
Asia-Pacific
firearm homicides 2004 175, 176, 177, 178, 200
firearm homicides and suicides 2008 219
police, average number of officers 2006 42
production
distribution of producing companies 2001 10, 2002 12, 2003 12, 14, 2004 10
distribution of producing countries 2001 10, 2002 11, 12, 2003 11, 2004 9
licensed and unlicensed 2007 23
survey of producers 2001 42–5
stockpiles, military 2006 52–3, 58
violence and crime 2004 179
weapons collection programmes 2003 280
see also Asia; Pacific
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2004 93
MANPADS controls 2005 128, 2007 28, 2014 122
Asia–Pacific, gang violence 2010 142–4
ASNLF see Aceh/Sumatra National Liberation Front
assassinations
Burundi 2007 212
European stockpiles 2003 63
assault, armed
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 199–200, 201
Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 174
assault rifles
ammunition 2005 12, 19, 21
Brazil 2006 84, 2007 304–5
Central African Republic 2005 312
Colombia 2006 225, 231
crime 2001 22
Africa 2004 194
Brazil 2001 23
culture of violence 2001 207–8
drug violence, Latin America 2012 29
exporters 2006 72
Georgia 2003 196, 200–1
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
lethality 2001 212
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 279, 283–4
military procurement 2006 8, 12, 13, 18
most popular 2001 18, 20
parts 2012 243–4
post-conflict violence 2005 274
prices, Kalashnikov rifles 2007 257–72
production 2004 8
Canada 2001 27
Chile 2001 30
global production 2001 62, 63
licensed and unlicensed 2007 8, 18, 20, 21–3
major producers 2004 27
manufacturing sectors 2005 50, 51, 55–7
most popular military weapons 2004 28–9, 30, 34
rifling 2001 212
Somaliland 2012 149, 152
South America, illicit weapons 2006 84, 86
stockpiles, Republic of the Congo 2003 267–8
technological developments 2003 22, 24
United States ban 2005 50, 75
Yemen 2003 172
see also AK series; FN FAL; M16
Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) (United States) 2012 57
Assessing Small Arms Issues and Developing Capacity for Peace in the Horn of Africa
(SALIGRAD) project 2002 243
assessment, weapons collection programmes 2002 311–15
assistance, international transfers 2009 9
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Centre for Combating Transnational Crime (ACTC) 2001 267
control measures 2001 267–8
MANPADS controls 2005 128
member nations 2001 267
organized crime 2001 221
Regional Forum (ARF), attempt to create regional plan 2002 214–15
survey of producers 2001 43–4
ASTAR (Spain) 2001 32
Astra (Spain) 2001 21, 32, 2002 37–8
Astra-Uncetay y Cia (Spain) 2001 32
ASWJ see Ahlu Sunna wal Jama’a
AT-4 single-shot rockets
illicit, United States 2014 264–5
Iraq 2012 325
AT-7 anti-tank missiles, Somalia 2012 340
AT4 rocket launchers 2008 25, 2011 27
ATCA see United States, Alien Tort Claims Act
ATF see United States, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; United States,
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
ATGWs see anti-tank guided weapons
ATK see Alliant Techsystems
Atlantic Firearms (United States), AK-47 prices 2007 260
ATO see Air Transport Office
ATT see Arms Trade Treaty
attacks
Colombia 2006 223–4
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 273, 278–82
attempted murder, Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 174
Attenuating Energy Projectile 2011 81, 89
attitudes
Kyrgyzstan 2004 318
national control of civilian ownership 2002 263
to gun ownership 2013 38
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 279–317
see also culture
attrition
data on 2007 43
insurgent small arms 2001 81
stockpiles 2001 76–7
Atwood, David 2006 144
Aubeville militias (Republic of the Congo), holdings 2003 260
AUC see Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
AUG, Steyr rifle 2011 77
AUG assault rifle
estimate of total production 2001 63
most popular assault rifles 2001 18, 20
production 2001 31, 2002 30
Australia
ammunition
procurement 2010 31
transfers, transparency 2010 11, 12
Bougainville 2004 295
civilian firearms 2007 47–8
control measures, impact of 2004 184–6, 2005 74–5
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
destruction programmes 2007 64, 65
firearm homicides 2001 239
licences 2011 280, 282
patterns of 2007 64
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
rate of 2004 283
registration 2011 273
regulation 2011 266
self-defence use 2011 289–90
theft of 2008 63, 65
transfer regulation 2011 282
use regulation 2011 286
user regulation 2011 276
control measures 2004 301–3
draft ASEAN declaration on small arms 2002 214–15
impact on violence and crime 2004 184–6, 192
national control of civilian ownership 2002 267–8, 2004 184–6
registration 2004 67
UN Small Arms Conference (2001), Programme of Action 2002 210–11
costs of small arms violence 2006 194
disarmament 2009 166, 167–9
exports
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2012 275
end-use assurances 2002 250
human rights 2004 129, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
list of importers 2005 107, 2006 76, 77
national reporting 2001 154, 2002 117, 120
transparency 2004 117, 2006 81, 2007 88, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012 293, 2013
182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
value 2001 2004 103
value 2003 2006 68
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 240, 2009 168–9
correlation to city size 2007 167
and firearm ownership 1999 2001 203, 239
human development indicators 2001 233, 241
firearm restrictions 2013 37
gang violence 2010 143–4
illicit transfers from 2001 184
illicit transfers to 2004 285, 286
border seizures 2005 114, 115, 116
imports
ammunition 2009 16, 17
analysis of Pacific region 2004 280–1, 282
Comtrade data 2001 156, 2009 8, 12, 2013 180
customs data 2002 126
list of exporters 2005 103, 104, 105, 2006 69, 72, 73
military firearms 2002 116
military small arms and light weapons 2009 25
national reporting 2001 157
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
sporting shotguns 2009 19
from the United States 2000 2003 106
value 2001 2004 109
value 2002 2005 106
value 2003 2006 75
intimate partner violence 2013 28
legal transfers, classification of 2001 142
mass shootings 2011 266
military procurement 2006 30
police handguns 2011 74
policing 2004 218
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 274
private security companies
armed 2011 115
personnel 2011 104
stockpile management 2011 121
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 45, 2007 15, 18
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 46, 52, 61
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 45, 52, 2002 57, 2004 11
stockpiles 2003 88, 89
military stockpiles 2006 43, 44, 46
thefts from 2002 259
state stockpiles 2004 284
stolen firearms 2004 61, 62, 63, 286
theft
of civilian weapons 2008 63, 65
from gun shops 2008 64
from military stockpiles 2002 259
of M-72 LAW rocket launchers 2008 49, 51, 52
violence and crime 2004 179, 295
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2009 166, 167–9
weapons reduction programmes 2003 280
collection and destruction programme 1997–1998 2002 73, 74
crime reduction 2002 283, 302
disarmament 2005 74–6
disposal programme 2002 311, 2004 57, 58
women and small arms control policies 2014 49
young men and small arms 2006 304
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) (Australia)
civilian firearms
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
user regulation 2011 276, 279
Australian Defence Industries (ADI) 2001 45, 2002 12, 45
licensed production 2007 11, 18
Austria
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
arms industry 2009 68
brokering 2004 156, 157, 161
civilian ownership
controls on 2002 264, 265
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
stockpiles 2001 85, 2003 64
disarmament 2009 162
end-user certification 2008 164–5, 171–3
export controls
enforcement 2009 86
licensing authorities 2009 88
licensing systems 2009 70, 73
re-export provisions 2009 83
transfer criteria 2009 92, 95, 96
exports
alleged arms embargo violations 2002 133
ammunition 2009 15
annual value 2001 148
classification of 2004 107
Comtrade data 2009 8, 10, 12, 2012 274, 2013 179–80
human rights 2004 128, 129, 130, 131, 132
to Iran 2009 96
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107
to Kazakhstan 2012 120, 121
list of importers 2005 107, 108, 109, 2006 75–8
military firearms 2001 147, 2009 38
national reporting 2001 149, 2002 117–18, 120
pistols and revolvers 2001 147, 2009 20, 21, 40, 41, 42, 43
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 46
sporting rifles 2002 114
top exporters 2004 2007 74
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 88, 94–7, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011
16, 2012 291, 292, 302, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
to the United States 2003 103–4, 2004 124, 2009 21
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 101, 103
value 2002 2005 102
value 2003 2006 68
to Venezuela 2007 81
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 209, 240
imports
list of exporters 2005 103, 2006 70, 71, 73
from the United States 2003 106
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 109
value 2002 2005 106
value 2003 2006 75
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
exports to the United States 1991-96 2001 27
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
licensed 2002 45, 2007 15
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 57, 59, 61
most important companies 2002 20, 21
most popular small arms 2001 18, 20
survey of producers 2001 31, 52, 2002 30–1, 57
transportation, customs regulations 2010 57
authorization documentation, brokers 2001 100
authorized transfers
accessories 2012 2, 5–7, 269–75
ammunition 2009 146, 2010 7–35, 2012 242, 251
definitions 2007 74, 2010 9, 2011 12, 2014 110
estimating 2012 247–8
global estimates 2012 2, 5–7, 241–2, 251
light weapons 2011 4, 9–35, 2012 242, 251
parts 2012 2, 5–7, 251–61
small arms 2009 7–53, 2012 242, 251
trends 2000—2009 2012 2, 275–7
see also transfers
Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia) (AUC)
amnesty 2006 263
brokering 2004 164
command and control 2006 221
conflict sourcing 2005 161–3
conflict use of weapons 2005 194, 2006 226
criminalization 2010 271
demobilization 2012 22
firearms 2010 122
illicit transfers to 2003 116, 2004 130, 2006 85
insecurity 2006 217
stockpiles 2002 83, 2003 87, 2006 221
Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP) 2011 74
automatic grenade launchers 2008 24–5
automatic rifles
Burundi 2007 204
civilian ownership 2007 63–4
crime, Brazil 2001 23
culture of violence 2001 207–8
exports, to Nepal 2003 113
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265
police arming 2010 114
production, global 2001 62
stockpiles
Africa 2003 83
military 2006 37, 54, 55–6
police 2001 69–70, 2006 42–3
transfer of military firearms to civilian ownership 2007 61
Yemen 2003 175
see also AK series; assault rifles
Automatic Systems Scientific Research Institute (Georgia) 2003 48
availability
accessibility thesis 2001 202–7, 2002 159, 2004 182–6
Africa 2003 86
armed conflict 2005 179, 180–1, 182–7, 200
Brazil 2007 233, 235, 245
Central African Republic 2005 304–13
demand for small arms 2006 144, 149, 150, 156
Georgia 2003 196–205, 207–10
human development effects 2003 125–59
Kyrgyzstan 2004 319
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181
post-conflict 2005 274–5
Republic of the Congo 2003 258–69
urban armed violence 2007 161, 169, 181
weapons prices 2007 269–71
averting behaviour, costs of small arms violence 2006 192
AVPP see Armed Violence Prevention Programme
AVRP see armed violence reduction and prevention
Awakening Councils (Iraq), firearms 2010 122
awareness campaigns see public awareness
AWB see Assault Weapons Ban
Aweys, Sheikh Hassan Dahir 2007 93
Azerbaijan
displaced persons 2002 196
illicit transfers to 2001 179–80
stockpiles 2004 54
B-10 recoilless rifles, Somalia 2012 342
B2 Group 2004 107
B-10 82 mm recoilless gun 2006 283–4
Backer, Berit 2005 214
al-Badr, Muhammed 2003 170
Badr Organization, firearms 2010 122
BAE Systems (United Kingdom) 2001 33, 2002 12, 39–40
Baghdad (Iraq), urban political armed violence 2007 173
Bahamas
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
young men and small arms 2006 297
Bahrain
imports 2005 106, 2006 74
non-state actors, foreign government support for 2002 130
production 2002 19
stockpiles 2005 86, 88, 89
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
young men and small arms 2006 297
Bakara market (Mogadishu) 2013 254, 269
Bakaraaha Arms Market (Mogadishu) 2007 94
Bakassi Boys (Nigeria) 2006 249, 251, 2007 171, 2010 266, 2012 163
Bakri, Imad 2001 118, 119
Balawas 2005 308, 312
Balkans
effects of small arms 2001 200–1
illicit transfers 2001 176–7, 2003 71–2
survey of producers 2001 30, 36–8
weapons collection programmes 2002 290–1
ballistics 2001 212, 240, 2005 23
firearm identification 2012 25
Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) 2012 204
Bamako Declaration see Organization of African Unity
Bambou ammunition destruction site (Republic of the Congo) 2014 150, 163
banditry
Cameroon 2004 193, 194–5, 196
Chad 2005 317
Colombia 2006 217
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 208–9
effects of small arms misuse 2003 142
humanitarian impacts 2002 160
West African armed groups 2006 252
Bangladesh
ammunition, production 2014 194
black market, transit countries 2002 143–5
effects of small arms violence 2004 191
exports
military firearms 2009 33, 35
military small arms and light weapons 2009 24
UN Register 2012 287
illicit transfers from 2001 181–2, 2002 143–5
to NSAs 2002 129
imports 2006 69
mortars 2011 24–5
reusable rocket launchers 2011 29
non-state armed groups, firearms 2010 122
prices
black market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2002 66, 2007 263, 274
production 2001 16, 52, 2002 57
licensed 2007 15, 19
stockpiles 2002 102
transfers, to Côte d’Ivoire 2009 37
urban areas, slums 2007 169
Barbados
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 125
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Barranquilla (Colombia), firearm-related deaths 2006 229
Barre, Mohamed Siad 2012 148, 150, 337
Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. (United States) 2004 11, 27, 30, 2005 52
Barrett M82 anti-materiel rifle 2008 22
Barrick Gold 2011 142
Barrio Azteca gang (Texas) 2010 157, 161, 162
Barrio de Paz (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 2010 218–20, 223
basic needs
indicators 2002 159
long-term effects of insecurity 2002 171–3
Basij militia (Iran) 2010 264
Basque Homeland and Freedom see Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Special Police Operations Battalion) (BOPE) (Brazil)
2012 66–7, 70–1
BATF see Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Batori Epszol (Hungary) 2001 37
battlefield seizures 2002 129, 138–9
Sudan and South Sudan 2014 237–8
Bayart, Jean-François 2004 193
bayonets 2004 107–8
Bazooka 2008 25
beanbags 2005 16
BED see Special Disarmament Brigades
Bédié, Henri Konan 2011 195, 196, 197
behaviour
norms 2003 220–1
problems, risk factors 2008 254
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (PfA) 2014 35, 45–6
Beja Congress (South Sudan) 2007 320
Belarus
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
destruction programmes 2008 79, 97
MANPADS 2008 101
exports 2001 148, 2009 8
classification 2004 108
government reporting 2003 98
human rights 2004 129, 132
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
undocumented 2009 31
illicit transfers, alleged arms embargo violations 2002 132
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 274
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
light weapons 2008 34
survey of producers 2001 30, 34, 52, 2002 57, 2003 38, 48
Belfast Agreement (1998) 2003 72, 2007 44
Belfast (Northern Ireland), young men and small arms 2006 305
Belgium
ammunition
production 2014 187, 189–91, 194
transfers, transparency 2010 11
brokering 2001 106, 2004 156, 157, 159, 161, 164
crime, age and gender 2006 296–7
end-user certification 2008 165, 171–3
export controls
enforcement 2009 86
exceptions 2009 79
licensing authorities 2009 88
licensing systems 2009 70, 73
pre-licensing requirements 2009 76
transfer criteria 2009 91, 92, 95
exports
ammunition 2006 67
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
classification of 2004 107
to Colombia 2006 236
Comtrade data 2009 8, 10, 12, 2012 274, 2013 179–80
end-use assurances 2002 250
human rights 2004 125, 129, 130, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 99, 100, 101, 103, 105, 106
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 107, 108, 2006 75–8
military firearms 2009 35
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23
national reporting 2001 147, 149, 2002 118, 120, 122
to Nepal 2003 113
non-military shotguns 2002 114
parts 2012 255
pistols and revolvers 2009 21, 42, 43
share of total 2001 144
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 18, 45
sporting rifles 2002 114
top exporters 2004 2007 74
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 78, 81, 2007 89, 2009 49, 2010 15, 2011 15,
16, 19, 2012 292, 298, 302, 305, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287
to the United States 2004 124
value 2000 2003 103, 104
value 2001 2004 100, 101, 103
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 100, 102
value 2003 2006 65, 68–9
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 203, 239
French–Belgian initiative on air transport control 2010 46–7, 48–9, 62
illicit transfers from, alleged arms embargo violations 2002 132, 133
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
Comtrade data 2009 12
customs data 2002 126
list of exporters 2005 102, 103, 104, 2006 68, 69, 71
parts 2012 256
pistols and revolvers 2009 22
shotgun shells 2010 25
sporting shotguns 2009 19
from the United States 2001 154, 2003 106, 2004 120–1
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 109
value 2002 2005 106
value 2003 2006 75
International Tracing Instrument 2006 99
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 274
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
ammunition 2005 14
exports to the United States 2001 27
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
of illicit weapons seized in Brazil 2001 22, 23
licensed 2007 15, 16, 19, 29
light weapons 2008 34
MANPADS 2004 81
manufacturing sectors 2005 57, 61
most important companies 2002 20, 21, 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 18, 19, 20
survey of producers 2001 31, 52, 2002 31, 57
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2001 85, 239, 2003 64
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
distribution of firearms 2001 66
police 2001 69, 70, 2005 78, 2006 40
transportation
customs regulations 2010 57
licensing 2010 53
women and small arms control policies 2014 49
young men and small arms 2006 297
Belgium, John 2007 324
Belize
brokers 2001 105
civilian firearms
licences 2011 280, 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
storage requirements 2011 293
transfer regulation 2011 283
user regulation 2011 276, 277, 279
control measures
Inter-American Convention 2001 256
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
DDR and weapons reduction 2005 290
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107
military procurement 2006 30
police, shootings by 2004 234
Beltrame, José 2012 66, 67
Benelli Armi (Italy) 2001 32, 2002 36
Benin 2004 113, 152
Beretta ARX160 2012 246
Beretta (Italy)
acquisitions 1995–1999 2002 12
company profile 2000 2002 36–7
exports, government data 2001 150
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
illicit weapons, seized in Brazil 2001 23
licensed production 2001 30, 2002 45, 2007 10, 30
M-9 pistols, production for US military 1970–1999 2001 13
major producers by weapon type 2004 27
manufacturing sectors 2005 54
most important companies 2003 15
most popular handguns 2001 18, 20
sub-machine guns 2004 31
survey of producers 2001 32
Beretta pistols
transfer of parts 2012 257
use in homicides, Bogotá (Colombia) 2012 29
Beretta US Corporation (United States)
company profile 2000 2002 29, 37
financial indicators 1998–2000 2002 28
illicit weapons, seized in Brazil 2001 23
licensed production 2001 30, 2007 10
M-9 pistol, production for US military 1970–1999 2001 13
most popular handguns 2001 18, 20
survey of producers 2001 26, 32
Berisha, Sali 2001 200
Berlin (Germany), Turkish gangs 2010 233
Berman, Eric 2002 289–90
Bernstrup, Tobias 2005 146
Bersa S.A. (Argentina) 2001 28, 2004 20, 123, 2005 54
besa (solidarity or trust) 2005 208, 211–12, 216–17, 219–20
Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia Based Piracy (BMP) 2012 205–6,
211
Bester, Willie 2005 147
Bevan, James 2014 221
BGF see Black Guerilla Family
Bharat Dynamics (India) 2012 261
Bhutan 2002 147, 2005 104
Bhutto, Benazir 2013 230
Biafo Industries (Pakistan) 2013 236–7
BICC see Bonn International Center for Conversion
Bicesse Accords (1992) 2003 305, 2005 192
Biennial Meetings of States (BMS) see United Nations, Biennial Meetings of States
‘big men’, young men and small arms 2006 305, 316
bilateral agreements
humanitarian norms 2010 312
Inter-American Convention 2001 255
BILL ATGW 2011 30
BIMCO see Baltic and International Maritime Council
bin Laden, Osama 2009 288
illicit arms for Algeria 2001 171
Biting the Bullet (BtB) project 2004 2, 2007 129, 2008 128, 142
Consultative Group Process 2004 252
report 2003 2004 259–62
UN Small Arms Conference, marking and tracing 2002 247
Bizon-2 sub-machine gun 2002 25, 2007 24
Black Guerilla Family (BGF) (United States) 2010 160–1
black market
AK-47 2001 17
Albania, looted military weapons 1997 2001 200–1
Balkans 2001 176–7
brokers 2001 95, 97, 101–2
Central America 2001 188–9
characteristics of 2001 190
defining illicit transfers 2001 165–6, 167
definition 2001 141, 2007 74
destination countries 2002 141–2
Georgia 2003 204
marking 2002 244–5
prices
AK-47 rifles 2002 66–7
as an indicator of stockpiles 2002 65–6
M16 rifle 2002 66, 67
source countries 2002 141–2
Thailand 2002 109, 142–3
thefts from state arsenals 2002 137
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
transit countries 2002 141–5
value and volume 2001 167–8
see also illicit transfers; smuggling; trafficking
Black Sea Arms Project 2003 32
Blackwater (now Xe Services) 2011 101, 108, 109, 121
Blanc International (United States) 2007 82
Bleach, Peter 2001 113
blood feuds, Kosovo 2005 211–12, 214, 216–17
Blood, Kakom Kouack 2014 164
blood money, Yemen 2003 181, 183–5
Bloomfield, Lincoln 2004 58
Blowpipe 2003 76, 2004 82, 84, 85
Blue Lantern end-use monitoring programme (United States) 2008 129, 137, 170, 2014 125–6
Blue Nile (Sudan), non-state armed groups 2014 215
blunt object injuries, Burundi 2007 213, 214
BMP see Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia Based Piracy
BMS see United Nations, Biennial Meeting of States; United Nations, Biennial Meetings of
States
bodyguards, women 2014 75
BOF (Bangladesh), licensed production 2007 19
Bofors Carl Gustav (Sweden), licensed production 2007 18
Bogotá (Colombia)
control measures 2006 215, 230–3, 234
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 200, 202–7
firearm homicides 2012 22
ballistic identification 2012 25
types of weapons used 2012 29–30
firearm-related deaths 2006 229
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 179, 185
violence, urban armed violence 2007 179, 183, 185
Boise, Idaho (United States), illicit weapons 2014 246, 247–50, 252–68
Bokassa, Jean-Bédel 2005 303, 314, 315
Boko Haram (Nigeria) 2014 39
Bol Kong, Peter 2007 334, 335, 336
Bolaños, Enrique 2013 49
Bolide High Velocity Missile 2008 17
Bolivia
control measures
MERCOSUR 2001 258
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101, 102
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers from, to Brazil 2007 306
illicit transfers to 2006 83
imports, military firearms 2002 116
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 274
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
pro-government armed groups 2010 266–7
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 28, 52, 2002 57, 2004 18, 21
stockpiles 2004 51, 52
surplus weapons 2008 84
Bolivian Liberation Front 2010 266–7
bolt-action rifles
Afghanistan 2012 331
see also single-shot rifles
Bolton, John 2002 218, 219, 224–5
Bombayeke, General 2005 312, 315
bombs see explosives
Bonn Agreement, Afghanistan 2009 292, 306
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) 2002 243
Bonn-Berlin process 2004 270
Booza TV (South Africa) 2013 149
BOPE see Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais
Bor Dinka 2007 326
border controls, UN Programme of Action 2011 44–6, 58
border porousness, prices 2002 67, 2007 263, 264, 266–7, 271
border wars, Yemen 2003 170
border-control personnel, stockpiles 2006 43
Borsellino, Paolo 2013 75, 78
Bosnia
destruction programmes 2007 65
disarmament 2003 297, 299
exports, value 2001 148
illicit transfers from, to Azerbaijan 2001 180
peace agreements, disarmament 2003 286
sexual violence 2002 172
see also Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
ammunition
stockpiles 2008 91, 93
transfers, transparency 2010 11
conflict
deaths 2005 229, 234
displaced persons 2002 196
sexual assault during 2001 213
DDR programmes 2009 184
destruction programmes 2007 84, 2008 97
MANPADS 2008 101
disarmament 2009 162
disarmament and weapons reduction programmes 2001 177, 2002 302, 2005 290, 292
as part of peace process 2003 281, 283, 286, 292, 293
diversion of arms from 2008 122
export controls, licensing authorities 2009 86
exports
to Iraq 2007 73, 84–5
irresponsible transfers from 2007 84–5, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2007 88, 2009 49, 2010 15, 2011 15, 17, 2012 293, 300, 2013 181, 183,
2014 130
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
illicit transfers from 2003 111
human rights 2004 133
surplus military weapons 2001 177
to West Africa 2003 119
illicit transfers to
alleged embargo violations 2002 132, 133
border seizures 2005 114
imports, from the United States 2001 154
post-conflict 2009 226
post-conflict violence 2009 230
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 274
private security companies
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 36–7, 52, 2002 57, 2003 38, 43
stockpiles
insurgents 2001 81
military 2002 77, 2006 44, 47
surplus weapons, transferred to Afghanistan and Iraq 2008 79
weapons records 2009 128
see also Bosnia
Boston (United States), Gun Project 2006 148, 155, 312–13, 2007 181, 2008 286, 2010 246
Botswana
civilian firearms 2007 172
regional norms 2003 239, 241
crime, carjackings 2007 172
disarmament 2009 162
firearm violence and crime 2004 193
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 47
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 274
Bouenza (Republic of the Congo), militia holdings 2003 267–8
Bougainville
ammunition
availability 2005 18
use of expanding bullets 2005 22–3
conflict use 2005 185
costs of firearm misuse 2004 5, 293–7
DDR and weapons reduction programmes 2005 290
disposal programmes 2004 277, 296–7
peace process 2003 280, 282, 288, 293, 302–3
illicit craft production 2003 35
leakage 2004 287, 288, 289
Bougainville Resistance Forces 2003 35
Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) 2003 35
Bourterse, Desi 2001 187–8
Bout, Viktor 2001 114, 119, 121–3, 2008 117, 120, 135, 2013 312
Bouteflika, President Abdelaziz 2007 77
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros 2012 283
global measures 2001 276
micro-disarmament 2002 282, 2008 8
peacekeeping and disarmament 2005 285
sovereignty 2002 177
Supplement to An Agenda for Peace, sanctions 2004 270
Bowao, Charles Zacharie 2014 160–1, 163
Bowling for Columbine 2005 21
Bozizé, General François 2005 303–9, 310–11, 315, 316, 320
BRA see Aceh, Badan Reintegrasi-Damai Aceh
Brahimi Report (2000) 2003 296, 311, 2005 285, 287
brain injuries, from IEDs 2013 225
Brasilia Declaration (2000) 2002 212
Bratton, William 2007 184
Brazil
ammunition
calibres 2008 45, 46
control measures 2005 22, 26, 27
diversions of 2007 289–90, 301–11
arms industry 2009 68
attitudes to gun ownership 2013 38
civilian firearms 2013 30
carrying in public 2011 293
prohibited and restricted 2011 268, 269
registration 2011 273
user regulation 2011 276, 278–9
conflict, firearm homicides and suicides 2001 211
control measures 2012 24
ammunition 2005 22, 26, 27
Brasilia Declaration (2000) 2002 212
civilian ownership 2002 268, 2004 43, 69–71, 72
gun buy-back programme 2006 141, 145, 157, 158
International Tracing Instrument 2006 99
MERCOSUR 2001 258
NGOs 2002 243
norms 2003 234
Statute of Disarmament 2003 2005 27
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 241
UN Small Arms Conference 2002 228
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 201, 202–7
crime 2006 83, 2007 241–2
ammunition 2007 289–90, 301–11
civilian ownership 2002 268
control measures 2004 69–70
illicit craft production 2003 29
weapons used in 2001 22–3
demand for small arms
control measures 2006 141, 145, 157, 158
cost/benefit of illicit possession 2006 154–5
individual status 2006 152
personal security 2006 149
social and economic security 2006 152
disarmament 2009 162, 166, 169–71
diversion of firearms 2012 32
drug trade 2005 195
drug violence 2012 3–4, 64–72
end-user certification 2008 165, 171–3
export controls
licensing authorities 2009 88
licensing systems 2009 70, 73
pre-licensing requirements 2009 76
transfer criteria 2009 91, 92
exports
1989–2000 2002 125
ammunition 2007 306, 308, 2009 15
annual value 2001 148
classification of 2004 107
to Colombia 2005 161, 163, 2006 236
Comtrade data 2009 8, 10, 12, 2012 274, 2013 179–80
customs data 2002 126
government report 2001 149
human rights 2004 128, 129, 130, 131
irresponsible transfers from 2007 81, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 107
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 107, 108, 109, 2006 75, 77, 78
national reporting 2002 124–5
non-military shotguns 2002 114
pistols and revolvers 2009 20, 21, 28, 41, 42, 43
producer dependence on 2004 122–3
shotgun shells 2010 25
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 18, 45, 47
sporting rifles 2002 114
top exporters 2004 2007 74
transparency 2004 116, 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 89, 94–7, 2009 50, 2010 16,
2011 17, 2012 293, 2013 183, 2014 130
trends 2000 2003 114
to the United States 2001 27, 2009 21
value 2001 2004 100, 101, 102, 103
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 100, 102
value 2003 2006 65, 68, 69
firearm femicides 2013 26
firearm homicides 2009 170–1, 2012 9, 13, 16
types of weapons used 2012 30–1
firearm homicides and suicides 2007 230–47
1997 2001 222
1998 2001 201, 208, 209, 240
conflict 2001 211
correlation to city size 2007 165–7
gun buy-back programmes 2006 141, 145
human development indicators 2001 233, 241
unemployment 2003 138
young men and small arms 2006 296, 297
gang violence 2009 211
homicide rates 2012 15, 23–4
illicit arms trade 2012 30
illicit transfers from
to Colombia 2001 187–8
weapons produced under license 2007 30
illicit transfers to 2006 83, 84
ammunition 2007 306–7
from Paraguay 2001 186, 2005 26
imports
customs data 2002 126
irresponsible transfers to 2007 98–9
pistols and revolvers 2009 22
from South Africa 2006 72
from the United States 2001 154, 2009 44
value 2001 2004 109
value 2002 2005 106
informal security groups 2011 103
intimate partner violence 2013 28, 29
MANPADS 2005 136–7
policing 2004 232, 233
urban armed violence 2007 184
prices
black-market prices for M16 rifle 2002 67
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 274
prison gangs 2010 167–72
firearms 2010 173
private security companies
abuses 2011 150
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
illicit arms possession 2011 119
personnel 2011 104
production
ammunition 2001 15
exports to the United States 2001 27
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
illicit craft production 2003 29
licensed 2002 45, 51, 2007 15, 18, 30
light weapons 2008 34
major producers 2004 7
manufacturing sectors 2005 54, 55, 57, 61, 64
most important companies 2002 20, 21
most popular small arms 2001 18, 20, 21
survey of producers 2001 28–30, 52, 2002 32, 57, 2004 11, 17, 18, 21–2
stockpiles 2003 87, 2004 51
civilian holdings 2001 86, 2005 74, 2007 47–8
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 57, 58
estimates based on GDP 2007 59
violence 2007 228, 233, 235
diversions from the military and police 2007 289–90, 301–11
illicit weapons 2001 22–3, 2004 52, 2006 84, 86
lethality 2004 53, 54
military 2005 77, 2006 48, 57
unregistered weapons 2004 52
surplus weapons 2008 84
violence 2007 227–52
costs of violence 2001 217
drug-related violence 2001 221
urban armed violence 2001 222
correlation to city size 2007 165–7
municipal violence prevention programmes 2007 178
policing 2007 184
Rio-São Paulo Extended Metropolitan Region 2007 169
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2009 166, 169–71
weapons reduction programmes
buy-back programmes 2002–2005 2005 74
civilian firearms, destruction programmes 2007 64, 65
destruction ceremony in Rio de Janeiro 2001 2002 74, 279, 284, 302, 2003 60, 280
disposal method 2002 311
public perception 2005 75–6
UN Small Arms Conference 2002 281
young men and small arms 2006 296, 297, 304, 306, 313–14
Brazilian Army, diversions 2007 302–3, 308–10
Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)
conflict 1990s 2003 256–8
government stockpiles 2003 259–60
militia holdings 2003 260–2, 267
weapons transit hub 2014 153–4
see also Mpila ammunition depot explosions
Bredenkamp, John 2001 109
breech-loaders, Yemen 2003 173–4
Breivik, Anders 2013 220, 231, 239, 243
Bremen (Germany), gang violence 2010 136–7
Bremer, Paul 2004 44
bride price, Papua New Guinea 2006 180
British Aerospace 2002 49
British Virgin Islands, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Britzke, Peter 2001 117
‘broken-window theory’ 2007 184
brokering
actors 2001 98–101
analysis 2001 4, 95–130, 2004 4, 141–71
arms transfers 2010 42
Brazil 2004 70
control measures 2002 236, 252–8, 271–2, 2009 141–2, 2010 44–6
Arms Trade Treaty 2014 91–2
licensing 2004 147, 149, 153–7, 161, 166
monitoring 2004 252–3, 256, 259
national regulations 2004 151–66
norms 2003 231
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 212
regional control initiatives 2004 148–51
registration of 2001 126
Southern Africa 2001 262
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
UN Programme of Action 2002 226
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2001 282
definitions of 2001 98, 2002 253, 2004 143
illicit transfers
alleged arms embargo violations 2001 2002 134
Cold War grey market 2001 169
to Colombia 2001 187
to conflict zones 2005 159, 168
into the United States 2003 106
to non-state actors 2007 133
insurgency weapons 2001 78–9
irresponsible transfers 2007 73
low black-market prices 2002 68
networks 2001 105–6
non-state actors and conflict goods 2002 140
reporting on 2012 300
Republic of the Congo 2003 261
stockpiles 2001 65
security 2004 56
Thailand as a transit country 2002 143
transport agents 2001 110–23
UN group of governmental experts on 2007 126
UN Programme of Action 2011 57
Brown, Mark Malloch 2002 281
Browning 1903 pistol 2007 204
Browning Hi-Power 2002 45, 2004 34
Browning Inc (United States) 2002 31
Browning International (Belgium) 2002 31
Browning M2 heavy machine gun 2001 19–21, 26, 2002 84, 86, 2003 23, 2004 32, 34, 2008 21
licensed production 2007 18
Browning pistols, use in homicides, Bogotá (Colombia) 2012 29
Browning S.A. (Belgium) 2002 31
Browning Viana (Portugal) 2002 31
BRR see Aceh, Badan Rekonstruksi dan Rehabilitasi
Brügger and Thomet (Switzerland) 2002 39, 51
kinetic energy weapons 2011 81–2
Brunei
military procurement 2006 30
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 274
Brussels Region, exports 2006 69
BtB see Biting the Bullet
Buck Werke (Germany) 2001 32, 2002 12, 34
Buenos Aires (Argentina), urbanization 2007 168
Bujumbura (Burundi) 2007 197–221
Bulgaria
ammunition
production 2014 190–1, 194
transfers, transparency 2010 11
brokering
controls 2002 257
extraterritorial jurisdiction 2004 159
licensing 2004 153, 154, 155, 156, 157
penalties 2004 161
reporting obligations 2004 160
demilitarization industry 2013 189, 200, 203, 204
destruction programmes 2008 96, 97
disarmament 2009 162, 179
diversion of arms to Colombia 2008 122
EU membership 2008 104
export controls
end-user certification 2009 82
enforcement 2009 86
exceptions 2009 78
licensing authorities 2009 87, 88
licensing systems 2009 70, 73
re-export provisions 2009 83, 84
transfer criteria 2009 91, 92
exports
to Africa 2001 170
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2012 275
end-use assurances 2002 250
human rights 2004 129, 132
to India 2003 112
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
military firearms 2009 34, 39
to the Republic of the Congo 2003 261, 263
selected transfers 1999–2001 2002 147
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2004 117, 2006 65, 80, 81, 2007 74, 87, 89, 2009 50, 2010 13, 16, 2011
16, 2012 293, 2013 182, 2014 129
trends 2000 2003 108–9
to Uganda 2007 293, 294–5
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
to the United States 2003 39
unofficial information on 2001 158
value 2001 2004 103
value 2002 2005 100, 102
value 2003 2006 68, 69
illicit transfers from 2001 176
alleged violations of arms embargoes 2002 132, 134, 136
to the LTTE in Sri Lanka 2001 182
MANPADS 2004 88
to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 171, 172
to UNITA in Angola 2001 173, 2002 134, 249, 2004 265, 269
MANPADS 2004 82, 88, 2005 130–6, 2007 21
NATO membership 2008 103
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 274
private security companies
armed 2011 112
personnel 2011 104
production
AK series rifle 2001 17
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 15, 17, 19, 21, 23–5
light weapons 2008 34
MANPADS 2004 82, 2007 21
manufacturing sectors 2005 57
most popular small arms 2001 20
RPG-7 2004 36
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
survey of producers 2001 35, 52, 2002 57, 2003 38, 43–4
unlicensed 2007 15, 17, 19, 21, 23–5
stockpiles
illicit arms 2005 114
military 2006 44
police 2006 40
security 2002 260
surplus weapons 2006 25
transfers, reporting of 2009 26
transportation
customs regulations 2010 57
licensing 2010 51, 53
record-keeping 2010 53
weapons reduction programmes 2003 61, 2004 58, 60, 2005 290
Bulgarian State Arsenals, unlicensed production 2007 23–5
bullet wounds, treatment of 2002 166
bullets
armour-piercing 2005 21–2
expanding 2005 22–3
lead-free 2005 17
M16 2002 165
marking 2005 28
new technology 2005 16
production 2005 13
regulation 2005 21–3
types 2005 10
see also ammunition
Burao (Somaliland)
armed violence 2012 159, 160, 162
security perceptions 2012 155–6
security providers 2012 163, 166
weapons holdings 2012 149–50
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) (United States) 2004 12, 119
ant trade into Mexico 2002 135
civilian holdings in the United States 2003 61
Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report (1998) 2001 26
guns used in crimes 1999 2001 23–4
US exports 2001 152–4
US production 2000 2002 13–14
US production 2001 13–14
weapons prices 2007 260
burglary
Papua New Guinea 2006 184
see also theft
Burkina Faso
firearm violence and crime 2004 193
illicit transfers from
alleged arms embargo violations 2001 2002 132, 134
to armed groups in Côte d’Ivoire 2006 256
to Liberia 2002 132, 2005 168
to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 120–3, 132, 171, 172, 2004 132
to UNITA in Angola 2001 119, 132, 2005 192
imports, authorized transfers 1999–2002 2004 113
production 2001 16, 52, 2002 57
Burma see Myanmar
Burundi 2007 197–221
ammunition availability 2005 19
brokers, diamond trade conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2001 108
civil war 2007 199–200
civilian ownership 2007 171, 172, 215–18
conflict
child soldiers 2001 230
economic effects of 2001 231
internally displaced persons 2001 225, 2002 196
sexual assault during 2001 213
conflict deaths 2001 210, 2005 252, 253, 258
costs of small arms violence 2006 189
DDR and weapons reduction 2005 289, 290, 2009 184
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
disarmament 2007 198, 199, 203–7
illicit transfers to 2007 74, 85–6
imports
human rights 2004 129
value 2001 2004 109
post-conflict 2009 226
post-conflict weapons collection 2009 123, 124
production, craft 2007 205
restructuring the army and police 2007 207
urban centres 2007 197–221
weapons diverted from South Africa 2008 196–7, 2009 109
Bush, George W. 2003 60, 97
bush knives, Papua New Guinea 2006 170–1, 172, 174
buy-back programmes
Australia 2002 267–8
Brazil 2006 141, 145, 157, 158
Haiti 2005 164, 288
history of weapons reduction programmes 2005 279
incentives 2002 306, 2005 280, 281
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181, 188
national control of civilian ownership 2002 267
Nicaragua 2002 292–4
Papua New Guinea 2006 182–3
post-conflict 2005 289
Serbia 2002 290
United Kingdom 2002 271
United States 2007 188
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 282–3
Buye 2007 337
Buyoya, Pierre 2007 199, 202
C-7 assault rifle 2001 63
C-75 Special Forces rifles 2002 38
C-90 shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
C2 Group of SALW 2004 107–8
Cabral, Sérgio 2012 65
CAC see community arms collection
caches
Cambodia 2006 124, 125
illicit weapons
Afghanistan 2012 330–6
Iraq 2012 317–29
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 284–5
Mozambique 2002 295
CAFF see children associated with fighting forces
Calderón, Felipe, and drug violence 2012 2, 17, 41, 46, 48, 54, 72
Cali (Colombia)
control measures 2006 215, 230, 234
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 202–7
firearm homicides 2012 22
firearm-related deaths 2006 229
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 179, 185
calibre 2005 11–12
military and civilian compatibility 2008 45–6
military procurement 2006 21
technological developments 2003 22, 23, 24
see also ammunition
California (United States)
civilian firearms
licences 2011 281, 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 272
transfer regulation 2011 284
user regulation 2011 279
Cambodia 2006 119–37
ammunition availability 2005 18, 19
conflict deaths 2005 253, 258
conflict goods 2002 142
crime 2003 138
culture of violence 2001 206
destruction programmes 2002 296, 2006 119, 123–5, 2007 65
MANPADS 2008 101
surplus weapons 2008 96, 97, 98
disarmament 2009 162
disarmament and weapons collection programmes 2002 281, 296, 302, 2003 280, 292, 299,
310
EU Joint Action 1998 2001 271
gangs, suppression 2010 245
illicit transfers from
to the LTTE in Sri Lanka 2001 183
MANPADS 2004 89
to Myanmar 2004 131
to non-state actors 2002 129
illicit transfers to
MANPADS 2004 88
Thailand as a transit country 2002 142–3, 2004 88
Khmer Rouge autonomy 2009 233, 236
military procurement 2006 16, 30
post-conflict 2009 226
death and injury rates 2002 163, 2005 271–2
prices
black market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 275
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57
stockpiles 2004 56
civilian holdings 2006 123–5, 130
military 2006 44, 51
thefts from 2002 258
security 2002 259
surplus weapons, flow to other countries 2002 99
Cambodian People’s Armed Forces (CPAF) 2006 120, 125, 126
Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) 2006 120–2
Cameroon
firearm violence and crime 2004 193, 194–5, 196
irresponsible transfers to 2007 99
post-conflict 2009 226
privatized security 2003 140
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57
Camorra
firearms 2013 89, 90–1, 92–3
homicides 2013 75, 83, 84, 86, 94, 95, 96
structure 2013 79–80
Canada
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
Arms Trade Treaty, brokering controls 2014 92
Braidwood Commission 2011 92–3
civilian firearms 2013 30, 31
licences 2011 280, 281, 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
registration 2011 273, 274
regulation 2011 266
self-defence use 2011 289
storage requirements 2011 292
transfer regulation 2011 283
use regulation 2011 285, 286
user regulation 2011 276, 277–8, 278
control measures
brokering 2002 255
civilian ownership 2002 86, 265, 268–9
draft ASEAN declaration on small arms 2002 215
impact on crime and violence 2004 192
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265, 268–9
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 211
registration of civilian firearms 2004 43, 68–9
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238
UN Programme of Action 2002 210, 222, 223
customs regulations 2010 56–7
demilitarization 2013 195, 207
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), ‘Human Security-Cities:
Freedom from Fear in Urban Spaces’ 2007 180
disarmament 2009 162
end-user certification 2008 165–7, 171–3
export controls 2009 67
exceptions 2009 78, 79
licensing authorities 2009 88
licensing systems 2009 70, 73
re-export provisions 2009 83
transfer criteria 2009 91, 92
exports
ammunition 2009 14, 15
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
Comtrade data 2009 12, 2012 274
customs data 2002 126
human rights 2004 129
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 106, 107, 108, 2006 75, 76, 77
military firearms 2001 146, 147, 2002 115, 116, 2009 36
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23
national reporting 2001 149, 2002 118, 120
non-military pistols and revolvers 2002 114
parts 2012 259–60
pistols and revolvers 2001 147, 2009 20, 21, 42
small arms as percentage of total arms 2001 144
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 46
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 88, 2009 50, 2010 15, 2011 16, 2012
292, 302, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
to the United States 2009 21
value 2001 2004 101, 104
value 2002 2005 103
value 2003 2006 69
firearm homicides and suicides
1998 2001 209, 240
and civilian ownership 1999 2001 203–4, 239
control measures 2004 68
correlation to city size 2007 165
human development indicators 2001 233, 241
lethality of firearms 2004 187
theft of firearms 2004 62
firearm legislation 2013 35
firearm restrictions 2013 37
gang violence 2010 135–6
homicide-suicides 2013 27
illicit transfers to
border seizures 2005 114–15, 116
from the United States 2001 188, 2002 135
imports
ammunition 2009 16, 17
Comtrade data 2009 8, 12, 2013 180
list of exporters 2005 104, 105, 2006 69, 70, 71, 73
parts 2012 256, 261
pistols and revolvers 2002 114, 2009 22
recoilless guns 2011 27
shotgun shells 2010 25
single-shot disposable systems 2011 28
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
sporting shotguns 2009 19
trends 2000 2003 107–8
from the United States 2001 154, 2003 106, 2004 120, 121
value 2001 2004 100, 108, 109
value 2002 2005 107
value 2003 2006 75
intimate partner violence 2013 20, 24, 25, 27
mass shootings 2011 266
military procurement 2006 10–11, 13, 15, 16, 30
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit 2001 45
licensed 2002 45, 2007 15, 18
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most popular small arms 2001 19, 20
survey of producers 2001 25, 27, 52, 2002 57
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
state-to-state transfers 2008 166
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2001 66–7, 85, 86–7, 213, 239, 2007 47–8
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
distribution of firearms 2001 66–7
lethality 2004 53
military 2001 73, 74, 76, 2002 75, 2005 77, 2006 44, 46, 53
weapons-to-troop ratio 2002 79
stolen firearms 2004 61, 62, 63
surplus weapons 2008 89, 2009 69
violence and crime
costs of 2001 216–17, 2006 196, 197–8, 201
International Crime Victim Surveys 2004 179
theft of firearms 2004 62
weapons reduction programmes 2004 57, 58
young men and small arms 2006 297
Canadian Arsenals (Canada) 2002 45
Cape Town (South Africa)
victimization rates 2007 173
vigilantes 2007 183
Cape Verde 2004 113
firearms ownership 2007 172
MANPADS 2006 256
private security companies, public perception 2011 106
capture-recapture 2005 240
captured weapons
Lord’s Resistance Army (Uganda) 2006 282, 284–5, 287
Revolutionary United Front (Sierra Leone) 2006 255
CAR see Central African Republic
Caracas (Venezuela)
squatter settlements 2007 168
urban armed violence 2007 173, 186
carbines
Argentina 2001 29
Colombia 2006 231
military procurement 2006 8, 12, 13, 18
production 2001 29, 2004 29–30
licensed and unlicensed 2007 18, 20, 21–3
South America, seizures 2006 86
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
Yemen 2003 174
cargo restrictions, civil aviation 2010 59–60
Caribbean
Brasilia Declaration (2000) 2002 212
firearm homicides 2004 175, 176, 177, 178, 199–200
gang violence 2010 138–42
homicide rates, trends 2012 14–15, 16, 19–20
stockpiles 2004 50
civilian holdings 2007 57
young men, proportion of population 2006 299
see also Latin America and the Caribbean
Carisma (Community Alliance for Renewal) (UK) 2008 234
carjackings, Africa 2007 171, 172
Carl Gustaf recoilless rifles 2004 33, 35, 2008 23, 2011 26–7
parts 2012 260
Somalia 2012 342
thermal sights 2012 273, 275
Carl Gustav anti-tank ammunition, unauthorized retransfers 2014 118, 127
Carl Walther (Germany) 2002 12, 34
Carmel, Stephen M. 2012 196
carrying licences 2004 186
Colombia 2006 230–2
South Africa 2002 270
United States 2002 264
cartelitos, Nicaragua 2013 51–2, 57–8, 61
cartridges, small-calibre, transfers 2010 18, 21–4
CASA see Coordinating Action on Small Arms
Casamance Movement (Senegal) 2003 82
cascading norms 2003 222
cascading weapons
Cold War 2001 168–9
licensing agreements 2007 30, 31
military procurement 2006 25–6
prices of weapons 2007 258
CASE see Community Action Towards a Safer Environment
caseless rounds 2003 25, 2005 16
Cassese, Antonio 2004 181
caste system, domestic violence, Nepal 2014 23
Castelo (Brazil) 2001 23
Castro, Jaime 2006 230
casualties
Congo-Brazzaville 2002 164
humanitarian law 2001 223–4, 2002 179
new wars 2002 175–6
post-conflict 2005 268–9, 271–4, 275
type of weapons used 2005 182–7
see also civilian casualties; conflict deaths
‘casualty agnosticism’ 2005 234
categories of weapons 2004 118
Caton, Steven 2003 182
cattle rustling
East Africa 2013 120, 121, 122
effects of small arms misuse 2003 143, 147
Great Lakes and Horn of Africa 2001 262
humanitarian impacts 2002 160
Madagascar 2011 182–4
South Sudan 2007 289, 327, 334, 337–8
Uganda 2002 291, 2006 288
CAVIM (Venezuela) 2002 45
CBC see Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos
CCM see Convention on Cluster Munitions
CCW see Certain Conventional Weapons
CDC see Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDF see Civil Defence Force
CDS see Comité de suivi
ceasefires
Colombia 2006 233–4
immunization 2002 170
CECORE see Center for Conflict Resolution
CECOS see Centre de Commandement des Opérations de Sécurité
CEDAW see United Nations (UN), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women
CEE see Central and Eastern Europe
Čekuolis, Dalius 2009 137, 139–40
Cele, Bheki 2013 143
celebratory fire
cause of injury 2012 86
Kosovo 2005 214, 220, 272
Morocco 2005 86, 87
Cenrex (Poland) 2004 163
Center for Conflict Resolution (CECORE) 2005 198
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (United States) 2005 242
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 208
Centrafrican Airlines 2008 117
Central African Republic (CAR) 2005 303–27
ammunition availability 2005 9, 18–19
armed groups 2005 305–10
armed violence in South Sudan 2007 317, 320
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 283, 293, 304, 2005 284, 290, 2009 184
firearm violence and crime 2004 194, 195
heads of state 2005 303
illicit transfers from, to Liberia 2002 132
irresponsible transfers to 2007 99
Lord’s Resistance Army 2010 288–9
peace operations, disarmament 2003 293
post-conflict 2009 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles
military 2005 77, 2006 44, 51
police 2006 40
surplus weapons 2008 89
Central America
armed violence 2013 12
conflict, economic effects of 2001 232
control measures 2001 256–8
OAS firearms instruments 2001 256–7
disarmament and weapons collection 2002 292, 2003 292
gangs 2008 290, 2010 138, 2012 63–4, 2013 47
homicide rates, trends 2012 14–15
illicit transfers 2001 188–9
Northern Triangle
drug violence 2012 60–4
firearm homicides 2012 17–18
Mexican drug cartels 2012 3–4, 61–2, 63–4
post-conflict violence 2009 232
prison gangs 2010 164–5
private security companies, regulation 2011 150–1
production
distribution of producing companies 2001 10, 2003 12, 14, 2004 10
distribution of producing countries 2001 10, 2002 11, 12, 2003 11, 2004 9
survey of producers 2001 25–7
stockpiles 2003 88, 90
transfers 2003 114–16
value 2000 2003 101
violence, urban armed violence 2007 170–1
Central Asia
illicit transfers 2001 180–2
insurgents and other non-state combatants 1999 2001 79
stockpiles 2002 102
transfers 2003 100, 111–12
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
civilian gun ownership 2003 69
firearm homicides and suicides 2008 219
survey of producers 2003 36–49
transfers 2003 97, 108
Central Europe
illicit transfers from 2001 176
survey of producers 2003 38
violence and crime 2004 176, 178, 179, 200
see also Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
Central Firearms Register (CFR) (South Africa) 2013 141–2
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (United States)
brokers 2001 101, 103
illicit transfers from 2001 169, 180–1
to Somalia 2007 93–4
Central Scientific Research Institute of Precision Construction (Russian Federation) 2001 33
Centre de Commandement des Opérations de Sécurité (CECOS) (Côte d’Ivoire) 2011 198–9,
200, 211
Centre des Blessés Légers (CBL) (Bujumbura, Burundi) 2007 210, 212–14
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue 2004 259
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation 2013 149
Centro de Prevención de la Violencia (Centre for the Prevention of Violence) (Nicaragua) 2013
57
ceremonial rifles, police in Belgium 2001 69, 70
Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Treaty (1980) 2001 280
Ceska Zbrojovka (Czech Republic) 2003 40
Cetme assault rifle 2002 38
CFR see Central Firearms Register
CGP see Small Arms Consultative Group Process
Chabal, Patrick 2004 193
Chad
armed violence in South Sudan 2007 317
conflict, percentage of population killed in 2001 210
Darfur conflict 2007 320
DDR programmes 2009 184
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
firearm violence and crime 2004 194
illicit transfers from
to CAR 2005 313, 315–17
to Egypt 2001 171
to Sudan 2007 92
illicit transfers to, from Libya 2001 170
irresponsible transfers to 2007 99
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 32
chain of accountability, illicit transfers, brokers 2001 106–7
Challenger Ammunition (Canada) 2001 27
Channel Islands, arms trafficking and tax havens 2001 104–5
Chávez, Hugo 2007 30, 80–1, 186
Chechen rebels, guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
Chechnya
child soldiers 2001 230
conflict deaths 2005 248, 249
firearm-related deaths and injuries 2002 164
illicit transfers to 2001 178–9
from Georgia 2003 205
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
imports
human rights 2004 132
value 2001 2004 109
MANPADS 2004 90, 92
stockpiles
insurgents 2001 179, 2002 82, 88, 90
thefts from state arsenals 2002 137
checkpoints, municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180
Chevron Nigeria Ltd 2011 148
Chicago Area Project 2010 238, 244
Chicago Convention see Convention on International Civil Aviation
Chicago School, gang research 2010 233
Chihuahua (Mexico), homicide rate 2012 16–17
child mortality 2002 172–3
child soldiers 2001 230
AK-47 2001 17
basic needs 2002 171–2
Burundi 2007 203–4
effects of small arms misuse 2003 131, 146–7
girls 2010 195
Uganda 2014 74
global estimates 2002 64
impacts of violence 2009 196, 197
microeconomic effects 2001 229
see also children associated with fighting forces
children
definition 2009 194
demand for small arms 2006 143
effects of small arms misuse 2003 146–7
firearm injuries, South Africa 2012 97–8
forced marriage 2014 18, 25–6
impacts of armed violence 2009 193–212
death and injury 2009 195–8
displacement 2009 201–3
education impacts 2009 203–5
health impacts 2009 205–7
indirect impacts 2009 199–207
parents killed or injured 2009 200–1
psychosocial trauma 2009 198–9
international protection measures 2009 207–9
policing 2004 236
post-conflict reintegration 2009 210–11
protection against conflict 2010 309–10
rape 2014 16
UN Programme of Action 2002 209, 221
victimization, Turkey 2008 247
violence risk factors 2008 252–3
see also child soldiers; children associated with fighting forces; violence against women and
girls; youth
children associated with fighting forces (CAFF)
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 273, 275, 277, 280–1
West Africa 2006 251, 266
Children’s Campaign against Gun Violence (Philadelphia, United States) 2007 185
Childsafe South Africa 2012 97
Chile
control measures
MERCOSUR 2001 258
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
drug trafficking 2006 85
exports
annual value 2001 148
customs data 1999 2002 116–17
list of importers 2005 108
national reporting 2001 150
trends 2000 2003 114
firearm homicides 2003 138, 2012 9, 13, 16, 24
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers to 2001 185, 2006 83
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
customs data 1999 2002 116–17
weapon sights 2012 269–71
irresponsible transfers from, to Brazil 2007 98
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit craft production 2003 28–9
licensed 2007 15
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 57, 61
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 28, 30, 52, 2002 57, 2004 17, 18, 22–3
stockpiles 2004 51, 52, 53
civilian holdings 2001 84, 2003 28–9
illicit craft production 2003 28–9
seizures of illicit weapons 2006 84, 85, 86
surplus weapons 2008 84
Chin National Front (CNF) (Myanmar)
humanitarian commitments 2010 310, 316
weapon-related commitments 2010 317
China
ammunition, production 2014 189–96, 198, 199, 200–2
control measures
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123
Arms Trade Treaty 2007 127
draft ASEAN declaration on small arms 2002 215
marking and tracing 2002 223, 226, 240–1
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 184
national control of civilian ownership 2002 264
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 240–1
UN Programme of Action 2002 221, 223, 226, 240–1
disarmament 2009 162
diversion, weapons from 2008 121
end-user certification 2008 167, 171–3
export controls
licensing authorities 2009 88
licensing systems 2009 70, 73
pre-licensing requirements 2009 76
transfer criteria 2009 91, 92, 95, 96
exports
to Africa 2001 170, 2003 118, 2014 192, 200–2
ammunition, to Uganda 2007 293, 294–6, 297, 299
annual value 2001 148
C2 Group 2004 108
to Central African Republic 2005 316
Comtrade data 2009 8, 10, 27, 2012 274
customs data 2002 126
human rights 2004 126, 128, 130, 131, 133
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107
list of importers 2005 108, 2006 77
military firearms 2001 146, 147, 2002 115, 116, 2009 33, 34
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23, 24
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114
national reporting 2002 124, 2003 100–1
parts 2012 255
pistols and revolvers 2001 147, 2009 21
to Republic of the Congo 2003 261, 263
to Republic of the Congo 2014 156
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
shotgun shells 2010 25
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 23
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 46
to Sudan and South Sudan 2014 225–8, 237
top exporters 2004 2007 74
transparency 2004 117, 2006 66, 81, 2007 89, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012 293,
2013 183, 2014 130
UN Programme of Action 2002 223
to the United States 2014 253, 261, 268
value 2001 2004 100, 101, 104
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 100, 101, 103
value 2003 2006 65, 68, 69
weapon sights 2012 269–71
to Zimbabwe 2009 96
gang violence 2010 143
illicit transfers from
to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2001 108
to Iraq 2002 132, 2012 317
to Liberia 2005 168
to non-state actors 2002 129
to Rwanda 2002 132
to Sudanese Government 2001 174
Thailand as a transit country 2002 143
to Yemen 2003 175
imports 2004 108
arms embargoes against 2002 133
human rights 2004 128, 129
irresponsible transfers to 2007 99
light weapons ammunition, exports 2010 32
MANPADS 2004 88, 93, 94
military procurement 2006 18, 23
police firearms 2011 77
policing 2004 220
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 125
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 275
private security companies
armed 2011 114, 115
personnel 2011 104
production
AK series rifle 2001 17
ammunition 2001 15
company profiles 2002 22–3, 55
of copies 2001 12
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
heavy machine guns 2008 21
illegal 2002 96
licensed 2007 15, 16–17, 18, 19, 21
light weapons 2008 34
MANPADS 2004 81, 82, 2007 21, 2011 33
manufacturing sectors 2005 49, 58, 59, 61
most important companies 2002 20, 21, 2003 14–15
most popular small arms 2001 18, 20, 21
RPG-7 manufacture 2004 36
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
survey of producers 2001 44–5, 52, 2002 22–3, 55, 57
transparency 2004 10
unlicensed 2007 16–17, 21
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19
stockpiles 2002 94–7, 2005 79–82, 85
civilian holdings 2001 85, 86, 2002 96, 2007 47–9, 62
correlation to GDP 2007 57
registration data 2007 50
seizures of 2007 64
data on 2003 86
distribution of firearms 2001 68
MANPADS 2004 83, 84
military 2002 94–5, 2006 56–7
losses from 2006 38
People’s War militaries 2002 77, 2006 48, 49, 52
police 2002 95, 2006 42
seizures of illegal firearms 2002 63, 96–7
transfers, undocumented 2009 31
transportation, record-keeping 2010 53
violence, municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 184
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 297, 2004 58, 60, 2009 166
China North Industries Group Corporation see Norinco
China South Industries Group Corporation (CSG) (China) 2002 23
Chivers, C. J. 2014 182, 183, 201, 203
Choal, Doyak 2007 335
CHOUKA less-lethal projective launchers 2011 72, 81
Christian Council of Mozambique 2002 243, 294
Christianity, Brazil 2007 228, 233, 236, 245, 246
chronic traumatic encephalopathy 2013 225
CIA see Central Intelligence Agency
CICAD see Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
CICF see United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention
CIFTA see Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms,
Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials
CIS see Commonwealth of Independent States
cities
conflict-resilient 2007 180
failed 2007 176–8
fragile 2007 176–8
see also urban areas
Citizen Security Committees (Honduras) 2001 257–8
Citizen Security Perception Survey (Nicaragua) 2013 49
city webs 2007 169
civil aviation
cargo restrictions 2010 59–60
customs clearance 2010 60
registration of aircraft 2010 60
regulations 2010 59–62
safety and security measures 2010 61–2
civil conflict see civil wars; internal conflict
Civil Defence Force (CDF) (Sierra Leone) 2003 81, 82, 308, 2006 249
civil law, Yemen 2003 170
Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) (United States) 2004 91
civil society
control measures
African initiatives 2001 266
Central America 2001 258
global 2001 277–8
Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 265
International Tracing Instrument 2006 96, 97, 98
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180
norms 2003 222, 231
transfers 2007 128–9
UN Small Arms Conference 2002 247
West African Moratorium 2001 260
demand for small arms 2006 159
monitoring 2004 257, 258–62, 271
Papua New Guinea 2006 182, 183
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 284
civil society experts, Third Biennial Meeting of States (BMS3) 2009 140
civil unrest
illicit craft production 2003 27
Papua New Guinea 2006 166, 182
civil wars
availability of weapons 2007 269–71, 281, 282, 283
Burundi 2007 197–221
costs of small arms violence 2006 193, 194
definitions of armed conflict 2005 231
demand, prices 2007 264
disarmament 2003 277, 297, 298, 304
Georgia 2003 191–2, 195–6
land disputes 2013 109
Nepal 2003 113
prices of weapons 2007 257, 258, 264, 267, 269–71, 281, 282, 283
Sudan 2007 317, 318, 326, 2014 214–17
transfers to non-state actors 2007 134
urban armed violence 2007 173
Yemen 2003 170–1, 175
see also internal conflicts; intra-state conflicts
civil-military relations (CMR) 2003 153
civilian casualties
Abkhazia 2003 208–9
Colombia 2006 223–6
disabilities 2002 164–5
effects of armed conflict 2001 210–11
humanitarian impacts 2002 157
humanitarian law 2001 223–4
improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 219–20, 224–32
injuries and mortality 2002 163–6
injury to killed ratio 2002 161
lethality of firearms 2001 212
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 273, 275, 276, 278–82
mortality and injuries 2002 163–6
strategic targets 2002 176
West African armed groups 2006 252, 257, 263, 265–6
civilian firearms 2001 83–9, 2007 39–66
Africa 2003 80–6, 2004 198, 2007 171, 172, 2011 264
approaches to regulation 2011 265–8
Argentina 2001 67, 87
Australia 2002 267–8, 2004 184–6, 283, 2005 74–5
Bangladesh 2002 102
Botswana 2007 172
Brazil 2001 86, 2004 52, 2005 74
ammunition 2007 307–8
firearm-related deaths 2007 233, 235, 245
violence 2007 228, 233, 235, 245
brokering 2004 155
Burundi 2007 171, 172, 215–18
Cambodia 2006 123–5, 130
Canada 2001 66–7, 85, 86–7, 213, 239, 2002 86
Cape Verde 2007 172
carrying in public 2011 293–6
Central African Republic 2005 312–13
Central America 2003 90
changing patterns of ownership 2007 63–4
Chile 2003 28–9
China 2002 94–7, 2003 86, 2005 82
collection programmes 2009 161, 164–77
Colombia 2006 215, 219–21
conditions of possession 2011 290–6
control measures 2002 236, 2004 66–71, 2005 74–5
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 124
deterrence 2004 182–6
Ireland 2007 44
marking and tracing 2002 244, 2006 103
national controls 2002 263–71
Southern Africa 2003 239–42
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238, 241
UN Programme of Action 2002 219–20, 223–4
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2001 282
Yemen 2007 45
Czech Republic 2002 87
data on 2001 59, 2007 49–60
demand for small arms 2006 141–59, 148
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2007 171, 172
destruction programmes 2007 64–5
distribution 2001 65–8
diversions from legal to illicit trade 2002 129
East Africa 2003 84
estimates 2001 2002 74, 79–80
Europe 2003 57, 63–6, 70–2
France 2003 69–70
gangs 2010 144–5
gender 2001 213
gendered ownership and use 2013 29–31
Germany 2003 69–70
global 2002 103, 2007 39–40, 43
illegal 2001 59, 89
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 203
stockpile estimates 2001 65, 83–7
India 2002 101, 102
international regulation 2011 263–4
Iraq 2004 3, 44–50, 47, 2005 73, 90, 91
Ireland 2007 44
Israel 2003 77, 78
Jordan 2003 79
Kazakhstan 2012 107, 116–28
Kosovo gun culture 2005 206–7, 208–23
Kyrgyzstan 2004 312–14, 316
Latin America 2004 17, 50–4
Lebanon 2009 329–30, 331–2
Lesotho 2007 172
lethality of 2007 63–4
licence or permit to possess 2011 281
licences
penalties 2011 282
quantity restrictions 2011 281–2
types 2011 280–1
waiting periods 2011 282
local arms races 2007 61–2
mass shootings, regulatory responses 2011 266–7
methodology for estimating 2001 65
Middle East 2005 90–1
Morocco 2005 86, 87–8
Mozambique 2007 172
Namibia 2007 172
national regulation 2011 262, 268–74, 296
Nepal 2002 102
New Zealand 2001 66, 67
Nigeria 2007 172
norms 2003 231
Northeast Asia 2005 80, 85
ownership 2010 110–11, 114–15
Pacific 2003 88–9, 2004 277, 282–3, 286–7, 300–1
Pakistan 2002 100, 102, 2003 33
Papua New Guinea 2006 175–8
parallel permit 2011 281
permit to acquire 2011 281
permit to carry 2011 281
Philippines 2002 98–9, 2003 34–5, 2007 145
power 2007 48
production 2002 13–14, 15, 2004 13–14, 16–19, 22
Latin America 2004 50, 51–4
manufacturing sectors 2005 45–56
sidearms 2004 28
United States 2001 26
professional use 2011 286
prohibited and restricted 2011 268–73
regional regulation 2011 264–5
registration 2011 273–4
regulation 2011 6, 261–96
reporting requirements 2011 290–1
Russia 2002 87
Russian exports 2003 110–11
safe storage 2011 291–3
self-defence 2004 174, 181, 198
South Africa 2003 30–1, 2005 75, 2007 172
South Sudan 2007 327, 329, 333–6
Sri Lanka 2002 102, 2004 59
stockpiles
definition 2008 45
diversion
high-order 2008 63–4
low-order 2008 62–3
South Africa 2008 187–9
types 2008 46
management and security 2002 258
securing 2008 64–7
supply from non-state armed groups, Sudan 2014 238
Swaziland 2007 172
Switzerland 2002 78, 2007 53, 54–5
Taiwan 2005 84
technology 2003 21
thefts from 2002 137–8, 2004 60–5
transfer of military firearms to 2007 60–1
transfer to combatants 2007 60–1
transfers 2002 113–15, 2003 102–3, 104, 105–6, 110–11
regulation 2011 282–4
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
Turkey 2003 31–2
Uganda 2006 287–8, 2007 172
United Kingdom 2001 67–8, 87, 239, 2003 64, 2005 80
United States 2001 65–6, 2005 75, 2007 46–8
automatic rifles 2006 56
control measures 2004 66–7
imports 2003 105–6
police owned 2001 70
September 11, 2001 2003 60, 61
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 241
unregistered, estimates of 2007 55–6
use regulation 2011 284–96
collection or museum 2011 286
genuine reason 2011 284–5
hunting 2011 285
performance or art 2011 286
profession 2011 286
self-defence 2011 286–90
users
age restrictions 2011 275–6
competency 2011 278–9
criminal record 2011 277–8
drug dependency and intoxication 2011 277
mental and physical health 2011 276–7
public interest 2011 278
regulation 2011 275–84
violence and crime 2004 173, 174
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 73, 74, 2004 57
disarmament 2005 74–6
operational assessment 2002 314–15
post-conflict 2002 292–5, 2005 280
weapons transferred from government stocks, marking 2002 246
West Africa 2003 82–3
Yemen 2002 91–2, 2003 79, 169, 177, 2007 45–6
Zambia 2007 172
civilian holdings see civilian firearms
civilian market, weapon sights, South America 2012 269–71
Civilian Marksmanship Program (United States) 2002 86, 2007 61
civilian service corps, post-conflict security 2009 233, 235–6
civilians
armed groups in South Sudan 2007 320, 333–6, 338
disarmament 2003 305–9
Geneva Conventions 2002 179
humanitarian and human rights law 2002 179–81, 2010 306–10
humanitarian impacts 2002 174–6
markets 2003 29
new wars 2002 174–6
post-conflict violence 2005 269, 271
and pro-government armed groups 2010 268–9
registration for firearm possession 2011 275–80
targeting by armed groups 2010 316–18
as targets 2005 20, 2013 230–2
see also civilian casualties
clashes, Colombia 2006 223–4
Claymore mines 2013 307–8
clientelism, Cambodia 2006 121–2, 132, 136
Clip-on Sniper Night Sight 2012 266
cluster munitions, demilitarization 2013 188, 194–5
CMR see civil-military relations
CNC see Computer Numeric Control (CNC)
CNDD-FDD see Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie-Forces pour la défense de la
démocratie
CNDP see Congress for the Defence of the People
CNDRR see Commission nationale chargée de la démobilisation, de la réinsertion et de la
réintégration
CNF see Chin National Front
CNGN see Norinco
co-operative conflict 2002 175
co-ordination processes, disarmament 2003 306–8
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers 2002 64, 171, 2009 197, 2010 309, 313
COARM see European Union, Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports
Coast Guards, firearms stocks 2001 74
Cobras (Republic of the Congo) 2003 256–8
holdings 2003 260–2, 264–5, 267
cocaine
Brazil 2007 301, 304–5
conflict goods 2002 142
gang use, Nicaragua 2013 50–1, 56–7
price correlation with violence 2012 48, 49, 50
route to US 2012 63
COCOS COmmando COntrol System 2012 268
Cocoyes (Republic of the Congo) 2003 256–8
holdings 2003 260–1, 264–5, 267–8
codes of conduct
exports 2002 182–3
norms 2003 223
regional norms 2003 236–7
Somali pirates 2012 202–3
supply-side humanitarianism 2002 182–3
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 240–1
Yemeni tribal structure 2003 169, 181
see also European Union (EU), Code of Conduct on Arms Exports
coercion using weapons
Cambodia 2006 130–1, 133
motivation for joining armed groups 2006 252
coercive controlling violence 2013 19, 22
coercive disarmament 2003 298–300, 2009 165, 167
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181, 182–3
COI see cost of illness
COIEDs see command-operated improvised explosive devices
COJEP see Congrès Panafricain des Jeunes et des Patriotes
cold war
data on small arms 2001 60
end of
arms brokering 2001 96–110
conflict sourcing 2005 162, 165, 166
disarmament 2003 290–2
ending of controls 2001 251–2
globalization of small arms 2001 199
illicit transfers 2001 168–9
new wars 2002 174
producers in central and eastern Europe 2003 36–7
surplus stocks 2001 76, 97–8, 2002 84–5
Georgia 2003 193
illicit transfers 2001 129
Madagascar 2011 172–3
military stockpiles
Eastern Europe 2001 74–5
weapon-to-troop ratios 2002 75
production
central and eastern Europe 2003 36
patterns of 2001 12
supply, weapons prices 2007 268
Yemen 2003 175
see also post-cold war
USS Cole 2003 170
collective incentives, weapons collection 2002 306
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) 2012 122
Colombe operations (Republic of the Congo) 2003 257
Colombia 2006 215–41
armed groups 2006 215–17, 220–6, 233–4
amnesties for 2006 263
short-term gain-seeking groups 2005 194
attacks on teachers 2009 204
black-market prices 2002 66, 67, 68
civilian firearms
carrying in public 2011 296
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
conflict
arms sourcing to 2005 160, 161–3, 165, 172–3
conflict goods 2002 142
deaths 2005 248, 249
diaspora resources 2005 187
incidents by municipality 2006 227
internally displaced persons 2002 160, 168, 196
new wars 2002 175
control measures 2006 141, 157, 158, 230–3
Brasilia Declaration (2000) 2002 212
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 179, 181, 185, 188
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
DDR programmes 2006 233–4, 2009 181, 184, 187
demand for small arms
availability 2006 158
costs of possession 2006 155
personal security 2006 149, 151
programmes targeting demand 2006 141, 157, 158
relative value of firearms 2006 154
diversion
weapons from Bulgaria and Romania 2008 122
weapons from Nicaragua 2008 121, 124
weapons from Peru 2008 113, 120, 123, 134, 136
drug trafficking
state response 2012 47
violence 2012 48, 49
effects of small arms misuse 2003 144
exports 2001 148
transparency 2006 219, 2013 183, 2014 130
UN Register 2012 287
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16, 20–1
reduction 2012 22
types of weapons used 2012 29–30
firearm homicides and suicides 2002 164, 2006 215–17, 227–33, 236–41
1998 2001 201, 209, 240
human development indicators 2001 233, 241
trigger effect 2001 204–5
unemployment 2003 138
firearm legislation 2013 139
homicide rates 2012 15, 20–2
homicides 2009 228
illicit transfers to 2003 116, 2004 130, 2005 162, 163, 2006 83–4
from Brazil 2007 29–30
brokers 2001 106–7
Cold War 2001 168–9
Peru scandal 1999 2001 187–9, 2006 85
from Russian Federation 2001 178–9
seizures 2006 85, 86, 87
illicit transfers to Brazil 2007 306
illicit weapons market 2012 31
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
customs data 2002 126
from the Czech Republic 2003 109
human rights 2004 128, 129–30
irresponsible transfers to 2007 99–100
list of exporters 2005 104, 2006 69, 70, 72, 236
shotgun shells 2010 25
from the United States 2001 154, 2004 120
value 2001 2004 108, 109
value 2002 2005 102, 107
value 2003 2006 75
initmate partner violence 2013 33
Irish Republican Army 2003 285
MANPADS 2004 88
Medellín Plan Desarme 2008 292
multinational corporations, security 2011 147
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 32
non-state armed groups, firearms 2010 122
prices 2002 65, 66, 67, 68, 70
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 275
prison gangs, firearms 2010 173
private security companies 2011 143
armed 2011 112, 113
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
personnel 2011 104
regulation 2011 151
training 2011 124
pro-government armed groups 2010 271
production 2006 217–21
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 11, 15
manufacturing sectors 2005 47
conflict 2007 49
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57, 2004 18, 23–4
stockpiles 2003 87
civilian holdings 2004 51, 2006 215, 219–20, 2007 47–8
correlation to GDP 2007 58, 59
destruction programmes 2007 65
distribution of firearms 2001 67, 2004 51
insurgents 2001 80, 2002 81, 82–3
lethality 2004 53
military 2006 219–20
police 2006 219–20
seizures of illicit weapons 2006 83–4, 86
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
unregistered guns 2004 52
surplus weapons 2008 84
Third Biennial Meeting of States (BMS3) 2009 137
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239, 240
unauthorized retransfers to 2014 118
violence and crime 2003 139, 2006 227–30
costs of 2001 217, 2006 190, 201, 202–7
culture of violence 2001 206–7
drug trafficking 2001 178–9, 2006 83
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 179, 181, 185, 188
reduction programme 2008 275, 292
risk factors 2008 249
urban armed violence 2007 173, 183
weapon destruction programmes, civilian holdings 2007 65
women
conflict roles 2014 38, 39
guerillas 2014 67
see also Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
colonial administrations, Yemen 2003 173–4
Colt revolvers, use in homicides, Bogotá (Colombia) 2012 29
Colt’s Manufacturing (United States)
company profile 2000 2002 29
exports to Nepal 2003 113
financial indicators 2002 21, 28
illicit weapons seized in Brazil 2001 23
licensed production 2007 19
Saudi Arabia 2002 18
major producers by weapon type 2004 27
most popular hand guns 2001 20
safety features 2011 79
survey of producers 2001 26, 2003 15, 2004 11, 2005 56
Columbine High School 2005 21
Columbus, Ohio (United States), illicit weapons 2014 246, 247–50, 252–68
Columbus Police Department (CPD) (United States), weapons seized 2014 247, 257–8, 262
Comando Vermelho (CV) gang (Rio de Janeiro) 2010 157, 167–70, 177, 2012 42, 44, 65
Comapaore, Blaise 2001 120–3
Combined Tactical Systems (United States), kinetic energy weapons 2011 81
Comité de suivi (CDS) (Republic of the Congo) 2002 300–1, 2003 255, 269
command and control, armed groups 2005 190–1, 194–5, 196
Colombian armed groups 2006 221
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 277–8
West African armed groups 2006 252–3, 265–6
command-operated improvised explosive devices (COIEDs) 2013 221, 227
Commander Incentive Programme (Afghanistan) 2009 296
commercial explosives, source for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 235–7
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPJ) (ECOSOC) 2001 277
Commission nationale chargée de la démobilisation, de la réinsertion et de la réintégration
(CNDRR) (Burundi) 2007 203
Commission of Nobel Peace Laureates, Framework Convention on International Arms Transfer
2003 225
commodity traders
brokers 2001 107–8
supply networks 2001 116–23
transport agents 2001 112
commodity values, Republic of the Congo 2003 272
Common List of Military Equipment (EU) 2004 155
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Georgia 2003 202–3
illicit transfers from 2001 169, 175–6, 177–80
MANPADS 2005 128
production
ammunition 2005 14
distribution of producing companies 2001 10–11, 2002 12, 2003 12, 14
distribution of producing countries 2001 10–11, 2002 11, 2003 11
major producers 2003 14
manufacturing sectors 2005 48, 59
survey of producers 2001 30–1, 33–4
communal conflicts
Africa 2013 103, 118–23
decline 2003 63
disarmament 2003 298
Somaliland 2012 166–8
stockpiles 2001 78, 2003 57
communal institutions, disarmament 2003 312
communicative roles, deterrence in Yemen 2003 179
communism
Georgia 2003 195–6, 197
military stockpiles 2006 47–50, 50
Communist Party of Nepal
firearms 2010 122
weapon-related commitments 2010 317
community
domestic violence attitudes 2008 260–1
effects of small arms misuse 2003 147
policing 2004 227–9
risk and resilience factors 2008 229–30
and violence 2008 228–36, 240, 256
violence reduction efforts 2008 234, 267, 287–8, 298
Yemen 2003 169–70, 178–86
Community Action Towards a Safer Environment (CASE) (South Africa) 2010 239
community arms collection (CAC) programmes, Sierra Leone 2002 290
community incentives, weapons collection 2002 306
community and informal justice, post-conflict 2009 228, 230
community militia, Afghanistan 2009 290–1
community participation
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181
weapons collection 2002 299, 313
community security 2010 267, 2011 3
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 211–12
post-conflict security 2009 233, 238
community-based policing, municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 184
Comoros, post-conflict 2009 226
Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos (CBC) (Brazil) 2007 303, 305–11
exports 2004 123
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
hunting rifles 2009 47
survey of producers 2001 29–30, 2002 32, 2004 21, 22
Companhia de Explosivos Valparaiba (Brazil) 2001 29
compensation
customary law in Papua New Guinea 2006 179–80, 182
disarmament, Solomon Islands 2003 303
Yemen 2003 181, 183–5
competency, civilian firearm users 2011 278–9
Complejo Quimico Industrial del Ejercito (CQIE) (Chile) 2001 30
compliance-based approaches, municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181, 183–5
components, manufacturing sectors 2005 44, 45, 46–7, 49–51, 58–62, 63, 64
Comprehensive Peace Agreement 2005 (CPA) (Sudan) 2007 317–20, 321–2, 327, 331–3, 2010
277, 279–80, 292–6
Computer Numeric Control (CNC) machines 2005 49, 54
computerization, record-keeping 2012 228
Comtech Mobile Data Corporation 2008 132
Comtrade see United Nations, Commodity Trade Statistics Database
Condor (Brazil) 2001 29
less-lethal grenades 2011 93
Conference on Disarmament 2014 99
confidence, weapons collection 2002 304
confidentiality, weapons tracing 2012 231
confiscated weapons
destruction, Cambodia 2006 124
marking and tracing of 2006 107
Philippines 2007 145
thefts from stores of, Chile 2006 85
confiscation programmes
Cambodia 2002 296
China 2002 297
disposal of weapons 2002 310–11
Pakistan, 2000–2001 2002 100
conflict
Afghanistan, stockpiles 2003 73–6
ammunition availability 2005 18–20, 30, 31
arms sourcing 2005 159–73
battlefield seizures and war booty 2002 138–9
Bougainville 2004 293–7
brokers 2004 142
Burundi 2007 197–221
Cambodia 2006 120–2
child health impacts 2009 205
civilian casualties 2001 210–11
Colombia 2006 216–17, 219, 222–7, 234
consequences of 2005 231
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 192, 193, 194, 195
definitions 2001 210, 2005 230–2, 2012 315
demand for small arms 2006 143, 145–8
developing countries 2003 126–8
disability-adjusted life years (DALY) 2002 162
disarmament initiatives 2005 72–6
distinguishing from post-conflict 2005 269–71
economic effects 2001 229–32, 2002 174–5
effect on prices 2002 67–8
European stockpiles 2003 63
Fiji 2004 290–2
gender of victims 2001 213
Georgia 2003 191–6, 205–7
gun culture 2005 205–23, 2007 40
human rights law 2002 164, 179
humanitarian impacts 2001 222–9, 2002 160–92
humanitarian law, enforcement 2002 180
illicit craft production 2003 27
illicit transfers 2001 190
importers 2006 74
injury to killed ratio 2002 161
insurgent stockpiles 2002 80–3
internal, humanitarian impacts 2002 173–6
internal displacement 2001 224–5, 2002 167–70
International Institute for Strategic Studies Armed Conflict Database 2007 76
Iraq 2004 44–50
irresponsible small arms transfers 2007 75–81, 98–107
link to crime, weapons collection 2002 295–7
manufacturing sectors 2005 55, 57
medical services 2002 166
military procurement 2006 22, 26
new humanitarianism 2002 184–6
new wars 2002 173–6
ongoing in 2004 2005 271
Pacific 2003 35–6, 2004 290–6
parties 2005 231
Philippines 2007 145
post-conflict police reforms 2004 240–1
prevention 2003 150–1
purpose of 2002 175, 2005 231
Republic of the Congo 2003 256–8
risk of, prices 2007 265, 269–72
Solomon Islands 2004 292–3
Somalia 2012 337–8
South Sudan 2007 317–44
stockpiles 2003 57
tracing 2006 95, 105, 111
urban political armed violence 2007 173
urbanization and crime 2007 164
variations in the use of small arms 2005 179–200
West African armed groups 2006 247–67
women’s roles 2014 2, 38–40
Yemen 2003 170–1, 175
see also armed conflict; casualties; civil wars; civilian casualties; conflict deaths; internal
conflict; intra-state conflict; post-conflict; war zones
conflict deaths 2002 160–7, 2005 229–59
Abkhazia 2003 208–9
Afghanistan 2009 289
children and youth 2009 195–8
Colombia 2006 215
datasets 2005 238–9
death-injury ratio 2002 162
effects 2001 210–12
estimates 2001 210–12, 2004 175
estimation techniques 2005 239–41
global deaths 2002 157, 160–1
media reports 2005 235–8
mortality data 2002 162
official reports 2005 233–5
post-conflict zones 2005 268–9
role of small arms 2005 248–51
Somaliland 2012 153–4
Southern Lebanon 2009 325
underreporting 2005 241–8
see also direct conflict deaths; indirect conflict deaths
conflict goods 2002 139–41, 142, 174, 175
conflict resolution
disarmament 2003 311–12
effects of small arms misuse 2003 147
Papua New Guinea 2006 183
Yemen 2003 182–5
conflict tracing
marking 2006 95
weapon identification 2009 109–22
conflict trade 2002 139–41
conflict weapons
crime in Africa 2004 194–6
Iraq 2004 3, 43, 44–50, 54, 71–2
Kosovo 2004 197
Pacific 2004 289, 290–6
Sri Lanka 2004 59
conflict zones, ammunition profiling 2014 180–208
conflict-resilient cities 2007 180
Congo see Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Zaire
Congo-Brazzaville
conflict
child soldiers 2001 230
death and injury rates 2002 163, 164, 2005 252, 253, 258
internal displacement 2001 224
new wars 2002 175
percentage of population killed in 2001 210
exports, irresponsible transfers from 2007 99
illicit transfers from 2002 132
illicit transfers to 2001 104–5
imports, irresponsible transfers to 2007 100
UNITA 2005 192
see also Republic of the Congo
Congolese Rally for Democracy–Goma (RCD–Goma), firearms 2010 122
Congo River 2003 270–1
Congrès Panafricain des Jeunes et des Patriotes (Pan-African Congress of Young Patriots,
COJEP) 2011 214
Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 2013 117
Connecticut Spring & Stamping Corporation (United States) 2012 253
Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie (CNDD) (Burundi) 2007 203, 204
Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie-Forces pour la défense de la démocratie
(CNDD-FDD) (Burundi) 2007 197, 199, 203
disarmament 2007 204
ex-combatants 2007 218
militias 2007 202, 206
restructuring of the army 2007 207
consensual disarmament 2003 298–300
Consent-to-Search programme (United States) 2006 311–12, 2007 181, 2008 283
consignee, definition 2009 64
Consolidated Appropriations Act (2004) (United States) 2004 12
Constabulary military doctrine 2006 45, 50–1
constituency building, NGOs and control 2002 242
consumerist militarism, culture of violence 2001 205
Contact-Memory Buttons 2002 261
Container Security Initiative (US Customs Service) 2003 107
containment
fragmentation of public space 2007 175–8
urban violence 2007 162
Conté, President Lansana 2006 252
Continental Aviation Company 2001 172
contingent valuation (CV) surveys 2003 133, 135
Contra war (Nicaragua) 2013 48
weapons 2013 60–1, 63
Contras, illicit transfers to 2002 129
Control Arms Campaign 2004 1, 2006 97, 2007 129, 2014 78
control measures 2001 251–83, 2002 235–72
accessibility thesis 2001 202, 2004 182–6
air cargo companies 2001 112–14
ammunition 2005 9, 10, 20–31
Argentina 2004 18–19
armed groups 2006 258–65
Australia 2004 67, 184–6, 192, 301, 302, 303
Brazil 2003 87, 2006 141, 145, 157
brokering 2001 96, 2002 236, 252–8, 271–2, 2004 141–66
2001 update 2001 4, 103–5, 123–9, 130
loop-holes 2001 103–5
national regulations 2004 151–66
norms 2003 231
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 212
regional control initiatives 2004 148–51
Southern Africa 2001 262
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
UN Programme of Action 2002 226
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2001 282
Cambodia 2006 119, 123–30, 134, 136
Canada 2004 43, 68–9, 192, 2006 197–8
Central America 2001 257–8
civilian ownership
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 124
Germany 2007 51
Ireland 2007 44
national control of 2002 222–5, 263–71
national firearms controls 2002 263–71, 2003 239–43
patterns of 2007 63
South Sudan 2007 333–6
Yemen 2007 45
Colombia 2006 141, 157, 158, 215–16, 219, 230–5
crime control 2001 219–22
demand for small arms 2006 141–3, 145, 148, 150, 158
prices 2007 264, 281, 282
demilitarization industry 2013 200–4
disarmament 2003 309–11
South Sudan 2007 333–6
effectiveness of legislation 2004 182, 186
end-use assurances 2002 248–52
estimating private legal firearms 2001 84–6
exports 2004 144, 155, 158
accountability 2002 248
end-use assurances 2002 248–52
of firepower 2005 184–5
harmonization 2002 236
human rights 2001 223
illicit transfers, ‘ant trade’ 2001 168
impact of 2004 184–6
Inter-American Convention 2001 253
international 2014 54–7
International Tracing Instrument 2006 95–114
light weapons 2005 123–38
MANPADS 2004 90–4
manufacturing sectors 2005 50, 64
Middle East 2003 79–80
municipal violence prevention programmes 2007 178–88
national action plans (NAPs) 2014 46–54
NGOs 2002 242–3
norms 2003 230–3
Pacific 2004 300–3
Pakistan 2002 100
Papua New Guinea 2006 165
peace process 2003 278
prices 2007 257, 263, 264, 265, 266–7, 271, 281, 282
production 2001 7–8, 12, 2003 33
licensed and unlicensed 2007 23–32
social, Yemen 2003 169–70
South Africa 2006 158
Southern Africa 2001 261–2, 2003 239–43
stockpile management 2002 258–61
supply-side humanitarianism 2002 182–3
tracing 2002 243–8, 2006 95–114
transfers
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 122–4
international 2007 117–38, 122–4, 128–37
irresponsible 2007 73
licensing agreements 2007 26–31
transport agents 2001 103–4, 123–9, 130
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 237–43
UN Programme of Action 2002 208–9, 222–6
United Kingdom 2004 67, 188–9, 192
United States 2004 66–7
violence and crime 2004 182–6
weapons management within armed groups 2006 257
Yemen 2003 169–70, 181–3, 183–7, 185–7
young men and small arms 2006 310–16
see also Arms Trade Treaty; international control measures; national control measures;
regional control measures
Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition,
Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA) 2009 62, 63
Convention of Belém do Pará see Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment,
and Eradication of Violence against Women
Convention on Civil Aviation 2014 91
Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) 2013 188, 194–5
Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail 2014 91
Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) (1944) 2010 59–60
Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives (1991) 2002 245, 2013 233
Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
2013 35
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of
Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Ottawa Convention) (1997) 2002 179,
205, 2004 261, 2008 9, 94–5, 2010 309, 312
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (1989) 2009 193, 208, 209
Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (2000) 2009 197, 209
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty 2004 78, 2008 92
conventional arms, Arms Trade Treaty 2014 80–2
Cook Islands
civilian holdings 2004 283, 302
illicit weapons and trade 2004 285
stockpiles 2003 89
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Coordinating Action on Small Arms (CASA) 2003 152
coping strategies, demand for small arms 2006 143
corporate accountability, stockpiles 2003 58
corporate complicity 2011 152–3
corporate social responsibility
licensed production 2007 27, 31
multinational corporations 2011 139–41, 151–3
Correlates of War Project (CoW) 2005 231, 238
corruption
Cambodia 2006 132–3, 135
illicit transfers 2001 190–1
policing 2004 196, 233, 2006 148, 151
Thailand as a transit country 2002 143
thefts from state arsenals 2002 137–8
Uganda 2006 288
West African armed groups 2006 255, 259
Cosa Nostra
firearms 2013 88–9, 90, 91–2
homicides 2013 83, 88, 94, 95–6
structure 2013 78
cost of illness (COI) method 2003 132–3
cost-benefit analysis, disarmament programmes 2003 132–3, 135
Costa Rica
control measures
Arias Code of Conduct 2001 257
Framework Agreement for Democratic Security in Central America 2001 257
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
transfers 2007 128
DDR and weapons reduction programmes 2005 290
economic effects of conflict 2001 232
firearm homicides 2012 13, 16, 18–19
types of weapons used 2012 26, 28
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 232, 233, 241
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers from, to Colombia 2004 130, 2005 162
imports, from the United States 2000 2003 106
intimate partner violence 2013 28
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
private security companies
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
personnel 2011 104
costs
of availability of small arms, for aid agencies 2001 233–4
of control measures, Canada 2006 197–8
of small arms crime 2004 199
measuring 2004 191
Pacific region 2004 290–6
of small arms ownership, demand for small arms 2006 149, 150, 153–8
of small arms violence 2001 3, 4, 216, 2006 189–211
accounting framework 2003 132–3, 135
methods of calculating 2001 214
treatment of injuries 2001 216–17
typology 2006 190–5
weapons prices 2007 263, 265, 266–9
Côte d’Ivoire
ammunition
profiling 2014 182, 187–208
Sudanese 2014 202, 203–4
Ukrainian 2014 204
unmarked 2014 207
armed forces 2011 197–9
armed groups
craft production 2006 255
motivation for joining 2006 252
sources of weapons 2006 254, 255
stockpiles 2003 82
supply-side measures 2006 258
transfers to 2006 256
typology 2006 249
banditry 2011 208–9
child reintegration 2009 210
community security 2011 3, 211–12
comzones 2011 202–3, 211, 218–19
conflict 2011 193, 194–7
conflict deaths 2005 248, 249
conflict use 2005 193
crime 2011 207–9
DDM programme 2011 213, 219
DDR programmes 2006 259, 262, 2009 184, 187, 2011 219
diversion of ammunition to Liberia 2008 121, 123, 126, 129, 134
domestic violence 2014 40
dozos (traditional hunters) 2011 3, 212
gendarmerie, weapons 2011 199, 200
gender-based violence 2011 209
illicit transfers from
to Liberia 2002 132, 2005 169
to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 171, 172, 2004 131
to UNITA in Angola 2002 132
illicit transfers to 2005 106
violations of end-user certificates 2002 134–5
imports 2003 118, 2004 109, 2006 70, 74
irresponsible transfers to 2007 100
independence 2011 197
insecurity
concerns 2011 206–8
perceptions of 2011 207
types of 2011 208–11
international forces 2011 216
judicial system 2011 201, 203, 219–20
land conflict 2013 109
militias 2011 212–14
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 32
non-state armed groups
firearms 2010 122
stockpiles 2010 324
non-state security 2011 211–16
police, weapons 2011 199, 200
political history 2011 194–9
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
post-electoral crisis (2010) 2011 193, 221
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 275
prisons 2011 201
private security companies
armed 2011 3, 215
personnel 2011 104
rebel forces 2011 193, 196–7, 202–4
weapons 2011 204
resource conflict 2013 103, 116
resource-based conflict 2011 209
security forces 2011 6
fragmentation 2011 199–201
perceptions of 2011 205–6
reform 2011 194, 216–20, 221
vectors of insecurity 2011 210–11
weapons 2011 200, 204
transfers, from Bangladesh 2009 37
violence linked to electoral process 2011 209–10
COUGAR less-lethal projective launchers 2011 72, 81
country-to-country transactions 2003 101
‘coup proofing’, Constabulary militaries 2006 50
covert transfers 2007 74, 76, 90–4
CoW see Correlates of War Project
CPA see Comprehensive Peace Agreement
CPAF see Cambodian People’s Armed Forces
CPD see Columbus Police Department
CPP see Cambodian People’s Party
CQ assault rifles, South Sudan 2014 226
CQIE see Complejo Quimico Industrial del Ejercito
craft production 2001 45–7, 2003 9–10, 26–36, 2007 43
Africa 2003 83, 86
ammunition 2005 10, 15–16, 18
Brazil 2001 23, 2003 29
Burundi 2007 204, 205
Chile 2003 28, 2006 85
civilian holdings 2007 43, 53
Colombia 2004 24, 2005 161–2, 2006 223
definitions 2001 9, 2003 26, 59–60, 2004 8
Ecuador 2004 24
Ghana 2003 29–30, 2006 258
illicit transfers 2002 139
Kazakhstan 2012 122
Mali 2005 166
marking 2012 226
Middle East 2002 16–17
Pacific region 2003 35–6, 2004 277, 288
Pakistan 2001 46–7, 2002 67, 102, 296–7, 2003 9, 27, 32–3
Papua New Guinea 2006 175, 176, 177, 178
Philippines 2003 33–5, 2007 145
repairs and sporadic production sector 2005 46–9
South Africa 2001 22, 45–6, 2003 30–1, 31
Turkey 2003 31–2
West African armed groups 2006 255
craft-produced weapons
Mexico 2013 293, 311
Nicaragua 2013 61–3
Philippines 2013 306–7, 310–11
use in homicides, Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 25–6
CRC see Convention on the Rights of the Child
crime
accessibility thesis 2004 182–6
Africa 2004 192–9, 2007 171
armed gang membership, effects of small arms misuse 2003 146
armed groups
long-term gain-seeking groups 2005 196
UNITA 2005 192
West African 2006 255
ASEAN initiatives 2001 267
Australia 2002 268
black market 2001 167
Brazil 2004 69–70, 2006 83, 2007 241–2, 289–90, 301–11
diversions of ammunition 2007 289–90, 301–11
illicit craft production 2003 29
national control of civilian ownership 2002 268
urbanization 2007 241–2
weapons used in 2001 22–3
brokering penalties 2004 160–2
Burundi 2007 211–12
Cambodia 2006 125–30, 131–3, 136
Canada 2004 62, 68
cascaded military weapons 2002 175
Central African Republic 2005 322–3
Chile, illicit craft production 2003 28–9
Colombia 2006 217, 227–30, 234
conflict, weapons collection 2002 295–7
costs of violence 2001 4, 216
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 207–9
definitions of armed conflict 2005 231
demand for small arms 2006 142–3, 148, 149–51
prices 2007 265
economic costs 2004 190
effects of firearms small arms availability 2001 200–8, 219–22, 2004 2, 4, 173–211
effects of small arms misuse 2001 214, 2003 131, 136–40
Europe
border seizures 2005 116
civilian holdings 2003 67, 68
stockpiles 2003 63
unregistered guns 2003 71–2
Georgia 2003 202, 206–7, 208–9
Germany 2007 51
global norms 2003 229–30
Haiti 2011 231, 238–42
Honduras 2002 195
illicit transfers 2001 190
Bangladesh as a transit country 2002 143
Latin America 2001 185, 2003 116–17
to Papua New Guinea 2001 184
imitation guns 2003 59
International Tracing Instrument 2006 103, 105
Interpol statistics 2003 158
Iraq 2004 44, 50
Ireland 2007 44
Kyrgyzstan 2004 315–16
Latin America and the Caribbean 2003 87, 2004 50, 52, 2006 83
linked to firearms, United States 2014 248–52
Madagascar 2011 180–1
monitoring 2004 255
Morocco 2005 87
Nicaragua 2002 195
opportunity for gain from 2007 167, 169
Pacific 2004 295
Papua New Guinea 2006 165–6, 168–75, 184
Philippines 2007 145
illicit craft production 2003 34, 35
police criminality 2004 233
post-conflict 2002 292, 2005 271–4
preferred types of small arms 2001 22
prices 2002 68
risk of being caught 2007 167
short-term gain-seeking groups 2005 192–3
South Africa 2004 63, 2008 183, 184–7, 191–2, 195
South Sudan 2007 317, 327–31
Sri Lanka 2004 59
stockpiles 2003 57
sub-machine guns 2004 30
Taiwan 2005 84
Thailand 2004 71
theft of weapons from crime scenes 2006 39
Turkey, illicit craft production 2003 31
Uganda 2006 288
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 237, 238
United Kingdom 2004 67
United States 2001 23–4, 2003 18
access to firearms 2008 284–7
gun crime reduction 2008 287–8
urban violence 2007 161, 164–7, 169–73
urbanization 2007 164–7
using stolen firearms 2004 60–5
weapon tracing 2009 121
weapons collection programmes 2002 279, 304–5, 311, 2009 166
conflict 2002 295–7
crime prevention programmes 2002 282–3, 307–10, 2004 190
post-conflict 2002 292
weapons-related, Kazakhstan 2012 126, 127
Yemen 2003 179–80, 187
young men and small arms 2006 296–7, 307
see also gangs; organized crime; policing; theft; violence
Crime Observatory (Jamaica) 2008 297
crime prevention councils 2007 182
crime-related violence, post-conflict 2009 228
criminal law, Yemen 2003 170
criminal records, civilian firearm users 2011 277–8
criminal violence, Somaliland 2012 159–66
criminalization, transportation 2010 54
Croatia
civilian firearms
carrying in public 2011 293
licences 2011 280
prohibited and restricted 2011 270
storage requirements 2011 293
transfer regulation 2011 283
use regulation 2011 284, 286
user regulation 2011 276, 277, 279
civilian ownership 2003 65
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
conflict, homicide and suicides during 2001 211
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 97
disarmament 2009 162
exports
Comtrade data 2012 274
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106
military firearms 2002 116
pistols and revolvers 2009 20, 21, 41, 42
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2006 81, 2007 88, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012 291, 292, 300, 2013
181, 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
to the United States 2003 39, 2009 21
unofficial information 2001 158
value 2003 2006 68, 70
value 2001 148
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 211, 233, 241
illicit transfers from 2003 111
to Colombia 2004 129
to the KLA 2004 133
to West Africa 2003 119
illicit transfers to
brokers 2001 102
violations of end-user certificates 2002 135
imports, grenade launchers 2011 26
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 275
private security companies
armed 2011 112, 113
personnel 2011 104
pro-government armed groups 2010 263
production
of copies 2001 12
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 15
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 54, 55
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 37, 52, 2002 57, 2003 38, 44–5
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19
unlicensed production 2007 15, 25
weapons collection and destruction programmes
disposal method 2002 311
Government peace-building 2001 2003 281, 2005 292
peace operations 2003 293
SEESAC 2002–2005 2005 290
UNTAES peace-building 1996–1998 2001 177, 2002 290, 302, 2003 280, 293
weapons records 2009 128
young men and small arms 2006 297
cross-border trade, between the DRC and the RoC 2003 270–2
Crossman Corp (United States) 2002 28
crowd control 2004 233–5, 312, 2011 87–9
CS (tear) gas, policing 2004 223, 235
CSG see China South Industries Group Corporation
CSTO see Collective Security Treaty Organization
CSW see United Nations (UN), Commission on the Status of Women
Cuba
control measures
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16
homicide rates 2012 15
homicides, proportion using firearms 2012 13
illicit transfers from, Cold War grey market 2001 169
military stockpiles 2001 72, 2002 77, 2006 48, 57
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
light weapons 2008 34
survey of producers 2001 25, 52, 2002 57
Cugir (Romania) 2003 46
culture
accessibility thesis 2001 202
civilian ownership, national control of 2002 263
Colombia 2006 232
conflict use 2005 180
demand for small arms 2006 144
effects of small arms availability 2001 205–8
Europe 2003 63, 66–9
illicit craft production 2003 27, 32–5
Kosovo 2005 205–23
Kyrgyzstan 2004 318
Pacific 2003 88
Pakistan 2003 32–3
Philippines 2003 33–5
post-conflict 2005 275, 280
symbolism of firearms 2001 205
United States 2003 16
violence against women 2013 33–4
weapons collection, Argentina 2002 308
Yemen 2003 187
young men and small arms 2006 295, 302–10, 314–16
culture of violence
effects of small arms availability 2001 205–8
Kosovo 2005 205–23
microeconomics 2001 229–30
Cunningham, Charles 2004 70–1
Curbelo, Nelsa 2010 209, 216, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223
Cure Violence model 2013 151
custodial authorities, military stockpiles 2006 58–60
customary law
effects of small arms misuse 2003 147
international 2003 217–18
Papua New Guinea 2006 179–80, 183
Yemen 2003 183–4
customs
ammunition data 2010 10
authorized arms transfers 2009 7
brokering 2001 126, 2004 146
civil aviation 2010 60
codes 2003 177
container freight 2003 107
data, limitations of 2008 28
discrepancies in data 2001 150–1, 153–4, 156
European Union 2003 104
illicit transfers 2005 113–16
importers 2001 156–7
international regulations 2010 54–5
methodology for estimating transfers 2001 144
national regulations 2010 55–8
seizures, South America 2006 83–4
transit trade 2003 104–5
US exports 2001 152–4
Yemen 2003 176–7, 183–4
customs data, weapon parts 2012 248
customs officers, stockpiles 2006 43
CV see Comando Vermelho; contingent valuation
Cyprus
EU membership 2008 103
exports
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2012 275
human rights 2004 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 100, 101, 105, 106
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
transparency 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012 293, 2013 183, 2014 130
UN Register 2012 287
imports
ammunition 2009 17
Comtrade data 2009 12
customs data 2002 126
list of exporters 2005 104, 2006 72
military firearms 2002 116
military small arms and light weapons 2009 25
transit trade 2003 104–5
value 2001 2004 100, 108, 109
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 106, 107
value 2003 2006 65, 74, 75
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57
weapons collection programmes 2003 281
CZ (Czech Republic) 2001 21
CZ58 assault rifle, Burundi 2007 204
Czech Republic
ammunition
production 2014 190–1, 194
transfers, transparency 2010 11
brokering 2004 153, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
disarmament 2009 162
EU membership 2008 103
export controls 2009 67
enforcement 2009 86
exceptions 2009 78
licensing authorities 2009 88
licensing systems 2009 71, 73
pre-licensing requirements 2009 76
transfer criteria 2009 93, 95
exports
ammunition 2009 15, 16
to Uganda 2007 293
annual value 2001 148
C2 Group 2004 108
to Colombia 2004 129, 130, 2005 161, 2006 236
Comtrade data 2009 12, 2012 274
to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2004 130
human rights 2004 129, 130, 131, 132
to Indonesia 2004 130, 131
irresponsible transfers from 2007 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107
to Kazakhstan 2012 120, 121
list of importers 2005 108, 2006 75–8
military firearms 2002 116, 2009 35
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114
national reporting 2002 118, 120
non-military pistols and revolvers 2002 114
to Pakistan 2004 131
parts 2012 255
pistols and revolvers 2001 146, 147, 2009 20, 21, 41
to Russia 2004 132
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 46
to Sri Lanka 2003 112
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 88, 2009 49, 2010 15, 2011 16, 2012
292, 300, 303, 2013 182, 2014 129
trends 2000 2003 108, 109
UN Register 2012 287
to the United States 2003 39, 2009 21
unofficial information on 2001 158
value 2001 2004 101, 102, 104
value 2002 2005 102, 103
value 2003 2006 70
to Yemen 2003 176, 177
illicit transfers from
to Eritrea 2002 136
Georgia 2005 172
to the LTTE in Sri Lanka 2001 176
to Rwanda 2002 132
illicit transfers to 2003 71
imports
list of exporters 2006 70
value 2001 2004 101
value 2002 2005 106, 107
value 2003 2006 75
intimate partner violence 2013 28
NATO membership 2008 103
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
licensed 2007 15, 21
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most important companies 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 18
most popular small arms in South Africa 2001 21
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
survey of producers 2001 35, 36, 52, 2002 57, 2003 38, 39–41
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2002 79, 80, 87, 2003 65, 2007 50, 63
military 2006 44, 47, 50
surplus weapons 2008 89, 2009 69
transferred to Afghanistan and Iraq 2008 79
transportation, licensing 2010 52, 53
Dadaab refugee camp (Kenya), violence 2002 168–9
Dade County (Florida) 2004 57
Daewoo Precision Industries (South Korea) 2002 45
dahalo, Madagascar 2011 181–4
Dakar (Senegal) 2004 193, 194
DALY see disability-adjusted life years
damage and loss assessment (DaLA) workshop, Mpila depot explosions 2014 157, 159, 164
damaged weapons, military procurement 2006 9–10, 12
Danao City (Philippines), craft production 2003 9, 34, 2007 145
Dandong Xunlei Technology Company (China) 2012 253
Danger Assessment 2013 38
Danish Demining Group (DDG), Somaliland 2010 320, 2012 150
Danuvia Gepipari Rt. (Hungary) 2001 37
DAOSAAF see Voluntary Society of Supporters for the Air Force And Navy
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), carjackings 2007 172
Darfur (Sudan)
arms embargo 2014 218
conflict deaths 2005 236–7, 247, 252, 253, 258
elections 2010 294
irresponsible transfers to 2007 92
non-state armed groups 2014 215
violence in South Sudan 2007 317, 319–20
Darfur Peace Agreement (2006) 2007 320, 2014 214
Darra Adam Khel (Pakistan), illicit craft production 2003 32–3
Darra (Pakistan), craft production 2002 139, 2003 9
data
collecting 2001 60–5
conflict deaths 2005 229–59, 241–8
disarmament 2003 288
human development 2003 130–1
humanitarian impacts 2002 158
legal transfers 2001 143–4
transfers 2003 98
Datamyne transfers 2012 269, 276
Datasus see Unified Database of the Ministry of Health
Davao City (Philippines), young men and small arms 2006 305
Davis Industries 2004 119
Dawood Gang (Mumbai) 2010 106, 107
Dayton Peace Agreement 1995 2003 286, 2005 217
DDG see Danish Demining Group
DDM see disarmament and dismantling of militias
DDR see disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration
De Beers Diamodel 2002 140
De Decker, Joe 2001 117, 2002 140
De Decker, Ronnie 2001 173
DEA (United States), weapons stockpiles 2006 41, 43
deactivated guns 2004 189
deactivation, UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
dealers
arms brokers’ services 2001 100
bartering with conflict goods 2002 140
definition 2001 98
distinction from brokers 2001 129
stockpile estimates 2001 65
death squads, policing 2004 233
death-injury ratio 2002 162
deaths see conflict deaths; firearm deaths; firearm suicides; homicides
decommissioning, Northern Ireland 2002 292–3, 311, 2003 284–6
DECOSAC see Development Co-operation and Small Arms Control
Deed of Commitment for Adherence to a Total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and for
Cooperation in Mine Action 2010 309, 312, 313
deep preferences, demand for small arms 2006 144–5, 147, 149–53
Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON)
licensed production 2002 45, 46–7, 2007 18
survey of producers 2001 41
Defence Industries Organisation (DIO) (Iran) 2002 18, 51, 52, 53, 2014 195
defence industry
Croatia 2003 44–5
Czech Republic 2003 39–41
Hungary 2003 41–2
Poland 2003 42
production 2003 37–9
Serbia and Montenegro 2003 46–7
Slovenia 2003 42–3, 46
Defence Ministries (Republic of the Congo) 2003 269
defence spending, effects of small arms misuse 2003 144–5
Defence Systems Limited (United Kingdom) 2001 109
Defense civile (Republic of the Congo) 2003 256
Defense Logistics Services 2007 82
Defense Technology Corporation (United States), kinetic energy weapons 2011 81
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) (United States) 2005 74, 2014 167
Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System 2012 316
delinquency 2008 251–3
delivery verification (DV) certificate 2002 250, 251, 2009 64, 82
Dellamico, Mario 2001 188
demand for small arms
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 124–5
military 2006 8–11, 141–59
national control of civilian ownership 2002 267
Papua New Guinea 2006 166, 175, 180
post-conflict 2005 274–5
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 257, 262–9, 271
South Sudan 2007 318
Uganda 2006 287–8
weapons collection programmes that fuel demand 2002 306, 311
weapons reduction programmes that address demand 2002 280, 304–5, 2003 313
West African armed groups 2006 247, 258, 259–65
Yemen 2003 169, 177–86, 187
young men and small arms 2006 302–10
Demeter 2014 150, 163, 166
Demetriou, Spyros 2002 298
demilitarization, open burning and open detonation (OB/OD) 2013 188, 206–8
demilitarization industry
ammunition 2013 2, 4, 187–211
capabilities and capacities 2013 198–9
cluster munitions 2013 194–5
compliance and oversight 2013 201–3
contracts and tenders 2013 190–1
costs 2013 191–3, 209–10
environmental hazards 2013 204–5
industry actors 2013 188–90
market opportunities 2013 193–4
processes 2013 195–8
recovery, recycling, and reuse (R3) 2013 198, 208–10
regulations 2013 200–4
safety 2013 203–4
transport controls 2013 200–1
demobilization
armed groups 2006 252
Burundi 2007 221
Cambodia 2006 134–5
initiatives in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 263
Switzerland, transfer of military firearms to civilian ownership 2007 54
UN Programme of Action 2002 209
see also disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR)
Demobilization and Reintegration (D&R) Commission (Afghanistan) 2009 292, 294
democracy
Cambodia 2006 120–3
disarmament 2003 304–5
exports, control and accountability 2002 248
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 264, 266, 281, 282
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (formerly Zaire)
air cargo companies 2001 114
armed groups 2005 193, 195
armed violence in South Sudan 2007 317
brassage 2009 233
brokers, diamond trade 2001 108–9
child mortality 2002 173
conflict
conflict goods 2002 140–1
deaths 2005 230, 245–7, 252, 255, 258
effects on Horn of Africa region 2001 262
internally displaced persons 2001 224, 225, 2002 196
percentage of population killed in 2001 210
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 284, 298, 2005 280, 284, 290, 291, 2009 184, 187
peace operations 2003 293
exports, to the Republic of the Congo 2003 263, 270–1
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 204–5, 2002 164
firearm ownership 2007 171, 172
illicit transfers from
to Rwanda 2002 132
to Sudan 2007 325
to UNITA in Angola 2001 119, 2002 132
illicit transfers to
arms embargoes against 2002 133
from the Republic of the Congo 2003 270–1
tracing weapons 2004 126
imports
human rights 2004 130
irresponsible transfers to 2007 100
value 2001 2004 109
land conflict 2013 103, 116, 117–18, 119, 123
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 276, 282, 2010 288–9
MANPADS attacks on aircraft 2008 13
mortality rates 2009 222, 223
non-state actors
firearms 2010 122, 124
light weapons holdings 2008 32
post-conflict deaths 2005 268
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
post-conflict violence 2009 221–3
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
private security companies, training 2011 123
refugees in Burundi 2007 200–1, 202
sexual violence 2014 42
stockpiles 2003 81
women and small arms control policies 2014 53
young men and small arms 2006 305
see also Zaire
demographics
accessibility thesis 2001 203–4
firearm homicides
Brazil 2007 228, 233, 234
United States 2001 239
urban violence 2007 167
urbanization 2007 162–3
violent young men 2006 298–300
demonstrations, policing 2004 233–5, 312
Denel (South Africa) 2002 47–8, 2005 61
contracts 2010 29
licensed production 2007 11
Denham Springs, Louisiana (United States), illicit weapons 2014 246, 247–50, 252–68
Denmark
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
civilian ownership 2001 239, 2002 87–8, 2003 64
exports
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2013 179–80
end-use assurances 2002 249
to Iraq 2006 74
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
national reporting 2002 118, 120
transparency 2009 49, 2010 15, 2011 15, 16, 2012 289, 292, 298, 300, 305, 2013 181,
182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
to the United States 2004 124
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 203, 209, 239, 240
imports
ammunition 2009 17
list of exporters 2005 103, 104, 105, 2006 69, 72, 73
sporting shotguns 2009 19
value 2001 2004 109
value 2002 2005 107
value 2003 2006 75
intimate partner violence 2013 28
military procurement 2006 16, 30
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 15
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57
women and small arms control policies 2014 49
Denver (United States), gang violence 2010 136–7
Departamento de Industrias Miltares (Mexico) 2001 27
Department for International Development (DFID) (United Kingdom), disarmament and
development 2003 154–5
derived preferences, demand for small arms 2006 144–5, 147, 149
Desert Storm, Operation (1990–1991), conflict deaths 2005 234–5
destination countries, black market 2002 141–2
Destruction Day 2002 281
destruction programmes 2002 7, 279–317
Balkans 2001 177
Bolivia 2008 102
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007 84
Cambodia 2002 296, 2006 119, 123–5, 2007 65
China 2002 96
civilian holdings 2007 64–5
craft production in Burundi 2007 205
data on 2007 43
decision making 2008 98
disarmament comparison 2008 78
domestic 2008 96, 98
donors 2008 105–6
effect of war on terror 2003 60–2
EU Joint Action 1998 2001 271–2
European unregistered firearms 2003 70
Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 263
impact on global stockpiles 2002 63, 73–4
incentives 2008 103–6
Inter-American Convention 2001 256
internationally sponsored 2008 96–8
Kazakhstan 2008 98–9
Kosovo 2002 291
Liberia 2002 290
MANPADS 2008 80, 99–102
military stockpiles 2002 85–6, 2006 39, 45
Montenegro 2008 95
Mozambique 2002 294
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180
national control of civilian ownership 2002 267
NGOs 2002 243
Nicaragua 2002 292–4
norms 2003 231
origins 2008 94–6
programmes 1989–2001 2002 302
and security sector reform 2008 104–5
Sierra Leone 2002 290
Southern Africa, regional norms 2003 243–7
surplus weapons 2007 64–5, 2008 78, 96–8, 106–7
Cambodia 2006 119, 124
UN Programme of Action 2002 225
Ukraine 2008 95
UN Programme of Action 2002 225
US military firearms 2002 85–6
weapons collection 2002 310
detainees, police executions 2004 230–2
deterrence
violence and crime 2004 182–6, 190
Yemen 2003 179
detonators, source for IEDs 2013 235–7
Detroit (United States), homicide rate 2007 165
Deuba, Sher Bahadur 2003 97
developed countries
homicides and suicides using firearms 1998 2001 208–9
urbanization 2007 163
developing countries
conflict 2003 126–8
firearm-related violence 2003 126–49
homicides and suicides using firearms 1998 2001 208–9
licensed production 2002 40
production trends 2001 12
small arms as a threat to development 2001 229–34
urbanization 2007 162, 163, 167–8
development
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 119, 125
Brazil, firearm-related deaths 2007 242, 245
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 309–10, 2005 276–7, 279, 284, 286, 287
economic effects of conflict 2001 231
effects of small arms 2001 229–34, 2003 125–59
firearm-related homicides 2001 232–3
Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development (2006) 2007 127
global norms 2003 228
historical record 2003 127
security 2003 150–1
security systems 2011 2
technology 2003 20–3
urban armed violence 2007 178
urbanization 2007 163, 164, 167–8
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 279, 280, 299
development agencies
effects of small arms misuse 2003 148–9
humanitarian impacts 2002 158, 159
violence in refugee camps 2002 169
Development Co-operation and Small Arms Control (DECOSAC) 2003 155
development for disarmament 2002 297–303, 2003 128
development programmes
Cambodia 2006 124
demand for small arms 2006 144
deteriorating security 2001 226
economic effects of conflict 2001 231
effects of small arms misuse 2003 148–9
EU Development Council Resolution 2001 272
monitoring 2004 251–2
opportunity costs of small arms 2001 233–4
security of personnel 2002 186–92
weapons collection, Mali 2002 288
West Africa 2006 248, 264–5
young men and violence 2006 313–16
DFID see Department for International Development
DGFM see Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares
Dhaka (Bangladesh)
global cities 2007 163
slums 2007 168, 169
urbanization 2007 162
Dheere, Mohamed 2007 93
DIAG see Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups
dialogue and sensitization programmes, post-conflict security 2009 233, 236
Diamond, Larry 2005 275–6
diamonds
Angola 2001 117–19, 173, 2002 140
brokers 2001 107–9
conflict trade 2002 139–40, 142
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2001 108–9
Sierra Leone 2001 120–3, 171
diaspora assistance
conflict weapons 2005 186–7, 197
Kosovo 2005 215, 218–19
Díaz Sosa, David 2013 301
DICON see Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria
Didinga 2007 337, 338
Diehl, Alex 2014 145, 150
Diemaco (Canada) 2001 27, 2002 45
licensed production 2007 18
Diemaco C7 rifle 2006 10–11
Diemaco C8 carbine 2006 10–11
differentiated use of force 2004 220–4
DINDUSMIL (Paraguay) 2002 45
Dinka 2007 334, 337
DIO see Defence Industries Organisation
Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares (DGFM) (Argentina) 2001 28, 29, 102, 2002 45
licensed production 2007 18
Dirección Nacional de Policía Especializada en Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes (DINAPEN)
(Ecuador) 2010 211, 216
direct conflict deaths
compared to indirect deaths 2005 253, 254–6, 257–9
counting methods and sources 2005 233–41
definition 2005 232
global 2005 230, 256–7
post-conflict zones 2005 268–9
underreporting 2005 241–8
direct offsets 2007 12
directed-energy weapons 2011 85–6
Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia (District Anti-mafia Directorate) 2013 82
Direzione Nazionale Antimafia (National Anti-mafia Directorate) (DNA) 2013 82
disability
civilians 2002 164–5
effects of small arms misuse 2003 132
indicators 2002 162
Intifada 2002 165
post-conflict 2002 165
psychological impacts 2002 166–7
disability-adjusted life years (DALY) 2002 162, 165
disarmament
Afghanistan 2009 292–9
African stockpiles 2003 81
arms control comparison 2009 160
Australia 2009 167–9
bias of DDR 2005 283–4
Brazil 2004 69–71, 72, 2009 169–71
Central African Republic 2005 323–7
child soldiers 2001 230
civilians 2003 305–9, 2007 64–5, 2009 161, 164–77
coercive 2003 298–300, 2009 165, 167
Colombia 2006 230–3
cost-benefit analysis 2003 132–3
definition 2009 159–60
destruction comparison 2008 78
deterrents to 2003 300–1
development for 2002 297–303, 2003 128
donor governments 2003 154–5
during conflict 2009 182
effects of small arms 2005 71, 72–6
Georgia 2003 203–5
Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 263
Haiti 2005 164
human development 2003 151–6
illegal armed groups 2009 299–304
Iraq 2004 49–50, 2005 72, 73
Irish Republican Army 2003 72
Kosovo 2005 212–13, 221, 280
Mozambique 2001 64
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181, 185–8
NGOs 2003 155–6
non-state actors 2009 161, 180–7
norms 2003 243–7
Pacific 2004 294, 295–300
Papua New Guinea 2006 182–3
peace processes 2003 277–316
postponing 2003 287–90
South Sudan 2007 318, 327, 330, 338
state 2009 161, 178–80
sustainable 2003 309–13
types of 2009 160–4
UN Small Arms Conference (2001), draft Programme of Action 2002 209
Venezuela, urban violence in Caracas 2007 186
weapons reduction programmes 2005 280
World Bank 2003 152
Yemen 2003 186
see also disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration; weapons reduction
disarmament by command 2002 286–7, 288–91
Disarmament Commission Guidelines 2009 62, 63
disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR)
Aceh 2009 256–9
Afghanistan 2009 285–310
Burundi 2007 198, 199, 203–7, 218–21
Central African Republic 2005 325–7
child soldiers 2009 197
Colombia 2006 221, 230, 233–4, 235, 263
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 219
demand for small arms 2006 144, 158
disarmament programmes 2009 161, 180–7
firearm violence and crime 2004 196
history of 2005 277–9
incentives 2005 280–3
Liberia 2002 288–9, 2005 30
link with weapons reduction programmes 2005 280
management of expectations 2005 284–5
measuring success 2005 284
militarization of refugee camps 2005 273
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 179
NGOs 2002 243
non-state armed groups 2010 120
norms 2003 231
Northern Ireland 2006 260
peace process 2003 277–316
Phase I 2002 287
post-conflict zones 2005 267–93
reintegration programmes 2009 254–5
Republic of the Congo 2002 300–1, 2003 258, 2014 151–3
security and development 2003 152
short and long-term gain-seeking groups 2005 198–9
shortcomings 2005 283–9
Solomon Islands 2005 283
Somaliland 2012 149
South Sudan 2007 327, 331–3, 336, 339
UN Programme of Action 2004 256
US Army policy 2009 186
West African armed groups 2006 259–65
women’s role 2014 43–4
disarmament and dismantling of militias (DDM), Côte d’Ivoire 2011 213, 219
Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) (Afghanistan) 2009 286, 291–2, 299–304, 306,
308
disclosure requirements, brokering 2002 253
disease
conflict deaths 2005 254–5, 269
displaced people 2002 169–70
prevention of 2001 216
displaced people
2001 2002 169, 196
Burundi 2007 200–3
Cambodia 2006 133
children 2009 201–3
effects of small arms misuse 2003 136
Georgia 2003 209–10
humanitarian impacts 2002 160, 167–70
indirect conflict deaths 2005 232
Uganda 2006 275, 278, 280–1, 288, 289
see also internally displaced persons; refugees
disposal programmes 2002 310–11
Australia 2004 184–6
national reporting 2004 256
obsolescent and surplus weapons, 2004 update 2004 56–60
old police weapons 2004 57
Pacific 2004 277, 295–300, 303
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
see also destruction programmes
distribution of firearms 2001 65–8, 2002 74–83
military stockpiles 2006 37
Republic of the Congo, militia holdings 2003 264–5, 266–9
Yemen 2003 178
District Anti-mafia Directorate see Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia
diversions 2004 71–2
ammunition 2005 14, 2007 289–312, 2008 45, 52
armed groups 2010 325
to armed groups in South Sudan 2007 320–1
Arms Trade Treaty 2014 93
Brazil 2007 289–90, 301–11
brokering 2004 154, 155, 163
from civilian holdings 2004 60–5, 2008 62–4
South Africa 2008 187–9
definition 2008 114–15, 156–7
document abuse 2008 118
end-use assurances 2002 249, 250, 251
export controls 2008 126–7, 132–3, 143
government involvement 2008 124
in-transit 2008 123
irresponsible transfers 2007 73, 74, 81–6
links between legal and illicit transfers 2002 128–39
multilateral prevention measures 2008 160–1
national control of civilian ownership 2002 263–4
neighbouring country’s military expenditure 2007 267
paths of 2008 44, 46–7
point-of-delivery 2008 123–4
from police stockpiles, South Africa 2008 193–5
post-delivery 2008 123–4
prevention 2008 142–5, 160–3, 173–4
from private security companies, South Africa 2008 190–3
punishment 2008 134–6
risk factors 2008 122–7
significant cases (1987–2007) 2008 120–2
from South African peacekeepers in Burundi 2007 85–6
from state stockpiles 2004 43–4, 54–60
extra-security force diversion 2008 53–6
high-order 2008 56–62
illicit trafficking in Colombia 2006 222
intra-security force diversion 2008 48–53
Iraq 2004 44–50
issued stock diversion 2008 51, 193–8
Kyrgyzstan 2004 314–15
low-order 2008 47–56
military collapse 2008 60–2
official conspiracies 2008 56–9
Pacific 2004 285, 286–90
police stockpiles 2004 230
policy implications 2008 52–3, 55–6, 59–60
South Africa 2008 193–8
South America 2006 83
Venezuela 2006 87
West African armed groups 2006 259
from stores of confiscated weapons, Chile 2006 85
transfer controls 2008 127–37
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 122
transfer routes 2008 118–19
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
transportation methods 2008 115–16
types 2008 115
Uganda, ammunition 2007 289–301
see also theft
Djibouti
alleged arms embargo violations, 2001 2002 132
covert transfers to Somalia 2007 94
DDR programmes 2009 184
Djibouti Maritime Security Services (DMSS) 2012 210
DMD Holding Group (Slovakia) 2003 42
DMSS see Djibouti Maritime Security Services
DNI see Dutch-Norwegian Initiative
documentation
abuse of 2008 118, 128–9
air cargo 2001 113–14
brokering 2004 144, 146, 163–4
trade 2003 100–1
transfer controls 2008 128–9
see also end-user certification
Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (2011) 2014 214
Dolisie (Republic of the Congo), government stockpiles 2003 259
domestic violence
definition 2013 19, 2014 11
effects of small arms misuse 2003 146
firearms access 2009 196, 2014 39–40
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265
Papua New Guinea 2006 166, 170, 171–2, 179, 180
public health approach 2008 25
risk factors 2008 260–1
small arms regulation 2014 51
social norms 2014 14
weapons collection, Argentina 2002 309
see also intimate partner violence; sexual violence; violence against women and girls
Domestic Violence Act (DVA) (South Africa) 2013 37, 140–2
Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban (United States) 2013 35
Dominica
imports 2006 70
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Dominican Republic
civilian firearms
prohibited and restricted 2011 268, 270
user regulation 2011 276, 277
control measures, OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
firearm homicides 2012 13, 16, 19
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers from, to Haiti 2005 164
private security companies
armed 2011 112, 113
personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking 2000 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 25, 52, 2002 57
donors
Afghan New Beginnings Programme (ANBP) 2009 294
Cambodia 2006 134–5, 136
data collection 2002 158
DDR and weapons reduction 2005 276, 277, 284, 285, 286, 289
disarmament and development 2003 154–5
effects of small arms misuse 2003 148–9
municipal violence prevention programmes 2007 179
Nairobi Declaration (2000) 2002 263
opportunity costs of small arms 2001 233–4
reintegration support, Aceh 2009 258–9
security sector reform 2003 153
tsunami aid 2009 271–3
urban armed violence 2007 178, 181
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 281
double-licensing 2004 153, 156
Downing Street Declaration (1993) 2007 44
dozos (traditional hunters), Côte d’Ivoire 2011 3, 212
DPKO see United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
DPTC see Scientific and Technical Department
Draeger, Christoph 2005 144
Dragunov SVD assault rifles 2002 25
Burundi 2007 204
Iraq 2012 320, 321, 322
licensed production 2007 24
Dragunov SVDS rifle, licensed production 2007 24
DRC see Democratic Republic of the Congo
drug abuse
Papua New Guinea 2006 182
used to incite violence 2001 207
drug dealing, gangs, Nicaragua 2013 50–1, 56–7
drug dependency, civilian firearm users 2011 277
drug economy, Afghanistan 2009 307
drug trafficking
‘balloon effect’
Central America 2012 63, 64
Rio de Janeiro 2012 71
Brazil 2005 195, 2007 241–2, 301, 304–5
brokers 2001 107
Central America, OAS firearms instruments 2001 256
Chile 2006 85
Colombia 2005 161–3, 2006 217, 221, 222
conflict 2012 48
definition 2014 246
Ecuador 2010 215
effects of small arms misuse 2003 147
gangs 2012 42
globalization of organized crime 2001 221
illicit craft production, Chile 2003 29
illicit transfers, Central America 2001 188–9, 256
Inter-American Convention 2001 278, 279
Ireland 2007 44
Kyrgyzstan 2004 323
links with illicit arms trade
Kazakhstan 2012 122–3
Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 31–2
LTTE in Sri Lanka 2001 182
Madagascar 2011 186
Mexico 2010 140
Morocco 2005 87
Papua New Guinea 2006 182
Peru 2006 86
producers 2012 43
retailers 2012 43–4
South America 2006 83
state policy and response 2012 47–51
transhipment and smugglers 2012 43
United States, illicit weapons 2014 254–9
urban violence 2007 161
drug violence
actors 2012 42–4
Central America 2012 17–18, 60–4
Latin America 2012 41–72
links with illicit arms trade 2012 31–2
Mexico 2012 2, 3–4, 17, 29, 41, 46, 48, 49, 51–60
police tactics, Rio de Janeiro 2012 66–9
reasons for 2012 48
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 2012 41, 64–72
types of firearms used 2012 29, 55
typology 2012 44–6
drug-trafficking organizations (DTOs)
Mexico
illicit weapons 2013 283–4, 286, 287, 293
light weapons 2013 300–1
DSA (United States), licensed production 2007 18
DShK heavy machine guns 2008 21
Iraq 2012 321
Somalia 2012 339
DShK-38/46 Degtyarev heavy machine guns 2004 32, 34
DTRA see Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Du, Wang 2005 144–5
Dube, Lucky 2008 183
Duisburg massacre 2013 85
Dunarit-Ruse (Bulgaria) 2003 44
Dunblane (Scotland) 2002 161, 270–1, 283, 2009 171, 174
Dupuy, Trevor 2001 80
Dutch-Norwegian Initiative (DNI) 2004 150
Duvalier, ‘Papa Doc’ and ‘Baby Doc’ 2011 231
Duyvendak, Yan 2005 145
DV see delivery verification
DVA see Domestic Violence Act
Dynamit Nobel (Germany)
ammunition production 2001 15
merger with RUAG 2002 2003 15
dynamite, invention 2013 219
DynCorp 2011 125
Dzhaksybekov, Adilbek 2012 132
Dziekanski, Robert 2011 91
EAC see East African Community
EADS see European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
EAPC see Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EAPCCO see Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation
East Africa, land conflict 2013 120, 121, 122
East African Community (EAC)
initiatives in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 262–5
Nairobi Declaration (2000) 2002 262
East Asia, civilian holdings, correlation to GDP 2007 57
East Asia Pacific, production 2001 44–5
East Central Europe, production 2001 30, 34–6
East Germany see German Democratic Republic
East Timor 2004 240–1
armed groups 2006 253
DDR programmes 2009 184
disarmament 2003 292
firearm injuries 2012 98–101
gangs, girl members 2010 190
illicit capture of weapons 2008 55
imports 2002 147
military procurement 2006 22
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
post-conflict violence 2009 230
second-generation security promotion 2009 237
tracing ammunition used in 2004 126
Eastern Africa, stockpiles 2003 80, 83–6
Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (EAPCCO) 2004 253
control measures 2001 263–4, 2002 262
Eastern Equatoria (Sudan) 2007 324, 325, 336–9
machine gun attack 2008 12
Eastern Europe
collapse of communism, surplus arms 2001 97
demilitarization 2013 193
exports, to the Republic of the Congo 2003 263
illicit transfers from 2001 175–6
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 261
private security companies, armed 2011 114, 115
violence and crime 2004 176, 178, 179, 200
see also central and eastern Europe
Eastern Front (Sudan) 2007 320
Eastern Slavonia, weapons collection 2002 290, 311, 2003 300
Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (2006) 2007 320
EBA see Egbesu Boys of Africa
EBO see Hellenic Arms Industry
ECE see Economic Commission for Europe
Echelon, small arms caches 2006 47
ecological model, violence 2008 211, 226, 228, 237, 250–1
ECOMOG see Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), firearm use in homicides 2013 22
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 2011 197
ammunition 2005 24
brokering 2004 150, 152
Code of Conduct 2005 24
Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons (2006) 2010 49–50, 2011 264, 2014 52, 53
light weapons 2005 125
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 122, 123
West African Moratorium 2001 258–9, 2005 125
authorized imports, 2004 update 2004 100, 112–14
Liberia 2003 119
Sierra Leone 2001 172
transfers to West African armed groups 2006 247, 256
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2002 210
Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG)
confiscations 2001 172
DDR and weapons collection 2003 279, 292, 2005 287
Liberia 2002 288–9, 2003 283
Sierra Leone 2002 289–90, 2003 307
weapons captured from 2006 255
economic and crime-related violence, post-conflict 2009 228, 229–30
economic models 2007 263
economic reintegration, Aceh 2009 264–6
economy
armed groups 2006 252–3
costs of small arms violence 2003 130, 132–3, 135, 2004 190–2, 290–6, 2006 192–3
demand for small arms 2006 143, 144–5, 149
disarmament 2003 294, 300–1, 309–10
effects of small arms on human development 2003 128–49
Georgia 2003 206–7
illicit craft production 2003 27, 30
new wars 2002 174–5
prices of Kalashnikov rifles 2007 257–72
small arms as a threat to development 2001 229–34
US producers 2001 25
Yemen 2003 171–2, 178
young men and small arms 2006 298–300, 303–4
ECOSOC see United Nations Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS see Economic Community of West African States
Ecuador
control measures, OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
disarmament 2009 162
exports
annual value 2001 148
to Sudan 2004 132
firearm homicides 2012 13, 16
types of weapons used 2012 26, 28–9
gang violence 2010 93–4, 214–15
prevention measures 2010 215–21
gangs 2010 209–24
disarmament 2010 221
firearms 2010 214–15
history 2010 212–14
mediation 2010 220
membership 2010 210–11
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers from 2006 83, 85, 222
to Colombia 2004 130, 2005 163
illicit transfers to
from Argentina 2007 29
violations of end-user certificates 2002 135
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
ammunition 2001 28
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57, 2004 18, 24
stockpiles 2004 51, 52, 53
civilian holdings 2001 85
surplus weapons 2008 84
unauthorized retransfers to 2014 118
EDA see European Defence Agency
EDF see Equatoria Defence Force
EDM see Electrical Discharge Machining
education
availability of small arms 2003 128
demand for small arms 2006 151–2
effects of small arms 2001 231, 232–3, 2003 140–1, 2006 191
firearm homicides, Brazil 2007 233, 235
impact of armed violence 2009 203–5
motivation for joining armed groups 2006 252
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 181, 188
Papua New Guinea 2006 182
effects of small arms
availability 2001 4, 197–241
Georgia 2003 205–10
on human development 2003 125–59
humanitarian impact 2002 6, 155–93
EFPs see explosively formed projectiles
Egal, Mohamed Haji Ibrahim 2012 149, 157
Egbesu Boys of Africa (EBA) (Nigeria) 2006 249
Egypt
ammunition, production 2014 190
brokering 2004 152
civilian firearms
penalties for unlawful possession 2011 282
user regulation 2011 276
control measures
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123, 125–6
Bamako Declaration (2000) (OAU) 2002 213, 214
marking and tracing 2006 100–1
norms 2003 235
exports
annual value 2001 148
irresponsible transfers from 2007 94, 106
to Sudan 2004 133
transparency 2013 183, 2014 130
illicit transfers from 2007 106
to Liberia 2002 132
MANPADS 2004 89
to Rwanda 2001 206, 2002 132
to Somalia 2007 94
to Sudan 2001 171
illicit transfers to, from Libya 2001 171
imports
ammunition 2009 16, 17
list of exporters 2005 105, 2006 73
military small arms and light weapons 2009 25
parts 2012 256
top importers 2004 2007 74
from the United States 2001 154
value 2003 2006 74, 75
non-state actors
foreign government support for 2002 130
Islamic militants 2003 79
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
private security companies, public perception 2011 106
production
AK series rifles 2001 17
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit 2001 171
licensed production 2002 45, 2007 15, 18, 21, 27
light weapons 2008 34
MANPADS 2004 81, 82, 2007 21
manufacturing sectors 2005 60
most popular small arms 2001 20
RPG-7 variants 2004 36
survey of producers 2001 38–9, 52, 2002 17, 19, 57
unlicensed 2007 15, 18, 21, 27
stockpiles
military 2005 86, 88, 2006 57
police 2005 89
Third Biennial Meeting of States (BMS3) 2009 137
Yemen 2003 170, 175
Eiland, General Giora 2002 165
Ejército de Liberación Nacional see National Liberation Army
El Joven Noble (The Noble Young Man) Male Responsibility Project 2010 238
El Salvador
armed violence, interventions 2008 281, 291–5
Arms-free Municipalities Project (AFMP) 2008 292–5
conflict
cease-fires for national immunization days 2002 170
economic effects of 2001 231
mortality rates 2002 173
control measures
Framework Agreement for Democratic Security in Central America 2001 257
Inter-American Convention 2001 256
municipal violence prevention programmes 2007 178
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
costs of small arms violence 2006 196, 197, 201
DDR and weapons reduction 2005 277, 2009 184
crime reduction (Goods for Guns) 1996–1999 2002 294, 295, 311
peace-building 1992–1993 2002 302, 2003 280
UNDP 2001–2004 2005 90, 280, 292
disarmament 2009 162
drug violence 2012 60–4
exports, UN Register 2012 287
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16, 17–18
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 232, 2003 138
gangs 2008 290
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
membership 2010 69, 106, 107
reduction programmes 2009 233, 239
socio-political factors 2010 230
suppression strategies 2010 246
gun culture 2005 207
homicide rates 2012 15
homicides 2008 289–91, 295, 2009 227, 228
illicit transfers from
to Colombia 2004 130, 2005 162
to Mexico 2001 189
illicit transfers to, Cold War grey market 2001 169
imports 2001 157
initmate partner violence 2013 33, 34
legislation, violence reduction 2008 293
peace negotiations, disarmament 2003 282
police, post-conflict reform 2004 240
post-conflict injuries 2005 275
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
private security companies
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
personnel 2011 104
second-generation security promotion 2009 237
Society without Violence (Sociedad sin Violencia) 2008 292
urban armed violence 2007 171, 178
young men and small arms 2006 297
Eldoret (Kenya) 2005 13
elections
disarmament 2003 304–5
Georgia 2003 195–6
violence 2010 265, 2011 209–10
electoral violence, Kenya 2013 103, 107
electric firing 2003 24
electric-shock weapons, police use 2011 85, 89–92
Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) 2005 49
Elías Blanco barrio (Nicaragua), gang violence 2013 47–8, 53–69
Elisco Tool (Philippines), survey of producers 2001 44
ELN see National Liberation Army (Colombia)
Elshaheed Ibrahim Shams el Deen Complex for Heavy Industries (Sudan) 2014 232
embargoes 2004 263–71
armed groups, West Africa 2006 258
brokering 2001 102, 106, 120, 2004 142, 144, 145
Croatia 2001 102
disarmament 2003 309
Fiji 2004 291
group resources 2005 187
human rights 2004 128, 2007 75
humanitarian approach 2002 183
Liberia 2005 168
Libya 2014 179
MANPADS 2005 133–4
monitoring 2004 249–50, 263–71
multilateral embargoes effective 2001 2002 132–3
norms 2003 224–5, 232
private military companies 2001 110
Sierra Leone 2001 120
Somalia 2007 92, 94, 2012 337
sub-Saharan Africa 2003 117–18
Sudan 2007 92, 320, 2014 218–19, 237
UNITA 2005 192
violations 2002 128–9, 131–4
emergency, states of, policing 2004 220
Emler, Nicolas 2006 303–4
employment
in the arms industry, US producers 2001 25, 27
Bulgaria 2003 43
costs of small arms violence 2006 191
Croatia 2003 45
DDR programmes, West Africa 2006 261
effects of small arms misuse 2003 147
firearm homicides 2003 137, 138
Hungary 2003 41
Papua New Guinea 2006 178
Poland 2003 42
Romania 2003 45
Russian Federation 2003 19
Serbia and Montenegro 2003 46
Sierra Leone, disarmament 2003 308
United States 2003 17
Yemen 2003 172
see also unemployment
empowerment, young men and small arms 2006 305
Empressa Nacional Santa Barbara (ENSB) (Spain), survey of producers 2001 32
Emsdetten (Germany) 2007 51
EMV see Eszak Magyarorszagi Vegyimuvek
end producers 2001 11, 2003 12
end use, definition 2009 64
end users
definition 2009 64
MANPADS 2005 132–6
marking 2002 245
production sectors 2005 42, 43
transparency 2005 111, 2006 80
end-use assurances (EUAs)
illicit transfers to West African armed groups 2006 256
measures 2002 236, 248–52, 271–2
supply-side humanitarianism 2002 182–3
violations of 2002 128–9
end-use monitoring
ad hoc checks 2008 163
Blue Lantern monitoring programme 2008 129, 137, 170, 2014 125–6
delivery verification 2008 163, 174
Golden Sentry programme 2005 135, 2008 170, 2014 125
Stinger missiles 2008 144
transfer controls 2008 127, 128–9, 133–6
United States 2008 170
end-user certificates (EUCs) 2008 163
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123
abuse of 2008 118, 155, 158–9, 175–6
definition 2009 64
illicit transfers 2002 134–5
from Argentina to Croatia 2001 102
brokering 2001 27, 2004 144, 163–4
to UNITA 2001 117–18, 119, 173
national control systems 2001 124, 125–6, 2009 81–2
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 123–4, 124–5
ways round 2001 104
end-user certification
Austria 2008 164–5, 171–3
Belgium 2008 165, 171–3
Brazil 2008 165, 171–3
Canada 2008 165–7, 171–3
China 2008 167, 171–3
documentation 2008 163, 172, 175
enhancing 2008 175–6
Germany 2008 167, 171–3
Italy 2008 167–8, 171–3
Japan 2008 168, 171–3
multilateral measures 2008 160–1
national practice 2008 164–73
national systems 2008 162–3
Sweden 2008 175
transfer controls 2008 128–9
United Kingdom 2008 169, 171–3
United States 2008 169–70, 171–3
enforcement
controls on brokering 2002 257
disarmament 2003 309
Great Lakes region and Horn of Africa 2002 262
engagement
armed groups 2010 94, 305–26
humanitarian approach 2010 306–15
England and Wales
civilian holdings 2007 47–8
correlation between wealth and 2007 62
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58, 59
national registration data 2007 50
firearms offences 2009 172–3
gangs
gun ownership 2010 109–10, 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107
homicides 2002 271
intimate partner violence 2013 24, 27, 28
law enforcement stockpiles 2006 40
ENSB see Empressa Nacional Santa Barbara
environmental hazards, demilitarization 2013 204–8
environmental pollution, ammunition 2005 16–17, 29
EOD see explosive ordnance disposal
epidemiological surveys, conflict deaths 2005 239–40, 242, 245–6
epidemiology, armed violence 2008 224
Equatoria Defence Force (EDF) 2007 324, 325
Erfurt school massacre (Germany) 2003 57, 63, 69–70
Eritrea
armed violence in South Sudan 2007 317
arms embargo 2012 21
conflict, percentage of population killed in 2001 210
DDR programmes 2009 184
Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (2006) 2007 320
illicit transfers from
to Somalia 2001 175, 2002 132, 2004 87–8, 2007 93–4, 2012 344–7
to Sudan 2001 174, 2007 92
illicit transfers to 2002 136
arms embargoes against 2002 132, 133
imports, from Romania 2003 110
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
unauthorized retransfers 2014 127
women, conflict roles 2014 38
ERO sub-machine gun, unlicensed production 2007 25
Erskine, Lt. Gen. Emmanuel 2003 82
Eryx ATGWs 2011 32
Escobar, Pablo 2012 45, 46, 47, 48, 2013 231
estimation techniques, conflict deaths 2005 239–42
Estonia
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
brokering 2004 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161
civilian firearms
licences 2011 280, 281
prohibited and restricted 2011 270
registration 2011 273
storage requirements 2011 293
transfer regulation 2011 283
use regulation 2011 286
user regulation 2011 276, 277, 279, 280
disarmament 2009 162
EU membership 2008 103
exports, to Iraq 2006 74
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 209, 233, 240, 241
imports 2002 86, 116, 147
military procurement 2006 15, 30
NATO membership 2008 103
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 15
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 30, 34, 52, 2002 57, 2003 38, 48
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2001 85, 2003 65
military 2006 44, 47
surplus weapons 2008 89
young men and small arms 2006 297
Eszak Magyarorszagi Vegyimuvek (EMV) (Hungary) 2001 37
ETA see Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
Ethiopia
ammunition, production 2014 199, 204, 205, 206
conflict
percentage of population killed in 2001 210
in South Sudan 2007 317
DDR programmes 2009 184
illicit transfers from 2007 106
to Kenya 2001 175
to Somalia 2001 175, 2002 132, 2007 93–4, 2012 344–7
to Sudan 2007 325
to Sudanese rebels 2001 174
illicit transfers to, arms embargoes against 2002 132, 133, 2004 128, 130
imports 2003 110, 118, 2005 104
irresponsible transfers to 2007 100
land conflict 2013 120, 121, 122, 123
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 32
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 276
production 2001 16, 52, 2002 57
stockpiles, civilian holdings 2007 60
ethnic violence
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 197–8
illicit transfers 2001 168
Kazakhstan 2012 115
Papua New Guinea 2006 168
West Africa armed groups 2006 250
ethnicity
Brazil, firearm-related deaths 2007 228, 231–2, 244–5
Burundi 2007 199, 201, 202, 221
gang violence in Los Angeles 2007 183
Kyrgyzstan 2004 318
land disputes 2013 105–6
policing 2004 228, 236
South Sudan 2007 317, 318, 328, 333–5
United States, firearm homicides 2001 204, 239
urban violence 2007 167
Ética y Transparencia (Nicaragua) 2013 49
EU see European Union
EU ASAC see European Union Assistance in Curbing Small Arms and Light Weapons in
Cambodia
EUAs see end-use assurances
EUCs see end-user certificates
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) 2002 260
measures 2001 273–4
Euro-Atlantic region, measures 2001 273–6
Eurogang project 2010 129, 131, 137, 145, 232
Eurometaal (Netherlands) 2001 32, 2002 12, 34
Euromissile 2004 27, 2012 252
Europe
control measures, regional norms 2003 236–7
criminal victimization in 2007 169–70
demilitarization industry 2013 188–90, 195, 211
costs 2013 192
firearm homicide-suicides 2013 27
gang violence 2010 136–8
gun culture 2003 66–9
illicit transfers 2001 175–80, 2005 113–16, 2006 83
from Former Yugoslavia 2003 111
insurgent demand 2001 83
insurgents and other non-state combatants 2001 79, 83
non-European Union, transfers 2003 108–11
police, average number of officers 2006 42
production
ammunition 2005 14
by value 2001 14
by volume 2001 12
distribution of producing companies 2001 10–11, 2002 12, 2003 12, 14, 2004 10, 2005
14
distribution of producing countries 2001 10–11, 2002 11, 2003 11, 2004 9
licensed and unlicensed 2007 23
major producers 2003 14
manufacturing sectors 2005 57, 59
survey of producers 2001 30–8
stockpiles 2002 87–90, 2003 62–72
civilian holdings 2003 57, 63–6, 70–2
military 2006 51, 52, 53, 58
mortars 2002 72
terrorism 2003 72
transfers 2003 103–11
value 2000 2003 100, 101
to Yemen 2003 173–4
weapons collection programmes 2003 280–1
young men, proportion of population 2006 299
see also Central and Eastern Europe; Central Europe; East Central Europe; Eastern Europe;
European Union; Western Europe
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) 2005 59, 61
European Code of Police Ethics 2011 71
European Convention on Human Rights 2004 218
European Defence Agency (EDA)
Code of Conduct on Defence Procurement 2010 12
Defence Contracts Opportunities bulletin board 2010 12
offset deals 2007 12
European Tracking Initiative 2008 129
European Union Assistance in Curbing Small Arms and Light Weapons in Cambodia (EU
ASAC) 2002 296, 2003 310, 2006 119, 123, 130, 134–6
European Union (EU)
Annual Report
ammunition 2010 10, 12
transparency 2012 285, 300, 303, 307
arms embargoes 2001 2002 133
brokering, control measures 2001 127, 2004 147–8, 150, 152, 155–7, 166, 2014 92
Central African Republic anti-poaching initiative 2005 310
civil aviation regulations 2010 59
Code of Conduct on Arms Exports 2001 269–71, 2009 62, 63, 66
ammunition 2005 14, 24
brokers 2001 127
exports to Nepal 2003 113
human rights 2004 125
humanitarian law 2002 182, 183
influence on UN Programme of Action 2002 214
licensed production 2007 28, 31
licensing criteria 2009 91, 95–6
MANPADS 2005 131–2
re-export provision 2009 84–5
transparency 2006 66, 79–80
Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports 2007 137
Common Military List 2005 102
military weapons categories 2009 67
control measures 2001 268–72
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 119
ammunition 2005 24
brokering 2001 127, 2004 147–8, 150, 152, 155–7, 166
International Tracing Instrument 2006 101, 102
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 211, 212
in Southern Africa 2001 261–2
UN Programme of Action 2002 210–11, 214, 222–3, 224
Council Common Position on the control of arms brokering 2005 24
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 292, 2005 281, 287
destruction programme assistance 2008 78, 94
Development Council 2001 272
embargoes 2004 128, 2014 218, 237
European Weapons Directive 2011 265
export controls 2009 77, 79
export licences, refusals 2011 19
exports
to peacekeeping missions 2009 37–9
reporting 2009 26, 28, 2014 137–8
illicit transfers from 2001 176
irresponsible transfers to Cameroon 2007 99
Joint Action on Small Arms (1998) 2001 271–2
brokers 2001 127
influence on UN Programme of Action 2002 214
marking 2002 246
stockpile security 2002 259
light weapons 2005 125
marking and tracing 2002 247, 2006 101, 102
member nations 2001 269
membership requirements 2008 103–4
monitoring, data on legal transfers 2001 144
offset deals 2007 12
Plan of Action (2000) 2002 210, 214–15
production 2002 13, 2003 13
ammunition 2005 14
Programme for Preventing and Combating Illicit Trafficking in Conventional Arms (1997)
2001 261–2, 269, 2002 214
regional norms 2003 236–7
Single Administrative Document (SAD) 2010 55–7
stockpiles, civilian holdings 2003 64–6
Strategy to Combat Illicit Accumulation and Trafficking of SALW and Their Ammunition
2010 47–9
transfers
human rights 2004 125
hunting and sporting firearms 2002 124
intra-regional 2003 101
to Latin America 2003 114, 116
MANPADS 2005 131–2
trends 2000 2003 103–5
to the United States 2004 124
value 2000 2003 100, 101
value 2001 2004 108
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 121, 122, 124, 127
Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM) 2014 127
transfer controls 2007 137
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Basque Homeland and Freedom) (ETA)
explosives thefts 2013 235–6
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
stockpiles 2002 89, 2003 72
EVMP see Explosive Violence Monitoring Project
ex-combatants
Aceh 2009 249–78
Afghanistan 2009 295–9
Burundi 2007 198, 202, 203–4, 218–20
crime, weapons collection 2002 295–7
reintegration 2003 310
Republic of the Congo 2002 300–3, 2003 266, 272
see also disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration; reintegration of former combatants
excess mortality
definition 2005 232
Guatemala, post-conflict 2005 270
post-conflict 2005 268–9, 2009 222–3, 289
see also conflict deaths
‘excessive and destabilizing accumulation’, UN Programme of Action 2002 222, 224
exclusion
demand for small arms 2006 143–4
fragmentation of public space 2007 178
young men and small arms 2006 295, 305–6
exclusive licenses 2007 8
executions, extrajudicial 2004 230–2, 236
Executive Outcomes (EO) 2001 104, 109, 110
EXPAL Bulgaria JSC (Bulgaria) 2013 189, 200
EXPAL (Spain) 2013 189, 190
expanding bullets 2005 22–3
explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), Mpila depot explosions (Republic of the Congo) 2014 145,
150–1, 162–3, 167–8
Explosive Violence Monitoring Project (EVMP) 2013 224–6
explosively formed projectiles (EFPs), lethality 2008 12
explosives
Colombia 2006 223, 225, 226, 231, 238
commercial, source for IEDs 2013 235–7
Georgia 2003 203–4
home-made, source for IEDs 2013 237–41
International Tracing Instrument 2006 96
military, source for IEDs 2013 232–5
Palestine 2003 78
UN Firearms Protocol 2001 278
export controls
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 122–4
accountability 2002 248
diversion prevention 2008 126–7, 132–3, 143, 159–60
end-use assurances 2002 248–52
end-user certification 2009 81–2
enforcement 2009 85–6
EU Code of Conduct 2001 269–71
exceptions to licensing requirements 2009 78–9
global licences 2009 79, 80
global norms 2003 231
glossary of terms 2009 64
licence types 2009 79–81
license systems 2001 124, 125, 253, 270
licensing authorities 2009 86–90
licensing criteria 2009 91–6
MANPADS 2008 61
military small arms 2009 61–97
OAS Model Regulations 2001 255
pre-licensing requirements 2009 69–78
re-export provisions 2009 82–5
‘Tracker system’ 2009 80, 81
transfer criteria comparisons 2014 86–7
transparency 2008 136–7
types of 2009 62–5
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238–9
UN Programme of Action 2002 209, 223, 224–5
violations 2008 137
export licences 2006 79–80
brokering 2001 124, 2002 253
end-use assurances 2002 248–52
EU 2011 19
EU Code of Conduct 2001 270
government reports 2001 148–53
Inter-American Convention 2001 253
national control systems 2001 125
national reporting 2002 117–22
from Russia 2003 110
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238–9
from the United States 2003 106
see also Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer
exportation, urban violence 2007 162
exporters
Comtrade data 2011 2014 111–12
rankings 2011 11
exporting state, definition 2009 64
exports
ammunition
shotgun shell parts 2010 25–6
shotgun shells 2010 25–6
small-calibre 2009 14–17, 2010 23–4
to Uganda 2007 294–7
central and eastern Europe 2003 38–9
civilian firearms 2003 102–3
codes of conduct, supply-side humanitarianism 2002 182–3
Colombia 2006 217–21
Comtrade data 2000–2006 2009 11–25, 52
Comtrade data 2001–2011 2014 115–16, 136–7
Comtrade data 2009 2012 273–5
Comtrade data 2010 2013 179–80
customs data
1994–1998 2001 145–55
1999 2002 112–17
2000 2003 97–120
2001 2004 99–134
2002 2005 97–105
2003 2006 65–78
definitions 2009 64, 65–6
European Union 2001 269–71, 2003 103–5
France, control and accountability 2002 248
global trade 2006 68–74
Hungary 2003 41
irresponsible transfers 2007 73–107
Kyrgyzstan 2004 321–2
Latin America 2003 114–17
licensed production 2002 40, 42, 53
MANPADS 2005 131–7
military firearms 2009 32–9
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23–5
national controls, brokering 2002 254–5
national reporting 2001 147–55, 2002 117–23, 2004 101, 2012 289, 306, 308, 2014 137–8
necessity for producers 2004 118–25
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2001 275
Pacific 2004 277, 280, 282, 303
parts 2012 255, 259–60
permanent 2009 65
pistols and revolvers 2009 20–2, 39–43
regional norms 2003 236–7
risk assessments 2014 85–8
Romania 2003 45
Russia 2003 110–11
sources of 2009 68–9
South America 2003 114
sporting firearms 2009 17–20, 43–7
sub-Saharan Africa 2003 117–19
Sweden 2002 248
temporary 2009 66
top exporters 2004 2007 74
transit 2009 66
transparency 2013 4, 181–4
Ukraine 2003 48
UN data on 2001 146–7
UN Register 2014 132–5
United Kingdom 2002 248
United States 2002 248, 2003 105–8
to the United States 2001 26–7
see also brokering; illicit transfers; Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer; transfers
eXtended Range Electro-Muscular Projectile (XREP) 2011 85
extensive-range production 2005 45, 55–7, 63–4
extortion
Georgia 2003 210
Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 180
extra-judicial detention, Haiti, urban political armed violence 2007 174
extra-judicial execution 2004 230–2, 236
extractive industries, use of private security companies 2011 135–58
extraterritorial jurisdiction 2002 255–6, 2004 158–9, 161
Ezell, Edward 2001 62
F1 automatic rifle 2006 55
F1 grenades, Somalia 2012 340
FAA see Angolan Armed Forces
FAB see Forces armées burundaises
Fábrica Boliviana de Municiones (FBM) 2004 21
Fabrica de Armas Nacionales (Mexico) 2001 27, 2002 45, 51
Fábrica de Armas y Municiones del Ejéricito (FAME) (Peru) 2004 25
Fabrica Militar de Armas Poratiles Domingo Mathheu (FMAP) (Argentina) 2001 29
Fábrica Militar Fray Luis Beltran (Argentina), licensed production 2007 18
Fábrica Nacional de Cartuchos e Munições (Brazil) 2001 29
Fabrica Realengo (Brazil) 2001 29
Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército (FAMAE) (Chile)
illicit craft production 2003 28, 29
survey of producers 2001 30, 2004 22–3, 2005 57
Fabryka Broni (Poland) 2003 42
FAC see Forces Armées Congolaises
FACA see Forces armées centrafricaines
facilitators, NGOs 2002 243
Factory 54 (Egypt) 2002 17
FAFN see Forces Armées des Forces Nouvelles
faida (feud), mafia 2013 84–6, 96
failed cities 2007 176–8
Faina, MV, hijacking 2012 176, 198
FAL rifles
ammunition 2014 187
Iraq 2012 320
Falcone, Giovanni 2013 75, 78, 93
Falcone, Pierre Joseph 2004 165, 166
FAMAE see Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército
FAMAS assault rifles
ammunition 2014 187
estimate of total production 2001 63
most popular assault rifles 2001 18, 20
producers 2002 33
FAMAS F-1 rifles, Iraq 2012 320–1
FAME see Fábrica de Armas y Municiones del Ejéricito
family bonds, Yemen 2003 169
family violence
definition 2013 19
Papua New Guinea 2006 171–2, 179, 180
FANCI see Forces Armées Nationales de Côte d’Ivoire
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) (El Salvador) 2002 294
FARC see Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
Farrell, Malchi 2005 149
fashion, prices and consumer taste 2002 70
Fashoda Peace Agreement (1997) 2010 278
Fatah 2002 131
FBI see Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBM see Fábrica Boliviana de Municiones
FCA see Firearms Control Act (South Africa)
FCS see fire control systems
FDI see foreign direct investment
FDN see Force de défense nationale
fear, costs of violence 2001 217, 219–20
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (United States)
stockpiles 2006 41, 43
weaponry 2010 114
Federal Premium, ammunition 2011 77
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
ammunition, production 2014 190
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC) (Nigeria) 2006 249
Fegarmy (FEG) (Hungary) 2001 37, 2003 41
Fegyver es Gaykeszuelekgyara (Hungary), licensed production 2007 18
femicides
definition 2013 19, 2014 11
firearm use 2013 25–6, 2014 1, 13, 40
intimate-partner violence 2013 18
regional variations 2013 23–4
see also violence against women and girls
Fenton, George 2011 84
fertilizer, use in IEDs 2013 238–41
Fetter, Gregory 2002 64
fights
Burundi 2007 212
South Sudan 2007 329, 330–1
Fiji
costs of firearm misuse 2004 290–2
exports, UN Register 2012 287
gun ownership laws 2004 283, 302, 303
imports 2004 281
rebellion 2000 2001 184
stockpiles 2003 88, 89, 2004 284
leakage 2004 55, 287, 288
FIM-43 Redeye 2004 80, 82, 84
FIM-92 Stinger MANPAD 2002 116, 2003 76, 2004 82, 83, 84, 88
financing
effects of small arms misuse 2003 144–5
illicit brokering 2004 144
Fine Mechanics Plant State Enterprise (Ukraine) 2003 49
Finland
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
civilian firearms
carrying in public 2011 293
licences 2011 280
prohibited and restricted 2011 270
regulation 2011 266
transfer regulation 2011 283
use regulation 2011 284, 286
user regulation 2011 276, 277
control measures, brokering 2004 156, 158, 159, 161
disarmament 2009 162
export controls 2009 67
exceptions 2009 78
licensing authorities 2009 89
licensing systems 2009 71, 73
transfer criteria 2009 91, 93, 95
exports
ammunition 2009 15
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
to China 2004 129
Comtrade data 2012 274
human rights 2004 129, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 99, 105
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 108, 2006 75, 77, 78
military firearms 2009 36
national reporting 2001 150, 2002 118, 120
to Russia 2004 132
share of total arms exports 2001 144
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 46
sporting rifles 2002 114
transparency 2004 117, 126, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 88, 2009 49, 2010 15, 2011 16,
2012 292, 299, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287
to the United States 2004 124
value 2001 2004 104
value 2002 2005 103
value 2003 2006 70
firearm homicide-suicides 2013 27
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 209, 239, 240
imports
list of exporters 2005 104, 105, 2006 73
value 2001 2004 109
value 2002 2005 107
value 2003 2006 76
mass shootings 2011 266
military procurement 2006 13
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
AK series rifles 2001 17
global ranking of countries 2001 16
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most important companies 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2001 239, 2003 64, 2007 47–8
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
military 2004 46, 2005 77, 2006 44, 51, 53
stolen firearms 2004 63
surplus weapons 2008 89, 2009 69
transfers 2000 2003 103
transportation
customs regulations 2010 57
licensing 2010 53
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 123–4
Fiocchi Munizioni (Italy), licensed production 2007 18
fire fighters, firearms stockpiles, Bulgaria 2006 40
fire-and-forget missiles 2004 79
fire-control systems (FCS) 2012 245, 268–9
firearm deaths
Brazil 2007 227–8, 230–42, 251
Central African Republic 2005 321
children and youth 2009 195–8
humanitarian impacts 2002 155, 156–67
humanitarian personnel 2002 186–8
injury to killed ratio 2002 161
Kyrgyzstan 2004 315–17
non-conflict 2004 174–204
post-conflict 2002 163, 164, 2005 268–9
regional rates 2008 218–19
South Africa 2008 183, 188, 195
United Kingdom 2009 172–4
United States 2008 281–2
urban–rural differences 2008 257
see also firearm homicides; firearm suicides; homicides
firearm homicides 2008 219, 280
accessibility thesis 2001 202, 2004 182–6
accounting for the cost of gun violence 2003 132–3
Australia 2009 168–9
correlation to city size 2007 167
Brazil 2001 222, 2006 296, 2007 230–42, 251, 2009 170–1
correlation to city size 2007 165–6
Burundi 2007 212
Cambodia 2006 127–33
Canada
correlation to city size 2007 165
cost effectiveness of control measures 2006 197–8
Caribbean 2004 175, 176, 177, 178, 199–200
Central America 2001 232, 2012 17–18
China 2005 82
civilian ownership 1999 2001 203, 239
Colombia 2006 215, 216–17, 227–30, 231, 236–41, 2008 292
compiling statistics 2012 10, 11
correlation to city size 2007 165–7
costs of small arms violence 2003 134–5, 2006 189–211
demand for small arms 2006 141, 142–3
development 2001 232–3, 2003 126
effect of conflict 2001 211
effects of small arms availability 2001 201–2, 208–9, 240
effects of small arms misuse 2003 131, 132
El Salvador 2008 288–91, 295
England and Wales 2002 271
Europe 2003 63
gang violence 2012 33
Guatemala 2005 270
urban armed violence 2007 170–1
Haiti 2007 174
Honduras 2002 166, 195
humanitarian impacts of small arms 2002 156–7
impunity 2012 34
indicators 2002 159
intimate partner murder-suicides 2013 26–7
intimate partner violence 2013 25–6
Iraq 2002–2006 2007 82
Japan 2005 80
Latin America 2003 138, 2004 53, 175, 176, 177, 178, 199–200
Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 1–2, 3, 9–35
availability of weapons 2012 32–3
origins of weapons used 2012 29–32
patterns 2012 11–13
trends 2012 14–15
types of weapons used 2012 9, 25–9
link to poverty 2003 157
Nicaragua 2002 166, 195
non-lethal injuries comparison 2012 91–4
organized crime 2012 33–4
Pakistan, urban political armed violence in Karachi 2007 175
Papua New Guinea 2006 171
poverty 2003 137, 138
prices of weapons 2007 258, 263, 264, 265, 281
risk to development workers 2003 149
Sierra Leone 2002 160
Small Arms Survey Database (1995-2010) 2012 11
social determinants, Brazil 2007 233–8, 251
South Africa 2009 176–7, 2013 133, 136–7
Switzerland 2007 54
Uganda 2003 134–5
United States 2008 281–2, 2014 251–2, 257, 259
Boston 2007 181
compared to non-firearm homicides 2007 166
demographics 2001 239
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181, 184
New York 2007 184
urban armed violence 2007 170–1
correlation to city size 2007 165–7
political 2007 175
by women 2014 2–3
Yemen 2007 45
young men and small arms 2006 295, 297, 311
see also firearm deaths; firearm suicides; homicides
firearm injuries
Burundi 2007 212–14
Canada, cost effectiveness of control measures 2006 197–8
Central African Republic 2005 321
child soldiers 2001 230
conflicts 2002 160–7
costs 2012 94
costs of small arms violence 2003 132–3, 134–5, 2004 191, 2006 189–211
effects on human development 2003 129, 131, 132
firearm injury to killed ratio 2002 161
Geneva Conventions 2002 179
Honduras 2002 166, 195
indirect effects of small arms 2001 214–18
Kyrgyzstan 2004 315, 317
M16 bullets 2002 165
Nicaragua 2002 166, 195
Papua New Guinea 2006 170–1, 172
post-conflict 2002 163, 164, 2005 271–2
psychological impacts 2002 166–7
rubber bullets 2004 222–3
Sierra Leone 2002 160
surveillance systems 2012 94–101
treatment of 2002 166
trends 2002 162
victims 2002 163–6
see also firearm deaths; firearm homicides; non-lethal armed violence
firearm ownership
attitudes 2013 38
gendered 2013 9, 30–1
in the home 2013 31
and intimate partner violence 2013 29–32
legislation 2013 35–7, 140–2
women 2014 2
work-related 2013 32
firearm suicides 2001 208–9, 240, 2008 219
2004 update 2004 174–80, 199–202
accessibility thesis 2001 202, 2004 182–6
Africa 2004 192–3
Brazil 2007 228, 230, 242–6, 252
Colombia 2006 228
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 199–200
effect of conflict 2001 211
estimates of civilian holdings 2007 54
global 2002 156–7, 160
intimate partner murder-suicides 2013 26–7
Latin America and the Caribbean 2008 219
means 2004 187
Pacific 2004 295
safe storage of civilian weapons 2002 266
substitution effect 2004 186–90
Switzerland 2007 54
United States 2012 84, 87
see also firearm deaths; firearm homicides
firearm violence
gendered 2013 17–18
lethal and non-lethal 2012 91–4, 97
Somalia 2012 160–1, 162
United States 2014 250–2
firearms
access to 2013 11
civilian possession 2011 261–96, 2013 9, 29–32
definitions 2009 8–9
gang use 2013 59–63
gender-based violence 2014 9, 13, 23–4, 28, 39–40, 42, 51
and intimate partner violence 2013 25–32
mafia 2013 88–96
and murder-suicides 2013 26–7
normalization of 2013 32
police weapons 2011 74–80
private security companies 2011 111–26
theft and loss, South Africa 2009 176
trafficking 2013 93–4
transfers, reporting 2009 26–8, 52–3
women’s use of 2014 1–3, 64–75
Firearms Commerce in the United States (ATF) 2004 12
Firearms Control Act (FCA) (South Africa) 2013 133, 140–2
Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report (ATF) 2004 12
firepower, weapons availability 2005 182–5
Firm, the (South Africa) 2010 164
first aid, lethality 2001 212
First World War, European civilian holdings 2007 52
FIS see Forces d’intervention spéciales; Front Islamique de Salut
Fish and Wildlife (United States), weapons stockpiles 2006 41, 43
Fisher, Ian 2004 46
Fitzpatrick, Christopher 2006 143
flags of convenience 2001 115, 2004 146
Flame of Peace (Mali) 2002 288
Flanders (Belgium), exports 2006 69
FLB see Fray Luis Beltran
‘fleeing felon’ 2004 218–19
Fleishman, Jeffrey 2004 44
FLGO see Front for the Liberation of the Great West
Florida (United States)
civilian firearms
licences 2011 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 272
registration 2011 274
storage requirements 2011 292
transfer regulation 2011 284
FMAP see Fabrica Militar de Armas Poratiles Domingo Mathheu
FMK3 sub-machine gun 2001 29
FMK5 rifle 2001 29
FMLN see Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front; Frente Farabundo Marti para la
Liberación Nacional
FN see Forces Nouvelles
FN 303 less-lethal launcher 2011 85, 88, 92
FN Browning HP pistol, prices 2013 253
FN Browning Series, most popular handguns 2001 20, 29
FN FAL assault rifle
Brazil 2007 309
Burundi 2007 204
exports, to Nepal 2003 113
illicit, ammunition prices 2013 265–8
illicit transfers to Colombia 2006 222
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 283
military procurement 2006 11, 12, 87
prices 2013 253
production
global production estimates 2001 63, 2006 55
licensed 2007 18
Brazil 2001 29, 2004 22
Chile 2001 30
South Africa 2002 48
in sub-Saharan Africa 2002 43, 46
worldwide 2002 45
most popular assault rifles 2001 18, 20
most popular military weapons 2004 28, 34
RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 173
unauthorized retransfers 2014 118
used in violence in Africa 2004 195
Venezuela 2006 12, 87
Yemen 2003 174
FN Herstal (Belgium)
ammunition seized by Brazilian security forces 2007 305
assault rifles 2004 28, 29, 2011 76–7
most popular 2001 20
company profile 2000 2002 31
exports to Nepal 2003 113
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
handguns, most popular 2001 18, 20
illicit weapons seized in Brazil 2001 23
machine guns 2004 31
Minimi (M249) 2003 22
most popular 2001 19, 20
major producers by weapon type 2004 27
manufacturing sectors 2005 57
production
ammunition 2001 15, 2005 13
licensed 2001 12, 2002 41, 2007 16, 18
Argentina 2001 29
in sub-Saharan Africa 2002 43–8
worldwide 2002 45
safety features 2011 79
subsidiary in Brazil 2004 22
survey of producers 2001 31, 2003 15, 2004 11
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19
weapons used in drug trafficking, Mexico 2012 29
FN MAG light machine gun 2004 31
Burundi 2007 204
most popular machine guns 2001 19, 20, 2004 34
production
Brazil 2004 22
licensed 2002 45, 48
technological developments 2003 23
FN Manufacturing (United States) 2001 31
company profile 2000 2002 29
financial indicators 1998–2000 2002 28
M-16 series assault rifle 2001 13
production, licensed 2002 45
FNC assault rifle, licensed production 2007 18
FNDIC see Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities
FNL-Icanzo see Front national de libération Icanzo
FOIA see United States, Freedom of Information Act
food, effects of small arms misuse 2003 136, 142–3
Force de défense nationale (FDN) (Burundi) 2007 203, 207
Force Républicaine de Sécurité (FRS) (Madagascar) 2011 170, 172
Force spéciale de défense des institutions républicaines (FORSDIR) (CAR) 2005 307, 309
forced marriage
Liberia 2014 18
Nepal 2014 25–6
Forces armées burundaises (FAB) (Burundi) 2007 203, 206, 207
Forces armées centrafricaines (FACA) (CAR) 2005 304, 311, 312, 315
Forces Armées Congolaises (FAC) 2003 256, 2005 304, 317–18, 324
Mpila explosions 2014 145, 147, 148, 149, 150
Forces Armées des Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) (Côte d’Ivoire) 2011 202, 204, 217–18, 219
Forces Armées d’Haïti (FADH) 2005 163–4
Forces Armées Nationales de Côte d’Ivoire (FANCI) 2011 196, 202, 204, 220
Forces d’intervention spéciales (FIS) (Special Intervention Forces) (Madagascar) 2011 172
Forces Nouvelles (FN) (Côte d’Ivoire) 2011 193, 196, 202–4, 211, 219
firearms 2010 122
Forecast International 2001 12–14, 15
foreign direct investment (FDI), effects of small arms misuse 2003 144, 145
foreign intermediate parties, definition 2009 64
Forjas Taurus (Brazil)
company profile 2000 2002 32
exports 2004 123
transparency 2007 95–7
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
strategic alliance with FAMAE of Chile 2001 30
survey of producers 2001 29, 30, 2004 11, 22, 23
former combatants see ex-combatants
Former Republic of Yugoslavia see Yugoslavia, Former Republic of
Former Soviet Republics (FSRs), survey of producers 2003 47–9
Former Uganda National Army (FUNA) 2006 282
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia see Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
FORSDIR see Force spéciale de défense des institutions républicaines
Fort see State Specialized Scientific Association
Fort Association (Kazakhstan) 2005 56
Fortna, Virginia 2009 224
Fowler Report see United Nations (UN), Panel of Experts on Violations of Security Council
Sanctions against UNITA
Fox, Vicente 2012 54
FPK sniper rifles, Iraq 2012 321
fragile cities 2007 176–8
fragile states, post-conflict 2009 231
fragmentation, production 2003 10
fragmenting munitions
death and injury rates post-conflict 2002 163
lethality 2001 212
M16 2002 165
Framework Agreement for Democratic Security in Central America (SICA) 2001 257
Framework Convention on International Arms Transfers 2002 182, 2003 225, 2004 133, 2007
128–9, 2014 78
France
ammunition
production 2014 187, 189–91
transfers, transparency 2010 11
arms industry 2009 68
brokering 2001 125, 126, 2002 256, 2004 154, 156, 157, 160, 161, 165
Central African Republic 2005 313–15
control measures
brokering 2001 125, 126, 2002 256, 2004 154, 156, 157, 160, 161, 165
MANPADS 2004 93
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 184
tracing initiatives 2006 96, 97
UN Programme of Action, marking and tracing 2002 226
Côte d’Ivoire involvement 2011 196–7
demilitarization industry 2013 189
destruction programmes 2004 58, 2008 97
disarmament 2009 162, 179
export controls
enforcement 2009 86
licensing authorities 2009 89
licensing systems 2009 71, 74
pre-licensing requirements 2009 76
re-export provisions 2009 83
transfer criteria 2009 93, 95
exports
to Africa 2003 118
ammunition 2009 15
annual value 2001 148
classification of 2004 107
to Colombia 2006 236
Comtrade data 2009 12, 2012 274
control and accountability 2002 248
human rights 2004 128, 129, 130, 131, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 106, 108, 2006 75, 76, 77, 78
military firearms 2009 36
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114
national reporting 2002 118–19, 120, 122, 2003 98
parts 2012 259–60
to Rwanda 2001 207
shotgun shell parts 2010 26, 27
shotgun shells 2010 25
transparency 2004 4, 116, 117, 2005 111, 112, 113, 2006 79, 81, 2007 74, 87, 88,
2009 49, 2010 15, 2011 16, 2012 292, 299, 303, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
to the United States 2004 124
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 104, 110
value 2002 2005 103
value 2003 2006 70
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 203, 209, 239, 240
French–Belgian initiative on air transport control 2010 46–7, 48–9, 62
illicit transfers from
to China 2002 133
to Ethiopia 2002 132, 133
to Former Yugoslavia 2002 133
imports
ammunition 2009 16, 17
Comtrade data 2009 8, 12, 2013 180
customs data 2002 126
list of exporters 2005 102, 103, 104, 105, 2006 68, 70, 71, 72
parts 2012 256
pistols and revolvers 2009 22, 40
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
shotgun shells 2010 25
sporting shotguns 2009 19
top importers 2004 2007 74
value 2000 2003 103
value 2002 2005 107
value 2003 2006 76
Madagascar involvement 2011 171–3
military procurement 2006 11, 13, 23, 27, 29
police weapons 2010 114, 2011 72
policing 2004 218, 225
crowd control 2011 87–8
private military companies 2001 109
private security companies 2011 103
personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
licensed 2002 51, 2007 15, 21, 29
light weapons 2008 34
MANPADS 2004 82, 2007 21
manufacturing sectors 2005 57, 61
most important companies 2002 20, 21, 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 18, 20
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
survey of producers 2001 31–2, 52, 2002 32–3, 57
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2003 64, 69–70, 2005 80, 2007 47–8
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
data on private legal firearms 2001 84
firearm homicides 1999 2001 239
private illegal firearms 2001 87
distribution of firearms 2001 67
Gendarmerie 2001 71–2
MANPADS 2004 84
military 2006 45, 56, 57, 2007 65
transportation
licensing 2010 53
safety and security measures 2010 53–4
Fray Luis Beltran (FLB) (Argentina) 2001 29, 2004 19–20
Free Aceh Movement see Gerakan Aceh Merdeka
Free Syrian Army (FSA), women 2014 73
‘freedom fighters’
symbolism 2001 205
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
freight forwarders 2010 43
Freixo, Marcelo 2012 70
French Polynesia
civilian holdings 2004 283
control measures 2004 302
imports 2004 281, 282
stockpiles 2003 89
French–Belgian initiative, air transport control 2010 46–7, 48, 62
Frente de Libertacão de Moçambique (FRELIMO), stockpiles 2001 64
Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) (El Salvador), humanitarian
commitments 2010 310
Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez (Chile) 2003 28
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) see Sandinista National Liberation Front
Frey, Barbara 2007 127
Fritz Werner (Germany)
company profile 2000 2002 34
licensed production 2002 41
Iran 2002 52
Nigeria 2002 46
Saudi Arabia 2002 52
Turkey 2002 51
FROLINA see Front pour la libération nationale
Front Islamique de Salut (FIS) (Algeria) 2001 171
Front for the Liberation of the Great West (FLGO) (Côte d’Ivoire) 2006 249
Front national de libération Icanzo (FNL-Icanzo) (Burundi) 2007 203
Front pour la libération nationale (FROLINA) (Burundi) 2007 203
Front for the Security of the Centre-West (FSCO) (Côte d’Ivoire) 2006 249
Front uni national pour un Cambodge indépendant, neutre, pacifique et coopératif
(FUNCINPEC) 2006 120–1, 122–3
FRS see Force Républicaine de Sécurité
FRY see Yugoslavia, Former Republic of
FSA see Free Syrian Army
FSCO see Front for the Security of the Centre-West
FSLN see Sandinista National Liberation Front
FSRs see Former Soviet Republics
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) 2006 216–17
acquisition networks 2005 162–3, 187
ammunition, diverted from Peru 2008 52
armed violence 2010 85
civilian casualties 2006 224, 226
command and control 2006 221
conflict goods 2002 140, 142
diversion of weapons from Peru 2008 113, 120
drug trafficking 2012 42
illicit transfers to 2006 85, 222
from the European Union 2004 108
from Peru 2001 187–8, 2003 116
from United States 2003 117
light weapons holdings 2008 15, 32
links with Irish Republican Army 2003 285
MANPADS 2004 88
production 2005 161–3
craft production 2004 24, 2005 47, 2006 223
mortars 2002 72
recruitment of women 2002 171
repair of weapons 2005 47
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
stockpiles 2001 80, 2002 82–3, 2003 87, 2006 221
Fujimori, Alberto 2001 187, 2003 116, 2005 163, 2008 113, 123
full-metal jacket (FMJ) 2005 22, 23
FUNA see Former Uganda National Army
FUNCINPEC see Front uni national pour un Cambodge indépendant, neutre, pacifique et
coopératif
Fund for Peace, The, Model Convention on arms brokering 2002 257–8
funding, disarmament 2003 304, 306–8
Fuzileiros Navais (Brazilian Marines), possible ammunition diversions from 2007 309
FX05 Xihuacóatl assault rifle 2007 26
FYROM see Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
G3 assault rifles
ammunition 2014 187
destruction of surplus weapons 2004 60
Iraq 2012 320, 322
licensed production 2002 48–51, 2007 8
exports 2002 53
Iran 2002 18, 52
Saudi Arabia 2002 18
Turkey 2001 40, 2002 50
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 283
most popular assault rifles 2001 18, 20
most popular military weapons 2004 28, 29
production
Colombia 2004 23
estimate of total production 2001 63, 2006 55
Mexico 2004 25
RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 173
unauthorized retransfers 2014 118
G3A3 rifles, serial numbers 2009 116
G3A7 assault rifles 2002 20
G4S (Group 4 Securicor) 2011 103, 125, 148
in India 2011 112, 114
G8, MANPADS 2005 129, 133
G11 rifle (HK) 2002 48–9
G36 assault rifles 2001 63, 2002 38
licensed production 2007 12, 26
use in Georgia 2009 111
Gabon
illicit transfers to the Republic of the Congo 2003 262, 263, 2014 154
military procurement 2006 18
Gaborone (Botswana), carjackings 2007 172
Gali (Georgia) 2003 209–10
Galil assault rifle
Colombia 2005 161, 2006 218, 221, 222
exports 2002 123, 2003 112
Israeli stockpiles 2003 77
militia holdings in the Republic of the Congo 2003 267
production 2002 35
estimate of total production 2001 63
licensed 2007 11, 27
most popular assault rifles 2001 18, 20
survey of producers 2001 39, 2004 23
unlicensed 2007 11, 25, 27
Galkayo (Somalia), armed violence 2012 160, 162
Gallagher, Tom 2001 201
GAM see Gerakan Aceh Merdeka
Gambia, The
armed groups 2006 249, 255
illicit transfers from, to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 171, 2002 132
imports 2004 113
Gamsakhurdia, Zviad 2003 195–6, 200
Ganda Koye Patriotic Movement (MPGK) 2005 165–7
Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) programme 2010 237–8
gang violence
Africa and Asia-Pacific 2010 142–4
community action against 2008 234, 235–6
definitions 2010 131
direct and indirect consequences 2010 132
drug-related 2010 140, 215, 2012 17–18, 19–20
Ecuador 2010 93–4, 214–15
El Salvador 2008 290
Europe 2010 136–8
explanations for 2010 146–9
firearms use 2010 69, 89–90, 214–15
fragmentation of public space 2007 176
girls as perpetrators 2010 193–7, 199–201
girls as victims 2010 197–8
global characteristics 2010 129–30, 144–5, 149
impact on children 2009 211
Latin America and the Caribbean 2010 138–42
levels of violence 2010 145
location 2010 145
motives 2010 145
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 182
prevention programmes 2010 93–4, 209, 216–24
risk factors 2008 261–2, 270
sexual assault 2010 198–9
United States 2008 225–6, 234, 286
United States and Canada 2010 132–6
urban areas 2007 170–1, 180, 183
victims 2010 69, 145
weaponry 2010 144–5
gangs
armed violence 2013 12
Burundi 2007 212
Colombia 2006 217
criminal activities 2010 90, 214–15
cultures of 2010 231
definitions 2010 86, 105, 130–1, 186, 211–12, 231
demand for small arms 2006 143, 145, 146–8, 152
disarmament 2010 221
drug trafficking 2012 43–4
drug use 2013 50–1, 56–7
drug violence, Central America 2012 63–4
Ecuador 2010 209–24
effects of small arms misuse 2003 146
family treatment strategies 2010 242
firearm homicides 2012 33
Caribbean 2012 19–20
Central America 2012 18
firearm use 2013 59–63
girl members 2010 91–2, 185–203, 231
ethnicity 2010 192–3
programming 2010 202
reasons for joining 2010 191–3
roles 2010 189–91
sexual stereotypes 2010 189
victimization 2010 198–9
violence by 2010 193–7, 199–201
weapons 2010 196–7
graffiti 2010 69, 147, 217
gun ownership 2010 69, 89, 101–5, 109–16, 144–5, 214–15
Haiti 2011 253–5
humanitarian engagement 2010 308
initiation rituals 2010 69, 198
interventions 2010 92–4, 229–49
Los Angeles (United States) 2007 183
membership 2010 105–8
Nicaragua 2013 1, 3, 47–69
policing, broken-window strategy 2007 184
post-conflict societies 2009 232
reduction programmes 2009 233, 239
prevention strategies 2010 230
environment-oriented 2010 238–40
youth-oriented 2010 234–8
reasons for joining 2010 191, 216
rehabilitation 2010 69, 93–4, 216–23
socio-political factors 2010 230–1
Somaliland 2012 159
supression strategies 2010 230, 244–8
tattoos 2010 69, 241
treatment strategies 2010 230
environment-oriented 2010 244
youth-oriented 2010 240–2
United States, firearms seized 2014 259–60
women members 2014 3
young men and small arms 2006 298, 303, 309–10, 311–16
youth groups 2010 231–3
see also armed groups; gang violence; prison gangs
Garang, John 2007 319, 321, 322, 2010 278, 279
Gardiens de la paix (Peace Guardians) (Burundi) 2007 202, 206–7, 218
Garissa (Kenya), disarmament 2003 312
Gartner, Rosemary 2002 263
Gary (Indiana, United States), homicide rate 2007 165
gated communities
São Paulo, Brazil 2007 167
urban violence 2007 162
violence of urbanization 2007 176–8
Gatkek, Wutnyang 2007 334
GATT see General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Gatwitch, Simon 2007 334
Gaza
non-state actors
foreign government support for 2002 130
illicit transfers to 2002 131
non-state armed groups, firearms 2010 122
Palestinian craft production 2002 17
stockpiles
insurgent weapons 2002 90–4
Israeli 2003 77, 78
Gbagbo, Laurent 2011 193, 196, 198, 199, 219, 220
GCP see Georgian Communist Party
GDP see gross domestic product
GDR see German Democratic Republic
gendarmeries, stockpiles 2006 40, 42, 43
gender
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 119, 125
armed young men 2006 295–317
Bougainville conflict 2004 295
child soldiers 2001 229
effects of gun violence 2001 213, 2003 147–8
firearm homicides, United States 2001 204, 239
firearm ownership and use 2013 17–18, 30–1
firearm-related deaths, Brazil 2007 228, 231, 243–4, 245, 246
firearm-related violence, South Sudan 2007 329
gun culture 2005 211
and intimate partner violence 2013 22–5, 33–4
Kyrgyzstan 2004 317
policing 2004 227, 235
victimization 2004 178, 179, 183–4, 194
Colombia 2006 228, 239
Haiti 2011 241
gender equality, firearm use 2014 64–75
gender-based violence 2014 1, 10–11
and Arms Trade Treaty 2014 35, 55–7, 87
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 209
Kenya 2014 70
risk 2008 252–3, 258–9, 2009 196, 197
refugees 2009 202
see also violence against women and girls
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), offset deals 2007 12
General Dynamics (United States)
acquisitions 2001 2002 12
MANPADS 2004 82
manucfaturing sectors 2005 59
most important companies 2003 15, 2004 27
ownership of Santa Barbara Sistemas 2002 37, 38, 2004 7
general-purpose machine guns (GPMGs) 2004 31
as light weapons 2008 10
Republic of the Congo, militia holdings 2003 268
technological developments 2003 23, 24
Geneva Call 2009 182
anti-personnel mine ban 2010 309, 312, 313
Geneva Conventions 2002 179
and armed groups 2010 306, 307
children’s rights 2009 208, 209
new humanitarianism 2002 184
new wars 2002 174, 181
Protocols 1977 2002 179
supply-side controls 2001 223
supply-side humanitarianism 2002 182
Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development (2006) 2007 117, 127, 178, 2008
275, 2012 1, 2013 13, 18
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) 2014 145
Geneva Process 2004 259, 262–3, 2009 137
genocide
complicity in 2007 131
international humanitarian law and enforcement 2002 180
Rwanda, accessibility thesis 2001 206–7
supply-side humanitarianism 2002 182
transfer controls 2007 132
transfers to non-state actors 2007 134
trigger effect 2001 204–5
Georgia 2003 191–211
conflict, arms sourcing 2005 169, 171–2
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 192, 281, 2005 292
exports
human rights 2004 130, 132
irresponsible transfers to Uganda 2007 107
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23, 24
UN Register 2012 287
gun culture 2005 213–14
illicit transfers 2009 111
illicit transfers through
to Chechnya 2001 179–80, 2004 132
to Eritrea 2002 136
imports
grenade launchers 2011 26
mortars 2011 25
from the United States 2003 107
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
production 2002 57, 2003 38, 48
light weapons 2008 34
stockpiles 2004 54
weapons availability 2005 184
young men and small arms 2006 297
Georgian Communist Party (GCP) 2003 192
Georgian National Guard 2003 193–4, 195, 196, 197
Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) 2006 253
autonomy demands 2009 252, 253
DDR and weapons reduction 2005 291
demobilization 2009 249
human rights violations 2007 76, 78
insurgent firearms 2002 98
reintegration 2009 260–8
weapons collection and destruction 2009 256
German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany)
ammunition
exports to Uganda 2007 293
stockpiles 2008 91, 93, 94
military stockpiles 2001 74–5, 76, 2006 43, 44, 46, 53
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
surplus weapons 2008 89
Germany
ammunition
production 2014 190
transfers, transparency 2010 11
brokering
controls 2002 255, 256, 2004 150, 157, 159, 160, 161
licensing of 2004 154, 155, 156
civilian firearms, regulation 2011 266
control measures
brokering 2002 255, 256, 2004 150, 157, 159, 160, 161
civilian holdings 2007 51
licensed production 2007 27, 28, 30
MANPADS 2005 130–6
national control of civilian ownership 2002 264
demilitarization industry 2013 188, 189, 190, 191, 203
destruction programmes 2002 74, 2004 58, 60, 2008 96, 97, 98
disarmament 2009 162, 179
end-user certification 2008 167, 171–3
export controls
exceptions 2009 78
licensing authorities 2009 89
licensing systems 2009 71, 74
re-export provisions 2009 83
transfer criteria 2009 93, 95, 96
exports
to Africa 2003 118
ammunition 2006 67, 2009 14, 15
annual value 2001 148
classification of 2004 107, 108
codes of conduct 2002 183
Comtrade data 2009 8, 12, 2012 274, 2013 179–80
government data 2001 150
human rights 2004 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133
irresponsible transfers from 2007 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
to Kazakhstan 2012 120, 121, 134
list of importers 2005 106, 107, 108, 109, 2006 75, 76, 77, 78
military firearms 2002 115, 116, 2009 34, 39
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23, 24
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114
national reporting 2002 119, 120, 124–5
parts 2012 255
pistols and revolvers 2001 146, 147, 2002 114, 2009 20, 21, 41
producer dependence on 2004 123, 125
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
shotgun shells 2010 25
shotguns 2002 114
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 18, 45
sporting rifles 2002 114
top exporters 2004 2007 74
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2003 98, 2004 4, 116, 117, 2005 112, 113, 2006 80, 81, 2007 74, 87, 88,
2009 8, 49, 2010 8, 13, 15, 2011 15, 16, 2012 292, 299, 300, 302, 305, 2013 182,
2014 129
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
to the United States 2004 124, 2009 21
value 2000 2003 103, 104
value 2001 2004 100, 101, 104
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 100, 102, 103
value 2003 2006 65, 68, 70
West African Moratorium 2001 260
firearm homicide-suicides 2013 27
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 209, 240
and civilian ownership 2001 203, 239, 2004 53
human development indicators 2001 233, 241
gun crime 2007 51
illicit transfers from, to Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002 133
illicit transfers to
border seizures 2005 115, 116
smuggled guns 2003 71
imports
ammunition 2006 67, 2009 16
Brazil 2004 123
Comtrade data 2001 156, 2009 8, 12, 2013 180
customs data 2002 126
list of exporters 2005 102, 103, 104, 105, 2006 68–73
parts 2012 256
pistols and revolvers 2002 114, 2009 22
from Russia 2003 111
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
sporting shotguns 2009 19
top importers 2004 2007 74
from the United States 2001 154, 2003 106, 2004 120
value 1994–1998 2001 157
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 100, 108, 110
value 2002 2005 107
value 2003 2006 65
mafia homicides 2013 85
mass shootings 2011 266
policing 2004 236–7
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 276
private security companies 2001 220
armed 2011 112
personnel 2011 104
production
export to the United States 1991–1996 2001 27
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
licensed
control measures 2007 27, 28, 30
licenses granted by 2007 29
MANPADS 2007 21
technology acquirers 2007 15
technology owners 2007 15, 16, 17
light weapons 2008 34
MANPADS 2004 81, 82, 2007 21
manufacturing sectors 2005 46, 54, 56, 59, 61
most important companies 2002 20, 21, 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 18, 19
RPG-7 manufacture 2004 36
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
survey of producers 2001 32, 52, 2002 33–5, 57
stockpiles 2004 54, 56, 60
civilian holdings 2003 64, 69–70, 2004 53, 2007 47–8, 51–2
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
data on private legal firearms 2001 84, 86, 87
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 239, 2004 53
distribution of firearms 2001 67
law enforcement 2006 40
lethality 2004 53
military 2006 45
destruction programmes 2007 64, 65
surplus weapons 2009 69
transportation
customs regulations 2010 57
licensing 2010 51
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 123–4
women and small arms control policies 2014 49
see also German Democratic Republic; Germany, Federal Republic
Germany, Federal Republic (West Germany), military stockpiles 2006 57
Ghana
ammunition availability 2005 18
disarmament 2009 162
exports 2005 105
UN Register 2012 287
firearm violence and crime 2004 194, 196
illicit craft production 2003 29–30, 2005 47, 48, 2006 255, 258
illicit transfers from 2002 132
imports 2003 117, 2004 113, 2006 72
MANPADS 2006 256
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
private security companies, public perception 2011 106
stockpiles, insurgents 2003 82
Giat Industries (France) 2002 31
ammunition production 2001 15
Beretta 2001 32
financial indicators 2002 21
major companies 2003 15
manufacturing sectors 2005 57
most popular assault rifles 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 32, 2002 32–3
Gibraltar, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
GICHD see Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
girls
child soldiers 2009 197, 2010 195
gang membership 2010 91–2, 185–203, 231
victimization 2010 198–9
violence against 2009 196
violence by 2010 193–7, 199–201
weapon use 2010 196–7
glasnost, Georgia 2003 192
Glatz, Anne-Kathrin 2006 144
Global Burden of Armed Violence, femicide rates 2013 23, 25
global cities 2007 162–3
global costs of small arms violence 2006 194–5, 200–2
global measures 2001 276–81, 2002 226
global norms 2003 223–36
global positioning systems (GPS), mortar guidance systems 2008 27
Global Principles for International Arms Transfers 2007 130, 2014 78
global small arms industry 2001 9–17, 2002 10, 11–15, 2003 11–20
global small arms trade 2003 12–13, 100–2, 2004 100–14, 2006 65–78
2000–2006 2009 11–25
Global Witness 2004 112
globalization
arms brokers 2001 98
brokers 2001 105, 107–10, 129
cities 2007 163
effects of small arms 2001 199
illicit transfers 2001 166–7
organized crime 2001 220–1
transport agents 2001 112, 129
Glock (Austria)
exports
parts 2012 257
transparency 2007 95–6
to the United States 2003 103–4
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
handguns used in crime in the US 2001 23
major producers by weapon type 2004 27
manufacturing sectors 2005 55
most popular small arms 2001 18, 20
police handguns 2004 49, 57, 2011 74
survey of producers 2001 31, 2002 30, 2004 26
Glock pistols 2009 42
use in homicides, Bogotá (Colombia) 2012 29
Glock shotguns, gang use, Nicaragua 2013 59, 65
go-between countries, West African armed groups 2006 256
Godnick, William 2002 309
Golden Sentry end-use monitoring programme (United States) 2005 135, 2008 170
Golden Sentry programme (United States) 2014 125
Golden Wings 2007 82
González-Torres, Félix 2005 150–1
Good Friday Agreement (1998) (Northern Ireland) 2002 292–3, 2003 284–6
Goods for Guns (El Salvador) 2002 294, 295
Gorbachev, Mikhail, Georgia 2003 192
Goryunov SG43 machine gun, Burundi 2007 204
GoS see Government of Sudan
GoSS see Government of Southern Sudan
governance
and land disputes 2013 110–13
urban armed violence 2007 176–8, 180
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 183
violence reduction programmes 2007 179
urbanization 2007 168
Government Arsenal (Philippines), licensed production 2007 18
Government of National Unity (GNU) (Sudan) 2007 319, 320, 332
Government Rifle Factory (India) 2002 45
Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) 2007 318, 320
civilian disarmament 2007 327, 333–6
conflicts 2010 281–3
DDR 2007 332–3
disarmament policy 2010 283
local security arrangements 2007 339
Lord’s Resistance Army 2007 325–6
Other Armed Groups 2007 321
relations with National Congress Party 2010 277–8
Government of Sudan (GoS)
Lord’s Resistance Army 2007 325
militias in South Sudan 2007 319–25, 326
transfers from, to armed groups in South Sudan 2007 321
violence in South Sudan 2007 318–20
weapons supply to non-state armed groups 2014 235–7
government-to-government transfers
end-use assurances 2002 249–50
international 2009 9
governments
brokering
control measures 2002 253, 254–6
use of 2001 99
conflict goods 2002 140–1
control measures
brokering 2002 253, 254–6
Middle East 2003 79
destruction programmes 2002 73, 74
disarmament 2003 312
domestic defence industry, central and eastern Europe 2003 37–9
effectiveness variable, weapons prices 2007 263, 264, 266, 281, 282, 283
former insurgents becoming legitimate authorities 2001 82–3
human rights law 2002 179
illicit transfers
black market 2001 166
brokers 2001 97, 101–5
complicity in 2001 129
diversion from legal to illicit realm 2002 128–35
grey market 2001 166
violations of end-user certificates 2002 134–5
irresponsible transfers 2007 73, 75–81
legal transfers 2001 141, 142, 147–55
information on exports 2003 98–102
national arms controls 2001 124–6
national export reporting 2002 117–23
municipal violence prevention programmes 2007 178–88
production
regulation of producers 2001 7–8
Russian Federation 2004 15, 16
security and development 2003 154–5
stockpiles 2001 60, 62
firearms theft 2004 65
Republic of the Congo 2003 259–61
stockpile security 2004 54–60
thefts from state arsenals 2002 137–8
transparency in the United States 2004 12
transport agents 2001 112
UNITA supply networks 2001 117
urban political armed violence 2007 173
use of private military companies 2001 109
Yemen 2003 181–2
see also municipal governments; states
GPMGs see general-purpose machine guns
GPP see Gramsh Weapons in Exchange for Development Pilot Programme; Group of Patriots for
Peace
graffiti, gangs 2010 69, 147, 217
Gramsh Weapons in Exchange for Development Pilot Programme (GPP) (Albania) 2002
298–300, 301–3
Grant, Oscar 2011 91–2
grass-roots initiatives, Central America 2001 257–8
Gray, Colin 2009 159, 181
GREAT see Gang Resistance Education and Training
Great Lakes and Horn of Africa 2003 307
armed violence 2007 317
control measures 2001 262–5
countries of 2001 259
stockpiles 2003 80
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 281
Greater Upper Nile (South Sudan), non-state armed groups 2014 215
Greece
civilian ownership 2001 203, 239, 2003 64
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
demilitarization industry 2013 189
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
disarmament 2009 162
exports
ammunition 2009 16
irresponsible transfers from 2007 103, 105
military firearms 2009 39
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
transparency 2012 291, 292, 302, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287
to the United States 2004 124
value 2001 148
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 203, 239
illicit transfers from
to Former Yugoslavia 2002 132
to the PKK 2001 176
illicit transfers to, ant trade from FRY 2003 71
imports
Comtrade data 2009 12
customs data 2002 126
list of exporters 2006 73
MANPADS 2004 87
military small arms and light weapons 2009 25
sporting shotguns 2009 19
value 2001 2004 110
value 2002 2005 107
value 2003 2006 76
military procurement 2006 30
policing, human rights violations by police 2004 236
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
private security companies, personnel 2011 104
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 45, 51, 2007 12, 15, 18, 21
light weapons 2008 34
MANPADS 2004 81
manufacturing sectors 2005 57, 61
most popular small arms 2001 19, 20
survey of producers 2001 38, 52, 2002 57
terrorism, November 17 2003 72
trends 2000 2003 104
Greek Powder and Cartridge Company (Pyrkal) 2001 38
‘green’ ammunition 2005 16–17
Green Boys (The Gambia) 2006 249
Greene, Owen 2007 41
Grenada
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
grenade launchers
Colombia 2006 218, 225
control measures 2005 124
countries producing 2008 34–5
exporters 2006 70–3
Georgia 2003 203–4
hand-held 2008 24
illicit
Mexico 2013 298–9, 302
Philippines 2013 307, 308
United States 2014 263–4
importers 2006 75–8
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
as light weapons 2008 10
production
manufacturing sectors 2005 45, 51, 56
most important companies 2003 14–15, 2004 27
most popular military weapons 2004 32, 34
technological developments 2003 23–4, 25
stockpiles
military 2006 54
police 2001 69, 2006 43
Republic of the Congo 2003 268
US Army inventory (2001) 2002 84
transfers 2011 25–6
types 2008 24–5
see also rocket-propelled grenade launchers
grenades
Burundi 2007 212, 213, 216, 219–20
gang use, Nicaragua 2013 59, 60, 61, 63
Georgia 2003 203–4
illicit
Mexico 2013 298, 299, 301–2
Philippines 2013 307, 308
United States 2014 263–4
producers
Brazil 2001 29
Chile 2001 30
production 2010 31
Republic of the Congo, militia holdings 2003 268
Somalia 2012 340
technological developments 2010 33
transfers 2010 10, 27–9, 30
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238
grey market 2001 4, 167–70, 175–6, 179–80, 190
brokers 2001 95, 97, 101–2
Cold War 2001 168–9
definition 2007 74
definitions 2001 141, 165–6, 167, 2002 128
Eastern Europe 2001 175–6
Latin America 2003 116
post-Cold War trends 2001 168–9
regional surveys 2001 169–70
South Caucasus 2001 179–80
see also irresponsible small arms transfers
grievances, land conflicts 2013 114
GRIP see Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité
gross domestic product (GDP)
correlation to civilian holdings 2007 55, 57–60
costs of small arms violence 2006 192, 193, 194–5
demand, prices 2007 264, 265, 281, 282, 283
military procurement 2006 27–8
Group 4 Securicor see G4S
group insecurity, disarmament 2003 301
Group of Patriots for Peace (GPP) (Côte d’Ivoire) 2006 249
group status, demand for small arms 2006 152–3
Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP) 2002 247, 2006 96, 97,
258
Groupe Herstal (Belgium) 2001 31, 2002 31
Groupes pour l’autodéfense civile (Burundi) 2007 206
Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (Mexico) 2012 54, 71
gruppi di fuoco (fire groups) 2013 94–6
Guadalcanal 2005 30
Guatemala
conflict
deaths 2005 237, 240, 242–3, 246–7
economic effects of 2001 232
control measures
Framework Agreement for Democratic Security in Central America 2001 257
Inter-American Convention 2001 256
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 293, 2005 290, 2009 184
drug violence 2012 60–4
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16, 17–18
impunity 2012 34
types of weapons 2012 25
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 232, 2003 138
urban armed violence 2007 170–1
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113, 115
membership 2010 106, 107
women members 2014 3
homicide rates 2012 15
homicides 2009 227, 228
illicit transfers to 2001 169, 188
imports 2003 114–16, 2006 71
customs data 2002 117
intimate partner violence 2013 20
non-state armed groups 2010 270
post-conflict deaths 2005 269, 270, 274
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prison gangs, firearms 2010 173
Private Security Companies 2001 220
personnel 2011 105
production 2001 16, 25, 52, 2002 57
state-led violence 2009 229
thefts from civilian owners 2002 137, 138
urban armed violence 2007 170–1, 181
Guatemala City, urban armed violence 2007 170–1
Guateng (South Africa), fatal injuries 2013 137
Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Barrio de Paz 2010 218–20, 223
gangs 2010 93, 209–24
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107, 210–11
rehabilitation programmes 2010 216–21
homicides 2010 219, 220
Guéï, Robert 2011 195, 196, 198
Guernsey, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Guerrero, Rodrigo 2006 230
guerrillas
AK-47 2001 17
Colombia 2006 215, 216–17, 235
command and control 2006 221
conflict-related civilian killings 2006 224
DDR 2006 233–4
illicit trafficking 2006 222–3
stockpiles 2006 220–1
demand for small arms 2006 146–8
insurgent firearms 2001 77–83
Latin America, stockpiles 2003 87
mortars 2002 73
Nepal 2003 113
People’s War militaries 2006 47
prices and consumer taste 2002 70
urban armed violence 2007 183
see also insurgents; rebel groups
guided light weapons
definition 2008 16
held by non-state actors 2008 32–3
guided light weapons systems, Somalia 2012 339–40
guided weapon systems 2005 46
Guinea
armed groups
children in 2006 251
command structures 2006 252
craft production 2006 255
sources of weapons 2006 255
state forces acting as 2006 259
stockpiles 2003 82
typology 2006 249
DDR and weapons reduction programmes 2005 290
destruction programmes
MANPADS 2008 101
surplus weapons 2008 97
firearm violence and crime 2004 193, 196
illicit transfers from
to Liberia 2002 132, 2004 131, 2005 169, 2006 256
to Sierra Leone 2001 172
imports 2004 113
irresponsible transfers to 2007 100
MANPADS 2006 256
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 32
production 2001 16, 52, 2002 57
refugee camps 2005 273
Guinea-Bissau
armed groups 2006 254, 256
DDR programmes 2009 184
imports 2004 113
resource conflict 2013 116
Gujarat massacre (2002) 2003 59–60
Gulabi Gang (India) 2013 23
weapons 2010 197
Gulf War (1990–1991) 2005 269, 2006 9–10
post-conflict mortality 2009 222
gun culture
Burundi 2007 216–17
civilian ownership 2007 58, 59, 62
connection with violence 2007 40
Europe 2003 63, 66–9
Kosovo 2005 205–23
Middle East 2005 90
Pacific 2003 88
post-conflict 2005 275, 280
Yemen 2007 45
Gun Destruction Day 2003 60
Gun Experiment (Kansas City, United States) 2006 312
Gun Project (Boston United States) 2006 148, 155, 312–13, 2007 181, 2008 286, 2010 246
gun-free zones 2005 281, 282
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180
South Africa 2006 152, 156, 157
guns see firearms
gunsmiths 2005 46–9, 51–3
Guyana 2001 254
exports, UN Register 2012 287
firearm homicides 2012 13, 16
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers to Brazil 2007 306
surplus weapons 2008 84, 85
Guzmán, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ 2012 63
H&K see Heckler & Koch
Haaning, Jens 2005 154
Habyarimana, Juvenal 2007 199
Hadash, Salah 2003 184
HAEI see Homicho Ammunition Engineering Industry
Hague Appeal for Peace, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security 2014 37
Hague Conventions (1899) 2002 179, 2005 22
Haiti
armed forces, attitudes towards 2011 243
children affected by violence 2009 203, 204
Citizen’s Forum 2011 233
community security mechanisms 2009 233, 238
conflict, arms sourcing to 2005 160, 163–5, 172
crime 2011 231, 238–42, 255
perceptions of 2011 240
perpetrators of 2011 247
property crime 2011 241–2
sexual violence 2011 241
violent crime 2011 240
DDR and weapons reduction 2005 288, 2009 184, 187, 237
disposal method 2002 311
peace agreements 2003 283
UNDP 2003–2006 2005 72, 289, 292, 293
UNMIH 1993–1996 2003 283, 293
US Army peace-building 1994–1995 2002 302, 311, 2003 280
disarmament 2009 162
earthquake (2010) 2011 229, 230, 236
exports, UN Register 2012 287
firearms
private ownership 2011 247–9
regulation 2011 252–3
gangs 2010 308
armed 2011 253–5
girl members 2010 190, 197
household surveys 2011 239, 240
initmate partner violence 2013 33
international aid 2011 236–8
judicial system, reform 2011 233
military collapse 2008 60
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
police force
abuses by 2011 233–4, 246–7
arrests by 2011 236, 237
perceptions of 2011 4, 242–6, 250, 255
post-earthquake 2011 236–8
pre-earthquake 2011 235–6
policing
urban political armed violence 2007 174
use of automatic rifles 2005 183
political groups, violence by 2011 254–5
political history 2011 231–3
post-conflict demand for weapons 2005 281
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
post-conflict violence 2009 230
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 276
prisons 2011 235
‘rebel army’ 2011 231–3
security sector
attitudes towards 2011 4, 6, 242–6, 255
pre-earthquake 2011 233–4
security sector reform (SSR) 2011 2, 6, 249–55
urban conflict 2010 197
urban political armed violence 2007 173–4
weapons lotteries 2009 240
Haitian National Police (HNP)
arrests by 2011 236, 237
creation of 2011 230, 231
human rights violations 2011 246–7
perceptions of 2011 6, 242–6, 250, 255
post-earthquake 2011 236–8
pre-earthquake 2011 235–6
and rebel army 2011 232–3
reinforcing 2011 249–52
al Hakimi, Abdul Salam 2007 45
halfway-house arrangements, post-conflict security 2009 236
HALO Trust, Georgia 2003 210
Hamas
Al-Qassam rockets 2008 15
firearms 2010 122
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
illicit transfers to 2002 131
stockpiles 2003 78
hand grenades
Colombia 2006 223, 226
Papua New Guinea 2006 175, 176, 177
production, Saudi Arabia 2002 18
Somalia 2012 340
hand-held grenade launchers 2008 24
handguns
border seizures 2005 115–16
Brazil, urban violence 2007 228, 231
changing patterns of ownership 2007 63
control measures 2004 188–90
national control of civilian ownership 2002 264, 265, 268–9
exports
from Russia 2003 111
transparency 2007 94–6
gang violence 2010 145
illicit
Mexico 2013 291, 298–9
United States 2014 245, 256, 257, 259, 260
imported into United States 2001 26–7, 2003 106, 2009 8
most popular 2001 18, 20
Papua New Guinea 2006 175, 176, 177
personalized 2011 79–80
police use 2011 74
production
Brazil 2001 29–30
licensed 2007 18, 20, 21–2
most important companies 2003 14–15
United States 2001 26, 2003 17, 18
unlicensed 2007 20
safety features 2011 78–9
South America 2006 84
stockpiles
Africa 2003 83
Europe 2003 67, 69, 2006 83
military 2006 53, 54, 55–6
police 2001 69, 70, 2006 42–3
technological developments 2003 22, 23, 2011 77–8
used in crime 2001 22–3
see also pistols; revolvers
Handicap International 2014 163, 166, 168
handloading 2005 15–16, 17
Haqqani Network, suicide bombings 2013 238
Harkat ul-Ansar (HUA) (Kashmir), guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
harmonization
control 2002 236
marking, ammunition 2002 245
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238
Harmonized System (HS), customs codes 2009 10, 26, 27
‘harvest guerrillas’, South Sudan 2007 320
HAT see Haute Autorité de la Transition
Haute Autorité de la Transition (HAT) (High Transitional Authority) (Madagascar) 2011 176,
179, 180
H.Cegielski-Poznan (Poland) 2003 42
HDI see Human Development Index
health
availability of small arms 2003 128
ballistics 2001 240
care resources 2001 215
Central African Republic 2005 321
child mortality 2002 172–3
children 2009 205–7
civilian firearms users 2011 276–7
costs of gun violence, Uganda 2003 134–5
effects on human development 2003 132
effects of small arms misuse 2003 140–1
indicators of humanitarian impacts 2002 159–60
indirect effects of small arms 2001 214–18
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180
post-conflict 2005 272–4, 2009 222–3
violence-induced displacement 2002 160
healthcare services
accounting for the cost of gun violence 2003 133, 135
child mortality 2002 172–3
civilian disabilities 2002 164–5
costs of small arms violence 2006 189–91, 195–7, 199, 201, 202–4, 207–8
effects of small arms misuse on human development 2003 131, 132, 141
firearm-related injuries 2002 166
Palestinian territories 2002 165
victims of firearms violence, Burundi 2007 214–15
HEAT see high-explosive, anti-tank rounds
heavy machine guns (HMGs)
control measures 2005 124
countries producing 2008 34–5
Iraq 2012 321
lethality 2008 12
manufacturing sectors 2005 51
military procurement 2006 8, 12, 13, 18
military stockpiles 2006 54
production 2004 31–2, 34, 46
Republic of the Congo, militia holdings 2003 268
types 2008 21–2
Heckler & Koch (H&K) (Germany)
ammunition 2011 77
company profile (2000) 2002 34, 39–40
exports
to India 2003 112
to Nepal 2003 113
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
joint ventures 2004 7
kinetic energy weapons 2011 81–2
licensed production 2001 12
exports by licensees 2002 53
G3 assault rifle 2007 8
G36 rifle 2007 12, 26
HK33E assault rifle 2007 12
Iran 2002 18
irresponsible transfer of technology 2007 27
Middle East 2002 41, 48–53
Saudi Arabia 2002 18
as technology owner 2007 16
worldwide 2002 51
machine guns 2001 20, 21, 2003 22
major producers by weapon type 2004 27, 28, 29
manufacturing sectors 2005 56
most important companies 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 19, 20, 21
ownership of 2001 2002 12
sub-machine guns 2004 31
survey of producers 2001 33
Turkey 2002 20
weapons used in humans rights abuses 2004 126
Heckler & Koch (United States), military procurement 2006 24
Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin 2003 79
Hela region (Papua New Guinea), armed violence 2006 166, 169, 174, 176, 178, 180–2
Hellenic Arms Industry (EBO) (Greece) 2001 38, 2005 57
licensed production 2002 45, 51, 53, 2007 18
Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Aceh 2009 249, 253, 256–7
Henry Repeating Arm Co. (United States) 2005 54
Hezbollah
arms supply 2009 322, 332
conflict use 2005 187, 196
covert transfers from, to Somalia 2007 94
explosions at arms depots 2010 322
explosives supply 2013 232–3
firearms 2010 122
guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
history of 2009 320–1
illicit transfers to Palestinian groups 2002 131
irresponsible transfers to 2007 91–2
MANPADS 2004 89, 93
public attitudes 2009 331
relations with state 2010 117
RPG-7 2004 37
stockpiles 2003 79
support for 2009 326–7
training 2013 242
High Transitional Authority (Madagascar) see Haute Autorité de la Transition
high-explosive, anti-tank (HEAT) rounds, Iraq 2012 323–4
High-Power pistol, licensed production 2007 18
High-Precision Weapons Corporation (Russian Federation) 2003 19, 2004 15
high-tech electronics production 2005 46, 58–62, 63–4
hijackings, Georgia 2003 209
Hirtenberger (Austria) 2002 21, 30, 2005 57
Hisbah Groups (Nigeria) 2006 249
HIV/AIDS
Papua New Guinea 2006 180
treating injuries 2001 216
Hizbollah see Hezbollah
Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) (Kashmir), guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
HK MP-43 machine gun 2003 22
HK MP5 sub-machine gun
licensed production
exports 2002 53
Iran 2002 18, 52
Turkey 2001 40, 2002 20
worldwide 2002 50, 51
most popular machine guns 2001 19, 20
HK21 Series machine gun 2001 20, 21
HK33 assault rifles 2001 40, 2002 50, 51
HK33E assault rifle, licensed production 2007 12
HMGs see heavy machine guns
HN-5 MANPADS 2004 82, 84, 88
Afghanistan 2012 334
Bolivia 2008 102
destruction of 2008 100, 102
HNP see Haitian National Police
hollow-point bullets 2005 23
holographic sights 2012 266
Holy Spirit Movement (HSM) (Uganda) 2006 275, 277
home-made explosives
Palestine 2003 78
use in IEDs 2013 237–41
home-made guns see craft-produced weapons
home-made production see craft production
home-made weapons see craft-produced weapons
Homicho Ammunition Engineering Industry (HAEI) (Ethiopia) 2014 205
homicides
accessibility thesis 2004 182–6
Africa 2004 192–3
Australia 2004 184–6
Brazil 2007 230–3
correlation to city size 2007 165–7
Canada 2004 62, 68
correlation to city size 2007 165
Colombia 2002 164, 2006 215, 216–17, 223–32, 234–5, 236–8
correlation to city size 2007 165–7
drug-related 2012 51
England and Wales 2002 271
firearm use 2013 25–6
gang violence 2010 129
Trinidad and Tobago 2010 129, 141
United States 2010 132–5, 146
gender ratio 2013 23–4
global 2002 156–7, 160
Guatemala, urban armed violence 2007 170–1
Haiti 2007 173–4
Iraq 2004 44
Kyrgyzstan 2004 315–16
Latin America and the Caribbean 2004 50, 52–4, 69
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 281
mafia 2013 83–8
murder-suicides 2013 26–7
Nicaragua 2013 49
Pacific 2004 295
Pakistan, Karachi 2007 175
Papua New Guinea 2006 169, 170, 174, 184
proportion using firearms, Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 11–13, 16
relationship of perpetrator to victim 2013 24
South Africa 2013 133, 135–6
South Sudan 2007 329, 330–1
substitution effect 2004 186–90
Thailand 2004 71
trends, Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 14–15
United Kingdom 2002 271, 2004 189
United States, correlation to city size 2007 165, 166
urban violence 2007 164–7, 170–1, 173–4
urbanization 2007 164
Venezuela, urban violence 2007 186
women see femicide
Yemen 2003 181–5
young men and small arms 2006 304, 312–13
see also firearm deaths; firearm homicides
Homies Unidos 2010 222–3
Honduras
conflict
economic effects of 2001 232
sourcing 2005 162
control measures
Citizen Security Committees 2001 257–8
Framework Agreement for Democratic Security in Central America 2001 257
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
DDR and weapons reduction programmes 2005 290, 293
drug trafficking, and illicit arms trade 2012 31–2
drug violence 2012 60–4
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16, 17–18
types of weapons used 2012 28
firearm homicides and suicides, homicides 2000 2001 232
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers from 2001 188
to Colombia 2004 130, 2005 162
to Mexico 2001 189
imports 2004 110, 2005 106, 2006 71
insecurity 2002 166, 195
police, extrajudicial executions of children 2004 236
prices
black market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
Hong Kong
exports
human rights 2004 129, 131
irresponsible transfers from 2007 99, 101, 103, 104, 106
weapon sights 2012 270–1
gangs, gendered structure 2010 193
intimate partner violence 2013 28
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
production 2005 61
Horn of Africa see Great Lakes and Horn of Africa
hospital admissions
Burundi 2007 214–15
costs of small arms violence 2006 208
effects on human development 2003 132
Papua New Guinea 2006 170–1, 172, 174
hostages, Somali pirates 2012 200
Houphouët-Boigny, Felix 2011 195, 197, 220
household-name producers 2005 45, 53–5, 63
Houston, Texas (United States), illicit weapons 2014 246, 247–50, 252–68
Houston Police Department (HPD), illicit weapons data 2014 250, 263–5
HRW see Human Rights Watch
HS see Harmonized System
HS Product (Croatia) 2003 45, 2005 54, 55
HSBA see Human Security Baseline Assessment
HSM see Holy Spirit Movement
Hug, Peter 2007 54, 55
Human Development Index (HDI)
Brazil 2007 245
Kazakhstan 2012 109
Rio de Janeiro 2007 237
Yemen 2003 171–2
human development indicators, homicides 2001 232–3
human rights 2004 1–2
Algeria 2004 102
brokering 2004 161
Cambodia 2006 130–3
children 2009 207–9
Colombia 2006 234
corporate social responsibility 2011 139–41, 151–8
demand for small arms 2006 144
disarmament 2003 311–12
EU Code of Conduct 2001 270
Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development (2006) 2007 127
Haiti 2007 174
humanitarian law 2001 222–5, 2007 136
Indonesia 2004 99
irresponsible transfers 2007 73, 75–81, 98–107
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181
Nepal 2003 113
norms 2003 219–20
policing 2004 4, 213–43
security and development 2003 150–1
shift to rights-based approach 2002 178
supply-side control 2001 223
transfer controls, implementation of international humanitarian law 2007 136
transfers 2004 99, 125–33
UN Programme of Action 2002 221
UN Review Conference (2006) 2007 119, 124
violations in conflict 2002 155–93
violence and crime 2002 176–92, 2004 173
urban armed violence 2007 181
human rights law
definitions 2002 179
violence 2002 176–92
Human Rights Watch (HRW) 2004 1
Haiti 2007 174
monitoring of abuses by security personnel 2011 142
monitoring UN embargoes 2004 127, 271
Monrovia, Liberia 2005 183
stigmatization of transfers to human rights abusers 2002 183–4
supply-side humanitarianism 2002 182
surplus military weapons 2006 25
tracing of weapons involved in human rights abuses 2004 127
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2002 203
violations of ECOWAS moratorium 2004 112
violence against women by police in Gujarat 2002 2004 235
West African armed groups 2006 265
Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) 2010 278
Sudan 2007 317
Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) (Sudan)
ammunition profiling 2014 181, 183
Arms and Ammunition Tracing Desk 2014 213–14, 238–9
tracing process 2014 219–23
weapons among armed actors 2014 225–35
weapons among non-state actors 2014 235–8
working methods 2014 224
human security movement 2004 173
global norms 2003 228, 230
Human Security Report (HSR) 2005 238–9, 247
humanitarian agencies
data collection 2002 158
disruption of aid 2001 224
impacts of small arms 2002 157
military protection for personnel 2002 189–90
safety of personnel 2002 188–9
security personnel 2002 191
violence in refugee camps 2002 169
humanitarian agreements 2010 312
humanitarian approach
new humanitarianism 2002 181, 184–6
operational perspective 2002 181, 186–92
supply-side 2002 181, 182–4
UN Programme of Action 2002 221
Humanitarian Coalition on Small Arms 2002 183–4
humanitarian engagement, armed groups 2010 306–15
humanitarian impacts 2002 6, 155–93, 2003 125–59
data 2002 158
Georgia 2003 206–7
global norms 2003 228, 230
indicators 2002 157–60
new wars 2002 173–6
UN response to 2002 176
humanitarian international 2002 178
humanitarian law 2001 222–5
definitions 2002 179
definitions of armed conflict 2005 231
disarmament 2003 311–12
enforcement 2002 180
humanization of 2002 179–81
new wars 2002 174–6
violence 2002 176–92
see also international humanitarian law
humanitarian operations
armed protection 2002 191
conflict deaths 2005 252–3
Georgia 2003 210
impartiality 2002 185–6, 189–90
militarization of refugee camps 2005 273
military involvement 2002 189–90
politization of 2002 185–6
post-conflict phase 2005 269
protection, definition 2002 190
safety, definition 2002 190
security, definition 2002 190
security of personnel 2002 186–92
transfers to non-state actors 2007 134
humanitarianism, definition 2002 177–8
Hun Sen 2006 120–2, 123, 2008 96, 98
Hungary
ammunition, production 2014 190
brokering 2004 153, 156, 157, 160, 161
civilian ownership 2003 65
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
EU membership 2008 103
exports 2003 41, 2009 30
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2012 275
human rights 2004 131
irresponsible transfers from 2007 101, 105
list of importers 2005 107
military firearms 2009 35, 38, 39
transparency 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012 292, 300, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
to the United States 2003 39
NATO membership 2008 103
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
government control 2003 37–8
licensed 2007 15, 17–19, 18
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
survey of producers 2001 35, 36, 37, 52, 2002 57, 2003 38, 41–2
Hungerford (UK) 2009 171
hunting weapons
Algeria, irresponsible transfers to 2007 77
Brazil
exports to the United States 2007 95–6
rural violence 2007 228, 231
civilian ownership 2011 285
patterns of 2007 63
exports 2002 113–14, 115, 2006 68–73
from Russia 2003 110–11
WSFA data 2002 124, 125
importers 2006 75–8
Israeli stockpiles 2003 77
Kazakhstan, imports 2012 120
Kosovo 2005 214
Morocco 2005 86–7
national control of civilian ownership 2002 264
Pacific 2003 88
see also sporting firearms
Hutus, Burundi 2007 199–203, 207, 221
hydrogen peroxide, use in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 238
hypercities 2007 162
IACP see International Association of Chiefs of Police
IADB see Inter-American Development Bank
IANSA see International Action Network on Small Arms
IATA see International Air Transport Association
IBDB see Instrument Building Design Bureau
IBIS see Integrated Ballistics Identification System
Ibis Air International 2001 104
ICAO see International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC see Integrated Command Center; International Criminal Court
ICCE see Instituto de Criminalistica Carlos Éboli
ICCPR see International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICD see World Health Organization, International Classification of Diseases
Iceland 2005 61, 2006 27
ICG see International Crisis Group
ICHRP see International Council on Human Rights Policy
ICoC see International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers
ICRC see International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRG see International Country Risk Guide
ICU see Islamic Courts Union
ICVS see International Crime Victims Survey
IDB see Inter-American Development Bank
IDDRS see United Nations (UN), Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration
Standards
Idema, Jonathan Keith 2005 195
identity
demand for small arms 2006 144, 149, 152–3
disarmament 2003 298
Yemen 2003 179, 185, 186
young men and small arms 2006 300–1, 302, 304–7
ideology
armed groups 2006 252, 253
young men and small arms 2006 300–1, 304–7
IDF see Israel Defense Forces
IDPs see internally displaced persons
IDSA see Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
IEDs see improvised explosive devices
IFM see Isatabu Freedom Movement
IFOR see Implementation Force
IGAD see Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
Ignatieff, Michael, human rights 2002 178, 181
IHL see international humanitarian law
IHRL see international human rights law
IIC see international import certificate
IICD see Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
IISS see International Institute for Strategic Studies
Ikhwan-ul Muslimoon (Muslim Brotherhood) 2010 261–2
Ikonga Akindou, Germain 2014 163–4
illegal transfers, definition 2007 74
illicit production
China 2002 96
control measures, Inter-American Convention 2001 253
definition 2001 9
illicit transfers 2001 165–89, 2002 109–11, 128–45, 2005 113–16
Afghanistan 2012 335
Africa 2001 170–5, 2003 118–19
Americas 2001 184–9
Argentina 2007 29
to armed groups in South Sudan 2007 320–1
Asia 2001 180–4
Brazil 2004 70, 2012 30
brokering 2001 4, 95–130, 2002 254–5, 2004 141–66
Canada 2004 68
Central America 2001 256–7
chain of possibilities 2002 110
Colombia 2001 106–7, 168–9, 178–9, 187–9, 2003 116, 2004 128, 129–30, 2006 85, 87,
217, 219
to conflict zones 2005 159–73
control measures 2010 44–9
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 122–4
ASEAN initiatives 2001 267–8
customs procedures 2010 58
EU initiatives 2001 269
Framework Agreement for Democratic Security in Central America 2001 257
initiatives in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 263–5
Inter-American Convention 2001 253, 256–7
legal transfers 2007 117, 122–4
Southern Africa 2001 261–2
data on 2006 88
definitions 2001 141, 165–6, 167, 2002 111, 128, 2007 74
disturbing legal transfers 2001 155–6
ECOWAS 2004 112
effect of legal transfers 2001 141
end-use assurances 2002 249
Europe 2001 175–80
from the Former Yugoslavia 2003 111
fuelled by DDR programmes 2005 285–6
grey market 2001 141
insurgency weapons 2001 78–9, 83
Iraq 2012 328
irresponsible transfers 2007 73–107
Italy 2013 93–4
Kyrgyzstan 2004 311, 322–4
Latin America 2003 116–17
links with drugs trafficking
Kazakhstan 2012 122–3
Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 31–2
links to legal transfers 2002 128–39, 206
MANPADS 2004 88–9, 90, 92–3
marking 2002 244–5
Mexico 2004 52
monitoring 2004 249–72
national control of civilian ownership 2002 263–4
from non-EU Europe 2003 108
Pacific 2004 277, 285–90
parts, marking 2012 226
patterns 2001 168–9
prices 2007 264
prices as an indicator of stockpiles 2002 65
production sectors 2005 46–7
to the Republic of the Congo 2003 261–2
scope 2001 166–9
from Serbia 2004 103
to Sierra Leone 2001 119–23, 170, 171–3
South America 2006 65, 83–7
stockpile management and security 2002 258
stolen firearms 2004 60–1
sub-Saharan Africa 2003 117–18
to Sudan 2001 173–5, 2007 320–1
tracing of 2009 107–31
transit countries
Bangladesh 2002 143–5
Saudi Arabia 2004 102
Thailand 2002 142–3
Yemen 2004 102
transport by sea 2002 144
transportation 2010 44–5
to Uganda, Lord’s Resistance Army 2007 325
UN Firearms Protocol 2001 278–80, 2002 238–9
UN Programme of Action 2002 208–9, 222
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2001 280–1, 282, 2002 203–31, 228
to UNITA in Angola 2001 116–19, 173, 2002 131–3, 134, 249, 2004 130, 265, 269
of weapons produced under licence 2007 28–31
see also ant trade; black market; diversions; illicit weapons; smuggling; trafficking;
unauthorised retransfers
illicit weapons
Afghanistan 2012 2–3, 7
data sources 2012 315–16
light weapons 2012 333–6
seized caches 2012 330–6
small arms 2012 331–3
Africa 2003 80, 81, 2004 194, 198
ammunition, prices 2013 261–8, 275–9
amnesties 2004 57, 59, 71, 188, 298–300, 303
Australia 2004 185
bought by police officers for others 2006 39
Canada 2004 68
Central America 2003 90
China 2002 96–7, 2003 86
Chinese 2014 253, 261, 268
Colombia 2006 215, 219, 220–1, 222–3
confiscation, International Tracing Instrument 2006 107
cost/benefit of 2006 150, 153–8
craft-produced, Mexico 2013 293
data sources 2012 315–17
definitions 2012 314, 2013 284–5
International Tracing Instrument 2006 104–5, 109
demand for small arms 2006 150, 154–8
European unregistered guns 2003 70–2
Iraq 2012 2–3, 7
data sources 2012 315–16
light weapons 2012 322–9
seized caches 2012 317–29
small arms 2012 319–22
Kazakhstan 2012 122–3
Kyrgyzstan 2004 314–17
Latin America 2004 24, 51, 52
Mexico 2013 2, 5, 283–302, 311–12
light weapons 2013 298–302
small arms 2013 287–94
sources 2013 294–8
types and models 2013 289–94
nicknames 2013 259
Pacific 2004 298–300, 303
Pakistan 2002 100, 2004 195
Philippines 2002 98–9, 2013 2, 5, 283–6, 302–12
small arms 2013 305–7
sources 2013 309–11
prices 2013 2, 5, 251–79
ammunition 2013 261–8, 275–9
correlation with conflict 2013 271–3
data collection 2013 252–7
Kalashnikovs 2013 258–9, 274
and local security-related conditions 2013 269–73
volatility 2013 259–61
Somalia 2012 2–3, 7, 336–47
sources 2012 348–9, 2013 312
Mexico 2013 294–8
Philippines 2013 309–11
Thailand 2004 71
tracing cooperation 2006 108–9
United Kingdom 2004 188
United States 2014 6, 245–68
war zones 2012 2–3, 7, 313–49
see also illicit transfers
Ilyushin-18, use in diversion of weapons 2008 116, 117
Ilyushin-76, use in diversion of weapons 2008 115, 120, 124
image-intensifying sights 2012 266
IMB see International Maritime Bureau
IMBEL see Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil
IMI see Israel Military Industries
imitation guns, definitions of small arms 2003 59
IML see Instituto de Medicina Lega
immunization 2002 170, 172–3
IMO see International Maritime Organization
impact evaluation, weapons collection 2002 312
Implementation Force (IFOR), disarmament 2003 283, 299, 300
import licences
brokers and transport agents 2001 124
Inter-American Convention 2001 253
national control systems 2001 125
import marks, weapons tracing 2009 118–20, 2012 225
importers, Comtrade data 2011 2014 111–12
importing state, definition 2009 64
imports
ammunition 2010 8
shotgun shell parts 2010 26–7
shotgun shells 2010 25–6
small-calibre 2009 16–17
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 23–4
ATGWs 2011 31–3
Colombia 2005 161, 2006 217–21, 236
Comtrade data 2000–2006 2009 11–25, 52
Comtrade data 2001–2011 2014 115–16
Comtrade data 2010 2013 179–80
control measures
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 122
Arms Trade Treaty 2014 89–90
OAS Model Regulations 2001 255
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
customs data to 1999 2001 156–8
customs data 1999 2002 112–17
customs data 2000 2003 98–120
customs data 2001 100–1, 2004 108–14
customs data 2002 2005 97, 116–17
customs data 2003 2006 65–78
documented 2011 20
estimating 2011 21–2
European Union 2003 103–5
grenade launchers 2011 25–6
Kazakhstan 2012 119–22, 133–4
Kyrgyzstan 2004 313
Latin America 2003 114–17
MANPADS 2011 33–5
marking and tracing 2002 245–6
International Tracing Instrument 2006 95, 99, 100, 106–7
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 240–1
Middle East, 1993–2000 2002 16
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23–5
mortars 2011 24–5
national reporting 2002 123–8
non-EU Europe 2003 111
Pacific 2004 280–2, 303
parts 2012 248–50, 256, 260–1
pistols and revolvers 2009 20–2
portable rocket launchers 2011 27–9
Republic of the Congo 2003 261–2, 270–2
South America 2003 115
South Asia 2003 111–12
sporting shotguns 2009 17–20
sub-Saharan Africa 2003 117–19
top importers 2004 2007 74
UN Firearms Protocol, marking 2002 240–1
United States 2003 105–6, 2004 13
value 2002 2005 98
value 2003 99–100
Yemen 2003 172–7
improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 2, 4–5, 219–43
Afghanistan 2012 330, 349
civilian casualties 2013 219–20, 224–32
command-operated 2013 221, 227
commercial explosives 2013 235–7
detecting 2013 228–9
from diverted weapons 2008 61
home-made explosives 2013 237–41
impact of 2013 224–32
improvised explosive projectiles 2013 223
indiscriminate 2013 227–30
Iraq 2008 14, 61, 2012 319, 327
knowledge proliferation 2013 241–3
Mexico 2013 300
military explosives 2013 232–5
Philippines 2013 307
sources of components 2013 232–43
suicide bomber-operated 2013 221–2, 229–30
time-delayed 2013 220, 227–8
typology 2013 220–3
use by non-state actors 2008 14–15, 31, 2010 123
victim-operated 2013 221, 228–9
improvised explosive projectiles 2013 223
improvised rocket-assisted mortar/munitions (IRAMs) 2013 223
IMU see Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
IMZ see Ishevsky Mekhanichesky Zavod
in-transit procedures, control, OAS Model Regulations 2001 255
INA see Indústria Nacional de Armas
incentives, weapons collection 2002 286, 287, 303, 305–6
income
firearm homicides, Brazil 2007 235
prices of assault rifles 2007 262, 263, 264, 265
INDEP (Portugal) 2002 51, 53
independence conflicts, Georgia 2003 191–6
Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) 2002 292, 2003 285
India
black-market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
civilian firearms 2013 31
licences 2011 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 270
user regulation 2011 276
conflict
displaced persons 2001 2002 196
Gujarat massacre 2002 2003 59–60
control measures
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123
International Tracing Instrument 2006 99
regional cooperation on small arms 2002 216
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 240
disarmament 2009 162
explosives, thefts 2013 236
exports 2005 101
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2012 274
irresponsible transfers from 2007 103, 104
national reporting 2002 119, 120
to Nepal 2003 113
transparency 2010 13, 16, 2011 17, 2012 293, 2013 183, 2014 130
value 2003 2006 72
gender inequality 2013 34
illicit transfers from, to non-state actors 2002 129
illicit transfers to
Bangladesh as a transit country 2002 143–4
from Pakistan 2001 181
Thailand as a transit country 2002 143
imports
from Bulgaria 2003 108
irresponsible transfers to 2007 100–1
lack of data on 2004 101
MANPADS 2004 87
parts 2012 260–1
selected transfers 1999–2001 2002 147
trends 2000 2003 112
unofficial information on 2001 158
military procurement 2006 15, 16, 30
militias 2010 270
police service, women 2014 72
police weapons 2010 114
policing
urban political armed violence 2007 175
violence against women by police 2004 235
prices
AK47 rifles 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
private security companies
armed 2011 112, 113, 114, 115
illicit arms possession 2011 119
personnel 2011 105
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit production 2001 46–7
licensed 2002 45, 2007 9, 11, 15, 18
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing 2005 61
most popular small arms 2001 18, 19, 20
survey of producers 2001 42, 52, 2002 57
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2002 80, 101, 2007 47–9, 62
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
estimates 2007 53
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam 2001 80
military 2002 100–1, 2006 56, 57
paramilitary forces 2001 71–2
urban armed violence 2007 175
indicators
correlation to civilian holdings 2007 57–60
demand for small arms 2006 149–58
effects of small arms misuse 2003 131
evaluating weapons collection programmes 2002 312–13
humanitarian impacts of small arms 2002 157–60
el Indio Viejo 2013 57, 58, 61
indirect conflict deaths
compared to direct deaths 2005 253, 254–6, 257–9
counting 2005 233–41, 251–7
definition 2005 232
global estimates 2005 230, 256–7
indirect counter-trade arrangements 2007 10–11
indirect offsets 2007 12
Individual Airburst Weapon System 2010 33, 34
individual insecurity, disarmament 2003 301
individual transfers, international 2009 9
individualism, firearm suicides, Brazil 2007 245
Indonesia
Aceh peace agreement 2009 252–3
armed groups 2006 253
Bappenas 2009 257, 258
black-market prices for M16 rifle 2002 67
DDR and weapons reduction programmes 2005 291, 2009 185
exports 2001 148, 2002 114
irresponsible transfers from 2007 99, 103
human rights violations 2007 76, 77–9
illicit transfers to, Thailand as a transit country 2002 143
imports
classification of 2004 108
human rights 2004 99, 128, 130–1
irresponsible transfers to 2007 76, 77–9, 101
list of exporters 2005 104, 105, 2006 72
selected transfers 1999–2001 2002 147
value 2002 2005 106
military procurement 2006 30
non-state armed groups 2010 259
policing 2004 225–6, 233, 235
prices
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
M16 rifles 2002 67
prices and consumer taste 2002 70
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit 2001 46
licensed 2002 45, 2007 15, 18
light weapons 2008 34
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 43, 52, 2002 57
stockpiles 2002 97–8
civilian holdings, estimates 2007 53
insurgent firearms 2002 97–8
military 2006 57
stockpile security 2004 55, 56
see also Aceh
INDUMIL see Industria Militar (INDUMIL)
Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil (IMBEL) (Brazil)
company profile 2000 2002 32
exports 2003 114
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
illicit weapons seized in Brazil 2001 23
licensed production 2002 45, 2007 18
of FN FAL 2007 18
manufacturing sectors 2005 57
survey of producers 2001 29–30, 2004 21, 22
Industria Militar (INDUMIL) (Colombia) 2006 217–19, 222, 223
conflict sourcing 2005 161–2
illicit craft production by FARC 2004 24
Llama revolver 2012 30
survey of producers 2004 23
Indústria Nacional de Armas (INA) (Brazil)
manufacturers of illicit weapons seized in Brazil 2001 23
survey of producers 2001 29, 30
industrial demilitarization see demilitarization industry
industrialization
urban violence 2007 164
urbanization 2007 164, 168
Industrias Ruiz Cabañas (Mexico) 2004 24–5
Industrias Technos Aquila (Mexico) 2001 27, 2004 24–5
inequality
driver of armed violence 2013 133, 145–6, 152
effects of small arms misuse 2001 232–3, 2003 140–1
firearm-related deaths, Brazil 2007 228, 233, 234, 235, 236–8, 245, 246, 247
urban violence 2007 167, 168–9, 176–8
infant mortality, Yemen 2003 172
infantry, military stockpiles 2006 46–50
infantry support weapons, military procurement 2006 14–15
Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), Small Armed Violence Surveillance System 2014 23
informal security groups 2011 103
information sharing
EU Code of Conduct 2001 270
marking 2002 244
MERCOSUR 2001 258
NGOs 2002 243
norms 2003 231
infrastructure
effects of small arms misuse 2003 142
Georgia 2003 210
Ingram (United States) 2004 31
Ingwe ATGW 2011 30
inheritance of weapons, Yemen 2003 178
injuries see firearm injuries; knife/sharp instrument injuries; non-lethal armed violence
Inno-Coop (Hungary) 2001 37
innovation 2003 20–3
Inoguchi, Kuniko 2004 58
INSAS automatic rifle 2006 16, 55
INSEC see Informal Sector Service Centre
insecurity
armed groups 2006 250–1
Burundi 2007 209–15, 219–20
Cambodia 2002 296
Colombia 2006 215, 216–17, 230–4
demand for small arms 2006 145
development programmes 2003 148–9
disarmament 2003 301
Georgia 2003 205–7
Honduras 2002 166
illicit transfers 2001 165–6
legal transfers 2001 159
long-term effects 2002 171–3
Nicaragua 2002 166
Papua New Guinea 2006 166, 169, 170, 172–4, 180–2
post-conflict 2002 171–3
privatization of security 2003 139–40
South Sudan 2007 317–44
Uganda 2006 287–8, 289
urban violence 2007 161–2, 169
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 183
political 2007 175
slums 2007 168–9
weapons collection 2002 296, 304–5
Institute of Community and Public Health, effects on human development 2003 132
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) 2001 143
Institute for Religious Studies (ISER) (Brazil) 2001 23
Institute for Security Studies (ISS) (South Africa) 2001 143, 262–3
Institutional Revolution Party see Partido Revolucionario Institucional
Instituto de Criminalistica Carlos Éboli (ICCE) (Brazil) 2007 301, 302
Instituto de Estudos da Religião (ISER) (Brazil) 2007 229
Instituto de Medicina Lega (Institute of Forensic Medicine) (IML) (El Salvador) 2012 10
Instrument Building Design Bureau (IBDB) (Russia) 2002 123, 2003 110
instrumentality theory 2004 186–90
insurance premium costs, field workers 2003 148
insurgencies
Constabulary military doctrine 2006 50–1
importers 2006 74
Mexico, illicit transfers to 2001 189
military procurement 2006 22
South America 2006 83
insurgent groups
armed violence 2013 10
definition 2010 116–18
membership 2010 118–19
Philippines, illicit weapons 2013 302–11
small arms 2010 102–5, 116–24
see also insurgents
insurgent holdings 2001 77–83, 2002 80–3
Afghanistan 2002 102, 2003 73–6
Africa 2003 80, 81, 84
Colombia 2003 87
data collection 2001 65
distribution 2001 2002 103
Europe 2002 88–90
global stockpiles 2001 89, 2002 74, 103, 2004 4
Indonesia 2002 98
Iran 2002 90
Israel 2002 90–4
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 283–8
methodology for estimating 2001 65
Nepal 2002 101–2
Philippines 2002 98–9
Republic of the Congo 2003 258–69
second-hand equipment 2002 66
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
small arms attrition 2001 81
South Asia 2002 99–100
Southeast Asia 2002 97–9
West Africa 2003 82–3
insurgents
becoming legitimate authorities 2001 82–3
Colombia 2005 161–3
fluctuations in demand 2001 81–2
Georgia 2005 171–2
Haiti 2005 163–6
illicit transfers to
arms brokers 2001 97
Bangladesh as a transit country 2002 143–5
Thailand as a transit country 2002 142–3
India 2001 181
Liberia 2005 167–9
Mali 2005 165–7
MANPADS 2002 116
mortars 2002 73
new wars 2002 175
organizational factors 2005 188–99
Philippines 2001 183–4, 2003 34
resources 2005 186–7
Sierra Leone 2001 171–3
structure 2005 188
Sudan 2001 174–5
Tajikistan 2005 169–71
see also insurgent groups
Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS), Latin America 2012 25
Integrated Command Center (ICC) (Côte d’Ivoire) 2011 193, 218–19
integration, Sierra Leone 2003 308
intellectual property, licensed production 2002 42–3, 2007 8–10, 23–6, 31
intelligence, EU Code of Conduct 2001 270
intelligence agencies
stockpiles 2006 43
use of private military companies 2001 109
intentional transfers, definition 2002 111
Inter-American Convention see Organization of American States (OAS), Inter-American
Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition,
Explosives, and Other Related Materials
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against
Women (Convention of Belém do Pará) 2013 35
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
costs of violence 2001 4, 217
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 179
post-conflict security promotion 2009 237
urban violence in Caracas 2007 173, 186
Violence Prevention programme 2008 275
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) 2001 253, 255–6
inter-ethnic violence, South Sudan 2007 317
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) (Kenya) 2001 262–4, 265
Somalia 2007 92
inter-personal violence, Yemen 2003 180
inter-state co-operation
ASEAN initiatives 2001 267–8
EU Code of Conduct 2001 270
initiatives in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 262–5
UN Firearms Protocol 2001 279
West African Moratorium 2001 260
intergroup fighting, Papua New Guinea 2006 166, 170, 172–4
interim stabilization, post-conflict situations 2009 220, 233, 234–7
Interior Ministries (Republic of the Congo) 2003 269
interior ministry personnel, stockpiles 2006 43
Interlaken process 2004 270
interlocutors, NGOs 2002 243
internal conflicts
demand, prices 2007 263, 265, 266
developing countries 2003 127
international humanitarian law 2002 179
new humanitarianism 2002 184
new wars and humanitarian impacts 2002 173–6
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 269–71, 281, 282, 283
transfers to non-state actors 2007 134
see also civil wars; intra-state conflicts
internal transfers, definition 2001 167
internalization, norms 2003 222
internally displaced persons (IDPs)
definitions of armed conflict 2005 231
disease 2002 169–70
effects of small arms availability 2001 224–5
former Yugoslavia and Balkans 2001 200–1
Georgia 2003 209–10
human rights law 2002 181
humanitarian impacts 2002 160, 167–70
humanitarian law 2001 224–5
militarization of refugee camps 2005 273, 274
Uganda 2006 275, 278, 280–1, 288, 289
violence in refugee camps 2002 168–9
International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
Arms Trade Treaty 2004 133
codes of conduct 2002 183–4
creation 2001 277
human rights 2001 222
initiatives in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 265
International Tracing Instrument 2006 97
marking and tracing 2002 247, 2006 97
monitoring of implementation of Programme of Action 2004 2, 259–62
NGOs 2002 242
and UN Resolution 1325 2014 35
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2002 203, 217, 247
women and small arms control 2014 54–5
international aid
cost-benefit analysis 2006 195
domestic violence prevention 2014 19–20
effects of small arms misuse 2003 131
global norms 2003 230
opportunity costs of small arms 2001 233–4
stockpile security 2002 259–60
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 281
International Air Transport Association (IATA) 2001 112
Recommended Practice 1630 2010 61–2
International Alert 2004 259, 2011 154–5, 157
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security 2014 37
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 2004 223
International Bodyguard Association, Women’s Bureau 2014 75
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) 2002 64, 205
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 2001 112, 2005 129, 136, 2010 59
International Classification of Disease (ICD) 2002 162
International Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers (1997) 2001 257, 2007 128, 2014 78
International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers (ICoC) 2011 125–6, 135, 140,
151, 157
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
conflict deaths 2002 163
in Bosnia 2005 234
craft production 2005 15
deaths of humanitarian personnel 2002 187
engagement with armed groups 2010 307, 308–9
expanding bullets 2005 22
expelled from Ethiopia 2010 315
Georgia 2003 210
humanitarian impacts of small arms 2002 157
humanitarianism 2002 178
IHL indicators 2007 136, 137
impartiality 2002 185–6
Israel, human rights violations 2007 79
new humanitarianism 2002 184
People on War Report 2001 210
security of personnel 2001 226, 228, 2002 188, 189
international control measures 2001 251–83
air cargo companies 2001 112
air transportation 2010 49–50
ammunition 2005 22–5, 28–9
black market 2001 166
brokers 2001 96–7, 98, 101, 103–5, 127–9, 130
data on small arms 2001 61–2
disarmament 2003 304
light weapons 2005 123–7
MANPADS 2005 127–9
marking 2002 244, 245–7
supply-side controls 2001 223
transfers 2007 122–4, 128–37
transport agents 2001 103–5, 130
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods 2014 91
International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System 2009
10
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 2012 211
international cooperation
Arms Trade Treaty 2014 93
UN Programme of Action 2011 46–7, 58–9
International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP) 2006 248
International Country Risk Guide (ICRG), government effectiveness and weapons prices 2007
266
International Court of Justice (ICJ), complicity in violations of international law 2007 131
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2002 179, 2004 214, 216–17
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1976) 2002 179
International Crime Victimization Survey 2013 31
International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS) 2003 147, 2004 179
firearm ownership 2007 171
non-lethal armed violence 2012 89–90, 91
urban armed violence 2007 169–70
urbanization and violence 2007 164
International Criminal Court (ICC) 2002 177, 179, 2005 22, 2006 276
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
crime statistics 2003 158
crime in Yemen 2003 180
initiatives in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 262–3
International Tracing Instrument 2006 98, 110–11
marking and tracing 2002 241, 245, 2006 98, 110–11
Nairobi Declaration (2000) 2002 262
SARPCCO 2003 237
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 241
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2002 209
weapons tracing 2009 122
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) 2005 242
International Crisis Group (ICG) 2005 183
international customs data 2004 101, 108, 116
international human rights law (IHRL), and armed groups 2010 306
international humanitarian law (IHL) 2001 223–4, 2002 179–81
and armed groups 2010 306–10, 316, 318, 324
disarmament 2003 311–12
irresponsible transfers 2007 73
new humanitarianism 2002 184–6
and private security companies 2011 109, 151, 152–3
transfer controls 2007 132, 136
welfare of non-combatants 2001 215
West African armed groups 2006 265–6
international import certificate (IIC) 2002 250, 2008 163
definition 2009 64
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Armed Conflict Database 2007 76
conflict deaths 2005 238–9, 241–2, 244, 245–9
international law
armed conflict 2007 75
complicity in violations of 2007 131, 132
customary 2003 216–18
extra-territorial jurisdiction, brokering 2002 255–6
human rights 2007 75
irresponsible transfers 2007 73, 74
legal transfers 2002 111
norms 2003 216–18, 224–5
transfers 2007 130–2, 136–7
International Law Commission (ILC) 2007 131
International Maritime Bureau (IMB), Somali piracy data 2012 192, 195
International Maritime Organization (IMO), Somali piracy 2012 191, 205–6, 208–9, 211
international mediators, disarmament 2003 287
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Cambodia 2006 121–2
International Narcotics Control Program (Plan Colombia) 2005 161
international non-governmental organizations, disarmament and development 2003 155–6
International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2005 281
Aceh reintegration programme 2009 258–9, 267–8
firearm casualties in Congo-Brazzaville 2002 164
Republic of the Congo, militia holdings 2003 264–73, 279
weapons collection in the Republic of the Congo 2002 300–1, 2003 255
international organizations
norms 2003 219
security and development 2003 150–1
International Peace Information Service 2004 127
International Peace Institute (IPI), Lebanon security survey 2009 331
International Peace Monitoring Team (IPMT) 2004 298–9
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Aiming for Prevention
Programme 2008 292
international politics, norms 2003 220–2
international regulations, civilain firearms 2011 263–4
International Rescue Committee (IRC) 2005 245–6
domestic violence project, Liberia 2014 19–20, 27
International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa (IRG) 2002
243
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Afghanistan 2009 285, 289
International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS) 2011 58, 262
International Tracing Instrument (ITI) 2004 251, 2006 95–114, 2009 109, 136, 2012 1
ammunition 2009 145, 152
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 124, 125
cooperation 2012 229–31
definitions 2006 103–4
definitions of small arms and light weapons 2014 82
fragmentation 2007 127–8
General Assembly First Committee 2007 126
implementation by UN members 2009 141, 2011 43, 48–50, 59–60, 61
Implementation Plan 2012-18 2013 172–3
import marks 2009 119
international assistance and capacity-building 2012 234–6
marking 2006 95, 99, 100, 106–7, 2009 114–16, 2012 223–7
national frameworks 2012 231–3
record-keeping 2011 56–7, 2012 227–9
regional cooperation 2012 233–4
UN Meeting of Governmental Experts 2012 5, 219, 223, 236–7
UN Review Conference (2006) 2007 119
UN Review Conference (2012) 2013 161–2, 168
International Trade Centre 2005 100
International Trading Establishment (ITE) (Jordan) 2007 82
international transfers see authorized transfers; transfers
International Violence against Women Survey 2013 21, 29, 33, 2014 11–13
Internet
arms trade research 2011 22
conflict deaths 2005 238
IED knowledge 2013 242–3
illicit transfers using 2001 188–9
interpersonal violence, definition 2012 81
Interpol see International Criminal Police Organization
interpolation method, transfer estimates 2012 247–8
interventions
community programmes 2008 234, 267, 287–8, 298
criminal justice approach 2008 287
El Salvador 2008 281, 291–5
evaluation of 2008 295–8
firearms targeting 2008 278–9, 287–8
gangs 2010 92–4, 229–49
girls 2010 202
national plans 2008 297–8
public health approach 2008 277–9, 287–8, 298–9
targeting 2008 268, 269, 270, 278
types 2008 267
United States 2008 280–8
violence reduction 2008 226–7, 235–6, 262–9, 291–5
top ten strategies 2008 268
Intifada 2002 165, 2003 77–8
intimate partner violence (IPV) 2004 183–4, 2013 1–2, 3, 17–39
data 2013 20–2
definition 2013 19
and firearm ownership 2013 29–32
firearm restrictions 2013 35–7
firearm use 2013 25–9
gendered nature 2013 22–5
and gun culture 2013 33–4
homicides 2013 25–6
legislation 2013 140–2
murder-suicides 2013 26–7
non-lethal injuries 2013 28–9
preventing 2013 34–8
risk assessments 2013 37–8
see also sexual violence; violence against women and girls
intimidation
Georgia 2003 209
Honduras 2002 166
Nicaragua 2002 166
Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 180
intra-European trade 2003 103
intra-governmental transfers, international 2009 9
intra-regional trade 2003 101
intra-state conflicts
arms brokers 2001 96–7
disarmament 2003 298
illicit transfers, Africa 2001 170
increase in the 1990s 2001 252
insurgent firearms 2001 77–83
trends 2001 78
see also civil wars; internal conflicts
intrinsic supply costs 2007 263, 267–9
Inventarium Security, Research & Development (Portugal) 2011 92
inventory management, US Army 2002 259, 260–1
investment, effects of small arms misuse 2003 131, 144–5
IOM see International Organization for Migration
Iovine, Antonio 2013 95–6
IPI see International Peace Institute
IPMT see International Peace Monitoring Team
IPPNW see International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
IPV see intimate partner violence
Iquique Free Zone, exports, weapon sights 2012 270–1
IRA see Irish Republican Army
IRAMs see improvised rocket-assisted mortar/munitions
Iran
ammunition, production 2014 181, 189–91, 194, 195, 196
control measures
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123, 125–6
MANPADS 2007 125–6
explosives, supply to militants 2013 232–3
exports
ammunition 2009 16
annual value 2001 148
human rights 2004 128, 132, 133
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 99, 100, 104, 106
list of importers 2005 107, 2006 77
to Sudan and South Sudan 2014 229–30
transparency 2006 65, 80, 81, 2007 89, 2009 8, 50, 2010 8, 13, 16, 2011 15, 17, 2012
283, 289, 293, 298, 2013 181, 183, 2014 130
unreported 2009 8, 31
value 2001 2004 102, 103, 104
value 2002 2005 100
value 2003 2006 68, 70
illicit transfers from
to Afghanistan 2012 335
to Hezbollah in Lebanon 2007 91–2, 2009 322
to Iraq 2002 132, 2004 48, 2012 317, 318, 327, 328
to Liberia 2005 169
to non-state actors 2002 130–1
to Palestine, Karine A affair 2002 93–4
to RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 173
to Somalia 2007 94
to the Sudanese Government 2001 174
illicit transfers to, brokers 2001 106
imports 2005 103
Kurdish women fighters 2014 68
Mojahideen al-Khalq insurgency 2002 90
non-state actors, support for 2002 130–1
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
pro-government armed groups 2010 264
production 2002 17
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 50, 51, 52, 2007 15, 19
light weapons 2008 34
most popular small arms 2001 19, 20
RPG-7 manufacture 2004 36
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 16, 18, 19, 57
unlicensed 2007 16
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2007 47–8, 57
insurgents 2002 82, 90
military 2002 77, 2005 86, 88, 2006 48, 57
police 2005 89, 2006 43
Iran-Contra Affair, brokers 2001 101, 107
Iran-Iraq war, Bulgarian producers 2003 43
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) 2010 264
Iraq
ammunition
stockpiles 2008 91, 93
undocumented transfers 2010 27
anti-tank guided weapons 2008 20
arms management responsibilities 2008 58–9
attacks on teachers 2009 204
brokering 2004 165
conflict
assault rifles used by US troops 2004 28–9
coalition combat deaths 2005 250–1
deaths 2005 229, 234–5, 237, 239, 240, 244–7, 252–3, 255, 258
DDR and weapons reduction 2004 49–50, 2005 72, 73, 291
demand for small arms 2006 147–8
dispersal of weapons 2008 60–1
displaced persons 2001 2002 196
diversion
arms from Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 122
US weapons 2008 125, 126
firearm homicides 2002–2006 2007 82
illicit transfers, from Iran 2012 317, 318, 327, 328
illicit transfers to, arms embargoes 2002 132, 133, 2004 100, 128, 266
illicit weapons 2012 2–3, 7, 2013 309, 311–12
categories of weapon 2012 317–18
Chinese 2014 268
country of origin 2012 317, 318
data sources 2012 315–16
portable missiles 2012 326–9
rocket-propelled grenades and shoulder-fired rockets 2012 322–6
seized caches 2012 317–29
serviceability 2012 318, 329
small arms 2012 319–22
sources 2012 348–9
trafficking 2012 328
imports 2006 74
irresponsible transfers to 2007 73, 74, 81–5, 102
pistols and revolvers 2009 22
improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2008 14, 61, 2010 123, 2013 234–5
casualties 2013 225–6, 231–2
improvised rocket-assisted mortar/munitions (IRAMs) 2013 223
light weapons use 2011 23–4
looting of arsenals 2013 233
M72 light anti-tank weapon 2011 27
MANPADS 2004 77, 90
attacks on aircraft 2008 13
masculinity and firearms 2005 211
military procurement 2006 22
non-state actors
foreign government support for 2002 130–1
light weapons holdings 2008 32
non-state armed groups 2010 121
firearms 2010 122
post-conflict 2005 199, 268
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 270, 276
private security companies 2011 101
abuses 2011 121–2
armed 2011 116
firearm types 2011 117–19
illicit arms possession 2011 120
personnel 2011 105
stockpile management 2011 121
production
AK series rifles 2001 17
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 15, 27
light weapons 2008 34
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 18, 19, 57
RPG-7 2004 35, 36, 37
stockpiles 2003 79–80, 2004 3, 43, 44–50, 54
civilian holdings 2005 73, 90, 91, 2007 47–8
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
national registration data 2007 50
disarmament 2005 71, 72, 73
insurgents 2001 80, 82, 2002 82, 90, 92
looting 2012 322, 348
MANPADS 2004 84
military 2002 77, 2005 88, 2006 38, 53
police 2005 89
thefts from 2004 71–2
Sunni Awakening Councils 2009 233, 236
surplus weapons transferred to 2008 79, 81
unauthorized retransfers to 2014 118
United States production 2004 11
urban political armed violence 2007 173
Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF), weapons bought with 2007 82–4
Iraqi Body Count 2005 229
Iraqi Civil Defence Corps 2004 49
Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), stockpile security and diversions 2007 81–3
IRC see International Rescue Committee
Ireland
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
civilian ownership 2003 64, 2007 39, 44
changing patterns of 2007 63
control measures, civilian ownership 2007 44
exports
national reporting 2002 119, 120, 122
to the United States 2004 124
imports 2005 104
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
military procurement 2006 16, 30
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production 2005 61
women and small arms control policies 2014 49
see also Irish Republican Army (IRA); Northern Ireland
IRG see International Resource Group on Disarmament and Security in the Horn of Africa
IRGC see Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
Irian Jaya see West Papua
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
craft production in Colombia 2006 223
decommissioning 2006 260, 2007 44
disarmament 2002 292–3, 2003 284–6, 2006 260
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
illicit transfers from, to Colombia 2004 130
illicit transfers to
from Libya 2002 129
using the internet 2001 188
mortars 2002 73
prison campaign 2010 165–6
stockpiles 2002 88–9, 2003 72
see also Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA); Real IRA
iron sights 2012 264–6
irresponsible small arms transfers 2007 73–107
armed conflict 2007 75–81, 98–107
human rights violations 2007 75–81, 98–107
stockpile security and risk of diversion 2007 81–6
IRRF see Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund
ISACS see International Small Arms Control Standards
ISAF see International Security Assistance Force
Isatabu Freedom Movement (IFM) (Solomon Islands) 2003 35, 2004 288, 292–3
ISER see Institute for Religious Studies
ISF see Iraqi Security Forces
Ishapore Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), Nepal 2003 113
Ishevsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (IMZ) (Russian Federation) 2003 19–20, 2004 14, 15, 16, 122
Islam
Kyrgyzstan 2004 310–11, 320, 324
Sudan 2007 318
Yemen 2003 169, 170–1
Islamic Courts Union (ICU) (Somalia) 2012 198, 337
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
Islamic Jihad 2002 131, 2003 78
Quds rocket production 2008 15
Islamic Jihad Union 2013 238
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) 2002 102, 2004 310, 320, 324
Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) see Hamas
Islamic Salvation Front (Front Islamique du Salut - FIS) (Algeria) 2007 77
Islamist militants 2003 33
Algeria 2007 77
Middle East stockpiles 2003 79–80
Somalia 2007 92–4
Yemen 2003 170–1
Isle of Man, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
isolation, urban violence 2007 162
Israel
ammunition
diversion 2008 52
production 2014 190–1, 194
brokering 2001 106–7, 2004 161
civilian firearms
licences 2011 281
prohibited and restricted 2011 270
user regulation 2011 276
control measures
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123, 125–6
International Tracing Instrument 2006 100–1
MANPADS 2007 125–6
UN Programme of Action 2002 222
demilitarization industry 2013 189
export controls 2009 67
enforcement 2009 86
exceptions 2009 78
licensing authorities 2009 87, 89
licensing systems 2009 71, 74
re-export provisions 2009 84
transfer criteria 2009 91, 93
exports
annual value 2001 148
to Colombia 2004 129, 130, 2005 161, 2006 236
Comtrade data 2012 274, 2013 179–80
disturbing transfers 2001 155
human rights 2004 129, 130, 131
to India 2003 112
irresponsible transfers from 2007 99, 100, 104, 106
to Kazakhstan 2012 120, 121
list of importers 2005 107, 108, 2006 76
military firearms 2009 33, 35
military small arms and light weapons 2009 24
to Myanmar 2004 131
official data on 2002 123
parts 2012 255
pistols and revolvers 2009 20, 42
to the Republic of the Congo 2003 261, 263
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 23
transparency 2001 155, 2004 117, 2005 110, 112, 113, 2006 65, 80, 81, 2007 89, 2009
50, 2010 13, 16, 2011 16, 2012 293, 2013 183, 2014 130
to the United States 2009 21
unreported 2009 8, 31
value 2001 2004 104
value 2002 2005 97, 103
value 2003 2006 68, 71
human rights violations 2007 76, 79–80
illicit transfers from 2001 155
to Angola 2002 132
to Colombia 2001 106–7
to Eritrea 2002 136
to Rwanda 2002 132
to Sudanese rebels 2001 174
imports
ammunition 2009 16, 17
customs data 2002 126
irresponsible transfers to 2007 76, 79–80, 102
list of exporters 2005 103, 105
selected transfers 1999–2001 2002 147
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
transparency 2001 155
from the United States 2001 153, 154, 155, 2002 86, 2004 120, 121
value 2001 2004 101, 108, 110
value 2002 2005 107
value 2003 2006 76
intimate partner violence 2013 32
military procurement 2006 16, 20, 30
non-state actors, foreign government support for 2002 130
policing 2004 220, 222
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 276
production
financial indicators of main companies 2000 2002 21
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 45, 2007 11, 15, 18
light weapons 2008 34
manufacturing sectors 2005 60, 61
mortars 2004 33
most important companies 2002 20, 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 18, 20
RPG-7 variants 2004 36
sub-machine guns 2004 30, 31
survey of producers 2001 39, 52, 2002 16, 17, 18, 19, 35–6, 57, 2004 11
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19
rubber bullets 2005 16
Spike ATGW 2008 20
stockpiles 2003 77–8
civilian holdings 2003 77, 2005 90, 91
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
unregistered 2007 55
distribution of firearms 2001 66
insurgent weapons 2002 90–4, 2004 93
military 2002 259, 2005 86, 88
police 2005 89
stockpile security 2004 56
surplus weapons 2009 69
war with Lebanon 2009 317, 319, 321–3
young men and small arms 2006 297
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
human rights violations 2007 79
in Lebanon 2009 319
stockpiles 2003 77
Israel Military Industries (IMI)
company profile 2000 2002 35–6
exports 2002 123, 2003 112
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
illicit transfers to Colombia, brokers 2001 106–7
joint production with Kazakhstan 2012 133
licensed production 2002 45, 2007 11
major producers by weapon type 2004 27, 29
manufacturing sectors 2005 60, 61
most important companies 2003 15
most popular assault rifles 2001 20
RPG-7 variants 2004 36
sub-machine guns 2004 31
survey of producers 2001 39, 2002 18, 2004 11
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19, 20
ISS see Institute for Security Studies
issued weapons, diversion 2008 51
Italy
ammunition
procurement 2010 30, 31
production 2014 190
transfers, transparency 2010 11
brokering
jurisdiction 2004 163–4
legislation 2004 161
licensing 2004 153, 154, 155, 156, 157
penalties 2004 160
demilitarization industry 2013 189
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 97
disarmament 2009 162
end-user certification 2008 167–8, 171–3
export controls
exceptions 2009 78
licensing authorities 2009 89
licensing systems 2009 71, 74
transfer criteria 2009 91, 93, 95
exports
to Africa 2003 118
ammunition 2006 67
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
classification of 2004 107
to Colombia 2004 129, 130, 2005 161, 2006 236
Comtrade data 2009 8, 12, 2012 274, 2013 179–80
to Cyprus 2004 108
end-use assurances 2002 250
human rights 2004 128, 129, 130, 131, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
to Kazakhstan 2012 120, 121
list of importers 2005 106, 107, 108, 109, 2006 75, 76, 77, 78
military firearms 2009 34
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114
national reporting 2001 150, 2002 119, 120
parts 2012 255
pistols and revolvers 2001 146, 147, 2002 114, 2009 20, 21, 41
shotgun shell parts 2010 26, 27
shotgun shells 2010 25
shotguns 2002 114
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 18, 45
sporting rifles 2002 114
top exporters 2004 2007 74
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 74, 87, 88, 2009 49, 2010 15, 2011
16, 2012 289, 292, 300, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 287, 2014 134
to the United States 2004 124, 2009 21
value 2000 2003 103, 104
value 2001 2004 100, 101, 104
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 100, 103
value 2003 2006 65, 68, 71
to Venezuela 2007 81, 107
weapon sights 2012 270–1
firearm purchases 2013 88
firearms trafficking 2013 93–4
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107
illicit transfers from
to Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002 133
to Rwanda 2002 132
illicit transfers to, smuggling 2003 71
imports
Comtrade data 2009 12
container freight 2003 107
list of exporters 2005 102, 103, 104, 105, 2006 68, 70, 71, 73
MANPADS 2004 87
parts 2012 256
pistols and revolvers 2009 22
shotgun shell parts 2010 26, 27
from US 1990–1999 2001 154
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 110
value 2002 2005 107
value 2003 2006 76
mafia violence 2013 1, 3, 75–96
organized crime 2013 76–80
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production
exports to the United States 1991–1996 2001 27
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
licensed 2002 45, 51, 2007 15, 18
light weapons 2008 34
MANPADS 2004 81
manufacturing sectors 2005 48, 54
most important companies 2002 20, 21, 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 18, 19, 20
survey of producers 2001 32, 52, 2002 36–7, 57
stockpiles
Carabinieri 2001 72
civilian holdings 2003 64, 68, 2007 47–8, 63
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
military 2006 57
transportation
customs regulations 2010 57
licensing 2010 53
ITI see International Tracing Instrument
Al-Ittihad Al-Islami (Ethiopia) 2007 93
Ivorian Popular Movement for the Great West (Mouvement populaire ivoirien du Grand Ouest)
2006 256
Ivory Coast see Côte d’Ivoire
Izhmash (Izhevsk Arms Factory) (Russian Federation)
AK family 2001 17
AN-94 assault rifle 2003 24
company profile 2000 2002 23–5, 25, 55
exports 2002 123, 2004 122
financial indicators 2002 21, 27
intellectual property rights 2007 10, 24
licensed production 2007 9, 16, 19
major producers by weapon type 2004 27, 29
manufacturing sectors 2005 57
most important companies 2003 15
most popular handguns 2001 18, 20
survey of producers 2003 19–20, 2004 11, 14, 15
units produced 1999–2002 2004 16
Izhmash Joint Stock Company (Russian Federation) 2001 33
Jaish al-Mahdi see Mahdi Army/Jaish al-Mahdi
Jakarta (Indonesia), urbanization 2007 162
Jamaica
costs of small arms violence 2006 196
Crime Observatory 2008 297
effects of crime and violence 2004 191
exports, UN Register 2012 287
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16, 19–20
types of weapons 2012 25
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 209, 233, 240, 241
firearm injuries, costs of 2012 94
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit weapons market 2012 31
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 188
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
police, unlawful shootings by 2004 238
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles 2004 53, 54
law enforcement 2006 40
military 2006 44, 51
surplus weapons 2008 89
young men and small arms 2006 306
Jamiat-e-Islami (Afghanistan), guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
‘janjaweed’ (Sudan) 2014 218
armed violence 2010 85
Japan
brokering 2004 161
civilian firearms 2010 114
prohibited and restricted 2011 270
user regulation 2011 279
control measures
control of civilian ownership 2002 264
draft ASEAN declaration on small arms 2002 215
International Tracing Instrument 2006 100–1
end-user certification 2008 168, 171–3
export controls 2009 66
enforcement 2009 86
licensing authorities 2009 89
licensing systems 2009 74
transfer criteria 2009 93
exports
annual value 2001 148
classification of 2004 107
Comtrade data 2009 12, 2012 274
human rights 2004 131, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 104, 105
list of importers 2005 106, 107, 109, 2006 75, 78
non-military shotguns 2002 114
parts 2012 255
reporting of 2009 27
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 18, 45
sporting rifles 2002 114
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 89, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012
293, 2013 183, 2014 130
value 2001 2004 101–2, 105
value 2002 2005 104
value 2003 2006 71
weapon sights 2012 270–1
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 203, 209, 239, 240
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113, 115
membership 2010 106, 107
illicit transfers to, ant trade from US 2002 135
imports
Comtrade data 2009 8, 12
list of exporters 2005 105, 2006 68, 70, 73
military small arms and light weapons 2009 25
parts 2012 260
from the United States 2004 120
value 2001 2004 100, 108, 110
value 2002 2005 107
value 2003 2006 76
policing 2007 184
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
private security companies 2011 103
personnel 2011 105
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit 2001 45
licensed 2007 15
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 82
manufacturing sectors 2005 59, 61, 64
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57
stockpiles 2005 82
civilian holdings 2001 239, 2005 80
correlation to GDP 2007 58
unregistered 2007 55
distribution of firearms 2001 68
law enforcement 2005 78, 85, 2006 40
MANPADS 2004 84
military 2005 85
surplus ammunition 2007 126
suicide 2004 187
transportation, licensing 2010 52–3
Japanese Assistance Team for Small Arms Management in Cambodia (JSAC) 2006 119, 123,
125, 134
Jashari, Adem 2005 219–20
Javelin ATGWs 2004 33, 82, 84, 2008 20, 2011 30, 32
JEM see Justice and Equality Movement; Mahdi Army/Jaish al-Mahdi
Jensen, Steffen 2003 305–6
Jericho pistols, use in homicides, Bogotá (Colombia) 2012 29
Jericho Semi-Automatic pistols 2002 35
Jersey, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Jet-Lease International, tax havens 2001 104
Jewish settlements, stockpiles 2003 77
J.G.Anshütz (Germany) 2005 54
JIEDDO see Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization
Jikany Nuer people (Sudan), tribal conflict 2010 288
JIUs see Joint Integrated Units
Johannesburg (South Africa)
crime 2007 171
carjackings 2007 172
victimization rates 2007 173
urban violence 2007 163, 173
urbanization 2007 168
John Inglis (Canada) 2002 45
Johnson Thomas, Brian 2007 260
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) 2013 238, 240–1
Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) (Sudan) 2007 322, 324, 331, 2010 280, 289–90
joint ventures
definitions 2002 42
licensed production 2007 10
Jonglei State (Sudan)
disarmament campaign 2007 333–6
firearm injuries 2012 99–100, 101
tribal conflict 2010 286–8
Jordan
diversion of weapons from Peru to Colombia 2008 113, 120, 123, 134, 136
exports 2001 148
illicit transfers from
to Colombia 2001 187
to Sudanese Government 2001 174
imports
list of exporters 2005 104, 2006 72
MANPADS 2011 34
from the United States 2001 154
value 2002 2005 106, 107
value 2003 2006 74
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 277
production 2002 19, 57
stockpiles 2003 79
civilian holdings 2003 79, 2005 90, 91
national registration data 2007 50
military 2005 88
police 2005 89
transparency 2005 110
journalists, conflict deaths 2005 235–8
Joy Slovakia 2008 127–8
JP Sauer & Sohn (Germany) 2002 21, 34, 39
JSAC see Japanese Assistance Team for Small Arms Management in Cambodia
Juárez (Mexico), car bomb 2013 300
Juba Declaration on Unity and Integration (2006) 2007 319, 323, 324, 340–4, 2010 280
Jubilee School, Philadelphia (United States) 2007 185
judicial systems
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 181, 182, 183–4, 184–5
urban armed violence 2007 179
Jumbish-e-Milli (Afghanistan), guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
‘jungle justice’, Bakassi Boys (Nigeria) 2006 251
jurisdiction, over brokering 2002 255–6
justice, disarmament 2002 306, 2003 311–12
Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) (Sudan)
covert transfers to 2007 92
weapon-related commitments 2010 317
weapons 2014 215, 233
justice system, Liberia, domestic violence 2014 18
juvenile prisoners/detainees 2004 231
Ka Pa Sa (Myanmar) 2001 43
Kabila, Laurent 2001 108–9
kaçaks (outlaws) 2005 210
Kahr Arms (United States) 2005 54
Kaibiles (Guatemala) 2012 62, 64
Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya), violence 2002 168–9, 170, 196
Kalashnikov culture 2002 70
Kalashnikov, Mikhail T. 2001 17, 62, 2002 25
intellectual property rights 2007 24, 26
Kalashnikov rifles
ammunition 2007 260
Burundi, civilian ownership 2007 216
exports, to India from Bulgaria 2003 112
Georgia 2003 200–1
identifying 2009 111–16
intellectual property rights 2007 10
popularity 2007 258–9
prices 2007 257–72
production
licensed 2007 9, 11, 23–5
Russian Federation 2000 2002 24
Republic of the Congo, militia holdings 2003 268
Romanian exports to Uganda 2003 110
transfers, from Bulgaria 2003 108
unlicensed production 2007 23–5
varieties 2007 259, 260
Kalashnikov-pattern rifles
Afghanistan 2012 331, 333
ammunition 2014 187
definition 2013 284
illicit
ammunition prices 2013 262, 265–8
Mexico 2013 289–90, 293
Philippines 2013 306
prices 2013 251, 256–7, 258–9, 274
Iraq 2012 320, 321
production, Venezuela 2012 23
Somalia 2012 338–9
Somaliland 2012 149, 152, 168
United States
Chinese 2014 253, 261, 268
illicit 2014 260, 261, 267–8
Kaliningrad, destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 79
Kalla, Jusuf 2009 252
Kalshale (Somaliland), land dispute 2012 152, 154, 157–8, 166, 167
Kalthok village (Sudan), tribal violence 2010 285
Kampala (Uganda), carjackings 2007 172
Kanal operation (Kazakhstan) 2012 122
Kano (Nigeria), urban violence 2007 167
Kansas City (United States), Gun Experiment 2006 312
kanun (customary law) 2005 207, 208, 210, 211–17, 219–20
Kapoeta (Sudan) 2007 336–9
Karachi (Pakistan)
urban political armed violence 2007 175
urbanization 2007 162
Karakos 2005 308, 312
Karamoja (Uganda) 2007 289–301, 311
disarmament 2009 167
Karaoy (Kazakhstan), ammunition depot explosion 2012 135, 136–8
Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) 2001 46
weapon-related commitments 2010 317
Karenni Army 2001 46
Karimojong (Uganda)
ammunition 2007 290–301, 311
land conflict 2013 120, 121, 122
weapons collection 2002 291
Karine A 2002 91, 93–4
Kariyawasam, Prasad 2007 118–19, 120–1, 124–6
Karzai, Hamid 2003 312, 2011 101
Kashmir
illicit production in Pakistan 2001 47, 2003 33
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 32
prices 2002 65, 68
stockpiles 2002 100, 101
al-Kassar, Monzer 2001 101, 107, 2008 120, 122, 124, 134, 136
Kataib Hezbollah 2013 232
Kauer, Major Erwin 2007 84
Kaunas Experimental Enterprise (Lithuania) 2003 48
Kazakhstan
ammunition
destruction 2012 134–5
stockpiles 2008 91, 93
ammunition depots, explosions 2012 108, 135, 136–8
civilian firearms 2012 107, 116–28
authorized sources 2012 119–22
carrying in public 2011 293
control measures 2012 123–7
illicit sources 2012 122–3
impact 2012 127–8
licences 2011 280
prohibited and restricted 2011 270
storage requirements 2011 293
user regulation 2011 276, 277
control measures
civilian firearms 2012 123–7
state holdings 2012 134–5
crime 2012 110–11, 126, 127
destruction programmes 2012 108
MANPADS 2008 101
surplus weapons 2008 96, 98–9
disarmament 2009 162
exports 2001 148, 2004 132, 2012 133
homicide rate 2012 108, 110, 111
illicit weapons, sources 2012 122–3
imports 2006 72
parts 2012 256
small arms 2012 119–22, 133–4
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 47
Kyrgyzstan 2004 311
organized violence 2012 114–16
private security companies 2012 118–19
production 2001 16, 30, 34, 52, 2002 57, 2005 56
light weapons 2008 35
security outlook 2012 4, 109–16
state holdings
control measures 2012 134–5
sources 2012 131–4
stockpiles 2012 129–31
stockpiles, military 2001 72, 179
victimization surveys 2012 111–14
weapons collection 2012 124–7
Kazakhstan Engineering, civilian firearms 2012 119
Kazan (Russian Federation), gang violence 2010 137
KazArsenal (Kazakhstan) 2012 134–5, 136–7
Kaze-Forces pour la défense de la democratie (Kaze-FDD) (Burundi) 2007 203
Kazspetseksport (Kazakhstan) 2012 133
KB-S (Ukraine) 2003 49
KBP Instrument Design Bureau (Russia) 2002 26, 2003 15, 2005 60
Keisler Police Supply (United States) 2007 82
Kekelidze, Nikusha 2003 200
Kemijska Industrija Kamnik (Slovenia) 2003 46
Kenney, George 2005 234
Kenya
ammunition, diversion 2008 51, 52
brokering, controls 2002 255
civilian firearms
prohibited and restricted 2011 270
storage requirements 2011 292, 293
transfer regulation 2011 283
use regulation 2011 284
user regulation 2011 276, 277, 278
conflict
child soldiers 2001 229
internally displaced persons 2001 225, 2002 196
militarization of refugee camps 2001 227
violence in refugee camps 2002 168–9, 170, 196
control measures
brokering 2002 255
Nairobi Declaration (2000) 2001 262–4
Transfer Controls Initiative 2007 130
crime, carjackings 2007 172
demand for small arms 2006 148
disarmament 2003 312, 2009 163
effects of small arms misuse 2003 141
election violence 2013 103, 107
exports
irresponsible transfers from 2007 104, 106
to Sudan 2004 133
firearm injuries
costs of 2012 94
victimization survey 2012 90
firearm violence and crime 2004 194
firearm-related injuries 2002 166
illicit transfers from
to the Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 282
to Rwanda 2002 132
to Sudan 2007 325
illicit transfers to, instability 2001 175
imports
irresponsible transfers to 2007 102
list of exporters 2005 104, 105, 2006 72
trends 2000 2003 117, 118
value 2002 2005 106, 107
value 2003 2006 74
land conflict 2013 107, 120, 121, 122, 123
MANPADS attacks on aircraft 2008 12, 13
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 32
Police Service, women 2014 70
policing, corruption 2004 233
prices
AK-47s 2003 86
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 277
private security companies
armed 2011 114
personnel 2011 105
public perception 2011 106
regulation 2011 150
production
ammunition 2005 13
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 43, 44–6, 45
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57
sexual violence 2001 213
stockpiles 2003 83–6, 2004 57
unauthorized retransfers 2014 117, 119
women and small arms control 2014 40, 53
Kenya Ordnance Factories Corporation (KOFC) 2002 44–6
Kenyatta, Jomo 2013 107
Kerambit Industries (Malaysia) 2001 43
KFOR see Kosovo Force
Al-Kharj Arsenal (Saudi Arabia) 2002 18, 51, 52–3
Khartoum Peace Agreement (1997) 2007 321–2, 2010 278
‘Khawad’ machine guns, South Sudan 2014 233
Khmer People’s National Liberation Armed Forces (KPNLAF) (Cambodia) 2006 120–1
Khmer People’s National Liberation Front (KPNLF) (Cambodia) 2006 120, 125, 126
Khmer Rouge see Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Kibaki, Mwai 2013 107
kidnappings see abductions
Kiir, Salva 2007 319, 321, 322–3, 2010 279–80, 292, 2014 217
Kim Jong Il 2006 49
kinetic energy weapons 2004 81
police use 2011 81–2
Kingston (Jamaica)
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113, 115
membership 2010 106, 107, 108
Kinshasa Convention
stockpile management 2014 169
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 122, 123
Kintex (Bulgaria) 2003 44
Kiribati
civilian holdings 2004 283
gun control measures 2004 302, 303
stockpiles 2003 89, 2004 284
Kivus, land conflict 2013 117–18
KLA see Kosovo Liberation Army
Kleck, Gary 2004 61
Klein, Yair 2001 106–7, 108
Kmart, ammunition 2005 21
KMBDB see Kolomna Machine-Building Design Bureau
KMP see Kovrov Mechanical Plant
KNB see National Security Committee
knife/sharp instrument injuries
Burundi 2007 213, 214
Colombia 2006 225, 238
costs of 2006 199, 203–7
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 279
Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 172, 183
knives 2004 107–8
use by girl gang members 2010 197
KNLA see Karen National Liberation Army
know-how contracts 2007 10
knowledge proliferation, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 241–3
Kolélas, Bernard 2003 256–8, 260–1, 264–5, 268–9
Kolingba, André 2005 303, 305, 306, 312, 314
Kolomna Machine-Building Design Bureau (KMBDB) (Russia) 2003 110
Komsomol, Georgia 2003 197
Kong, Gordon 2007 324
Kongsberg remote turret 2012 260
Kony, Joseph 2006 275, 277–8, 282, 284, 288–9, 2007 325–6, 2010 288–9
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of see North Korea
Korea, Republic of see South Korea
Korean People’s Army (KPA) 2006 49
Kornet ATGWs 2011 30
Kosovo
conflict deaths 2005 240, 241–2, 246–7, 252, 253, 255, 258
conflict weapons, firearm violence and crime 2004 197
DDR and weapons reduction
conflict tracing 2006 111
KFOR peacebuilding 1999 to present 2001 177, 2002 290–1, 302, 2003 280, 293
participatory approaches 2002 313
peace agreement 2003 284
UNDP 2002–2003 2005 292
effects of small arms 2001 200–1
gun culture 2005 205–23
illicit transfers to 2001 177
insurgents and other non-state combatants 1999 2001 79
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 32
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
post-conflict violence 2005 271, 272, 2009 230
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
seizures of illicit arms 2005 114
stockpiles
Albanian looted arms 1997 2001 201
civilian holdings 2003 65
looted Albanian weapons, prices 2002 68–9
violence and crime 2004 191, 197
weapons collection 2009 124, 125
weapons identification 2009 112
women and small arms control policies 2014 53
Kosovo Force (KFOR), weapons collection 2001 177, 2002 290–1, 302, 2003 280, 293
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)
conflict sourcing 2005 215, 218–21
disarmament 2003 297
guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
gun culture 2005 206
illicit transfers to 2001 177
looted Albanian weapons 2002 68–9
outlaw tradition 2005 210
weapons collection 2002 290–1
Kosovo Protection Corps 2009 233, 235
Kovrov Mechanical Plant (KMP) (Russian Federation) 2001 33, 2002 26, 2003 19, 2004 14,
15, 122
KPA see Korean People’s Army
KPNLAF see Khmer People’s National Liberation Armed Forces
KPNLF see Khmer People’s National Liberation Front
KPV heavy machine gun 2004 33
KSN Industries (Israel) 2002 18, 35, 45
licensed production 2007 18
Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), firearms 2010 122
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
humanitarian commitments 2010 310
illicit transfers to 2001 176
resistance to 2010 261
Kurds
stockpiles 2001 80, 82, 2003 79–80
women fighters 2014 68
Kuwait
exports, irresponsible transfers from 2007 106
imports 2005 107, 2006 76
customs data 2002 126
from the United States 2001 154, 2004 10–11, 120
value 2001 2004 110
production 2002 19
stockpiles 2005 88, 89
young men and small arms 2006 297
Kyrgyzstan 2004 5, 309–27
alleged arms embargo violations, 2001 2002 132
ammunition, production 2014 190–1, 194
exports
irresponsible transfers to Turkey 2007 106
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
gun culture 2005 213–14
illicit transfers from, to Kazakhstan 2012 123
imports 2002 147, 2006 72
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan 2002 102
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 277
production 2002 57
L1A1 assault rifle 2001 63
L85 automatic rifle 2006 55
L85A1 assault rifle 2001 63
Labora farm experiment (Uganda) 2009 233, 236
LACROIX-Alsetex (France), less-lethal weapons 2011 72, 81, 85
LAF see Lebanese Armed Forces
Lagos (Nigeria) 2007 167, 175
global cities 2007 163
slums 2007 168
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (Missouri) 2001 27
Lakhani, Hemant 2004 162–3
Lakwena, Alice 2006 275
Lancet, The, Iraq conflict deaths 2005 229
land
co-operative conflict 2002 175
as economic resource 2013 104–5
as political resource 2013 106–7
symbolic meaning 2013 105–6
land conflicts
Africa 2013 1, 3, 103–26
causes 2013 108–14
communal conflicts 2013 103, 118–23
deaths 2013 125–6
definition 2013 108
governance and adjudication 2013 111–13
grievances 2013 114
inadequate security 2013 113
post-conflict situations 2013 109
resource conflicts 2013 103, 116–18
social conflict 2013 103, 123–5
violence entrepreneurs 2013 114
violent 2013 12, 103–26
land disputes
Brazil, firearm homicides 2007 242
Somaliland 2012 166–7
land grabbing
Africa 2013 111–12
Cambodia 2006 133
Landmine Monitor Report 2002 243
landmines
Burundi, injuries caused by 2007 213, 214
child soldiers 2001 230
destruction of 2009 182, 302
Georgia 2003 203–4
global campaign 2001 276, 280, 2002 64
illicit, Philippines 2013 307–8
modification to IEDs 2013 234
norms 2003 221
Ottawa Convention (1997) 2002 205, 2008 9, 94–5
seizures in Afghanistan 2003 76
Sudan 2014 229
violence clustering surveys 2005 240
see also anti-personnel mines; mines
Landrieu, Mitch 2013 7
Lango 2007 337
language, small arms in popular culture 2006 309–10
Lao PDR, prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
Laos, exports, human rights 2004 131
LAP see Local Administration Police
LAPD see Los Angeles Police Department
lapis lazuli, conflict goods 2002 142
Las Anod (Somalia), armed violence 2012 160, 162
laser rangefinders 2012 245, 268
laser sights 2012 267–8
laser weapons 2011 84, 86
Lashkar-e-Taiba, membership 2010 118
lashkars (Pakistan) 2010 272
Lasserre S.A. 2004 20, 123
Latin America
control measures
Brasilia Declaration (2000) 2002 212
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 184
costs of small arms violence 2006 195
economic effects of conflict 2001 231
firearm homicides 2003 138, 2004 53, 175, 176, 177, 178, 199–200
gang violence 2010 138–42
illicit transfers 2001 83, 2003 116–17
insurgents and other non-state combatants 1999 2001 79
non-fatal crime 2004 179
prison gangs, firearms 2010 173
private security companies, armed 2011 114, 115
production 2004 7, 16–26
stockpiles 2003 87–91, 2004 50–4, 60, 71–2, 2005 77, 162
civilian holdings 2007 57
transfers 2003 114–17
from Czech Republic 2003 109
urban violence 2007 164, 170–1, 184
young men, proportion of population 2006 299
see also Central America; Latin America and the Caribbean; South America
Latin America and the Caribbean
availability of firearms 2012 32–3
crime 2003 87, 2004 50, 52, 2006 83
drugs trafficking, links with illicit firearms 2012 31–2
firearm homicides 2012 1–2, 3, 9–35
origins of weapons used 2012 29–32
patterns 2012 11–13
trends 2012 14–15
types of weapons used 2012 25–9
firearm homicides and suicides 2008 219
gang violence 2012 33
homicides, proportion using firearms 2012 11–13, 16
transfers 2003 114–17, 2004 18, 50
Latin Kings gang (Ecuador) 2010 212, 219, 220
Latortue, Gérard 2011 234
Latvia
brokering 2004 153, 161, 163
diversion of weapons to Somalia 2008 120, 124, 127
EU membership 2008 103
exports 2001 148, 2004 132
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
UN Register 2012 287
imports 2002 147
grenade launchers 2011 26
military procurement 2006 15, 30
NATO membership 2008 103
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
receipt of excess US military firearms 2002 86
transparency 2005 110
Laurance, Ed 2001 251
law enforcement see policing
law and order
government spending 2003 144–5
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 266, 281, 282
South Sudan 2007 336–9
Yemen 2003 169–70, 181–5
see also customary law; humanitarian law; legislation
Laws of War 2002 179, 179–81, 185–6
lead, ammunition 2005 16–17
League of Arab States, illicit trade 2005 86
leakages see diversions; theft
leased weapons, international transfers 2009 9
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) 2009 321
Lebanon
conflict
history of 2009 318–23
and illicit weapon prices 2013 271–3, 274
exports
irresponsible transfers from 2007 94, 106
UN Register 2012 287
gun ownership 2009 329–30, 331–2
illicit transfers from 2002 132, 2004 132
to Somalia 2007 94
illicit transfers to 2001 103, 2007 91–2, 2009 322
arms embargo on 2007 74
illicit weapons
data collection 2013 253–7
local factors 2013 270
prices 2013 257–74, 275
imports 2001 154, 2004 108, 110, 2005 104, 106
irresponsible transfers to 2007 91–2
masculinity and firearms 2005 211
non-state actors
foreign government support for 2002 130
Islamic militants 2003 79
light weapons holdings 2008 32
MANPADS 2004 89, 93
Palestinian stockpiles 2001 80
non-state armed groups, firearms 2010 122
post-conflict, survey 2009 323–33
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
production 2002 19
security perceptions 2009 317, 327–9, 331
Shaba Farms 2009 319, 321
stockpiles 2003 79
civilian holdings 2004 47, 2005 90, 91
insurgent 2001 80, 2004 89, 93
military 2005 88
police 2005 89
see also Hezbollah; Southern Lebanon Armed Violence Assessment
Lebel rifles, Iraq 2012 320, 321
LED see light-emitting diode
Lee-Enfield rifles
Afghanistan 2012 331
Iraq 2012 320
Yemen 2003 174
legacy arsenals, People’s War militaries 2006 47, 48, 50
legality spectrum 2001 141
legislation
armed violence 2013 139, 140–2
Australia 2004 184–6
brokering 2004 147, 162–6
effectiveness 2004 182, 186
firearms
El Salvador 2008 293
South Africa 2008 183, 186–7, 198–9
United States 2008 286–7
global norms 2003 223–6
Great Lakes region and Horn of Africa 2002 262
Kazakhstan 2012 123–5
licensed production 2007 27–8, 30, 31
national 2004 66–71, 255
national control of civilian ownership 2002 263–71
norms 2003 232
Pacific 2004 277, 300–3
record-keeping 2012 227
self-defence 2004 181
transfers and human rights 2004 133
United Kingdom 2004 188–9, 192
United States 2004 12, 66–7
Yemen 2003 183–4
Leibacher, Friedrich 2002 266
Lekota, Mosiuoa 2007 85, 86
Lekoumou (Republic of the Congo), militia holdings 2003 267–8
Lesotho
civilian firearms 2003 239, 240–1, 2007 172
crime, carjackings 2007 172
destruction programmes 2003 244
disarmament 2009 163
firearm violence and crime 2004 193
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
weapons collection programmes 2003 279
less-lethal weapons
acoustic weapons 2011 83
crowd control 2011 87–9
deaths by 2011 88, 91, 92
definition 2011 72–3
directed-energy weapons 2011 85–6
electric-shock weapons 2011 85
kinetic energy weapons 2011 81–2
laser weapons 2011 84, 86
LED-based systems 2011 86
police weapons 2011 4–5, 69, 80–6
private security companies, use by 2011 140
rheostatic 2011 83–6
TASERs 2011 85, 89–92
use of 2011 89–92
see also non-lethal weapons
lethality of firearms
civilian holdings 2007 63–4
costs of small arms violence 2006 199, 200–1
demand for small arms 2006 142–3
factors affecting 2001 211, 212
stockpiles, evaluating weapons collection programmes 2002 315
Letter of Acceptance (LOA), state-to-state transfers 2008 166
Levdan (Israel) 2003 261, 263
LFL see Light Fighter Lethality
liability suits, United States 2003 18
Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedija, and Bujanovac (UCPMB) 2003 297
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (Tamil Tigers)
conflict use 2005 185, 187, 196
diversion of weapons to 2008 121
firearms 2010 120, 123
forced recruitment of women 2002 171
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
humanitarian commitments 2010 311
illicit transfers to 2001 176, 182–3, 2002 129, 2003 112
MANPADS 2004 89
mortars 2002 73
production, light weapons 2008 15
repair and sporadic production 2005 47
reserve stockpiles 2001 80
RPG-7 2004 37
sea transport network 2002 144
Liberia
armed groups
children in 2006 251
DDR programmes 2006 259
group goals 2005 189, 193
sources of weapons 2006 255
stockpiles 2003 82
transfer of weapons to 2006 256
typology 2006 249
weapons management 2006 257
assault rifles diverted to 2008 119, 2009 108
brokering 2004 103, 144, 145, 164
child soldiers 2009 197
conflict
arms sourcing to 2005 160, 165, 167–9, 172–3, 2006 255
conflict goods 2002 141, 142
conflict weapons and crime 2004 196
percentage of population killed in 2001 210
sexual violence 2014 15
culture of violence 2001 205
DDR and weapons reduction 2006 259, 2009 185, 187
ammunition 2005 30
collapse of programme 2003 2004 57
ECOMOG 1996–1997 2002 288–9, 302, 2003 279, 292, 307
funding 2005 285
measuring success 2005 284
peace agreements 2003 282, 283
problems with 2006 261–2
UNDP weapons reduction 2004–2006 2005 290, 291
UNOMIL peacekeeping 1993–1997 2002 288–9, 2003 283, 293, 307
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
diversion
ammunition from Côte d’Ivoire 2008 121, 123, 134
sub-machine guns from Slovakia 2008 115, 116, 117, 121
weapons and ammunition from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2008 121
firearm violence, data recording 2012 98
illicit transfers from
to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 120–3, 171–2, 2002 132, 2003 297, 2004 132
to Rwanda 2002 132
illicit transfers to 2002 132, 2003 118–19, 2004 103, 112, 131, 2005 106
embargoes 2002 132, 2004 127, 128, 269
violations of end-user certificates 2002 134
imports irresponsible transfers to 2007 103
insurgents, stockpiles 2003 82
land conflict 2013 109, 119
National Plan of Action for the Prevention and Management of Gender Based Violence in
Liberia 2014 18–19
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 32
policing, women 2014 72
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
post-conflict violence 2009 230
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
resource conflict 2013 103, 116
security concerns 2013 110
shelling of Monrovia (2003) 2005 182–3, 2008 11–12
social norms 2014 17–18, 27–8
stockpiles, civilian holdings, correlation to GDP 2007 60
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
unauthorized retransfers 2014 127
violence against women and girls 2014 4, 9, 15–20, 28–9
weapons collection 2009 124, 125, 240
West African Moratorium 2001 260
women, conflict roles 2014 39
women and small arms control policies 2014 49
young men and small arms 2006 305
Liberia Demographic and Health Survey (LDHS) 2014 16–17
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD)
ammunition 2006 258
command and control 2006 253, 265
conflict sourcing 2005 167–9
DDR programme 2006 261–2
guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
illicit transfers to 2003 118–19, 2006 256
MANPADS 2006 256
shelling of Monrovia 2003 2005 182–3
shelling of Monrovia (2003) 2008 11–12
stockpiles 2003 82
typology of armed groups 2006 249
weapons management 2006 257
Liberman, Ruth 2005 152–3
Libya
ammunition, profiling 2014 179, 182–3, 187–208
arms embargoes against 2002 133, 2004 268
Chad 2005 316–17
exports, human rights 2004 130
illicit transfers from
to the Central African Republic 2005 313, 315
to the IRA 2002 129
to Liberia 2002 132, 2005 168
to North African states 2001 170–1
to Palestinian groups 2002 131
to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 120–3, 171, 172
to Rwanda 2004 132
to Somalia 2007 94
to Sudan 2001 174, 2007 92
illicit transfers to, brokers 2001 103
looting of arsenals 2013 233–4
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 277
production 2002 19
licensed 2007 11, 15
stockpiles
military 2005 88
People’s War strategy 2002 77
police 2005 89
support for non-state actors 2002 129, 130, 131
unauthorized retransfers 2014 119, 126
licence or permit to possess, civilian firearms 2011 281
licensed production 2001 9, 2002 10, 40–54, 43–8, 2007 7–32
Australia 2001 45
benefits 2007 10–12, 13
costs 2007 10–12, 13
definitions 2002 41–2, 2007 8
exports by licensees 2002 53–4
global 2007 22–3
Heckler & Koch 2002 41, 48–53, 53
India 2001 42
Indonesia 2001 43
irresponsible transfer of technology 2007 26–8
Middle East 2002 17, 18, 41, 48–53
military 2007 7–32
most popular small arms 2001 19–21
Pakistan 2001 43
risks 2007 12–13
scope 2007 13–23
Singapore 2001 44
sub-Saharan Africa 2002 43–8
Tanzania 2005 14
transfers of weapons produced under 2007 28–31
trends 2001 12
Turkey 2001 39–40
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19
licensing systems 2004 66–71
ammunition 2005 21
Brazil 2004 69–71
brokering 2002 253–8, 2004 147, 149, 153–7, 161, 166
Canada 2002 86
China 2005 82
Colombia 2006 219–20, 230
Czech Republic 2002 87
demand for small arms 2006 154–5, 158
estimating private legal firearms 2001 84–6
Europe 2003 66–9, 70–2
exports see export licences
firearm ownership, South Africa 2003 30–1
Iraq 2004 47
Ireland 2007 44
Israel 2003 77
Japan 2005 80
Latin America 2004 52
MANPADS 2005 132, 133
Morocco 2005 87–8
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265, 267–71
Pacific 2004 301–2
Pakistan 2002 297
South Africa 2001 45, 2005 75
Taiwan 2005 84
transfers and human rights 2004 125–6
transparency 2005 111
transportation 2010 50–3
Liechtenstein
exports, UN Register 2012 288
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Lieshout, Atelier Van 2005 154
life cycle of small arms 2002 235
life expectancy, effects of small arms misuse 2003 131
life insurance, costs of small arms violence 2006 191
life stages, violence risk factors 2008 251–2
Light Fighter Lethality (LFL) projectiles 2003 25
light machine guns
ammunition types 2005 12
exports to Nepal 2003 113
Georgia 2003 203
as light weapons 2008 10
military procurement 2006 8, 12, 13, 18
military stockpiles 2006 54
production 2004 31, 34
licensed 2007 18
technological developments 2003 22
light mortars, stockpiles 2002 64
light vehicle, for weapons transport 2008 9
light weapons
accessories 2012 245–6, 261–9
ammunition
definition 2010 9
reporting 2006 66–7
technological developments 2010 33–4
transfers 2010 7–8, 18–20, 27–32, 34–5
authorized transfers 2011 4, 9–35, 2012 2, 242, 251
availability 2008 12–16
control 2005 123–38
craft production of 2008 15
definitions 2001 8, 251, 2002 10, 2003 10, 59–60, 2004 8, 2005 123–4, 2008 8–11, 30,
2009 8–9, 2010 3, 9, 2011 5, 10, 2012 5, 243, 314–15, 2013 2, 284, 2014 4, 82, 246
export data 2005 102
guided 2008 16–20
illicit
Afghanistan 2012 333–6
Iraq 2012 322–9
Mexico 2013 298–302
Philippines 2013 307–9
Somalia 2012 339–42
United States 2014 246, 263–7
Iraq 2005 72, 73
lethality 2008 11–12
manufacturing sectors 2005 57, 58
parts 2012 244
transfers 2012 258–61
portability 2008 9
post-conflict violence 2005 274
production 2004 14–16, 2005 44, 57, 58
production and values 2008 27–30, 31
stockpiles 2002 70–3
threats from 2008 30–1
trade 2011 22–35
transfers
authorized 2011 4, 9–35
Comtrade data 2001–2011 2014 113–17
transparency, transfers 2006 79
UN Register of Conventional Arms 2005 109–10
unguided 2008 20–7
US production 2005 44
light-emitting diode (LED)-based weapons 2011 86
Ligue Iteka 2007 197, 200, 210
limpet mines 2008 9
Linas–Marcoussis Peace Agreement (Côte d’Ivoire) 2011 196, 197
Lisboa, Marcos 2007 238
Lissouba, Pascal 2014 152, 153–4, 156
arms for UNITA 2001 119
militias 2003 256–8
stockpiles 2003 260–1, 264–5, 267–8
Lithuania
brokering 2004 154, 155, 157, 160, 161
civilian firearms
carrying in public 2011 293
licences 2011 280, 281
prohibited and restricted 2011 268, 270
self-defence use 2011 287
use regulation 2011 286
user regulation 2011 276, 277, 279
disarmament 2009 163
EU membership 2008 103
exports
transparency 2012 293, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 134
imports 2002 147
from Germany 2001 150
grenade launchers 2011 26
MANPADS 2004 87
mortars 2011 25
single-shot disposable systems 2011 28
from the United States 2002 86
military procurement 2006 15, 30
NATO membership 2008 103
norms 2003 234
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 30, 34, 52, 2002 57, 2003 38, 48
livestock
Central African Republic 2005 321, 322
effects of small arms misuse 2003 143, 147
see also cattle rustling
LIW (South Africa) 2001 19
Llama Gabilondo (Spain) 2001 32, 2002 37–8
Llama revolvers, use in firearm homicides, Colombia 2012 29–30
Lo Piccolo, Salvatore 2013 78
lobbying, NGOs 2002 242
Local Administration Police (LAP) (Uganda), ammunition profile 2007 290, 291, 294, 296–7,
298
local arms races
civilian ownership 2007 61–2
demand for small arms 2006 144, 145, 148
young men and small arms 2006 304, 307
local community non-governmental organizations, disarmament and development 2003 155–6
Local Defence Units (LDUs) (Uganda) 2006 287, 2007 295, 296, 297, 299–300
local security arrangements (LSAs), South Sudan 2007 336–9
Lockheed Martin Corporation 2005 61
logging
Cambodia 2006 121–2, 133
illegal, Madagascar 2011 185
Lokichokkio (Kenya) 2002 166
Lomé Peace Accords (1999) 2001 123
London (United Kingdom)
gangs, suppression strategies 2010 247
global cities 2007 163
Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) 2011 83
long-term gain-seeking groups 2005 191, 196–9
longitudinal studies, violence risk factors 2008 249
looting
Albanian state arsenals 1997 2001 176–7, 200–1, 273, 2002 76–7, 298–9, 2006 38, 44, 47
Republic of the Congo 2003 259–61
West African armed groups 2006 252–3, 254–5, 257
López, Leopoldo 2007 186
Lopit 2007 337
Lorcin Engineering (United States) 2001 21, 24
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) (Uganda) 2006 273–89
arms management 2010 324
child soldiers 2003 146, 2009 197, 211, 2014 74
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
illicit transfers to 2007 325
resistance to 2010 267
stockpiles 2003 84, 86
transfers to, ammunition 2007 298–9
violence in South Sudan 2007 325–6, 2010 288–9
Los Angeles (United States)
gang violence 2007 171, 183, 2010 131, 134
gangs, suppression 2010 246, 248
illicit weapons 2014 246, 247–50, 252–68
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), illicit weapons data 2014 248, 250, 263–4
Los Zetas (Mexico) 2012 17–18, 31, 54, 55–6, 71
activity in Central America 2012 61, 62
lost weapons, military procurement 2006 9–10, 12
lot numbers 2005 25–6, 27
Lothar Walther (Germany) 2012 253
Lou Nuer people (Sudan) 2007 333–5
tribal conflict 2010 286–8
White Army 2014 215
weapons 2014 226, 227, 237, 238
low rate of procurement (Lr) 2006 9, 12, 18
loyalist paramilitaries, disarmament 2003 285–6
Lr see low rate of procurement
LRA see Lord’s Resistance Army
LRAD see Long Range Acoustic Device
LSAs see local security arrangements
LSN Gang (Rio de Janeiro) 2010 168
LTTE see Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Luanda Agreement 2003 81
Lugansk Cartridge Works (Ukraine) 2014 196, 199, 204
Lugansk Machine Tool Plant (Ukraine) 2003 49
Luigi Franchi (Italy) 2002 36
licensed production 2002 51
ownership of 2001 2002 12
survey of producers 2001 32
Luis Fanor Hernández barrio (Nicaragua), gang violence 2013 47–8, 53–69
lupara (sawn-off shotgun) 2013 91
LURD see Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy
Lusaka (Zambia), crime 2007 171, 172
Lusaka Protocol (1994) 2001 116, 118, 2005 192
Luwero Industries (Uganda), ammunition 2007 293–5, 296–7, 298
Luxembourg
civilian holdings 2003 64
export controls, exceptions 2009 79
exports
classification of 2004 107
human rights 2004 129, 132
transparency 2012 293, 2013 182, 2014 130
UN Register 2012 288
to the United States 2004 124
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production 2001 16, 52, 2002 57
M1 rifle
licensed production, Saudi Arabia 2002 18
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
US Civilian Marksmanship Program 2002 86
M1F assault rifle, Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
M2 machine gun 2001 26, 2002 84, 86, 2008 21
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
M3 sub-machine gun
Burundi 2007 204
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
M4 carbine
Burundi 2007 204
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
production 2001 26, 2002 29, 2004 11, 29
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
US military procurement 2002 86, 2006 10
M4/A1 rifle 2002 84
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 84
M9 pistol 2002 37
production for US military 1970–1999 2001 13
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
M11 pistol 2002 84, 86
M14 automatic rifle
production 2004 29, 2006 55
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
US destruction programmes 2002 85
US military procurement 2006 10
M16 assault rifles
Burundi 2007 204
casualties 2002 165
child soldiers 2001 230
exports
to Nepal 2003 97, 113
to the Philippines 2003 107
illicit
ammunition prices 2013 265–8
prices 2013 258, 259
illicit transfers of, to Jamaica 2012 31
insurgent weapons in Palestinian territories 2002 90–1
Israel, stockpiles 2003 77
manufacturing sectors 2005 57
most popular assault rifles 2001 18, 20
Papua New Guinea 2006 175, 176, 177
prices 2002 66, 67, 70
production 2001 26, 2002 29, 2004 11
global production estimates 2001 63, 2006 55
licensed 2001 44, 2002 18, 2007 19
most popular military weapons 2004 28
replacement by US Army as standard weapon 2004 12
for US military 1970–1999 2001 13
US armed forces stocks 2001 73, 74, 2002 84
M16/A1 assault rifles
US destruction programmes 2002 85
US military procurement 2006 9–10
M16/A2 assault rifles
Brazil 2007 309
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 84
US military procurement 2006 9–10
M16/A4 assault rifles, US Army acquisitions 2000 2002 86
M17 Glock pistols, Iraqi Security Forces 2007 84
M19 machine gun 2001 26
M20 Bazooka 2002 71
M21 rifle 2002 84
M23 see March 23 Movement
M24 rifle 2002 84
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 84
M26 rockets, demilitarization 2013 194–5
M40 recoilless rifle 2004 33, 34, 2008 23
M60 machine gun 2001 26
Colombia 2006 221
technological developments 2003 23
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
M62 assault rifle 2001 63
M68 Close Combat Optic (CCO) 2012 267, 268
M70 assault rifles 2009 108, 110
M72 anti-tank weapon, Somalia 2012 342
M72 LAW rocket, demilitarization waste products 2013 205
M72 LAW rocket launcher 2002 71, 2008 25, 2011 27–8
diversion to criminals 2008 49, 51, 52
M76 assault rifle 2001 63
M79 anti-tank weapons, unauthorized retransfers 2014 119
M79 grenade launcher 2002 84, 2008 24
M82 anti-materiel rifle 2008 22
M85 machine gun 2002 84
M107 sniper rifle 2004 11
M-109 howitzers, unauthorized retransfers 2014 126
M110 semi-automatic sniper system 2012 275
M150/M151 fire control system 2012 275
M203 grenade launcher 2002 84, 2008 24
M231 rifle, US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
M240 machine gun 2001 26, 2002 84
M249 machine gun, Iraqi Security Forces 2007 84
M483 howitzer, demilitarization 2013 195
M776 fuses 2010 29
M855 ammunition 2011 76
Maadi Company for Engineering Industries (Egypt) 2002 17, 45
licensed production 2007 18
Maboir, Thomas 2007 324, 334
MAC-10 machine gun, serial numbers 2009 116
Macau, imports 2006 73
Macedo, Pablo 2011 44
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of (FYROM)
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
DDR and weapons reduction
destruction methods 2002 311
NATO Operation Essential Harvest 2001 2002 293, 302, 2003 281, 289
peace agreements 2003 290
SEESAC (UNDP) 2002–2005 2005 290, 292
UNPROFOR peacekeeping 1992–1995 2003 293
disarmament 2009 163
illicit transfers from 2002 132
illicit transfers to 2001 177
imports 2002 122, 2006 70
irresponsible transfers to 2007 103
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 33
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production 2001 16, 53, 2002 57
light weapons 2008 35
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2003 65, 67
correlation to GDP 2007 58
insurgent 2002 82, 88, 89–90
law enforcement 2006 40
looted Albanian weapons 2002 69
military 2002 77, 2005 77, 2006 44, 46, 53
Machar, Riek 2014 217, 2007 321, 326, 2010 278–9, 292
Machel, Graça 2009 193
machetes 2004 107–8
machine guns
Afghanistan 2003 76, 2012 331–3
ammunition 2014 187
ammunition types 2005 12
Burundi 2007 204
Colombia 2006 226
definition of light weapons 2005 124
drug violence, Latin America 2012 29
exports
to Nepal 2003 113
from the United States 2001 154, 155
Georgia 2003 196, 203–4
illicit
Mexico 2013 290, 291
Philippines 2013 307
United States 2014 253–4, 257, 259, 263
Iraq 2012 321, 322
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83, 84
as light weapons 2008 10
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 283
manufacturing sectors 2005 45, 55–7
military procurement 2006 8, 12, 18
military stockpiles 2006 37, 53, 54, 55–6
Miniguns 2008 10
most popular small arms products 2001 19–21
Papua New Guinea 2006 175, 177
production
Brazil 2001 29
Chile 2001 30
estimated global production by volume 1980–2000 2001 13
licensed 2007 18, 20, 21–2
major producers 2004 27
most important companies 2003 14–15
most popular military weapons 2004 31–2
United States 2001 26, 2002 27, 2003 17, 18, 2004 13, 119, 120
Republic of the Congo, militia holdings 2003 268
Somalia 2012 339
South America 2006 86
technological developments 2003 22–3, 24
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
see also heavy machine guns; light machine guns
macroeconomics, effect of small arms on development 2001 231–4
Madagascar
armed forces 2011 172–3, 188
cattle raiding 2011 182–4
coup (2009) 2011 176–80
crime, armed 2011 180–1
dahalo 2011 181–4
French colonialism 2011 169–70
gendarmerie 2011 170, 172
illegal trafficking 2011 184–6
Imerina Kingdom 2011 169
independence 2011 171
police 2011 172, 181
political history 2011 169–80
politicization of the military 2011 173–4, 188
rosewood trafficking 2011 185
rural areas, insecurity 2011 181–4
security sector 2011 3–4, 5–6, 167–88
Third Republic 2011 174–6
weapons, stockpile management 2011 181
Maersk Alabama, hijacking 2012 198
mafia
armed violence 2013 1, 3, 75–6, 80–8
arsenals 2013 89–91
children 2013 95
code of honour 2013 86
definition 2013 78
fire groups (gruppi di fuoco) 2013 94–6
firearm use 2013 88–96
firearms trafficking 2013 93–4
groups 2013 77–80
homicides 2013 83–8
MAG general-purpose machine gun, licensed production 2007 18
Magnum, .357 handgun 2011 74
Mahdi Army/Jaish al-Mahdi (JEM), firearms 2010 122
Mahely Ind. & Co. (Argentina) 2001 28
maintenance of firearms
guerrillas in Colombia 2006 223
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 285–6
repairers 2005 43–4, 45, 46–9
Makarov pistols
Burundi 2007 204
gang use, Nicaragua 2013 59, 60, 61, 63, 64
Georgia 2003 201
Kyrgyzstan black market 2004 319, 321
most popular handguns 2001 18, 20
most popular military weapons 2004 28, 34
production 2001 33, 2002 25
Makina ve Kimya Endustrisi Kurumu (Machinery and Chemical Industry Establishment)
(MKEK) (Turkey) 2001 40, 2002 19–20
illicit craft production 2003 31–2
licensed production 2002 50–1, 53
Malaita (Solomon Islands) 2003 35, 302, 2005 30
Malaita Eagle Force (Solomon Islands) 2003 35, 302
Malakal (Sudan), violence 2010 289–90
MALAO see Mouvement contre les Armes Légères en Afrique de l’Ouest
Malawi
carjackings 2007 172
exports, transparency 2013 183, 2014 130
policing 2004 224, 227, 2007 184
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
security sector reform 2003 153
Malaysia
exports
human rights 2004 130, 131
irresponsible transfers to Indonesia 2007 101
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114
value 2001 148
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
list of exporters 2005 102, 104, 2006 71
MANPADS 2004 87
from the United States 2004 120
value 2002 2005 106, 108
value 2003 2006 76
military procurement 2006 16, 30
norms 2003 235
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit 2001 46
licensed 2007 11, 15
licensed production 2002 51
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 43, 53, 2002 57
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles
military 2006 44, 51
security 2004 55, 56
surplus weapons 2008 89
transparency 2005 110
Maldives, Republic of the
irresponsible transfers to Pakistan 2007 104
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Mali
ammunition availability 2005 19, 20, 30
armed groups 2006 252, 255, 257, 259, 261
community’s view of armed groups 2005 193
long-term gain-seeking groups 2005 196, 197
stockpiles 2003 82, 2005 187
arms sourcing to conflict 2005 160, 165–7, 169, 172–3
availability factors in conflict 2005 186
benefits of peace 2005 199
control measures, transfers 2007 128
DDR programmes 2009 185
exports, UN Register 2012 288
illicit capture of weapons 2008 54
imports 2004 113
production, manufacturing sectors 2005 47
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 241
weapons collection programmes 2002 281, 288, 302, 311, 2003 279, 2009 240
West African Moratorium 2001 260
women, small arms control 2014 40
malnutrition, indirect conflict deaths 2005 254–5
Malta
civilian holdings 2003 65
EU membership 2008 103
exports, UN Register 2012 288
illicit transfers from, to Rwanda 2002 132
imports 2006 69
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production 2001 16, 53, 2002 57
Malyutka missiles 2011 30, 32
man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) 2004 3, 77–97
Afghanistan, seizures 2003 76
attacks on aircraft 2008 12, 13
control measures 2004 90–4, 2005 109, 110, 124, 127–9, 130–7
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 125–6
licensed production 2007 28
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
countries producing 2008 34–5
definition 2011 30
definitions of small arms 2003 59
destruction programmes 2008 80, 99–102
developments 2008 18
diversion 2008 119, 120
end-use monitoring 2008 170
export controls 2008 161
Georgia 2003 203–4
held by non-state armed groups 2008 32–3
illicit
Afghanistan 2012 334, 348–9
Iraq 2012 326–9, 348–9
Mexico 2013 300–1
Somalia 2012 339–40
United States 2014 265–7
illicit transfers, Kazakhstan 2012 122
International Tracing Instrument 2006 104
licensed and unlicensed production 2007 7, 20, 21, 22, 28
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 283
manufacturing sectors 2005 58, 59, 60, 61–3
military procurement 2006 12, 14–15
parts 2012 244
producers 2011 31
production 2004 15, 33
licensed 2007 7, 20, 21, 22, 28
unlicensed 2007 7, 20, 21, 22, 28
stockpiles 2004 46, 83–4, 2008 17–18
theft 2008 53–4
threats from 2010 316
transfers 2002 116, 2006 66–7, 79, 2011 33–5
types 2008 16–18
unauthorized retransfers 2014 119
controls 2014 121, 122
West African armed groups 2006 256
Managua (Nicaragua)
gangs 2013 47–69
urban armed violence 2007 170
Manchester (United Kingdom), gang violence 2010 137, 145
mandates, peacekeeping forces 2003 295–6, 299
Mandaue City (Philippines) 2003 34
Mandela, Nelson, Burundi 2007 199
Mané, Ansumane 2006 254
Manenberg (South Africa) 2006 305
Manila (Philippines)
global cities 2007 163
violence 2007 145
mano dura (iron fist) strategies 2013 12, 69
Mano River Union, armed groups 2006 251
MANPADS see man-portable air defence systems
Manroy Engineering (United Kingdom) 2001 19, 2002 40
licensed production 2007 18
Manufacture Nationale d’armes de St Étienne (France) 2002 51, 53
manufacturers see production
manufacturers’ marks, weapons identification 2009 114–16
Manufactures d’Armes Automatiques de Bayonne (France), licensed production 2007 27
Maoism
Nepal 2002 101–2, 2003 107, 113
People’s War militaries 2005 77, 2006 47, 49
mapping, weapons tracing 2014 221
MAPU Lautaro (Chile) 2003 28
Maputo (Mozambique), carjackings 2007 172
Mara Dieciocho (Mara 18)
gang violence 2010 138, 140
prison gangs 2010 164
Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)
gang violence 2010 69, 85, 138, 139, 140
prison gangs 2010 164
maras
Central America 2012 18, 64, 2013 47
gang violence 2010 138
gangs 2008 290
prison gangs 2010 157, 164–5
March 23 Movement (M23) 2013 117–18, 119
marginalization, young men and small arms 2006 301, 305–6
marijuana, Brazil 2007 241, 301
Marikana mine (South Africa), police shootings 2013 144
Marines, firearms stocks 2001 74
marital status, firearm suicides, Brazil 2007 244, 245
Mark 19 grenade launchers 2011 25
marketing norms 2003 231
markets
global trade 2003 12–13, 101
non-lethal weapons 2003 25
prices 2007 264
Republic of the Congo 2003 270–2
United States 2003 16–17
marking
ammunition 2005 25–9, 31
control measures 2002 243–8
covert transfers 2007 97
Inter-American Convention 2001 253, 256, 2002 245–6, 247
International Tracing Instrument 2006 95, 99, 100, 106–7
inventory management 2002 261
lot-marking 2007 303, 311
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265
national reporting 2004 256, 302
NATO/EAPC 2001 274
norms 2003 231
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 212
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238–9, 240–1, 246, 247
UN Open-ended Meeting of Governmental Experts 2012 223–7
UN Programme of Action 2002 223, 226
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2001 282, 2002 246–8
see also tracing
marksmen 2004 29
Marlin Firearms Co. (United States) 2001 26, 2004 13–14, 2005 54
financial indicators 1998–2000 2002 28
rifles used in crime in US 2001 24
Marrakesh (Morocco), bombings 2013 243
marriage, forced 2014 18, 25–6
Marshall Islands
stockpiles 2003 89, 2004 283, 284
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
MAS FAMAS rifle 2011 77
masculinity
demand for small arms 2006 152, 156
gun culture 2005 205, 211, 2014 28
initmate partner violence 2013 33–4
male youth 2006 295–317
militarized 2014 14
symbolism of small arms 2006 314–16
Yemen 2003 185
Maseru (Lesotho), carjackings 2007 172
al-Masri, Sharif 2008 117
mass shootings
civilians, injury to killed ratio 2002 161
legislative and policy responses 2011 266–7
Massachusetts (United States)
civilian firearms
prohibited and restricted 2011 272
transfer regulation 2011 284
user regulation 2011 279, 280
massed infantry doctrine, military stockpiles 2005 77
Matiep, Paulino 2007 323, 324, 340, 2010 278, 280, 292, 296
Matra BAe Dynamics (France) 2004 82, 83
Matravideki Femmuvek (MFS) (Hungary) 2001 37
Mauritania 2005 167
stockpiles
military 2005 88
police 2005 89
Mauritius 2004 234, 240
Mauser 98 rifles, Iraq 2012 320, 321
Mauser Werke (Germany) 2001 32
company profile 2000 2002 34
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
ownership of 2001 2002 12
Mayors Against Illegal Guns (United States) 2008 285
Mbabane (Swaziland), crime 2007 171, 172
McCallum, Bradley 2005 152
McDowell, Michael 2007 44
McIntyre, Angela 2006 143
McLay, Jim 2012 222, 236
McMillan Bros. Rifles (United States) 2005 52
McVeigh, Timothy 2013 231
MDRP see World Bank, Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Programme
means
demand for small arms 2006 144–5, 147–8, 149, 150, 153–8
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 188
prices of assault rifles 2007 262, 263, 264, 265–6
measures see control measures
Mechanikai Muvek (Hungary) 2001 37
Médecins sans frontières (MSF)
Burundi 2007 210, 212–14, 215
Darfur 2005 236–7
Georgia 2003 210
Medellín (Colombia) 2006 234
control measures 2006 215
firearm homicides 2012 22
firearm-related deaths 2006 229
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 179
urban armed violence 2007 183
Medellín Plan Desarme (Colombia) 2008 292
media 2005 143–5
conflict deaths 2005 150–1, 235–8, 241–8
data on legal transfers 2002 123
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180
public awareness campaigns, weapons collection 2002 309
symbolic role of small arms, young men 2006 307–10
medical care, non-lethal armed violence 2012 82–3
medical costs
costs of gun violence 2003 133
costs of small arms violence 2006 189–91, 195–7, 199, 201–4, 207–8
medical profession, firearm-related mortality and injuries 2002 162
medical services see healthcare services
Meek, Sarah 2002 294
Me’ekamui Army (Bougainville) 2003 282, 303
Meeting of Governmental Experts see United Nations, Open-ended Meeting of Governmental
Experts
megacities 2007 162
armed violence 2007 164, 167–9
megaslums 2007 169
Mehserle, Johannes 2011 91–2
Mekanika Indústria e Comércio (Brazil) 2001 29
men
armed youth 2006 295–317
gender relations 2014 19–20
victimization
Colombia 2006 215, 228, 239
Papua New Guinea 2006 172
see also masculinity
Men and Women in Partnership–Liberia 2014 19
Mendi Peace Agreement (2002) 2006 157
Mendoza (Argentina), weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 302, 307–10,
2003 280
Menem, Carlos 2001 102, 2002 135
mental health
civilian firearms users 2011 276–7
indirect effects of small arms 2001 215
post-conflict 2005 274
and violent behaviour 2008 254, 255
mentally disabled people, policing 2004 236–7
mentoring, violence reduction programmes 2006 316
Mercado Commún del Sur (MERCOSUR) 2001 258
mercenaries, armed groups 2006 253
Messina, Leonardo 2013 89
Meste, Philippe 2005 155
metacities 2007 162
Metal Storm (Australia) 2003 21, 24
non-lethal shotguns 2011 83
safety features 2011 79
Metallist Urlask Plant (Kazakhstan) 2005 56, 2012 131
Metalnor Industria (Chile) 2001 30
methodology
accessibility thesis 2004 182
estimating global suicides and homicides 2004 201–2
Kyrgyzstan 2004 310
Mexican Mafia (MM) (United States) 2010 160–1
drug violence 2012 42, 44
Mexico
armed violence 2013 12
cocaine 2012 49, 50
confiscated weapons 2010 105
control measures
Brasilia Declaration (2000) 2002 212
civilian ownership 2007 124
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
disarmament 2009 163
drug trafficking 2012 43
cartel typology 2012 56
cartels in Central America 2012 61–2, 63–4
drug violence 2012 2, 3–4, 41, 46, 48, 49, 51–60
firearms 2012 29, 55, 56–60
exports
annual value 2001 148
to China 2004 129
Comtrade data 2012 274
irresponsible transfers from 2007 107
to Israel 2007 102
parts 2012 255, 257–8
transparency 2004 117, 2006 81, 2007 89, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012 291, 293,
2013 183, 2014 130
UN Register 2012 288
value 2001 2004 105
value 2003 2006 68, 71
to Venezuela 2007 107
femicides 2013 20
firearm homicides 2012 13, 16–17
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 209, 240, 2003 138, 2004 53
gang violence 2010 140
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107
homicide rates 2012 15
homicides 2009 228
illicit transfers from, to Colombia 2005 162
illicit transfers to 2001 189
from the United States 2001 188, 2002 135, 2003 108, 2012 56–60
illicit weapons 2013 2, 5, 283–302, 311–12, 2014 258, 265
craft-produced 2013 293
data 2013 285
light weapons 2013 298–302
seized caches 2013 309
small arms 2013 287–94
sources 2013 294–302
types and models 2013 289–94
imports 2003 108
from the Czech Republic 2003 109
grenade launchers 2011 26
list of exporters 2005 103, 105, 2006 71, 72
MANPADS 2004 87
military firearms 2002 116
mortars 2011 25
pistols and revolvers 2002 114, 2009 22
single-shot disposable systems 2011 28
from the United States 2001 154, 2003 106
value 2001 2004 110
value 2002 2005 108
value 2003 2006 76
informal security groups 2011 103
military procurement 2006 30
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
prison gangs, firearms 2010 173
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 45, 51, 2007 15, 26
most popular small arms 2001 19, 20
survey of producers 2001 25, 27, 53, 2002 57, 2004 17, 18, 24–5
unlicensed 2007 15, 26
stockpiles 2003 87, 2004 51, 52, 53
civilian holdings 2004 53, 2007 47–8, 124
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
victimization survey 2012 90
weapons collection programmes 2003 280
weapons diverted from United States 2008 63
Mezosy, Geza 2001 100, 2004 164
MFS 2000 Magyar Loszergyarto (Hungary) 2003 41–2
MFS see Matravideki Femmuvek
MG1/2/3 Series machine gun 2001 19, 20
MG3 machine gun 2001 40
MG42 machine guns, Iraq 2012 322
MGE see United Nations, Open-ended Meeting of Governmental Experts
MIA see Ministry of Internal Affairs
MIC see Military Industry Corporation
micro-disarmament 2002 282, 2003 292
microeconomics, small arms as a threat to development 2001 229–31
Micronesia, Federated States of
gun control measures 2004 302, 303
imports 2004 280
stockpiles 2003 89, 2004 283, 284
Middle East
ammunition 2005 14
distribution of producing countries 2002 10
firearm homicides 2004 175, 177, 200
firearm homicides and suicides 2008 219
imports 2002 16, 2003 101–2
insurgents and other non-state combatants 1999 2001 79, 2002 130
policing, average number of officers 2006 42
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 261
production
craft production 2002 16–17
distribution of producing companies 2001 10, 2003 12, 14, 2004 10
distribution of producing countries 2001 10, 2002 11, 12, 2003 11, 2004 9
licensed production 2002 41, 48–53
major producers 2003 14
survey of producers 2001 38–40, 2002 16–20
stockpiles 2003 77–80, 2005 71–2, 78, 79, 85–91
2002 update 2002 90–4
civilian holdings 2007 62
changing patterns of ownership 2007 63
military 2006 52, 53, 58
transfers, value 2000 2003 100
Middle East and North Africa (MENA), production, licensed and unlicensed 2007 23
migration
firearm homicides, Brazil 2007 233, 235–6
urban violence 2007 167
Mil-Tec Corporation, Ltd. 2001 104
MILAN ATGWs 2011 31, 32
Afghanistan 2012 334–6
production 2012 252, 260–1
Somalia 2012 339–40
MILF see Moro Islamic Liberation Front
milícias paramilitaries, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 2012 70–1
militant groups
improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 223, 232–43
knowledge proliferation 2013 241–3
in prison 2010 165–7
state sponsorship 2013 232–3
Militants combattants (Burundi) 2007 202, 206–7
militarization of refugee camps 2005 273, 274
military collapse, and arms diversion 2008 60–2
military doctrine, military stockpiles 2006 45–52, 56
military explosives, source for IEDs 2013 232–5
military firearms
ammunition 2001 27, 2002 14
customs codes 2009 10, 26
definitions 2009 32–3
European Union 2003 104
export controls 2009 61–97
exports 2001 146–7, 2002 115–17, 2006 67, 69–73
to Cyprus 2003 105
from Russia 2003 111
from the United States 2003 106, 107
importers 2006 75–8
manufacturing sectors 2005 45–6, 49–53, 55–7, 58–62
market 2004 38
marking and tracing 2006 107
parts, transfers 2012 258–61
pistols 2004 28
power 2007 48
production 2002 14, 2004 10–11, 13–14, 16, 2006 7–30
ammunition 2002 14
Argentina 2001 29
Canada 2001 27
global production 2001 12–14, 2002 9–10, 13, 15
licensed and unlicensed 2007 7–32
most important companies 2003 14–15
United States 2001 26, 2002 29
Switzerland, transfer to civilian ownership 2007 54
technology and innovation 2003 21
trade decline 2003 102
transfer to civilian ownership 2007 54, 60–1
transfers
2006 2009 28–30, 32–9
Comtrade data 2000–2006 2009 23–5
undocumented 2009 31
trends in exports 1995–1999 2002 147
see also military rifles
Military Industry Corporation (MIC) (Sudan) 2002 18–19
ammunition production 2014 194, 195–6, 198–9, 202
weapons production 2014 231–2
military integration, post-conflict security 2009 233, 236
military intervention, cost-benefit analysis 2006 195
military personnel, thefts of weapons by 2008 49, 51
military procurement 2006 7–30
accessories 2012 272–5
age of stock 2006 14–16
Cambodia 2006 135
demand for small arms 2006 145, 147
development of new weapons 2006 23
importers 2006 74
neighbouring country’s, prices 2007 264, 266, 271, 281, 282, 283
production estimates 2006 54–6
weapons prices 2007 263, 264, 267, 281, 283
Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI) 2001 109, 2011 108
military rifles
destruction programmes 2002 73
exports, from the United States 2001 154, 155
global production by volume 1980–2000 2001 13
military shotguns 2001 155
military sidearms, global production 1980–2000 2001 13
military small arms, transfers, trends 2001–2011 2014 113–17
military stockpiles 2006 37–60
Africa 2003 80, 81, 83–4
ammunition 2005 29–30
diversions 2007 289–301
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001 177
by country 2006 44
Cambodia 2006 119, 125
Central African Republic 2005 311, 312, 314
Central America 2003 90
China 2002 94, 95, 2005 81
Colombia 2005 161, 2006 219–20
Constabulary militaries 2006 50–1
crossover to civilian market 2007 54, 60–1
destruction programmes 2007 64–5
distribution of firearms 2001 4, 59
diversions from 2006 38–9
2002 update 2002 137–8
Albania 1997 2001 176–7, 200–1, 273, 2002 76–7, 298–9, 2006 38, 44, 47
Argentina 2001 184–5
Central African Republic 2005 320
Chile 2006 85
Colombia 2005 161
conflict sourcing 2005 172
Georgia 2005 171–2
Kazakhstan 2001 179
Mali 2005 165–6, 169
Philippines 2001 183
Republic of the Congo 2003 259–61
Sierra Leone 2001 172–3
South America 2006 65, 83, 85
Tajikistan 2005 170
terrorist groups 2004 102
US Army 2002 260–1
West African armed groups 2006 254–5, 259, 266
Europe 2003 66
Finland 2004 46
firearms attrition 2001 76–7
global estimates 2001 59, 71–7, 88, 2002 73, 75, 76, 102–4, 103–4, 2006 37–8, 45, 52–4,
2007 43
Iraq 2004 44–50
Japan 2005 82
Kyrgyzstan 2004 312–13
largest 2006 56–8
Latin America 2004 51
marking 2002 244
methodology 2001 65, 2004 46, 2005 76–8
Middle East 2005 86–7
military doctrine 2002 74–9, 2006 45–52, 56
multipliers 2005 77
North Korea 2005 83
Northeast Asia 2005 79–80, 84
Pacific 2003 89, 2004 284, 287–90
Pakistan 2002 100–1
People’s War militaries 2006 47–50
post-Cold War surplus weapons 2001 76
pre-automatic, data on 2007 43
procurement 2006 14–16
relative significance 2007 42
reserve militaries 2006 51–2
reserve weapons 2001 71–2, 80, 2002 85
sold to civilians in the US 2003 61
South America 2006 86
South Korea 2005 83
stockpile security 2004 54–6
Switzerland, transfer to civilian ownership 2007 54
Taiwan 2005 84
Togo 2002 81, 82
transferred to civilian market 2002 246
transparency 2001 72–3, 2006 45, 58–60
Trinitarian militaries 2006 46–7
types of weapons 2006 53, 54
United Kingdom 2001 68
United States 2001 66, 2002 83–6, 2003 17, 2006 44, 46, 47, 53, 56, 57
weapons-to-troop ratios 2002 75–7, 79
see also national stockpiles; stockpiles; surplus weapons
military strategy, stockpiles 2006 45–52, 56
militias
Algeria 2007 77
Burundi 2007 202, 206–7
Cambodia 2006 130–1, 134
Central African Republic 2005 305–10, 311, 312
changing roles 2010 269–72
command and control 2005 195
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 212–14
demand for small arms 2006 145
Georgia 2003 193, 194, 197, 205–10
Haiti 2007 174
militarization of refugee camps 2005 273, 274
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 182
Nigeria 2005 75
Republic of the Congo 2003 256–73, 2014 151–3
Somalia 2007 92–4
South Sudan 2007 317, 318–19, 320, 321–5
Switzerland 2002 78
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
Uganda 2006 287
urban armed violence 2007 174, 182, 183
fragmentation of public space 2007 176
political 2007 174, 175
Venezuela 2007 186
Venezuela, urban violence in Caracas 2007 186
West Africa 2006 247–67, 249
see also paramilitaries; pro-government armed groups
Milkor Multiple Grenade Launcher (MGL) 2003 23
Millennium Development Goals 2013 146
Millennium Project 2005 287
‘Million Faces’ petition 2014 78
Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Convention) see Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,
Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
(1997)
Minera Yanacocha (Peru) 2011 148–9, 156
mines
limpet mines 2008 9
Ottawa Convention (1997) 2008 9, 94–5
see also landmines
Mines Advisory Group (MAG), Mpila explosions (Republic of the Congo) 2014 150, 163, 166,
167
Minigun, as light weapon 2008 10
Minimi (M249) light machine gun 2001 26, 2003 113
Burundi 2007 204
exports to Nepal 2003 113
production 2001 26, 2004 31
licensed
acquiring countries 2007 18
worldwide 2002 45
technological developments 2003 22
US Army acquisitions 2000 2002 86
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
Minin, Leonid 2004 163–4, 2008 121, 135
mining, explosives, diversion 2013 235–7
Ministry of Defence Military Industrial Department (Armenia) 2003 48
Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) (Georgia) 2003 203–4
MINUCI see United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire
MINURCA see United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic
MINUSTAH see United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
mirror statistics, global trade 2006 66–7
MISAC see Monitoring the Implementation of Small Arms Controls
Misagh-1 MANPADS, Iraq 2012 327
Miskine, Abdulaye 2005 309
Misr assault rifle 2001 39, 2002 17
identifying 2009 113
Misseriya Arabs, Sudan 2010 296
missile-launching weapons see man-portable air defence systems
missiles, Georgia 2003 203–4
Mistral 2004 82, 83, 84
MK 19 grenade launcher 2002 84, 86, 2008 24
MK 118 Mod 0 High Explosive Dual-Purpose (HEDP) warhead 2008 25
MKE (Turkey) 2013 189, 190
MKEK see Makina ve Kimya Endustrisi Kurumu
Mkhedrioni forces (Georgia) 2003 193–4
ML see Wassenaar Arrangement Munitions List
MLC see Movement de libération du Congo
MLPC see Mouvement de libération du peuple centrafricain
MLRS see multiple-launch rocket system
MM see Mexican Mafia
Mmono, B. S. 2008 197
MNCs see multinational corporations
MNLF see Moro National Liberation Front
MNSTC-I see Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq
mobilization
People’s War doctrine 2006 47–50
Reserve militaries 2006 51–2
Mobutu Sese Seko, Joseph 2013 117
arms for UNITA in Angola 2001 117–18, 119, 173, 2005 192
Central African Republic 2005 304, 317–18
diamond trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2001 108
Mockus, Antanas 2006 230–2
Model 92FS self-loading pistol 2007 10
MODEL see Movement for Democracy in Liberia
modelling, costs of small arms violence 2006 192
modular assault rifles 2003 24
modular weapons 2012 246
Mogadishu (Somalia), armed violence 2012 160, 162
Mohamed, Abdelrahim 2007 325
Moi, Daniel Arap 2001 175, 2013 107
Mojahideen al-Khalq 2002 90
mokahala 2005 87
‘Mokhtar’ machine guns, South Sudan 2014 233
Moldova
ammunition, stockpiles 2008 91, 93
civilian ownership 2003 65
DDR and weapons reduction programmes 2003 284, 293, 2005 290
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
exports 2003 109–10, 2004 103
UN Register 2012 288
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 233, 241
illicit transfers from, to Liberia 2002 132
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 33
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 278
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production 2001 16, 30, 34, 53, 2002 57
seizures of illicit arms 2001 176
sub-machine guns, diverted to Liberia 2008 116, 117
theft from military stockpile 2008 55
MoldTransavia 2008 117
Molot Joint Stock Company (Russian Federation) 2001 33, 2004 14, 15, 16, 122
Mombasa (Kenya), MANPADS attack (2002) 2004 85, 86, 87–8, 90, 2008 12
Monaco
production 2001 16, 53, 2002 57
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
money laundering, brokers 2001 106–7
Mongolia
exports, UN Register 2012 288
imports 2002 147
monitoring 2004 5, 249–71
data on legal transfers 2001 144
disarmament 2003 290, 292–3
Inter-American Convention 2001 253
inter-governmental, data on legal transfers 2001 144
OAS Model Regulations 2001 255
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2002 209
Monitoring the Implementation of Small Arms Controls (MISAC) 2004 259
Monrovia (Liberia) 2002 134, 2005 182–3, 2008 11–12
Monsieur, Jacques 2001 106, 2014 156
Montaz i Mechanika (Bulgaria) 2003 44
Montenegro
alleged arms embargo violations, 2001 2002 132
ammunition
stockpiles 2008 91, 93
transfers, transparency 2010 11
demilitarization industry 2013 203–4
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 95
exports
transparency 2010 13, 15, 2011 16, 2012 292, 302, 305, 2013 181, 183, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 134
illicit transfers from, to the KLA 2004 133
law enforcement stockpiles 2006 40
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
surplus weapons, transferred to Afghanistan and Iraq 2008 79
see also Serbia and Montenegro
Monterrico Metals plc 2011 153
Montesinos, Vladimiro 2005 163, 2008 120, 123, 124, 129, 134, 135, 136
Montevideo Free Zone, exports, weapon sights 2012 270–1
Montreux Document on Pertinent International Obligations and Good Practices for States
Related to Operations of Private Military and Security Companies during Armed Conflict
2011 124–5, 127, 151, 157
Montserrat, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Moore, Michael 2005 21
Mopita, Jean-Claude 2014 163
Moqtada al-Sadr militia, explosions at arms depots 2010 322
moratoriums, disarmament 2003 309
morbidity, design of weapons 2001 211
Moritán, Roberto García 2011 54
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) (Philippines) 2006 253, 2010 319
illicit production 2001 46, 2013 310–11
illicit transfers to 2001 183
illicit weapons 2013 302–4, 308
production, light weapons 2008 15
stockpiles 2002 98
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) 2001 183, 2005 285, 2010 117
firearms 2010 122
Morocco
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 15
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 16, 18, 19, 57
stockpiles 2005 86–7, 89, 90
civilian holdings 2007 59
Morris, Janet and Chris 2011 84
mortality
data 2002 162
national control of civilian ownership 2002 263
post-conflict 2009 222–3
trends 2002 162
victims 2002 163–6
Yemen 2003 172
see also firearm homicides; firearm suicides
mortar bombs, parts 2012 244
mortar grenades, Colombia 2006 223
mortar rounds
Iranian, Sudan 2014 229
Sudanese 2014 233
mortar tubes, Sudanese 2014 233
mortars
attack on Monrovia (2003) 2005 182–3, 2008 11–12
Burundi 2007 86, 197, 204, 212, 213
Colombia 2006 223, 225
control measures 2005 124
countries producing 2008 34–5
FAMAE 2001 30
gang use, Nicaragua 2013 60, 61–2
guidance systems 2008 27
home-made 2013 61–2
lethality 2008 11–12
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 283
parts 2012 244
production 2001 41, 2002 72, 2004 8, 33–4, 2005 57, 2008 26–7
ranges 2008 26, 27
Republic of the Congo 2003 268
stockpiles 2002 63, 70–3, 2004 46
technological developments 2010 34
transfers 2010 10, 27–32, 2011 24–5
transport of 2008 10
types 2008 26–7
types of 2010 28
Moscow (Russian Federation)
distance from, prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 269, 281, 282, 283
gang violence 2010 137
private security companies, firearm stockpiles 2011 113
Moscow Accords (1994) 2003 207
Moscow coup, Georgia 2003 198
Mosin-Nagant rifles, Iraq 2012 320
Mossberg 500 shotgun 2011 83
Mossberg, O.F. & Sons (United States) 2005 54
12GA Shotgun, used in crime in the US 2001 24
company profile 2000 2002 29
financial indicators 2002 21, 28
shotgun barrels, tranfers 2012 257–8
survey of producers 2001 26
Mothers Against Gang Warfare (MAGW) (United States) 2008 234
motivations
demand for small arms 2006 143, 144–5, 147–8, 149–53, 158
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 277–8
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 188
Papua New Guinea 2006 175, 182–3
prices of assault rifles 2007 262, 263, 264, 265–6, 271
weapons collection 2002 305–6
West African armed groups 2006 248, 250–2, 258
young men and small arms 2006 302–10
‘Mouflon’ 2003 243
Mouvement contre les Armes Légères en Afrique de l’Ouest (MALAO) 2014 52, 53
Mouvement de libération du peuple centrafricain (MLPC) 2005 307–8, 312
Mouvement patriotique du Côte d’Ivoire (MPCI) 2003 82, 2006 254, 256
guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
Movement of Central African Liberators (Mouvement des Libérateurs Centrafricains pour la
Justice) (MLCJ) 2010 324
Movement de libération du Congo (MLC) 2005 304
Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) 2005 167–9, 2006 249, 256
Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) (Senegal) 2005 199, 2006 249,
254
Movement of the Democratic Forces of Guinea (RFDG) 2003 82, 2006 249, 256
Movement for Justice and Peace (Mouvement pour la justice et la paix) 2006 256
Movement of Nigeriens for Justice, arms depots 2010 322
Mozambique
AK-47 2001 17, 2002 66
carjackings 2007 172
DDR and weapons reduction 2005 277, 285, 290, 2009 185
Operation Rachel 1995–2003 2003 244, 279, 2005 290
peace process 2003 304, 305, 2005 277, 285
Tools for Arms Project 1995–2001 2002 294, 302, 2003 279
firearm violence and crime 2004 193
intimate partner violence 2013 28
NGOs and control 2002 243
percentage of population killed in conflict 2001 210
policing
extrajudicial execution 2004 230
post-conflict reform 2004 240
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices
AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
state-led violence 2009 229
stockpiles 2001 62, 64, 2003 80
civilian holdings 2007 50, 172
weapons lotteries 2009 240
MP-5 machine gun, Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
MPCI see Mouvement patriotique du Côte d’Ivoire
Mpila ammunition depot explosions (Republic of the Congo) (2012) 2014 5, 145–70
blast radius 2014 158–9
casualities 2014 145, 146, 159–61
causes 2014 148–50
chronology 2014 146–8
consequences 2014 156–66
damage and loss 2014 157–9
depot contents 2014 150–1
economic impacts 2014 146
evaluation survey 2014 145, 146, 167
government response 2014 161–4
infrastructure damage 2014 164–5
international response 2014 166
provenance of the ammunition 2014 151–6
storage conditions 2014 155
MPRI see Military Professional Resources Inc.
MPT (Tondar) 2002 52
Mpumalanga (South Africa), fatal injuries 2013 137
MS-13 see Mara Salvatrucha
MSF see Médecins sans frontières
Mthethwa, Nathi 2013 143
Mudanjiang North Alloy Tool (China) 2014 196
Mugabe, Robert 2001 108, 109
Muggah, Robert 2006 144
mugobore 2007 204, 205
mujahideen forces, illicit transfers to, craft production in Pakistan 2003 32–3
Multi-Donor Fund 2009 271
Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I)
irresponsible transfers to Iraq 2007 85
stockpile security 2007 83
multilateral measures 2001 251–83
controls, brokering 2002 256–7
disarmament and human development 2003 151–4
marking 2002 245–7
multinational corporations (MNCs)
corporate social responsibility 2011 139–41, 151–3
extractive industries 2011 139
private security companies, use of 2011 5, 135–58
security
accountability 2011 151–3
hybrid 2011 2–3, 146–50
in-house security 2011 141–3
international or domestic 2011 143
needs 2011 136–41
public security 2011 143–6
regulation 2011 150–8
multiple system estimation (MSE), conflict deaths 2005 239, 240, 241, 242–3
multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS)
demilitarization 2013 188, 194–5
transfers, to Europe 2003 104
Mumbai (India)
gangs, membership 2010 106, 107
urban political armed violence 2007 175
urbanization 2007 162, 168
municipal arms reduction, Colombia 2006 230–3
municipal governments, violence reduction programmes 2007 171, 178–88
munitions, Arms Trade Treaty 2014 82
Munora Holdings (Malaysia) 2001 43, 2002 51, 53
murders see homicides
Murle people (Sudan) 2007 334, 335, 337–8
militia 2014 215
weapons 2014 226, 227, 237, 238
tribal conflict 2010 286–8
museums, civilian firearms 2011 286
Museveni, Yoweri 2002 291, 2006 274–5
muskets, Yemen 2003 172
Muslim Brotherhood see Ikhwan-ul Muslimoon
mutinies, Central African Republic 2005 320, 321–2
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114, 115, 147, 2005 51–3
Myanmar 2002 129, 142–3
ammunition, procurement 2010 32
armed groups 2006 253
child soldiers 2001 230
displaced persons 2001 2002 196
draft ASEAN declaration on small arms 2002 215
illicit transfers from 2001 181–2
illicit transfers to 2002 133, 2004 131
Bangladesh as a transit country 2002 143
imports
human rights 2004 128, 131
irresponsible transfers to 2007 103
MANPADS 2004 88
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 15, 33
non-state armed groups, firearms 2010 122
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit 2001 46
licensed production 2002 51
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 43, 53, 2002 57
naciones, Ecuador 2010 211
NADER anti-tank rockets, Iraq 2012 324
Nadi Framework 2004 301, 2011 265
Nagorno-Karabakh
illicit transfers to 2001 178, 179–80, 2002 133
insurgents and other non-state combatants 1999 2001 79
production 2003 47–8
Nairobi (Kenya)
carjackings 2007 172
urban violence 2007 163, 175
victimization rates 2007 173
Nairobi Best Practice Guidelines (2005), transfer controls 2008 160–2
Nairobi Declaration (2000) 2001 263–4, 2002 242, 262
Nairobi Guidelines 2007 130
Nairobi Protocol (2004) 2005 24, 125, 126, 135, 2010 49–50, 2011 264, 2013 35
stockpile management 2014 169
unauthorized retransfers 2014 121, 122
NAM see Non-Aligned Movement
Namibia
alleged arms embargo violations, 2001 2002 132
brokers, diamond trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2001 108
carjackings 2007 172
civilian holdings 2003 239, 241, 2007 172
DDR and weapons reduction programmes 2003 292, 2005 290, 2009 185
disarmament 2009 163
exports
human rights 2004 129, 130
irresponsible transfers to Angola 2007 98
firearm violence and crime 2004 193
imports 2003 118, 2005 103, 2006 72, 74, 76
policing, post-conflict reform 2004 240
prices
black market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
naming and shaming, West African armed groups 2006 265–6
Nammo AS (Finland/Sweden/Norway) 2003 15
Nammo Buck GmbH (Germany) 2013 189, 190, 194, 203
Nammo Demil LLC 2013 193
Nammo Lapua Oy (Finland) 2002 12
Nammo NAD (Norway) 2013 189, 190, 203
Nammo (Norway), airburst grenades 2011 25
Nammo Vingåkersverken (Sweden) 2013 199, 202, 203
Nasir Peace Force (Sudan) 2007 324
Nasser, Gamal Abdul 2003 175
national action plans (NAPs), small arms control and women 2014 46–54
National Anti-mafia Directorate see Direzione Nazionale Antimafia
National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) 2006 120
National Army of Independent Kampuchea (ANKI) (Cambodia) 2006 120–1, 125, 126
National Capital District (NCD) (Papua New Guinea) 2006 165, 166, 167–78
national commissions, disarmament 2003 293
National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (NCDDR) (Sierra
Leone) 2003 307
National Congress for the Defense of the Congolese People (CNDP) (Democratic Republic of
the Congo), guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
National Congress Party (NCP) (Sudan) 2007 318, 321–2, 333
relations with GoSS 2010 277–8
national control measures
air cargo companies 2001 112–14
air transportation 2010 50–4
black market 2001 166
brokers 2001 96, 101–2, 103–5, 123–6, 130, 2002 254–5
civilian ownership 2007 62, 63
Chile 2003 28–9
Europe 2003 66–7
South Africa 2003 30–1
Turkey 2003 31–2
illicit craft production
Ghana 2003 30
Philippines 2003 35
MANPADS 2005 130–7
marking 2002 244–5
transport agents 2001 123–6, 130
UN Programme of Action 2002 222–5
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) (Sudan) 2001 174
National Democratic Front for Bodoland (NDFB) 2001 181
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), weapon-related commitments 2010 317,
318
National Disarmament Commission (NDC) (Afghanistan) 2009 292–3
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) (United States) 2012 95, 96
National Gun Control Committee (NGCC) (Papua New Guinea) 2006 165, 184
National Gun Summit (Papua New Guinea) 2006 165, 167
national immunization days (NIDs) 2002 170
National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS) (South Africa) 2012 96, 97, 2013
136–7
National Islamic Front (NIF) 2010 278
national laws
Great Lakes region and Horn of Africa 2002 262–3
UN Small Arms Conference (2001), draft Programme of Action 2002 208–9
national legislation, civilian ownership, controls 2002 263–71
National Liberation Army (ELN) (Colombia) 2006 216
civilian casualties 2006 224
command and control 2006 221
conflict sourcing 2005 161–3
guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
illicit trafficking 2006 222
stockpiles 2001 80, 2002 82–3, 2006 221
National Liberation Army (NLA) (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) 2003 67
disarmament 2003 289
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
stockpiles 2002 89–90
weapons collection 2002 293
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) 2010 187
National Organisation for Military Production (NOMP) (Egypt) 2001 38–9
National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) 2003 82, 2005 167, 193, 194
National Points of Contact (NPCs) 2006 58–60, 83, 2011 43, 59, 61
National Redemption Front (Sudan) 2007 92
National Reloading Manufacturers Association 2005 15
National Resistance Army (NRA) (Uganda) 2005 187, 196, 2006 274–5
National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti (Front pour la Libération et la
Reconstruction Nationales) 2011 231–3
National Rifle Association (NRA) (United States) 2004 70–1, 2005 75
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 124
accessibility thesis 2001 202
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238
UN Programme of Action 2002 221, 224
UN Small Arms Conference 2002 217, 247
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 283
national security
Constabulary military doctrine 2006 50–1
exports, transparency 2007 96
humanitarian approach 2002 177
International Tracing Instrument 2006 105, 109–10
military stockpiles 2006 58
state demand for small arms 2006 147
state-to-state transfers, UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
transparency of legal transfers 2001 142
National Security Committee (KNB) (Kazakhstan) attacks on 2012 107, 116, 136
National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), illicit transfers to 2001 181
national sovereignty
ASEAN initiatives 2001 267–8
brokering controls 2002 255–6, 257
Colombia 2006 217
humanitarian approach to small arms 2002 177
legal transfers 2002 203
national controls 2002 272
state demand for small arms 2006 147
tracing and marking 2006 107–8, 109–10
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133–4
national stockpiles
ammunition 2008 89–94
definition 2008 44
diversions
extra-security force diversion 2008 53–6
high-order 2008 56–62
intra-security force diversion 2008 48–53
issued stocks 2008 51
low-order 2008 47–56
military collapse 2008 60–2
official conspiracy 2008 56–9
types 2008 46
management of 2008 59–60
military requirements 2008 86–9
security of 2008 52–3, 55–6, 66, 69–70
surplus 2008 86–9
destruction programmes 2008 106–7
thefts from storage 2008 48–51, 53–4
see also military stockpiles
national transfer reports 2003 98–102
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) see União Nacional para a
Independência Total de Angola
NATO see North Atlantic Treaty Organization
natural resources
armed groups 2006 250
disarmament 2003 301
South Sudan 2007 317, 318, 333
Yemen 2003 172
Nauru
civilian ownership 2004 283
gun control measures 2004 302
illicit weapons and trade 2004 285
imports 2004 280, 281
stockpiles 2003 89, 2004 284
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
navies
firearms stocks 2001 74
Georgia 2003 197
Nazarbayev, Nursultan 2012 109, 116, 132
Nazi Germany, weapons collection 2009 165
NCACC see South Africa, National Conventional Arms Control Committee
NCD see National Capital District
NCDDR see National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration
NCP see National Congress Party
NDA see National Democratic Alliance
Ndadaye, Melchior 2007 199
Ndayikengurukiye, Colonel Jean-Bosco 2007 218
NDC see National Disarmament Commission
NDFB see National Democratic Front for Bodoland
NDFP see National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Ndoubabé, Victor 2005 309
NDPVF see Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force
’Ndrangheta
firearms 2013 89
firearms trafficking 2013 93
homicides 2013 83, 84, 85
structure 2013 79
NDV see Niger Delta Vigilante
NDVF see Niger Delta Volunteer Force
necessity, policing 2004 218–19
Negev machine gun 2002 35, 123
negotiation, disarmament 2003 277–316
neighbourhood watch groups (NWGs), Somaliland 2012 163, 166
neighbourhood watch schemes
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180
Papua New Guinea 2006 183
NEISS see National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
Nelegal operation (Kazakhstan) 2012 122
Nepal
ammunition, procurement 2010 32
armed violence impacts on children 2009 200
attacks on schools 2009 204
caste system 2014 23
conflict, sexual violence 2014 21
conflict deaths 2005 248, 249
DDR programmes 2009 185
firearms, gendered attitudes 2014 23–4
imports 2003 97, 113, 2004 125, 2005 106
irresponsible transfers to 2007 103
from the United States 2003 97, 107, 113, 2004 120, 121
value 2001 2004 109
military procurement 2006 16, 22, 27, 30
non-state armed groups, firearms 2010 122
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
production 2002 57
social norms 2014 24–6, 27–8
stockpiles 2002 79, 80, 101–2
violence against women and girls 2014 4, 9, 20–6, 28–9
weapons records 2009 128
women, conflict roles 2014 21–2, 38
Neshat, Shirin 2005 148–9
Netherlands
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
brokering 2004 161
controls 2002 254
extraterritorial jurisdiction 2004 158
international cooperation on 2004 150
licensing 2004 153, 154, 155, 156
registration 2004 159
civilian ownership 2003 64
data on private legal firearms 2001 85
firearm homicides 1999 2001 239
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 97
export controls, exceptions 2009 79
exports
ammunition 2009 16
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
classification of 2004 108
Comtrade data 2012 275
human rights 2004 130
irresponsible transfers from 2007 100
list of importers 2005 108, 2006 76
military firearms 2001 146, 147, 2002 115, 116
national reporting 2001 150–1, 2002 119, 120, 122
share of total arms exports 2001 144
tracing 2014 223
transit trade 2003 104–5
transparency 2005 110, 111, 112, 2007 88, 2009 8, 49, 2010 8, 15, 2011 16, 2012 292,
298, 299, 300, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 134
to the United States 2004 124
value 2002 2005 104
firearm homicide-suicides 2013 27
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 203, 239
gang violence 2010 137
gangs, gun ownership 2010 110, 111
imports
ammunition 2009 16, 17
Comtrade data 2001 156, 2009 12
list of exporters 2005 103
military firearms 2002 116
military small arms and light weapons 2009 25
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
top importers 2004 2007 74
transit trade 2003 104–5
value 1994–1998 2001 157
value 2001 2004 110
value 2002 2005 108
value 2003 2006 76
intimate partner violence 2013 21
military procurement 2006 30
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 182
non-fatal firearm injuries 2012 96
police handguns 2011 74
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 15, 21
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 81
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 57
stockpiles
civilian holdings, correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
military 2006 45
destruction programmes 2007 65
transfers, transit trade 2003 104–5
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 74, 281, 2004 58
Netherlands Antilles, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Neutron Research and Production (Armenia) 2003 48
New Caledonia
civilian ownership 2004 283
gun control measures 2004 302
imports 2004 280, 281, 282
stockpiles 2003 89, 2004 284
New Forces (Côte d’Ivoire) 2006 249
new humanitarianism 2002 184–6
New Jersey (United States)
civilian firearms
licences 2011 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 272
registration 2011 274
reporting requirements 2011 291
storage requirements 2011 292
transfer regulation 2011 284
use regulation 2011 285
user regulation 2011 276, 277
New Lachaussée 2005 14
New Orleans (United States), homicide rate 2007 165
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) 2005 287
New People’s Army (NPA) (Philippines), illicit weapons 2013 302–4
New South Wales (Australia)
civilian firearms
licences 2011 280
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
self-defence use 2011 289–90
user regulation 2011 276, 279
new wars, humanitarian impacts 2002 173–6, 181, 184–6
New York City (United States)
global cities 2007 163
homicides 1968-2004 2007 166, 184
policing, broken-window theory 2007 184
New York Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States 2014 91
New Zealand
Bougainville conflict 2004 294, 295
civilian firearms
carrying in public 2011 293
licences 2011 280
prohibited and restricted 2011 270
registration 2011 274
regulation 2011 266–7
self-defence use 2011 290
storage requirements 2011 292, 293
user regulation 2011 276, 277, 278, 279
civilian ownership 2004 283, 301, 302, 303
changing patterns of ownership 2007 63
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
data on private legal firearms 2001 85
firearm homicides 1999 2001 239
costs of small arms violence 2006 194, 200
disarmament 2009 163
exports 2001 148
reporting of 2009 27
UN Register 2012 288
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 203, 209, 239, 240
imports 2004 281, 282
from Brazil 2004 123
list of exporters 2005 103, 2006 68
from the United States 2004 120, 280
value 2003 2006 74, 77
mass shootings 2011 266
mortar production 2008 27
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
light weapons 2008 35
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 57
smuggling 2004 285
stockpiles 2003 88, 89
distribution of firearms 2001 66–7
law enforcement 2006 40, 43
leakage 2004 287, 288
state stockpiles 2004 284
UN Small Arms Conference (2001), Programme of Action 2002 210–11
violence and crime 2004 179, 295, 2006 194, 200
Newmont Mining Corporation 2011 148–9, 156
Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) 2008 26
NF see Nuestra Familia
NF Segurança 2011 150
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG) 2014 37–8, 57
NGOs see non-governmental organizations
NGOWG see NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Niari (Republic of the Congo) 2003 267–8
Nicaragua
conflict, economic effects of 2001 232
Contra war 2013 48
control measures
Framework Agreement for Democratic Security in Central America 2001 257
Inter-American Convention 2001 256
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
costs of small arms violence 2006 193
crime statistics 2013 48–9
DDR and weapons reduction 2002 74, 292–4, 302, 2003 280, 282, 2005 277, 290
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 100, 101
disarmament 2009 163
diversion, weapons to Colombia 2008 121, 122, 124, 126
exports, human rights 2004 130, 132
firearm homicides 2012 13, 16, 18–19
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 232
gang violence 2009 211
gangs 2013 1, 3, 47–69
before 1990 2013 49–50
1990 to 2005 2013 50–1
2005 to the present 2013 51–2
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
knowledge and training 2013 66–7, 68
membership 2010 106, 107
weapon sources 2013 63–6, 68
weapon use 2013 59–63
home-made weapons 2013 61–3
homicide rates 2012 15
homicides 2009 227, 228
illicit transfers from, to Colombia 2001 188–9, 2003 116, 2004 130, 2005 162, 2006 85
illicit transfers to, Cold War grey market 2001 169
initmate partner violence 2013 33
insecurity 2002 166, 195
pandillas 2013 1, 12, 47–8, 53–69
police, source of gang weapons 2013 65–6
post-conflict violence 2005 271
prices
black-market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 278
private security companies
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
personnel 2011 105
stockpiles, civilian holdings 2007 65
urban policing 2013 52
Nicaragua–Honduras, DDR programmes 2009 185
niche markets 2003 10, 20–3
NIF see National Islamic Front
Niger
armed groups 2006 255, 259
DDR programmes 2005 291, 2009 185
disarmament 2009 163
exports, human rights 2004 132
illicit transfers from
to Liberia 2004 132
to RUF in Sierra Leone 2002 132, 2004 132
imports, authorized transfers 1999–2002 2004 113
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
West African Moratorium 2001 260
Niger Delta
multinational corporations, security 2011 148–9
resource conflict 2013 103, 118, 119
Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) (Nigeria) 2006 249, 263, 2010 270
Niger Delta Vigilante (NDV) (Nigeria) 2006 249, 263
Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF) (Nigeria) 2006 249
Nigeria
armed groups
command structure 2006 252
craft production 2006 255
DDR programmes 2006 263
illicit transfers to 2006 255, 256
motivations 2006 250–1
typology 2006 249
civilian firearms ownership 2007 172
conflict, percentage of population killed in 2001 210
disarmament 2009 163
disarmament attempt 2005 75
diversion, weapons from Yugoslavia to Liberia 2008 121
illicit transfers from
to Liberia 2004 144
to Mali 2005 167
illicit transfers to 2003 30
imports 2004 114, 2005 103
irresponsible transfers to 2007 103
shotgun shells 2010 25
improvised explosive devices (IEDs), casualties 2013 226
MANPADS 2006 256
non-lethal armed violence 2012 82, 83
policing, urban political armed violence 2007 175
prices
black-market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 278
private security companies 2011 143, 148–9
armed 2011 114
personnel 2011 105
training 2011 124
pro-government armed groups 2010 266
production
ammunition 2005 15
craft production 2006 255
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 43, 45, 46–7, 2007 15, 18
light weapons 2008 35
survey of producers 2001 40, 41, 53, 2002 57
resource conflict 2013 116, 119
stockpiles 2003 82, 83
vigilante groups 2010 267
violence and crime 2003 139, 2004 193, 194, 196, 198, 2006 201
urban armed violence 2007 167, 171, 175, 183
women, conflict roles 2014 39
night commuting, Uganda 2006 280–1
Night Owls (Norway) 2010 247
night-vision equipment 2005 46, 58, 2012 245
Nike-Fiocchi (Hungary) 2001 37, 2003 42
Nikonov assault rifle (AN-94) 2002 25
intellectual property rights 2007 24
NIMSS see National Injury Mortality Surveillance System
Ninjas (Republic of the Congo) 2003 256–8
holdings 2003 260–1, 264–5, 268–9
NISAT see Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers
Niti Kazanlak (Bulgaria) 2003 44
Nitrokemia (Hungary) 2001 37
Niue
civilian ownership 2004 283
gun control measures 2004 302
illicit weapons and trade 2004 285
stockpiles 2003 88, 89, 2004 284
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Nizigama, Serge 2007 86
Nkunda, Laurent 2009 222
Nkurunziza, Pierre 2007 86, 199
NLA see National Liberation Army (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
Nobel, Alfred 2013 219
Nobel Laureate Code see International Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers (1997)
NOMP see National Organisation for Military Production
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Bamako Declaration (2000) (OAU) 2002 213
Brasilia Declaration 2002 212
UN Programme of Action 2002 223
non-conflict armed violence 2013 1–2, 3–4, 7–13
see also gangs; intimate partner violence
non-EU European countries 2003 108–11
non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
aiding the arming of non-state actors 2002 186
Conference 2002 242–3
conflict deaths 2005 233–4
control 2002 242–3
DDR and weapons destruction 2003 155–6, 2005 277, 287
disarmament and development 2003 155–6
global measures 2001 277
Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 265
military protection for personnel on humanitarian missions 2002 189–90
monitoring 2004 257, 258–63, 269, 271
research on legal transfers 2001 143
supply-side controls 2001 223
UN Biennial Meeting of States 2004 2
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238
UN Programme of Action 2002 229
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2002 205, 217–18
urban armed violence 2007 178
non-guided light weapons
licensed and unlicensed production 2007 20, 21–2
trade 2011 23–9
non-lethal armed violence 2012 2, 4, 79–101
access to medical care 2012 82–3
ammunition used 2012 82
comparison with fatal injuries 2012 91–4
costs of injuries 2012 94
data sources 2012 87–91
intentional 2012 84–7
monitoring systems 2012 80–1, 94–101
severity 2012 81–2
stray bullets 2012 86
terminology 2012 81
United States 2014 251–2
non-lethal injuries, intimate partner violence 2013 28–9
non-lethal weapons 2005 16, 51, 53
definition 2011 72
policing 2004 221–4
technological developments 2003 25
see also less-lethal weapons
non-state actors
anti-tank guided weapons 2008 20
diversion from national stockpiles 2008 53–6
improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2008 14–15, 31
light weapons holdings 2008 15–16, 17–18, 31, 32–3
non-state armed groups
battlefield seizures and war booty 2002 138–9
Brazil 2007 289–90, 301–11
Central African Republic 2005 304, 305, 312
conflict goods 2002 139–41, 142
conflict use 2005 181
definition 2006 248, 2010 116, 256–7
diversions to, ammunition 2007 289–312
dormant or active 2010 116–17
identity change 2010 118
illicit transfers to 2007 91
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123–4
arms embargoes 2002 131–3
complicity in violations of international law 2007 131
control measures 2007 117, 119, 123–4, 128, 129, 131, 132–5
diversion of legal arms to 2002 128–31
grey market 2001 166, 167, 168–9
international law 2007 131, 132–5
Middle East 2002 130
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 212
patterns 2001 168
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239–40
UN Programme of Action 2002 219–20, 224–5
international law 2002 179
Iraq 2005 73
MANPADS controls 2005 127–8, 133
megaslums 2007 168
membership 2010 116–17, 118–19
Middle East 2002 130
Philippines 2001 183–4
politization of humanitarian action 2002 186
pro-government groups 2010 94–5, 255–72
resources 2005 186–7
ruling groups 2010 117–18
small arms ownership 2010 102–5, 116–24
South Sudan 2007 317, 318–26, 341–4
spectrum of 2010 256–8
stockpile liquidity 2002 314
stockpiles 2001 77–83
Sudan and South Sudan 2014 214–17
weapons supply 2014 235–8
transfers to, weapons prices 2007 267
Uganda 2007 289–301
UN Programme of Action 2002 219–20, 222, 224–5
weapons collection, assessment of 2002 314–15
women members 2014 3
see also armed groups; guerrillas; insurgents; rebel groups
non-transfer clauses, end-use assurances 2002 250
NonLethal Technologies Inc (United States), kinetic energy weapons 2011 81
Nordic Ammunition (Norway) 2013 190
ammunition production 2001 15
Norinco (North Industries Corporation) (China)
AK-47, prices 2007 260
ammunition
exports, to Uganda 2007 293, 294
tracing 2007 291
company profile 2000 2002 23, 55
factory in Myanmar 2001 43
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
illegal domestic gun trade 2002 96
licensed production 2007 11, 18, 19
machine guns 2004 32
major producers by weapon type 2004 27, 29
MAK-90 2013 290
most important companies 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 21
RPG-7 variants 2004 36
sub-machine guns 2004 31
survey of producers 2001 44–5
transfers to Central Africa 2001 108
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19
weapons seized in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 2012 30
weapons used in crime in the United States 2001 24
norm entrepreneurs 2003 221–2
norms 2002 283, 2003 215–48
North Africa, Bamako Declaration (2000) (OAU) 2002 213–14
North America
exports, value 2000 2003 100
firearm homicides and suicides 2008 219
illicit transfers 2001 83, 188–9
imports, value 2000 2003 100
insurgents and other non-state combatants 1999 2001 79
production 2004 9, 10
distribution of producing companies 2001 10, 2003 12, 14
distribution of producing countries 2001 10, 2002 11, 12, 2003 11
regional survey 2001 25–7
stockpiles 2002 83–6
violence and crime 2004 173, 176, 177, 178, 180, 199–200
young men, proportion of population 2006 299
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
ammunition 2005 12
brokering 2004 154
control measures 2001 273–4
DDR and weapons collection 2003 299, 2005 287
Balkans 2001 177
FYROM 2003 289
looted arms in Albania 2001 201
Macedonia 2002 293
peace operations 2003 292
destruction programme assistance 2008 78, 80, 94, 97
Kazakhstan 2008 98–9
East Central European countries 2001 35
Georgia 2003 193
Kosovo Force (KFOR) 2005 205, 219, 221
licensed production 2007 12
MANPADS 2004 79, 81, 92
membership requirements 2008 103–4
military procurement 2006 10, 11, 21, 22, 23, 25
Non-Lethal Doctrine 2011 86
Partnership for Peace (PfP) 2002 260, 2005 72–4, 2013 191
Serbia and Montenegro, bombing of 2003 46
Turkey 2001 39–40
women in armed forces 2014 2
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Support Agency (NSPA) 2013 191, 195
North Korea
diversion, weapons from China to Sri Lanka 2008 121
exports 2001 148
military firearms 2002 116
transparency 2006 65, 80, 81, 2007 74, 87, 89, 2009 8, 50, 2010 8, 13, 15, 2011 15,
17, 2012 283, 289, 293, 298, 2013 181, 183, 2014 130
unreported 2009 8, 31
value 2002 2005 101
value 2003 2006 68, 71
illicit transfers from 2011 28–9
to the LTTE in Sri Lanka 2001 182
Thailand as a transit country 2002 143
imports
human rights 2004 126, 128, 131
irresponsible transfers to 2007 103
MANPADS 2004 88, 89
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed and unlicensed 2007 15, 21
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 81, 82, 2007 21
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57
stockpiles 2005 83, 85
military 2002 77, 2006 48, 49, 52, 57
North Ossetia, conflict with Georgia 2003 194
North Sudan DDR Commission (NSDDRC) 2007 332–3
North Yemen see Yemen Arab Republic
Northeast Asia
exports 2003 100
insurgents and other non-state combatants 2001 79, 83
stockpiles 2005 71–2, 78, 79–85
Northern Alliance (Afghanistan) 2009 288
foreign government support for 2002 130–1
guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
illicit transfers to 2007 135
from Russia 2003 111
through Kyrgyzstan 2004 322, 323
stockpiles, 2002 update 2002 102
Northern Ireland
disarmament 2002 292–3, 311, 2003 284–6, 297, 2006 260
domestic violence 2014 40
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 203, 239
illicit transfers using the internet 2001 188
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 33
policing 2004 221–2, 223, 234–5
post-conflict outcome 2009 227
rubber bullets 2005 16
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2001 203, 239
terrorism 2002 88, 292–3, 311, 2003 72, 284–6, 297, 2006 260
young men and small arms 2006 305
Northern Territory (Australia)
civilian firearms
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
user regulation 2011 276, 279
Northwest Frontier Province, illicit craft production 2003 32
Norway
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
brokering 2004 161
extraterritorial jurisdiction 2004 158
international cooperation on 2004 150
licensing 2004 155, 156, 157
penalties 2004 160
registration 2004 159
reporting obligations 2004 160
demilitarization industry 2013 189, 190, 203
disarmament 2009 163
export controls 2009 66
enforcement 2009 86
exceptions 2009 78
licensing authorities 2009 89
licensing systems 2009 71, 74
re-export provisions 2009 83
transfer criteria 2009 91, 93, 95
exports
ammunition 2009 15
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
Comtrade data 2012 274
irresponsible transfers from 2007 102, 106
list of importers 2005 106, 107, 108, 2006 76, 77
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114
national reporting 2001 151, 2002 120
parts 2012 259–60
share of total arms exports 2001 144
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 74, 87, 88, 2009 8, 49, 2010 15,
2011 16, 2012 289, 292, 299, 300, 2013 182, 2014 129
trends 2000 2003 108
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
value 2001 2004 105
value 2002 2005 104
value 2003 2006 71
firearm homicides and suicides
1998 2001 209, 240
and civilian ownership 1999 2001 203, 239
human development indicators 2001 233, 241
imports 2003 111, 2004 110, 123, 2005 103, 105, 108, 2006 70, 72, 77
parts 2012 261
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 211
policing 2004 221
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 51, 2007 15
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 81
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most important companies 2003 15
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 57
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2001 203, 239, 2003 65
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
military 2001 73, 76, 2006 43, 44, 45, 51, 53
police 2001 70, 2005 78, 2006 43
stolen firearms 2004 63
surplus weapons 2008 89, 2009 68
UN Programme of Action 2002 210, 221, 223
weapons collection programmes 2003 281
women and small arms control policies 2014 49–50
Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT) 2005 98
ammunition 2010 18
data on legal transfers 2001 143, 2009 28, 33
global update 2006 66
initiatives in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 265
Norwegian exports 2001 151
Republic of the Congo transfers 2014 154
security sector reform 2003 153
Small Arms Black Market File Archive, prices 2007 260
Norwegian Refugee Council, Women’s Rights through Information, Sensitization and Education
(WISE) 2014 20, 27, 29
al-Nour, Atom 2007 324
November 17 terrorist organization 2003 72
NOVIB, Burundi 2007 197
Novosibirsk Cartridge Plant (Russian Federation) 2014 196
NPCs see national points of contact
NPFL see National Patriotic Front of Liberia
NR1 Light Automatic Rifle 2001 41, 2002 46
NRA see National Resistance Army; National Rifle Association
NSA see Small Arms Consultative Group Process
NSAs see non-state armed groups
NSCN see National Socialist Council of Nagaland
NSDDRC see North Sudan DDR Commission
NSPA see North Atlantic Treaty Organization Support Agency
NSV heavy machine gun 2004 32, 34
Ntaryamira, Cyprien 2007 199
Ntibantunganya, Sylvestre 2007 199
Ntoumi faction 2003 257–8, 269
Ntsourou, Marcel 2014 163, 164
Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari 2013 231
Nuer people (Sudan), tribal conflict 2010 286–8
Nuestra Familia (NF) (United States) 2010 161
Numbers gangs (South Africa) 2010 162–4
Nurkadilov, Zamanbek 2012 115
NWGs see neighbourhood watch groups
Nyangoma, Léonard 2007 218
Nyarweng 2007 334
Nyerere, Julius, Burundi 2007 199
OAGs (South Sudan) see Other Armed Groups
OAS see Organization of American States
OAU see Organization of African Unity
OB/OD see open burning and open detonation
Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW) 2002 34, 2003 23–4, 2006 10, 24
Obote, Milton 2005 196, 2006 274
Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention (OCVP) (Somaliland) 2012 150, 154–5,
159–60, 168
obsolete weapons
disposal 2004 56–60
military stockpiles 2001 65, 2006 54, 56, 57–8
Occidental Airlines 2001 121, 122, 172
Occupied Palestinian Territory
attacks on schools 2009 204
health care 2009 207
Oceania, young men, proportion of population 2006 299
Oceans Beyond Piracy 2012 196
OCHA see United Nations (UN), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OCVP see Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention
ODA see overseas development assistance
OECD see Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OEF see Operation Enduring Freedom
Oerlikon-Contraves (Switzerland) 2001 32, 2002 12, 34, 38
OEWG see United Nations (UN), Open-Ended Working Group on Tracing Illicit Small Arms
and Light Weapons
O.F. Mossberg & Sons see Mossberg, O.F. & Sons
OFB (India), licensed production 2007 18
official reports, conflict deaths 2005 233–5
offset arrangements 2007 10–11, 12, 2008 20
offshore banking, brokers 2001 104–5, 2004 144
Oficina de Control y Comercio de Armas y Explosivos (OCCAE) (Colombia) 2006 219–20
OG-7 HE fragmentation rounds, Sudanese 2014 234
Ogaden National Liberation Front 2010 315
Ogwu, Joy 2013 162–5, 168
Ohrid peace accord (2001) 2003 289
OICW see Objective Individual Combat Weapon
oil
brokers 2001 107
conflict goods 2002 142
South Sudan 2007 324, 333
Sudan 2010 295–6
Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) sprays 2004 223
Olive Group 2012 321, 322
OLS see Operation Lifeline Sudan
Omagh bombing 2013 228
Oman
imports 2003 111, 2005 104, 2006 70
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
production 2002 19
stockpiles 2005 88, 89
Yemen 2003 175
Omani Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arab Gulf 2003 175
Omega Foundation 2004 11
One Man Can programme (South Africa) 2013 149
ONUB see United Nations Operation in Burundi
O’odua People’s Congress (OPC) (Nigeria) 2006 249
OPA see Ouagadougou Political Agreement
OPC see O’odua People’s Congress
open burning and open detonation (OB/OD)
advantages 2013 207–8
ammunition demilitarization 2013 188, 206–8
disadvantages 2013 206–7
Open General Export Licences (OGELs) 2009 79–80
Open Society Institute 2001 214
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Afghanistan 2009 285, 288–9
Operation Essential Harvest (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) 2002 293, 302, 2003
281, 289
Operation Fast and Furious 2012 59–60, 2013 294
Opération Licorne (Operation Unicorn) 2011 196, 197, 216
Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) 2001 174–5
Operation Lightning Thunder 2010 289
Operation Rachel (Mozambique) 2002 295, 2003 244, 279
Operation Sovereign Legitimacy (OSLEG) (Zimbabwe) 2001 108
opinio juris 2003 218
opium
conflict goods 2002 142
production, Afghanistan 2009 307
OPM see Organisasi Papua Merdeka
opportunity costs 2001 233–4
opportunity reduction, national control of civilian ownership 2002 263
optics systems manufacturing 2005 46, 58–62
Orbis (Slovenia) 2003 46
Ordnance Development and Engineering Company of Singapore, licensed production 2007 18
Ordnance Factories (India), survey of producers 2001 42
Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) (West Papua Independence Movement) 2006 253
Organization of African Unity (OAU) (now African Union)
Bamako Declaration (2000) 2002 213–14, 2011 264
ammunition 2005 24, 28–9
demand for small arms 2006 143
light weapons 2005 125, 126, 136
marking 2002 246
regional norms 2003 238, 242, 245
control measures 2001 265–6
peacekeeping force in Somalia 2007 94
transfers from Russia 2001 266
Organization of American States (OAS)
brokering 2001 128–9, 2002 25–6, 2004 143, 147–9, 152, 166
firearms instruments 2001 252–7
Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms,
Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (1997) 2001 253, 2005 24,
124–5, 2007 73, 2014 90
brokering 2002 256
Central America 2001 256–7
implementation 2001 255
MANPADS 2005 136
marking 2002 245–6, 247
norms 2003 236
stockpile management 2002 259
UN Firearms Protocol (2001) 2001 278, 2002 238
UN Small Arms Conference, influence on 2002 210
member states 2001 253
Model Regulations 2001 253–6, 257, 2005 24, 124, 125, 2009 62, 63
Model Regulations on brokering (2003) 2010 49–50
Venezuelan coup attempt 2002 2007 80
weapons collection, Nicaragua 2002 292–4
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2005 277
Anti-bribery Convention (1997), brokering 2002 258
Development Assistance Committee 2007 127, 178
Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) 2001 233
Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014 24
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
air transport control 2010 46–7, 48–9
brokering 2001 127, 2002 256, 2004 149–50
control measures 2001 127, 273–4, 274–6
destruction programme assistance 2008 78, 94, 97, 98
disarmament and development 2003 154
Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons (2000) 2001 275, 2005 24, 125–6, 2007 26,
30–1, 2008 79, 2009 62, 63, 69, 82
end-use assurances 2002 252
humanitarian law 2002 182, 183
marking 2002 246
military stockpiles 2006 59
stockpile security 2002 259
transfers and human rights 2004 125
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2002 211–12
embargoes
2001 2002 133
on Armenia 2001 180
on Azerbaijan 2001 180
government information on exports 2003 98
Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons (2003) 2009 62
surplus identification 2008 81
transfer controls 2008 159–62
intellectual property rights 2007 24, 26
intergovernmental transparency 2004 114
Kazakhstan presidency 2012 109
Kyrgyzstan 2004 312
licensed production 2007 26, 28, 30–1
looted arms in Albania 2001 201
MANPADS 2004 93, 2005 123, 127–8, 130–8
monitoring 2001 144, 2004 253
Principles Governing Conventional Arms Transfers 2004 125, 2009 91
regional norms 2003 236
stockpile security 2002 260
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 121, 122–3, 124
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe-Development Assistance Committee
(OECD-DAC), security sector reform 2006 134
organizational factors, use of weapons in armed conflict 2005 179, 180–1, 188–99, 200
organized crime
Brazil 2007 227, 289–90, 301–11
brokers 2001 97, 101
Central and South Asia 2003 111
Colombia 2006 219, 227–30
Cuba 2012 13
demand for small arms 2006 146–8
effects of small arms misuse 2001 220–1
firearm homicides 2012 33–4
firearm-related offences 2013 82–3
Georgia 2003 202, 206–7, 208–9, 210
homicides 2013 83–8
illicit transfers
from Argentina 2001 185
arms brokers 2001 97
to Chile 2001 185
to Papua New Guinea 2001 184
Russian Federation 2001 177–9
South Caucasus 2001 179–80
illicit weapons 2013 283–4
Inter-American Convention 2001 278, 279
Ireland 2007 44
mafia 2013 76–80
norms 2003 223
South America 2006 83
stockpiles 2001 77–83
theft of civilian weapons 2008 63–4
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 237, 238
urban armed violence 2007 169–73, 176, 179–81
weapons 2013 88–96
organized criminal violence, definition 2013 285
organized violence, Kazakhstan 2012 114–16
Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) (Ethiopia), guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
Ortaderesin (Kazakhstan), ammunition depot explosion 2012 136–8
Oryx Diamonds 2001 108–9
OSCE see Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSLEG see Operation Sovereign Legitimacy
Other Armed Groups (OAGs) (South Sudan) 2007 317, 318–19, 320–6, 332, 340–4
Ottawa Convention (1997) see Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production
and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
Ottawa process, norms 2003 221
Otterloo, use for diversion of weapons 2008 116, 121, 158
Ottoman Empire 2003 172–4, 2005 208–10
Ouagadougou Political Agreement (2007) (OPA) 2011 193, 216–17, 220
Ouattara, Alassane 2011 193, 196, 219, 220
outcome evaluation, weapons collection programmes 2002 312
outcomes, type of weapons used 2005 182–7
Outsourcing Services Ltd 2011 148
overseas development assistance (ODA)
costs of conflict 2001 233
disarmament 2003 155
effects of small arms misuse 2003 144
Oxfam
Burundi 2007 197
demand for small arms 2006 144
security of personnel 2002 189, 196
PA see Palestinian Authority
Pacific 2004 5, 277–305
ammunition 2005 21
civilian ownership 2004 282–3
control legislation 2004 300–3
costs of firearm misuse 2004 290–6
disarmament 2004 296–300
exports 2003 100
illicit transfers 2001 182, 184
imports 2003 100
production 2003 11–12
stockpiles 2003 88–9, 2004 55, 56, 277, 280–5
trade 2004 280–90
see also Asia-Pacific
Pacific Islands
illicit craft production 2003 35–6
regional norms 2003 236–7
Pacific Islands Forum 2004 252, 278–9
light weapons 2005 125, 126
‘pacification’ police units see unidades de polícia pacificadora
pain and suffering, costs of small arms violence 2006 191, 192, 196
Pakistan
ammonium nitrate fertilizer 2013 240–1
conflict, and illicit weapon prices 2013 271–3
conflict weapons and crime 2004 195
control measures 2002 100
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123
regional cooperation on small arms 2002 216
explosives
diversion 2013 236–7
supply to militants 2013 233
exports
annual value 2001 148
human rights 2004 128, 130, 131
irresponsible transfers from 2007 91, 98
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
transparency 2006 81, 2007 89, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012 293, 2013 183, 2014
130
unofficial information on 2001 158
unreported 2009 8, 31
value 2001 2004 102, 103, 105
value 2002 2005 101, 104
value 2003 2006 68, 71
homicides, Karachi 2007 175
illicit transfers from
to Afghanistan 2001 180–1, 2003 112, 2012 335
to Azerbaijan 2001 180
Thailand as a transit country 2002 143
illicit weapons
data collection 2013 253–7
local factors 2013 270
prices 2013 257–74, 276–7
imports 2004 101, 123
human rights 2004 131
irresponsible transfers to 2007 103–4
list of exporters 2006 72
improvised explosive devices (IEDs), casualties 2013 225–6, 230–1, 231–2
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 33
prices
black-market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 278
production
ammunition 2001 15
global ranking of countries 2001 16
heavy machine guns 2008 21
illicit craft production 2001 46–7, 2002 67, 2003 9, 27, 32–3
licensed 2002 51, 2007 15, 19, 21
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 81, 82
manufacturing sectors 2005 47, 48, 60
most popular small arms 2001 18, 19, 20
RPG-7 manufacture 2004 36
survey of producers 2001 42, 43, 53, 2002 57
sponsorship of Kashmiri militants 2010 117
stockpiles 2002 100–1
civilian holdings 2001 87, 2002 80, 2003 33, 2007 47–8
military 2002 100, 2006 57
tribal militias 2010 272
weapons collection programmes 2002 296–7, 2003 280
Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF)
joint venture with Saudi producers 2002 53
licensed production 2002 50, 51, 53, 2007 19
links with Iranian producers 2002 52
links with Sudan 2002 18–19
manufacturing sectors 2005 57
survey of producers 2001 43
Palau
civilian ownership 2004 283
gun control measures 2004 302
stockpiles 2003 89, 2004 284
Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) 2009 319
illicit transfers to 2002 131
Palestinian Authority (PA)
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
illicit transfers to 2002 131
MANPADS 2004 89
policing 2004 240
stockpiles 2003 78
Palestinian militants, improvised rockets 2013 223
Palestinian Territories
Al-Qassam rockets 2008 15
ammunition 2005 23
black-market prices 2002 66, 67, 68
effects of small arms misuse 2003 132
former insurgents becoming legitimate authorities 2001 83
human rights violations 2007 79–80
irresponsible transfers to 2007 79–80
non-state actors
foreign government support for 2002 130
group goals 2005 189
illicit transfers to 2002 131
light weapons holdings 2008 15, 33
prices 2002 66, 67, 68, 70
production 2002 19
stockpiles 2002 90–4
military 2005 88
mortars 2002 73
police 2005 89
reserve 2001 80
Palestinians
Intifada, casualties 2002 165
production, craft production 2002 17
Palipe-Agakiza (Burundi) 2007 203
Palipehutu-FNL see Parti de libération du peuple hutu-Forces nationales de libération
Palleros, Diego 2001 102
Panama
brokering 2004 141
conflict, economic effects of 2001 232
control measures
Framework Agreement for Democratic Security in Central America 2001 257
Inter-American Convention 2001 256
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 97
diversion, weapons to Colombia 2008 121, 124, 126, 129
exports, UN Register 2012 288
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16, 18–19
types of weapons 2012 25
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 232
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers from
Argentina to Croatia 2001 102
to Colombia 2001 189, 2004 130, 2005 162, 2006 85, 222
imports 2006 71
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 302, 311, 2003 280, 2005 290
pandillas
Central America 2010 138, 2012 18
Ecuador 2010 211
Nicaragua 2013 1, 12, 47–8, 53–69
before 1990 2013 49–50
1990 to 2005 2013 50–1
2005 to the present 2013 51–2
evolution of 2013 47, 53–9
knowledge and training 2013 66–7, 68
weapon sources 2013 63–6, 68
weapon use 2013 59–63
Panel of Experts on Violations of Security Council Sanctions against UNITA (Fowler Report)
2002 184
Panguna Mine (Bougainville) 2003 302
Panzerfaust shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71, 2008 25
PAP see People’s Armed Police
Papua New Guinea (PNG) 2006 165–84
ammunition
availability 2005 19
use of expanding bullets 2005 22–3
Bougainville conflict 2003 302, 2004 293–6, 2005 292
civilian firearms
licences 2011 280
prohibited and restricted 2011 271
reporting requirements 2011 290
storage requirements 2011 291
transfer regulation 2011 283
use regulation 2011 284
user regulation 2011 277, 280
demand for small arms 2006 146–9, 151–4, 156, 157–8
disarmament 2003 288
diversion of arms and ammunition 2008 48–9
firearm-related violence 2006 175–8
illicit transfers to 2001 184
smuggling 2004 277, 285–6
imports 2004 280, 281, 282
mining, security 2011 142
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices 2006 176–8
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 278
private security companies 2011 113, 116, 117–18, 142
production 2001 16, 53, 2002 57
illicit craft production 2003 36, 2004 288
security sector reform 2008 104
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles 2003 88, 89
civilian holdings 2001 85, 2004 283, 301, 302, 2006 175–8
leakage 2004 288, 289
military 2006 44, 51
police 2006 41, 43
state 2004 284
surplus weapons 2008 89
destruction 2008 104, 105
violence and crime 2004 295, 2006 178–83
Para-Ordnance (Canada) 2001 27
Parabellum 9 mm 2011 74
Paraguay
control measures
MERCOSUR 2001 258
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
disarmament 2009 163
firearm homicides 2012 13, 16, 24
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers 2012 30
illicit transfers from 2001 185–6, 2009 44
ammunition to Brazil 2005 26
to Colombia 2004 130, 2005 163
to Brazil 2007 306
transit trade 2006 83, 222
imports 2001 157, 2002 117
from Brazil 2004 123, 2007 96–7
weapon sights 2012 269–71
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 45
survey of producers 2001 28, 53, 2002 57, 2004 18, 25
stockpiles 2004 51, 52
surplus weapons 2008 84
parallel permit, civilian firearms 2011 281
paramilitaries
Colombia 2006 215, 216–17, 235
amnesties for 2006 263
command and control 2006 221
conflict-related civilian killings 2006 223–4
DDR programmes 2006 233–4
illicit trafficking 2006 222–3
stockpiles 2006 220–1
demand for small arms 2006 146–8
Georgia 2003 205–6
Haiti 2007 174
Northern Ireland 2003 284–6, 2006 305
peace settlements, weapons collection 2002 292–3
South Sudan 2007 317, 318
stockpiles 2001 71–2, 74, 2006 42, 43
sub-machine guns, technological developments 2003 22
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
typology of armed groups 2006 250
urban armed violence 2007 183
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 182
political 2007 174
young men and small arms 2006 305
see also militias
Parana state (Brazil), firearm homicides 2007 241
Pare 2007 337
parental notification, municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 181
Paris Agreements (1991) 2006 120
Paris Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups
(2007) 2009 208
Parker, Cornelia 2005 157
parliamentary transparency 2004 114
Partai Aceh 2009 263
Parti congolais du travail (PCT) (Republic of the Congo) 2003 256–8, 260–2, 264–5, 267
Parti de libération du peuple hutu-Forces nationales de libération (Palipehutu-FNL) (Burundi)
2007 86, 120, 197, 199–200, 2008 196–7
participation, weapons collection programmes 2002 299, 313
participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) 2002 313
participatory rural or urban appraisal (PRA/PUA) 2002 313, 2004 191
Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolution Party) (PRI) (Mexico) 2012 47,
52–4, 72
parts
Arms Trade Treaty 2014 82
definitions 2012 243–4, 246
repair and maintenance 2012 254
supply chains 2012 252–3
transfers 2006 68–73, 75–8, 2012 2, 5–7, 251–61
Comtrade data 2001–2011 2014 113–17
estimating 2012 248–50
unauthorized retransfers 2014 118
see also accessories
Party of Democratic Kampuchea (PDK) (Khmer Rouge) 2006 120–1, 125, 126
ammunition availability 2005 18, 19
conflict goods 2002 142
disarmament 2003 299
illicit transfers from, to the LTTE in Sri Lanka 2001 183
illicit transfers to 2002 129
Pasper (Argentina), weapons involved in crime 2012 32
Pasteur Ntoumi 2003 257–8, 269
pastoralists
disarmament 2002 291, 2003 312
effects of small arms misuse 2003 141, 143, 147
humanitarian impacts 2002 160
Kenya 2003 141
land conflict 2013 120, 121, 122
South Sudan 2007 326, 327–31, 329, 333–5, 337–8
Uganda 2002 291, 2007 289, 290–301
Pastrana, President Andres 2003 87
Patassé, President Ange-Félix 2005 303, 305–9, 311, 314–16, 319, 324–5
path dependence, popularity of the AK-47 2007 259
pathways model, violence risks 2008 251–3
patriarchy, child soldiers 2001 229
Patriotic Movement against Crime (MPCD) (El Salvador) 2002 294
Patriotic Movement of Côte d’Ivoire (MPCI) see Mouvement patriotique du Côte d’Ivoire
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), firearms 2010 122
patronage systems
Cambodia 2006 121–2, 132, 135, 136
South Sudan 2007 320–1
Patten Report 2004 223, 234–5
PBIEDs see person-borne improvised explosive devices
PBRs see plastic baton rounds
PBXs see plastic-bonded explosives
PCASED see Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Programme for Coordination and
Assistance for Security and Development
PCC see Primeiro Comando da Capital
PCT see Parti congolais du travail
PDF see Popular Defence Force
PDK see Party of Democratic Kampuchea
PDW see personal defence weapons
peace agreements 2009 225, 2010 312
Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment, Madagascar 2011 167
Peace Monitoring Group (PMG), Bougainville 2003 302
peace monuments, weapons collection 2002 288, 310
peace process, disarmament 2002 292–3, 2003 277–316
peace-building, weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 279, 285–97, 311
Peacebuilding Commission 2009 231
peacekeeping operations
attacks by Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 276
Cambodia 2006 121–2
DDR and weapons reduction programmes 2002 286, 2003 290–308, 2005 277, 280
deaths of personnel 2002 187–8
deteriorating security 2001 226–9
diversion from, Burundi 2007 85–6
effectiveness 2009 224
Georgia 2003 209, 210
illegal sales of weapons by 2006 255
International Tracing Instrument 2006 99, 100, 108, 111
international transfers 2009 9, 37–9, 78
mandate for 2003 295–6
post-conflict security and development 2005 276
transfers to non-state actors 2007 134
weapons lost by 2005 320
women 2014 2
peak procurement (Pp) 2006 9–11, 12, 13–27
Pecos, diversion of weapons to Liberia 2008 117, 121, 146
peer pressure, Papua New Guinea 2006 182
Pelican Bay prison 2010 162
penalties
cost/benefit of illicit possession 2006 154–5
disarming ex-combatants 2002 306
national control of civilian ownership 2002 267
weapons collection 2002 286
Phase I 2002 287
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (South Africa) 2007 183
People’s Armed Police (PAP) (China), stockpiles 2006 42
People’s Army for the Restoration of Democracy (Armée Populaire pour la Restauration de la
République et la Démocratie), arms depots 2010 322
People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen 2003 170, 175
end-user certificates 2008 128, 158
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) (China), stockpiles 2002 76, 94–5, 2006 49
People’s War doctrine, military stockpiles 2002 74, 76–7, 95, 2004 60, 2006 45, 47–50, 52
Pepper, John V. 2006 143
pepper spray 2004 223
perestroika, Georgia 2003 192
performances, firearm use 2011 286
permit to acquire, civilian firearms 2011 281
permit to carry, civilian firearms 2011 281
Pernambuco state (Brazil), firearm homicides 2007 241
person-borne improvised explosive devices (PBIEDs) 2013 221–2
personal defence weapons (PDW), technological developments 2003 22
personal security, transfers, civilian weapons 2003 102–3
personalized gun technology 2011 79–80
Peru
conflict deaths 2005 240, 242–3, 246–7
control measures, OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
disarmament 2009 163
diversion
ammunition 2008 52
weapons to Colombia 2008 113, 120, 123, 126, 134, 136
firearm femicides 2013 26
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 233, 241, 2003 138
gangs, rehabilitation 2010 222
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers from, to Colombia 2001 187, 2004 130, 2005 163, 2006 222
illicit weapons 2006 83, 84, 86
imports 2006 71
from Brazil 2004 123
weapon sights 2012 269–71
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices
consumer taste 2002 70
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
prison gangs, firearms 2010 173
prison rebellions 2010 166–7
private security companies
abuses 2011 148–9, 153
personnel 2011 105
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 57, 2004 18, 25
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
state sponsorship of militias 2010 117
stockpiles 2004 51, 53
surplus weapons 2008 84, 89
weapons collection programmes 2003 280
Peshawar District, Pakistan 2004 195
peshmergas
membership 2010 118–19
women 2014 68
PETN, in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 237–8
Petrie, Carol V. 2006 143
PFLP see Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
PG-7 rockets 2012 324
identifying marks 2009 118
Sudanese 2014 234
PG-7-AT1 rocket-propelled grenades, unauthorized retransfers 2014 118
PG-7L ant-tank rounds 2012 324–5
PGAGs see pro-government armed groups
Phase I weapons collection 2002 286–7, 288–91
Phase II weapons collection 2002 286, 292–7
Philadelphia (United States), municipal armed violence reduction programmes 2007 185
Philippines
armed groups 2002 98–9, 2006 253, 2010 319
child mortality 2002 173
crime 2007 145
DDR programmes 2005 284–5, 2009 185
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 97
disarmament 2009 163
exports
Comtrade data 2012 275
irresponsible transfers from 2007 101, 107
transparency 2011 17, 2012 293, 2013 183, 2014 130
UN Register 2012 288
value 2001 148
weapon sights 2012 270–1
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 233, 241, 2003 138
illicit transfers from 2001 184
illicit transfers to 2001 183–4
from Libya 2001 170
Thailand as a transit country 2002 143
illicit weapons 2013 2, 5, 283–5, 302–12
data 2013 286
light weapons 2013 307–9
small arms 2013 305–7
sources 2013 309–11
imports
1994–1998 2001 156
from Brazil 2004 123
disturbing transfers 2001 155
irresponsible transfers to 2007 104
list of exporters 2005 103
pistols and revolvers 2002 114, 2009 22
from the United States 2001 154, 2002 86, 2003 107, 2004 121
value 2002 2005 106, 108
value 2003 2006 74
intimate partner violence 2013 28
military procurement 2006 18, 30
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 184
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 15
non-state armed groups 2010 117
firearms 2010 122
policing 2004 225, 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 278
private security companies, firearms 2011 117
production
craft production 2007 145
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit craft production 2001 46, 2003 9, 33–5
licensed 2002 51, 2007 15, 18
light weapons 2008 35
manufacturing sectors 2005 47
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 44, 53, 2002 57
reform measures 2004 67
small arms seizures 2002 138, 139
stockpiles 2002 97
civilian holdings 2001 86, 2002 79, 80, 2003 34–5, 2007 47–8, 145
national registration data 2007 50
insurgents 2002 98–9
law enforcement 2006 41
security 2004 55, 56, 63
urban violence 2007 144–59
women and small arms control policies 2014 50, 51–2
young men and small arms 2006 305
Phnom Penh (Cambodia), weapons collection 2002 296
Physicians for Human Rights 2005 242
PIAT rocket launcher 2008 25
pilots, air cargo companies 2001 115
Pima (Bulgaria) 2003 44
Piorun missile 2011 33
pipe guns, South Africa 2001 46
‘pipette’ method, illicit imports into Brazil 2006 84
PIRA see Provisional Irish Republican Army
piracy
definition 2012 192
effects of small arms misuse 2003 142
private security companies 2012 191–2, 204–12
Somali 2012 3, 5, 174–89, 191–213
high-risk area 2012 194
pirate groups 2012 192–5
ransoms 2012 195, 206–7
rules of behaviour 2012 202–3
trends 2012 195–6
violence 2012 200–2
weapons 2012 197–9
pistols
ammunition types 2005 12
Burundi 2007 204
Colombia 2006 218, 222, 223, 225, 231
crime
in Latin America 2002 175
United States 2001 23
criminal use, Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 25–32
customs code 2009 10
Ecuador 2004 24
exports
Comtrade data 1994–1998 2001 146, 147
craft production 2004 24
customs data 1999 2002 113, 114, 115
from the Czech Republic 2003 109
major exporters 2003 2006 68–73
trade decline 2003 102–3
trends 1995-1999 2002 147
from the United States 2001 54, 155, 2004 121
Georgia 2003 203–4
home-made, Nicaragua 2013 62–3
illicit
Iraq 2012 320, 322
Mexico 2013 289–90, 293
Philippines 2013 305, 306
imports
customs data 1999 2002 113, 114, 115
to Cyprus 2003 105
to Guatemala 2003 115
major importers 2003 2006 75–8
trade decline 2003 102–3
to the United States 2003 105–6
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83, 84
military procurement 2006 12, 13, 18
most popular small arms products 2001 18, 21
parts, transfers 2012 254–7
production
Argentina 2004 20
Austria 2001 31
Brazil 2004 22, 2007 94–7
Canada 2001 27
global production 2001 13
Glock 2002 30
licensed 2007 18
manufacturing sectors 2005 45, 51, 53, 54
most popular military weapons 2004 27–8, 34
most popular small arms 2004 8
technological developments 2003 22, 23
United States 2001 26, 27, 2002 27, 29, 2003 17, 18
seizures in Afghanistan 2003 76
Somaliland 2012 152
South Africa 2001 21
South America 2006 86
stockpiles
military 2006 37, 53, 54–6
police firearms 2001 69, 70
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
transfers
2000–2006 2009 12, 14, 20–2
2001–2011 2014 113–17
2006 2009 28–30, 39–43
undocumented 2009 31, 43
United States 2004 13, 14, 119, 120
PJV see Porgera joint venture
PK machine guns
Burundi 2007 204
Somalia 2012 339
PKK see Kurdistan Workers’ Party
PKM light machine guns 2006 283
Afghanistan 2012 331
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
PLA see People’s Liberation Army
Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Programme for Coordination and Assistance for
Security and Development (PCASED) 2001 259, 260
plastic baton rounds (PBRs) 2004 223, 234–5, 2005 16
plastic-bonded explosives (PBXs), recycling 2013 209
PLO see Palestine Liberation Organisation
PMCs see private military companies
PMG see Peace Monitoring Group
PMK rifles, Iraq 2012 321
PMPAs see armed parties and political movements
PNDR see Programme national de désarmement et de reinsertion
PNG see Papua New Guinea
PoA see United Nations, Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit
Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects; United Nations (UN),
Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms
and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
poaching
Central African Republic 2005 310, 321, 324
Republic of the Congo 2003 272
POF see Pakistan Ordnance Factories
Pointe Noire (Republic of the Congo)
stockpiles 2003 259, 261
weapons transfers 2014 153–4
Pointer system 2012 263
Poland
ammunition, production 2014 190
border seizures 2005 115, 116
brokering 2002 254–5, 2004 154, 155, 157, 159, 160, 161
demilitarization industry 2013 189
diversion, weapons from Latvia to Somalia 2008 120, 124, 158
EU membership 2008 103
exports
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2012 274
government information on 2003 98
human rights 2004 129, 130
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 100, 102, 104
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 107
military firearms 2001 147, 2002 116, 2009 35
military small arms and light weapons 2009 24
pistols and revolvers 2001 147, 2009 21
transparency 2005 110, 2009 49, 2010 15, 2011 16, 2012 289, 292, 302–3, 2013 181,
182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
to the United States 2003 39
unofficial information on 2001 158
imports
grenade launchers 2011 26
list of exporters 2005 103, 2006 73
recoilless guns 2011 27
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
value 2002 2005 106, 108
value 2003 2006 77
intimate partner violence 2013 28
NATO membership 2008 103
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production
licensed 2007 15, 17, 21
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 82, 2011 33
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
RPG-7 manufacture 2004 36
survey of producers 2001 34, 35, 37, 2002 57, 2003 38, 42
unlicensed 2007 17
Spike ATGW production agreement 2008 20
stockpiles
civilian 2003 65, 68
military 2006 57
surplus weapons, transferred to Afghanistan and Iraq 2008 79
theft of MANPADS 2008 53
polarization, demand for small arms 2006 143
police
anti-drug strategy, Rio de Janeiro 2012 65–70
killings by 2013 144–5
police firearms, South Africa 2013 142–3
Police Mobile Brigade (Brimbo) (Indonesia) 2007 78
Police nationale du Burundi 2007 207
police officers, women 2014 2, 70–2
police stockpiles 2006 39–43
Africa 2003 80, 81
ammunition, diversions 2007 289–90, 301–11
automatic rifles 2006 56
Brazil, diversions from 2007 303–11
by country 2006 40–1
Central African Republic 2005 311, 312, 314
Central America 2003 90
China 2002 95, 2005 81
Colombia 2006 219–20
data on 2007 42–3
Denmark 2002 88
diversions from 2002 137–8, 2006 39, 83, 255
Colombia 2005 161
Georgia 2003 196, 2005 171–2
Haiti 2005 163–4
loss of weapons 2006 39–40
Republic of the Congo 2003 259–61
Tajikistan 2005 170
East Africa 2003 84
Europe 2003 66
Georgia 2003 196
global distribution 2001 4, 2002 103
global estimates 2001 59, 68–71, 88, 2002 103, 2005 78, 2006 37, 42, 2007 43
importers 2006 74
International Tracing Instrument 2006 113
Iraq 2004 49
Japan 2005 82
Kyrgyzstan 2004 313
Latin America 2004 51
methodology 2001 65
methodology for estimating 2001 65
Middle East 2005 88–90
Morocco 2005 87
Nepal 2002 79, 102
North Korea 2005 83
Northeast Asia 2005 79–80, 84, 85
old weapons 2004 57
Pacific 2003 89, 2004 284, 287–90
Papua New Guinea 2006 43
Solomon Islands 2004 298–9
South Africa, destruction programmes 2007 65
South Asia 2002 101–2
South Korea 2005 83
Sri Lanka 2004 59
stockpile security 2004 43, 54–60
Taiwan 2005 84
United Kingdom 2001 68
United States 2001 66
West African armed groups 2006 255
police weapons 2010 114
acoustic technology 2011 83
ammunition 2011 75–7
diversion, South Africa 2008 193–5
firearms 2011 74–80
kinetic energy weapons 2011 81–2
Latin American production 2004 17
less-lethal weapons 2011 5, 80–93
manufacturing sectors 2005 45–6, 51, 57
military overlap 2011 86–8
rheostatic 2011 83–6, 93
safety features 2011 78–80
TASERs 2011 85, 89–92
technology 2003 21, 25
trends and developments 2011 73–86, 93–4
policing 2004 2, 4, 213–47
ammunition 2005 23
armed protection for humanitarian operations 2002 191
Brazil, seizures of illicit weapons 2006 84
Burundi 2007 207
Cambodia 2006 130–5
capacity building, Albania 2002 299
Central African Republic 2005 307, 311, 312, 323–4
China 2005 80–1
community links 2004 227–9
control measures
global measures 2001 277
Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 262–3
implementation of OAS Model Regulations 2001 256
Inter-American Convention 2001 257
controls on firepower 2005 185
corruption 2004 196, 233, 2006 148, 151
crime in Africa 2004 194, 195
crowd control 2004 233–5, 2011 87–9
demand for small arms 2006 148, 149–51
effectiveness, weapons prices 2007 266, 281, 282
Great Lakes region and Horn of Africa 2002 262
Haiti 2007 174
India, urban political armed violence 2007 175
Japan 2007 184
Kyrgyzstan 2004 312
misuse of guns 2006 130–3
national control of civilian ownership 2002 267
Nicaragua 2013 52
Nigeria 2007 175
non-lethal weapons 2003 25
number of police officers by regions 2006 42
Papua New Guinea 2006 179–80
political manipulation 2004 232–4
post-conflict 2004 240–1, 2005 276
and private security companies 2011 147
privatization of security 2001 219–20
rising lethality of civilian holdings 2007 64
security sector reform (SSR) 2003 153, 2005 276, 2006 133–5
seizures of illicit arms 2001 22–4
China 2002 96–7
South Africa 2013 142–5
South Sudan 2007 330
Southern Africa 2003 237
training 2004 224–7
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 237, 238
urban violence 2007 169, 179, 180, 186
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 181, 182, 183–4
political 2007 174, 175
risk of being caught 2007 167
use of automatic rifles 2005 183
use of firearms, 2006 UN Review Conference 2007 124
use-of-force policies 2011 69, 70–1, 94
Venezuela 2007 186
vulnerable persons 2004 235–7
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 282, 304, 2003 243
weapons policies 2011 71–2
Policske Strojirny (Czech Republic) 2003 41
policy
demand for small arms 2006 150, 159
NGOs 2002 242
Policzer, Pablo 2006 248
Polisario Front (Western Sahara), arms depots 2010 322
political identity, demand for small arms 2006 149, 150, 152–3
political parties, illicit transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
political reintegration, Aceh 2009 262–3
Political Terror Scale (PTS) 2004 127
human rights violations 2007 75
political violence
Kazakhstan 2012 114–15
post-conflict 2009 228, 229
Somaliland 2012 156–9
urban 2007 161, 173–5
political–military parties, Afghanistan 2009 290–1
politics
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 120, 121
art 2005 147–9
conflict deaths 2005 229, 233–5
conflict sourcing 2005 172
disarmament 2003 287, 290–1, 294, 296–8
global norms 2003 226–30
illicit craft production 2003 27
militarization, Georgia 2003 205
peace processes 2003 290–1, 294, 296–8
police 2004 232–4
urban armed violence 2007 161, 173–5
Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, South Africa 2014 69
pollution, ammunition 2005 16–17, 29
Poly Technologies (China) 2007 82, 85
light weapons ammunition 2010 32
polygamy, Papua New Guinea 2006 179, 180
polymer frame firearms, marking 2012 224
polymers, handgun production 2011 78
PolyTechnologies (China)
stockpiles 2002 95, 96
survey of producers 2001 45
Pool region (Republic of the Congo) 2003 268–9
Popov, Pavel 2008 117
popular culture, young men and small arms 2006 307–10
Popular Defence Force (PDF) (South Sudan) 2007 331, 332
Popular Front for the Liberation of Azawad (FPLA) 2005 165
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
Popular Movement of Azawad (MPLA) 2005 165–6, 187
population growth
rural and urban 2007 163
Yemen 2003 172
Porgera joint venture (PJV) gold mine (Papua New Guinea) 2011 142
Port Arthur (Tasmania), weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 267, 283
Port Harcourt (Nigeria), urban violence 2007 167
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) 2006 167–9, 172–4, 175
Port-au-Prince (Haiti), urban political armed violence 2007 173–4
portability, as light weapons definition 2008 9
portable missiles
definition 2011 29–31
transfers 2011 31–5
see also anti-tank guided weapons; man-portable air defence systems
portable rocket launchers, transfers 2011 27–9
Portugal
ammunition
production 2014 190
transfers, transparency 2010 11
civilian firearms 2013 30, 31
disarmament 2009 163
export controls 2009 67
licensing authorities 2009 89
licensing systems 2009 71, 74
transfer criteria 2009 93, 95
exports
ammunition 2009 16
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2012 274
human rights 2004 129, 130, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 99, 100, 103, 105
list of importers 2005 106, 108, 2006 75, 76, 77
military firearms 2009 39
national reporting 2001 155, 2002 120
non-military pistols and revolvers 2002 114
pistols and revolvers 2001 147
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 46
sporting rifles 2002 114
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 89, 2009 49, 2010 15, 2011 16, 2012
292, 299, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
to the United States 2004 124
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 105
value 2002 2005 104
value 2003 2006 71
illicit transfers from
to Liberia 2002 132
to Myanmar 2002 133
imports
list of exporters 2005 102, 103, 105, 2006 68, 70, 72
mortars 2011 25
parts 2012 256
sporting shotguns 2009 19
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 110
value 2002 2005 108
value 2003 2006 77
military procurement 2006 30
policing 2004 216–17
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 51, 2007 15
light weapons 2008 35
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most popular small arms 2001 19, 20
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 57
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2003 64
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
surplus weapons 2009 68, 69
transportation, licensing 2010 53
women and small arms control policies 2014 50
young men and small arms 2006 297
possessions approach 2003 262–5
estimating militia holdings in the Republic of the Congo 2003 258–9
post-cold war
ammunition stockpiles, demilitarization 2013 188, 193, 210–11
Nicaragua 2013 47, 68
post-conflict situations
armed violence 2009 221–30
Aceh 2009 253–4
Afghanistan 2009 285
Burundi 2007 197–221
Cambodia 2006 119–37
conflict deaths 2005 232, 252, 255–6
crime, weapons collection 2002 295–7
DDR and weapons reduction 2002 285–97, 2003 277–316, 2005 267–93, 2006 264
death and injury rates 2002 163
definitions 2009 223–7
demand for small arms 2006 144, 146
disabilities 2002 165
disarmament linked to development 2002 297–303
distinguishing from conflict 2005 269–71
economy 2002 174, 175
European stockpiles 2003 63
Georgia 2003 202, 207–10
gun culture 2005 205
homicide and suicide rates 2001 211
household surveys 2009 317, 323–30
insecurity 2002 171–3
KLA in Kosovo 2005 221
land conflicts 2013 109
NGOs 2002 243
normalization of gun carrying 2013 32
policing 2004 240–1
price of weapons 2007 258, 264, 267, 271, 281, 282, 283
reconstruction 2009 270–1
reintegration, Aceh 2009 249–78
Republic of the Congo 2002 300–3
return to conflict 2002 174–6, 2009 231
risk factors 2009 230–2
security promotion 2009 219–20, 233–41
interim stabilization 2009 220, 233, 234–7
second-generation 2009 220, 233, 237–41
short and long-term gain-seeking groups 2005 199
social capital 2003 147
South Sudan 2007 317–44
Uganda 2006 287–8
urban armed violence 2007 173, 179–81
violence 2005 271–4
zones 1994–2004 2005 271
post-conflict weapons collection
record-keeping 2009 122–8
Solomon Islands 2009 174–5
post-traumatic stress, and intimate partner violence 2013 32
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2002 166–7
children 2009 199
Southern Lebanon 2009 327
postal guards, Georgia 2003 196
Poste de securité publique (PSP), holdings 2003 260
potassium chlorate, use in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 238
Pouligny, Béatrice 2009 181
poverty
Brazil 2007 228, 234, 235, 238–40, 245
crime, Papua New Guinea 2006 178
demand for small arms 2006 144, 151–2
effects of small arms misuse 2001 232–3, 2003 137, 148
global norms 2003 230
homicide 2003 138, 157
security and development 2003 150–1
South Sudan 2007 317
West African armed groups 2006 252, 265
young men and small arms 2006 298–300, 303–4, 305–6
power, young men and small arms 2006 301, 305
Powers SeaCure Satellite System 2008 132
Pp see peak procurement
PPP see purchasing power parity
PRA see participatory rural or urban appraisal
practical disarmament, definition 2002 282
pre-fragmented bullets 2005 16
pre-registration guns 2003 70–1
predatory states, armed groups 2006 250
preferences
demand for small arms 2006 144–5, 147–8, 158
prices of assault rifles 2007 262
PRI see Partido Revolucionario Institucional
prices
AK-47 assault rifles 2001 17, 2002 66–7, 2003 86
Albania 2002 68–9
consumer taste 2002 70
demand for small arms 2006 144–5, 147–8, 149, 150, 153–4
fuelled by weapons collection programmes 2002 306
Georgia 2003 199, 200–1, 204
global production 2001 14
global stockpile growth 2003 62
global transfers 2001 145
illicit transfers 2001 168
illicit weapons 2013 2, 5, 251–79
Kalashnikov rifles 2007 257–72
legal weapons 2002 67
M16 rifles 2002 66, 67
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 188
Palestine 2002 90–1, 2003 78
Papua New Guinea 2006 176–8
Republic of the Congo 2003 270–2
stockpile indicator 2002 65–70
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19
Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) gang (São Paulo) 2010 157, 170–2, 177
Primex Technologies (United States)
ammunition production 2001 27
company profile 2000 2002 29
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
ownership of 2001 2002 12
prison gangs 2010 69, 157–78
armed violence 2010 172–7
Brazil 2010 167–72
Central America 2010 164–5
characteristics of 2010 159–60
consolidation, propagation, and projection of power 2010 159, 167–72
definitions 2010 90–1
firearms 2010 172–4
militant groups 2010 165–7
policy implications 2010 175–6
racial groups 2010 160–1
South Africa 2010 162–4
United States 2010 157, 160–2
prison guards, Papua New Guinea 2006 41, 43
prisoners, police executions 2004 230–2
prisoners of war, Geneva Conventions 2002 179
privacy 2004 12
private firearms see civilian firearms
private military companies (PMCs)
brokers 2001 101, 109–10
distinction from private security companies 2011 102, 136
illicit transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
private security 2001 219–20
private security companies (PSCs) 2001 219–20, 2004 196–8, 2011 2–3, 5
abuses by 2011 121–2, 142, 148–9, 150, 153
in armed conflict 2011 109
armed protection for humanitarian operations 2002 191
attacks on 2011 140
Cambodia 2006 134
Central America 2001 232
comparison with public security forces 2011 143–50
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 215
effects of small arms misuse 2003 139–40
firearms 2013 32
illicit 2011 119–20
misuse 2011 119–26
regulation 2011 154
stockpile management 2011 121
stockpiles 2011 111–16
types 2011 117–19
fragmentation of public space 2007 176
growth of 2011 102–10
hired by development programmes 2003 149
illicit transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
international or domestic 2011 143
international initiatives 2011 124–6
Kazakhstan 2012 118–19
legitimacy 2011 109–10
less-lethal weapons 2011 140
and multinational corporations 2011 5, 135–58
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180
national regulation 2011 150–1
Nicaragua 2013 64
personnel 2011 104–6
regulation 2011 126–7, 150–8
Somali piracy 2012 3, 5, 191–2, 204–12
firearm procurement 2012 208–11
firearm types 2012 207–8
firearm use 2012 211–12
South Africa 2008 190–3
South Sudan 2007 329
standard operating procedures 2011 119, 121
training 2011 123–4, 146
Uganda 2006 288
urban armed violence 2007 176, 180, 183
use of force 2011 121–2, 154
privatization
arms brokers 2001 97, 98
European producers 2001 31
land resources 2013 107
Poland 2001 37
production patterns 2001 12
of security 2001 219–20, 2004 174, 196–8, 199
Pró Legítima Defesa 2004 70–1
pro-government armed groups (PGAGs) 2010 94–5, 255–72
changing role 2010 269–72
identifying 2010 260
impact on civilians 2010 268–9
political goals 2010 263–7
relationship to government 2010 261–2, 269–72
roles 2010 262–7
security role 2010 267, 269
see also armed groups
pro-government militias, West Africa 2006 249, 250, 252, 255
pro-gun lobby
accessibility thesis 2001 202
International Tracing Instrument 2006 97
Pro-Tect Systems (United Kingdom) 2011 92
problem behaviour theory, armed violence 2008 248
process evaluation, weapons collection 2002 312
procurement see public procurement
procurement peaks 2006 9–11, 12, 13–27
procurement rate 2006 13–16, 17–18
production 2001 7–53, 2002 9–57, 2003 9–51, 2004 7–41, 2005 39–64
ammunition 2005 10, 13–17, 30–1
central and eastern Europe 2003 38
marking 2002 245
Armenia 2003 47–8
art 2005 154–5
Belarus 2003 48
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003 43
Brazil, illicit craft production 2003 29
brokers 2001 97–8, 99, 102, 108
Bulgaria 2003 43–7
bundles of characteristics 2005 42–3
Central African Republic 2005 319–20
central and eastern Europe 2003 36–49
Chile 2003 28–9
China 2002 22–3
codes of conduct 2002 182–3
Colombia 2005 161–2, 2006 216, 217–21, 222–3
concentration and consolidation 2003 15
control measures
African initiatives 2001 266
Euro-Atlantic region 2001 273
firepower 2005 184–5
Great Lakes region and Horn of Africa 2002 262
Inter-American Convention 2001 253
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
West African Moratorium 2001 260–1
Croatia 2003 44–5
Czech Republic 2003 39–41
data on civilian holdings 2007 52
data on numbers 2001 60–5
Estonia 2003 48
export dependency 2004 118–25, 134
exporters 2001 145–55
Georgia 2003 48
Ghana 2003 29
global 2001 9–17, 2002 9–10, 2003 13, 16–17, 100
global distribution 2001 9–11, 2002 12, 2003 11–12
global ranking of countries 2001 15–17
Hungary 2003 41–2
illegal, China 2002 96
Kyrgyzstan 2004 321–2
Latin America 2004 16–26
linkages between 2005 41
major producers 2002 22–9
MANPADS 2004 77, 78, 81–3
manufacturing sectors 2005 41–62
marking and tracing 2002 244, 245, 2006 106–7, 108
medium producers 2002 30–40
Middle East 2002 16–20
military procurement 2006 7–30
military stockpiles 2006 54–6
Morocco 2005 86
numbers of companies worldwide 2002 9–10
Pacific 2003 35–6, 2004 303
Pakistan 2003 32–3
parts 2012 252–3
Philippines 2003 33–5
Poland 2003 42
popular products 2001 18–24
restructuring 2002 12–13
Romania 2003 45–6
Russian Federation 2002 23–7, 26, 2003 19–20, 2004 14–16
sectors 2005 41, 43–62
Serbia and Montenegro 2003 46–7
significant production 2003 13–15
Slovakia, survey 2003 42–3
Slovenia 2003 46
South Africa 2003 30–1
stockpile estimates 2001 65
stockpile management and security 2002 258
supply-side controls and human rights 2001 223
trends 2001 11–12, 2003 13–15
Turkey, illicit craft production 2003 31–2
types 2001 9
Ukraine 2003 48–9
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2001 282
United States 2003 16–18, 2004 10–14, 67
unlicensed 2007 7–8, 14–32
of weapons used in crime, in Brazil 2001 22–4
see also craft production; licensed production; state-owned producers
production processes, manufacturing sectors 2005 42, 45–6, 47, 49, 52, 53–4, 57–8
productivity
Colombia 2006 229–30
costs of small arms violence 2003 133, 2006 189, 191, 193, 196, 197, 199, 203, 205–7
effects of small arms misuse 2003 131
firearms injuries 2003 129
major producers 2002 22
Productos Mendoza (Mexico) 2001 27, 2004 25
professions, civilian firearm use 2011 286
profiting from war, disarmament 2003 300–1
Program Global Shield 2013 239, 243
Programa Nacional de Entrega Voluntaria de Armas de Fuego (Argentina) 2012 24
Programme H (Rio de Janeiro) 2006 315
Programme national de désarmement et de reinsertion (PNDR) (Central African Republic)
2005 325–7
prohibited weapons 2010 316
Project Ploughshares, Armed Conflict Report 2005 238–9, 241, 242, 244, 245–6, 247
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) (United States) 2008 287–8
Project for Violence Prevention (Chicago, United States) 2006 316
proliferation
Georgia 2003 205–10
Republic of the Congo 2003 270–2
Promexport (Russia) 2003 110
propaganda, conflict deaths 2005 233–4
propellant chemicals, trade 2010 8, 20–1
property crime, Haiti 2011 241–2
property damage, Southern Lebanon 2009 326
property-related disputes, post-conflict 2009 228, 230
proportionality, policing 2004 218–19, 225
prosecutions, illicit brokering 2004 162–6
protection, humanitarian operations, definition 2002 190
protection costs
costs of small arms violence 2006 191
logging in Cambodia 2006 133
protection rackets, Georgia 2003 210
protocols, norms 2003 216–17, 223, 225, 237–46
Provenzano, Bernardo 2013 78, 87, 88, 89
Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), improvised explosive devises (IEDs) 2013 223,
232, 241, 242
Proyecto SAFE (San Antonio Family Enhancement) 2010 242
Prvi Partizan (Serbia and Montenegro) 2003 47
PS Povzbroj (Slovakia) 2003 43
PSCs see private security companies
PSP see Poste de securité publique
psychological effects 2002 166–7, 2003 131, 2006 191, 195
psychosocial trauma, children and youth 2009 198–9
PT Pindad (Indonesia) 2001 43, 2002 45
licensed production 2007 18
PTSD see post-traumatic stress disorder
PUA see participatory rural or urban appraisal
public awareness
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 181, 185–8
national control of civilian ownership 2002 267
NGOs and control 2002 242
norms 2003 232
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 282–3, 284, 297, 299–300, 307–10,
312–13
Yemen 2003 185–6
public good, security sector reform 2003 153
public health 2001 214–18
costs of small arms violence 2003 133, 2006 195–6, 207–8
estimating global suicides and homicides 2004 201–2
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 181
public health approach
domestic violence 2008 25
four-step process 2008 225
interventions 2008 277–9, 287–8, 298–9
violence prevention 2008 211–12, 223–8, 236–40, 2013 138
public health data, firearm injuries 2012 87
public interest, civilian firearm users 2011 278
public opinion
NGOs 2002 242
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 280
public order, demand for small arms 2006 148
public procurement
ammunition
estimating 2010 18–20
transparency 2010 10–13
definition 2010 9
public security
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 193–221
disarmament 2003 309, 312
outsourcing 2011 107–8
private security companies 2011 2–3, 143–6
state provision 2011 1–2
public services
effects of small arms misuse 2003 140–1
Papua New Guinea 2006 182
public space, fragmentation of 2007 176–8
public transparency 2004 114
Puerto Rico
firearm homicides 2012 9, 12–13, 16
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers to, from United States 2012 12–13
PUK see Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
pump-action shotguns, Papua New Guinea 2006 175, 176, 177
purchasing power parity (PPP) 2006 190
Putin, Vladimir, Chechnya 2002 90
Pyrkal see Greek Powder and Cartridge Company
qaat addiction, Somaliland 2012 159
Qadhafi, Muammar 2001 103, 120–3
Qatar
illicit transfers from, to Sudanese Government 2001 174
military procurement 2006 18
production 2002 19
stockpiles
military 2005 86, 88
police 2005 89
unauthorized retransfers from 2014 126
Qaybali code (Yemen) 2003 169
QinetiQ (United Kingdom) 2012 263, 2013 189, 208
Qioptiq (United Kingdom) 2012 263
QLZ 87 automatic grenade launchers, Sudan 2014 226–7
Qods Force 2013 232
Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) 2006 144
quality of life
costs of small arms violence 2006 191, 196, 197, 199
post-conflict, Southern Lebanon 2009 327
survey of gunshot victims 2001 217–18
Queensland (Australia)
civilian firearms
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
user regulation 2011 276
Quik-Shok 2005 16
QUNO see Quaker United Nations Office
QW-1 MANPADS, Iraq 2012 327
QW-1/QW-2 2004 82, 84
QW-19 missiles 2011 33
R1 assault rifle 2002 48
Burundi 2007 204
R2 assault rifle 2002 48
R3 see recovery, recycling, and reuse
R4 assault rifle 2002 48, 2007 27
Burundi 2007 86, 204
R5 assault rifle 2002 48
Burundi 2007 204
R15 assault rifle 2006 221
race, violence risk factor 2008 259
RadioPribor (Ukraine) 2003 49
Rafael (Israel), ammunition production 2010 31
Rainsy, Sam 2006 122, 123
Rajoelina, Andry 2011 171, 172, 176–9, 188
Ramadan, Yaya 2005 309
Ramanantsoa, Gabriel 2011 171, 173
Ramaroson, Hyppolite 2011 179–80
RAMSI see Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands
Ranariddh, Prince Norodom 2006 120–1
rangefinders see laser rangefinders
ransom payments, Somali pirates 2012 195
rape
Central African Republic 2005 322
conflict 2005 193, 196
humanitarian impacts of small arms 2002 172
Liberia 2014 15–16, 17–18
Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 172, 174–5
Uganda 2006 288
violence in refugee camps 2002 169
Rashaida Free Lions 2007 320
Rathore, Dipendra 2012 175
Ratsimandrava, Richard 2011 170, 173
Ratsiraka, Didier 2011 171, 173–4, 175
Rautenbach, Billy 2001 109
Ravalomanana, Marc 2011 167, 175–6, 179
Raven Arms 2001 24
Raytheon Company (United States) 2005 59, 60
directed-energy weapons 2011 86
Raytheon-Lockheed Martin 2004 27, 82
RBS-70 missile 2011 33
RCAF see Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
RCSS see Regional Centre for Strategic Studies
RDX, use in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 232, 233
re-export
definition 2009 64
licensing requirements 2009 82–5
UN Programme of Action 2002 223
Read, Lucian 2007 145–59
Real IRA (RIRA)
disarmament 2003 297
illicit transfers to 2001 177
prices 2002 69
rebel groups
Burundi 2007 197–8, 199–203
Central and South Asia, transfers to 2003 111–12
Constabulary military doctrine 2006 50–1
demand for small arms 2006 146–8
disarmament, political commitment 2003 296–8
illicit transfers to 2007 133
South-East Asia 2006 253
West Africa 2006 249, 250, 252, 254–5
see also guerrillas; insurgents
recirculation of small arms
low black-market prices 2002 68
West African armed groups 2006 247, 253–6, 258, 261
recoilless guns 2004 33
ammunition, transfers 2010 10, 27–8
countries producing 2008 34–5
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 283
transfers 2011 26–7
types 2008 23
recoilless rifles, Somalia 2012 342
reconciliation, weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 279, 306, 2003 311–12
reconstruction and development 2005 276, 277
record-keeping
Arms Trade Treaty 2014 94
International Tracing Instrument 2006 95, 107–8
International Tracing Instrument (ITI) 2011 56–7
marking 2002 244–8, 246
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265
police stockpiles 2006 39
post-conflict weapons collection 2009 122–8
transportation 2010 53
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 241
UN Open-ended Meeting of Governmental Experts (MGE) 2012 227–8
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2001 282
weapons tracing 2009 109, 120–1, 130
see also reporting
recovery, recycling, and reuse (R3), demilitarization industry 2013 198, 208–10
recruitment, militias in the Republic of the Congo 2003 263–4
Red Arrow ATGWs 2011 32
Red Sky missile 2008 18
reflex sights 2012 266
refugee camps
militarization of 2001 224, 227, 2005 274
policing of, West Africa 2006 259
violence 2002 168–9
violence in 2009 202
refugees 2002 167, 2005 231, 273
Burundian 2007 200–1
children 2009 201–3
indicators of humanitarian impacts 2002 160
policing 2004 236
see also internally displaced persons
Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) 2004 299–300, 2005 282–3,
2006 155, 157
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) (Sri Lanka) 2001 143
regional control measures 2001 252–76
ammunition 2005 23–4, 28–9
civilian firearms 2011 264–5
light weapons 2005 124–6
stockpile security 2002 259–60
UN Programme of Action 2002 209, 225–6
regional cooperation 2012 233–4
regional law, norms 2003 218
regional organizations, UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2002 209–10
regions
average number of police officers 2006 42
brokering 2004 147, 148–51
intra-regional trade 2003 101, 102, 199
military stockpiles 2006 52, 58
national reporting 2004 257
norms 2003 236–7
registration of brokers 2002 253, 2004 147, 149, 159, 161
registration of firearms 2004 66–71
active-universal or passive-partial 2004 43, 68
Australia 2004 62
Brazil 2003 87
Canada 2002 86, 2004 62, 68–9
civilian holdings 2007 39, 49–53, 55–6
Colombia 2006 217, 219–20
demand for small arms 2006 154–5
European civilian firearms 2003 70–2
Georgia 2003 191
Germany 2007 51–2
Kyrgyzstan 2004 313
Latin America 2004 52, 69–71
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265
Pacific 2004 302
stolen firearms 2004 60, 62
Thailand 2004 71
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238, 241
United States 2001 66, 2004 12
US Army inventory control 2002 260–1
West African Moratorium 2001 260
regulation see control measures
Reicher, Stephen 2006 303–4
Reid, Richard 2013 237
reintegration of former combatants 2003 310
abuse of system 2009 295–6
Aceh 2009 249–51, 256–78
Afghanistan 2009 295–9
compensation 2009 268–9
discontent 2009 269
economic reintegration 2009 264–6, 270
Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 263
international models 2009 254–6
maximalist approach 2009 269–76
political reintegration 2009 262–3
Republic of the Congo 2002 300–1
social reintegration 2009 259–62
targeting 2009 266–8
see also disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration
relief operations
deteriorating security 2001 226
humanitarian impacts 2002 158, 159
religion
armed groups 2006 250
Brazil 2007 228, 233, 236, 245, 246
conflict resolution 2003 312
South Sudan 2007 318
see also Christianity; Islam
reloading 2005 15–16
Remington Arms Co. (United States) 2004 13–14, 2005 54
Adaptive Combat Rifle 2011 76
financial indicators 2002 21, 28
less-lethal shotguns 2011 83
ranked by weapons type 2002 29
survey of producers 2001 26, 27
weapons used in crime in US 2001 24
RENAMO see Resistência Nacional Moçambicana
Reno, William 2006 250
rent-seeking, demand for small arms 2006 143
rental businesses
Africa 2003 86
Canada 2004 68
Kenya 2003 86
repair and maintenance, weapon parts 2012 254
repairers
guerrillas in Colombia 2006 223
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 285–6
manufacturing sectors 2005 43–4, 45, 46–9
repairs, international transfers 2009 9
repeating weapons, Yemen 2003 173
replacement, military procurement 2006 9–11
replica weapons
illicit craft production 2003 26
International Tracing Instrument 2006 104
light weapons 2008 11
violence and crime 2004 189
reporting
arms embargoes 2004 267
Arms Trade Treaty 2014 94–5
brokering 2004 160, 161
exports 2002 117–23, 2003 98–102, 2006 68–73, 78–82
imports 2006 74
legal trade, 2002 update 2002 112
marking and tracing 2006 111–12
military stockpiles 2006 58–60
monitoring 2004 249–50, 254–8
national, data on legal transfers 2001 143
policing 2004 237
Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer 2006 65, 80–2, 88
stockpile estimates 2003 58
transfers 2006 66–7, 2009 26–8, 52–3
UN Programme of Action 2002 229
Republic of the Congo (RoC) (formerly Congo-Brazzaville)
ammunition imports 2014 154–6
conflict 2003 256–8, 2014 151–2, 154
DDR and weapons reduction 2002 281, 300–3, 2003 255–73, 279, 2005 290, 291, 2009
184
illicit transfers from 2014 153–4
to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2005 319
to UNITA 2001 118–19
illicit transfers to, brokers 2001 106
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 275
resource conflict 2013 116
socio-economic development 2014 165–6
stockpile acquisition 2014 151–6
stockpile management 2014 155, 167–70
stockpiles, insurgent 2002 82, 2003 82
weapons collection 2009 124, 125, 240
weapons records 2009 128
see also Congo-Brazzaville; Mpila ammunition depot explosions
Republic of Me’ekamui (Bougainville), disarmament 2003 303
Republican Guard (Côte d’Ivoire) 2011 199
research
accessibility thesis 2004 182
data on legal transfers 2001 143
disarmament 2003 300
estimating global suicides and homicides 2004 201–2
humanitarian impacts 2002 158
Kyrgyzstan 2004 310
NGOs 2002 243
research & development 2003 23–5
reserve militaries 2006 45
Colombia 2006 220
military stockpiles 2006 47–50, 51–2, 56, 220
Switzerland 2002 78
Réserve ministérielle (Republic of the Congo) 2003 256
reserve stockpiles 2001 71–2
government armed forces 2001 71
insurgent 2001 80
police firearms 2001 69
US military 2002 85
reserves, exaggeration 2008 85–6
resilience factors
armed violence 2008 229–30, 245–6
definition 2008 247–8
violent behaviour 2008 256
resistance, young men and small arms 2006 302, 306–7
resistance councils (Uganda) 2007 185
Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (RENAMO) (Mozambique) 2001 64, 2002 129, 294
weapons diverted to 2008 196
resource development
demand for small arms 2006 144–5, 149, 150
Papua New Guinea 2006 180–1
resource-based conflict
Africa 2013 103, 116–18
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 209
see also land conflicts
resources
disarmament 2003 301, 306–8
urbanization and crime 2007 164
Yemen 2003 172
see also natural resources
responsibility 2004 65, 66–71
restricted-use ammunition, Brazil 2007 303–5
retransfers, unauthorized see unauthorized retransfers
revenge, tribal violence in Yemen 2003 184
revenue collection, effects of small arms misuse 2003 131, 144–5
reverse engineering, unauthorized production 2007 23
Review Conference see United Nations (UN), Programme of Action, Review Conference
Revolutionary Alliance for the Liberation of Azawad (ARLA) 2005 165
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) see Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de
Colombia
Revolutionary People’s Army (Philippines), illicit transfers to 2001 183
Revolutionary United Front (RUF) (Sierra Leone)
brokering 2004 164
captured weapons 2006 255
co-operative conflict 2002 175
conflict use 2005 194
DDR and weapons reduction 2002 289–90, 2003 81, 297, 307–8, 2005 278
forced recruitment of women 2002 171
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
illicit transfers to 2001 171–3, 2004 132
arms embargo 2002 133
arms supply networks 2001 116, 119–23
violations of end-user certificates 2002 134
MANPADS 2006 256
stockpiles 2003 82
typology of armed groups 2006 249
revolutionary warfare, People’s War militaries 2006 47
revolvers
ammunition types 2005 12
Colombia 2006 218, 231
crime in Latin America 2002 175
criminal use, Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 25–32
customs code 2009 10
exports
average annual value 2001 147
Comtrade data on 2001 146
customs data 1999 2002 113, 114, 115
trends 1995–1999 2002 147
United States 2001 155, 2004 121
value 2003 2006 68–73
Georgia 2003 203–4
illicit, Philippines 2013 306
imports
customs data 1999 2002 113, 114, 115
to Guatemala 2003 115
from the United States 2001 154
United States 2003 105–6
value 2003 2006 75–8
military stockpiles 2006 37, 55
most popular small arms products 2001 18
most popular small arms in South Africa 2001 21
parts, transfers 2012 254–7
police firearms, Belgium 2001 69, 70
production
Argentina 2004 20, 21
Brazil 2004 22, 2007 94–7
Colombia 2004 23
estimated global production by volume 1980–2000 2001 13
manufacturing sectors 2005 45, 53
most popular military weapons 2004 27–8
most popular small arms 2004 8
United States 2001 26, 27, 2002 27, 29, 2003 17, 18, 2004 13, 14, 119, 120
seizures in Brazil 2001 23
South America 2006 86
transfers
1995–1999 2002 147
2001–2011 2014 113–17
2006 2009 28–30, 39–43
Comtrade data 2000–2006 2009 12, 14, 20–2
to Cyprus 2003 105
trade decline 2003 102–3
undocumented 2009 31, 43
used in crime in the US 2001 23
Rexio (Argentina) 2001 28
Rey-Bellet, Corinne 2007 54
Reyes, Camilo 2002 218, 219, 220
RFDG see Movement of the Democratic Forces of Guinea
RH-Alan (Croatia) 2001 19, 37, 2003 45
Rheinmetall DeTec (Germany)
acquisitions 1996–2000 2002 12, 39
company profile 2000 2002 34
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
most popular machine guns 2001 19, 20
survey of producers 2001 32
Vingmate fire-control system 2012 268–9
rheostatic weapons 2011 83–6
Richmond (Virginia, United States), homicide rate 2007 165
Rifle Factory (India), licensed production 2007 18
rifles
.50 calibre 2005 51, 52, 53
Mexico 2013 292–3
Africa 2003 83
ammunition 2005 12, 16
civilian ownership, patterns of 2007 63–4
Colombia 2006 225, 226
crime in Africa 2002 175
data on numbers 2001 60, 62
exports
from Russia 2004 122
from the United States 2003 107, 2004 121
Georgia 2003 203–4
government armed forces 2001 71
identifying features 2014 219–20, 221
illicit
Afghanistan 2012 331, 332
Iraq 2012 320–1, 322
Mexico 2013 289–90, 291–3, 292–3
Philippines 2013 305, 306
Somalia 2012 338–9
United States 2014 245, 256, 259–60, 260–1, 268
imported into the United States 1991–1996 2001 27
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 84
Israeli stockpiles 2003 77
manufacturing sectors 2005 45, 51–3
military stockpiles 2006 53, 54
police firearms 2001 69, 2011 75–7
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 257–72
production
Brazil 2004 22
Canada 2001 27
licensed 2007 8, 18, 20, 21–3
most important companies 2003 14–15
most popular military weapons 2004 29–30
United States 2001 26, 27, 2002 27, 29, 2003 17, 18, 2004 13, 14, 119, 120
unlicensed 2007 8, 20, 22–3
Republic of the Congo, militia holdings 2003 267–8
seizures in Afghanistan 2003 76
South America 2006 86
sporting, transfers of 2003 102–3
technological developments 2003 22, 23–4
transfer of military firearms to civilian ownership 2007 61
United Kingdom 2004 189
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
used in crime in US 2001 24
Yemen 2003 173–4
see also assault rifles; Kalashnikov rifles; sniper rifles
Right-to-Carry (RTC) laws see carrying licences
Riina, Totò 2013 78
Rindel, Fred 2002 140
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 2005 195
ammunition, diversions 2007 289–90, 301–11, 2008 45, 46, 52
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 202–7
drug violence 2012 3–4, 41, 64–72
firearm homicides 2007 236–8
gang violence 2010 1
gangs
gun ownership 2010 89, 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107
gender and firearms-related mortality 2001 213
homicide rates 2012 70
milícias paramilitaries 2012 70–1
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 182–3
police
anti-drug tactics 2012 66–70
killings of civilians 2012 65–6
prison gangs 2010 157, 167–70, 177
seizures of illicit weapons 2006 84, 2007 182–3, 2012 30–1
urban violence 2007 163, 182–3
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 284
young men and violence 2006 306, 313–14
Rio Grande do Sul state (Brazil), firearm homicides 2007 241
Rio-São Paulo Extended Metropolitan Region (Brazil) 2007 169
risk
armed violence 2008 229–30, 238, 245–6, 262–3, 282
behaviour problems 2008 254
definition 2008 246–7
domestic violence 2008 260–1
ecological model 2008 250–1
gang violence 2008 261–2, 270
identifying 2008 249–53
important factors 2008 257–9
interventions 2008 264–9
targets of 2008 268, 269
top ten strategies 2008 268
types 2008 267, 268
life stages 2008 252
overriding 2014 87–8
pathways model 2008 251–3
post-conflict societies 2009 230–2
school shootings 2008 265–6
security management 2002 190
triggers 2008 256
violence prevention 2008 264
violent behaviour 2008 253–63
weapons collection 2002 312
youth violence 2008 252–3, 255–6, 258–9, 262
risk assessment, arms exports 2014 85–8
risk assessments, intimate partner violence 2013 37–8
risk-taking, young men and small arms 2006 303
rites of passage, young men and small arms 2006 302, 303
Rivers State (Nigeria), DDR programmes 2006 263
roadblocks
effects of small arms misuse 2003 142
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180
Robar Companies Inc. (United States) 2005 52
robbery
Cambodia 2006 127–30
Georgia 2003 209
Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 174, 184
United States, firearm use 2014 251–2
Roberts, John, II 2007 94
RoC see Republic of the Congo
rocket launchers
countries producing 2008 34–5
exporters 2006 70–3
illicit, United States 2014 264–5
importers 2006 75–8
manufacturing sectors 2005 45, 55–7
parts 2012 244
transfers 2011 27–9
types 2008 25–6
rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPGs)
Burundi 2007 204
conflict use 2005 182, 183, 184–5
exporters 2006 72
Georgia 2003 196
illicit
Afghanistan 2012 313
Iraq 2012 322–6
Somalia 2012 341–2
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
lethality 2008 12
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 284
manufacturing sectors 2005 57
optical sights, Iraq 2012 325
producers of 2008 25–6
production 2004 8, 34, 35–7, 46
Republic of the Congo, militia holdings 2003 268
rounds, Iraq 2012 323–5
seizures in Afghanistan 2003 76
transfers 2011 27–8
types 2008 25–6
warheads 2008 25
rockets
demilitarization waste products 2013 205
illicit, Mexico 2013 299
light weapons, transfers 2010 10, 27–8
possessed by Hizbollah 2009 322
seizures in Afghanistan 2003 76
seizures in Iraq 2012 324–6
Rodriguez, Camilo Reyes 2002 212
ROKETSAN (Turkey) 2013 189, 199
Romania
ammunition
production 2014 190–1, 194, 195
transfers, transparency 2010 11
arms industry 2009 68
brokering 2004 153, 155, 156, 158, 161
civilian ownership 2002 87, 2003 65
DDR and weapons reduction 2004 58, 2005 290
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 96, 97
disarmament 2009 163, 179
diversion of arms to Colombia 2008 122
EU membership 2008 104
export controls
exceptions 2009 78
licensing authorities 2009 86, 89
licensing systems 2009 71, 74
re-export provisions 2009 83
transfer criteria 2009 93, 95
exports
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2009 13, 2012 274
irresponsible transfers from 2007 100
list of importers 2006 74
military firearms 2001 147, 2009 36
survey of producers 2003 45
transparency 2004 117, 118, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 89, 2009 49, 2010 15, 2011 15,
16, 2012 283, 289, 292, 298, 299, 305, 306–7, 2013 181, 182, 2014 129
trends 2000 2003 110
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
to the United States 2003 39
value 2001 2004 101, 105
value 2002 2005 100, 104
illicit transfers from 2002 134
to Angola 2002 132, 134
to Georgia 2005 172
to Iraq 2002 132
illicit transfers to, border seizures 2005 115, 116
imports 2005 105
military stockpiles, destruction programmes 2007 65
NATO membership 2008 103
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 278
private security companies, personnel 2011 105
production
AK series rifle 2001 17
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 15, 19
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2007 21
manufacturing sectors 2005 56, 57, 61
most popular small arms 2001 20
RPG-7 2004 36, 37
survey of producers 2001 35, 53, 2002 57, 2003 38, 39, 45–6
unlicensed 2007 17, 21
Romarm (Romania) 2003 45–6, 2005 56
Romtechnica (Romania), exports 2003 110
rosewood, illegal trafficking, Madagascar 2011 185
Rosoboronexport (Russian Federation) 2002 123, 2003 110–11
licensed production 2007 24
Rossi (Brazil) 2001 21, 23
hunting rifles 2009 47
weapons seized in Rio de Janeiro 2012 30
Rosvooruzhenie (Russia) 2003 110
Rowe, Sylvester 2007 118
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) 2006 121–2
logging industry 2006 133
misuse of guns 2006 130
security sector reform (SSR) 2006 134–5
stockpiles 2006 125, 126
Royal Canadian Cartridge and Munitions Corp. (Canada) 2001 27
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 2004 57
Royal Netherlands Army, gender equality 2014 65
Royal Ordnance (RO) (United Kingdom) 2001 33
ammunition production 2001 15
company profile 2000 2002 12, 39–40
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
Heckler & Koch 2002 48–9
joint ventures with Brazilian producers 2001 29–30, 2004 22
licensed production 2002 45
most popular small arms 2001 19
Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC), diversion of arms and ammunition 2008
48–9
Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) 2002 48–9
Royal Thai Army, production 2001 44
royalties, licensed production 2002 43
RPD light machine gun 2004 31, 34
ammunition 2014 187
Burundi, disarmament 2007 204
RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher
Iraq 2012 323–4
Somalia 2012 341
RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launchers 2004 8, 34, 35–7, 49, 2005 184–5, 2008 25–6
Burundi 2007 204
identifying marks 2009 118
illicit transfers of 2013 312
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
RPG-7-pattern launchers
South Sudan 2014 229, 234
Sudanese 2014 234
RPG-16 rocket launchers, Iraq 2012 323
RPG-18 rocket launchers, Iraq 2012 323
RPG-18/22 rocket launchers 2002 71, 88
RPG-22 rocket launchers, Iraq 2012 323
RPG-29 Vampir rocket launchers, Iraq 2012 313, 326
RPG-75 shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
RPGs see rocket-propelled grenade launchers; rocket-propelled grendade launchers
RPK machine gun, ammunition 2014 187
RPK machine guns 2001 20, 21
Burundi 2007 204
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
RPK-74 2004 31
RPNGC see Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary
RPO-A ‘Shmel’, Republic of the Congo 2003 262, 2014 153
RTG-7 2002 71
RUAG, ammunition 2011 77
RUAG Ammotec (Switzerland/Germany) 2003 15, 2005 13
RUAG Suisse Group (Switzerland) 2001 33, 2002 39, 2003 15
rubber baton rounds 2005 16, 53
rubber bullets 2002 165, 2004 221–3
RUF see Revolutionary United Front
Ruger Mini-14 2010 114
Ruger Mp-9 sub-machine gun, Burundi 2007 204
Ruger (United States)
weapons seized in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 2012 30
weapons used in Bogotá (Colombia) 2012 29
Ruggie, John 2011 139–40, 157–8
Rugova, Ibrahim 2005 216, 217, 218
rules of engagement, peace operations 2003 296
Rumsfeld, Donald, Afghanistan 2003 112
Ruprah, Sanjivan 2008 117, 135
rural areas
armed violence, comparison with urban areas 2007 164
Brazil 2007 165–6, 228–52
definition 2007 169
effects of small arms misuse 2003 136
humanitarian impacts 2002 160
population 2007 163
Russian Federation
ammunition
procurement 2010 31
production 2014 189–91, 194
arms industry 2009 68
civilian firearms
carrying in public 2011 293
licences 2011 280
prohibited and restricted 2011 271
user regulation 2011 276
control measures
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123
Arms Trade Treaty 2007 127
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 182
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 211
demilitarization 2013 193
destruction programmes 2002 74, 2004 58, 60
surplus weapons 2008 96, 97
disarmament 2009 179
displaced persons 2001 2002 196
export controls
enforcement 2009 86
exceptions 2009 79
licensing authorities 2009 89
licensing systems 2009 72, 74
transfer criteria 2009 94
exports
to Africa 2001 170, 2003 118
ammunition 2006 67, 2009 15, 16
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2009 8, 10, 12, 27, 2012 274, 2013 179–80
Cyprus 2004 108
data on 2002 123
human rights 2004 128, 129, 130, 131, 133
to India 2003 112
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
to Kazakhstan 2012 120, 121
list of importers 2005 107, 108, 2006 75, 76, 77
MANPADS 2002 116, 2004 87
military firearms 2002 115, 116, 2009 33, 34
military small arms and light weapons 2009 24
national reporting 2002 124
non-military shotguns 2002 114
producer dependence on 2004 121–2
selected transfers 1999–2001 2002 147
share of total arms exports 2001 144
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 23, 24
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 18, 46
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 66, 81, 2007 89, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17,
2012 293, 2013 183, 2014 130
trends 2000 2003 108, 110–11
UN Programme of Action 2002 223
unofficial information on 2001 158
value 2001 2004 100, 101, 102, 105
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 100, 101, 104
value 2003 2006 65, 68, 72
gang violence 2010 137
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113
membership 2010 106, 107
Georgia 2003 192–5, 202, 206
illicit transfers from 2001 177–9
to Afghanistan 2004 128, 322, 323
to Angola 2002 132, 2004 129
to Armenia 2001 180
to Chechnya 2001 178–9
to Georgia 2001 180, 2003 191
to Iraq 2002 132, 2012 317
to Kazakhstan 2012 123
to Liberia 2002 132
MANPADS 2004 88
to Nagornho-Karabakh 2002 133
to Rwanda 2002 132
to Sierra Leone 2002 132
to Somalia 2002 132
imports 2004 109, 2005 103, 106, 108, 2006 68, 77
human rights 2004 128, 132
irresponsible transfers to 2007 104–5
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
sporting shotguns 2009 19
machine guns 2004 32
MANPADS
attacks 2004 90
control of 2004 92–3, 94, 2005 130–6
designations 2004 79
illicit transfers 2004 88
stockpiles 2004 83, 84
military procurement 2006 23
military stockpile, diversion 2008 57–8
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 33
prices
black-market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 278
private security companies
armed 2011 112
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
personnel 2011 106
production
AK series rifles 2001 17
ammunition 2002 26, 2003 20
for armed forces 2002 23–6
assault rifles 2004 28
by value 2001 14, 2003 16, 19–20
by volume 2001 12, 2003 13, 16, 19–20
company profiles 2000 2002 23–7, 55
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
grenade launchers 2004 32
licensed
India 2007 9, 11
Kalashnikov rifles 2007 9
Libya 2007 11
technology owners 2007 15, 16, 17, 19–20
Venezuela 2007 10–11
light weapons 2008 35
major ammunition producers 2001 15
MANPADS 2004 81, 82, 2011 33
manufacturing sectors 2005 48, 56, 57, 61
mergers of state-owned companies 2003 9
most important companies 2002 20, 21, 2003 14–15
most popular small arms 2001 18, 19, 20
pistols 2004 28
RPG-7 2004 35–7
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
survey of producers 2001 30, 33–4, 53, 2002 57, 2003 19–20, 2004 10–11, 14–16
trends 2004 8
unlicensed 2007 19–20, 22, 24
Rwandan genocide 2001 207
stockpiles 2005 77
Chechnya 2002 90
civilian holdings 2002 87, 2003 65, 2007 47–8, 62
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
distribution of firearms 2001 67
Georgia 2003 198–9
MANPADS 2004 83, 84
military 2006 56, 57
destruction programmes 2007 64, 65
losses from 2001 178, 2006 38
transparency 2006 45
stockpile security 2004 54–5, 103
surplus weapons 2009 69
weapons collection programmes 2003 281
weapons tracing 2009 121
see also Soviet Union
Rwanda
ammunition availability 2005 19–20
children without parents 2009 200
conflict
brokers and transport agents 2001 104
child mortality 2002 173
child soldiers 2001 230
conflict goods 2002 140–1, 142
genocide 2001 204–5, 206–7
Burundi 2007 199
internally displaced persons 2001 225, 2002 168, 196
militarization of refugee camps 2001 224, 227
percentage of population killed in 2001 210
conflict deaths 2005 249
culture of violence 2001 207
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 283, 293, 2005 290, 2009 185
death among UN staff 2002 187
end-use certificates, illicit 2008 158–9
exports, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2001 108, 2004 130, 2005 319
illicit transfers from
to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2004 130, 2005 319
to UNITA in Angola 2001 118–19
illicit transfers to
arms embargoes 2002 132, 2004 265
human rights 2004 128, 132
imports, irresponsible transfers to 2007 105
Ingando process 2009 233, 236
land conflict 2013 117–18
MANPADS attacks on aircraft 2008 13
militarization of refugee camps 2005 273
police, women 2014 71
political violence 2009 229
politization of humanitarian action 2002 186
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
private security companies, public perception 2011 106
short-term gain-seeking groups 2005 195
transfers to non-state actors 2007 135
War Tribunals 2002 177
Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) 2001 207, 2007 135
SA-7 MANPADS 2004 83, 2006 283, 2011 30
designations 2004 79
destruction of 2008 100
effectiveness 2004 80
information 2004 86
Iraq 2012 327, 329
Mombasa attack (2002) 2004 77, 87–8, 2008 12
production of 2008 17
Somalia 2012 340
specifications and manufacture 2004 82
stockpiles 2004 84
transfers of 2004 87–8, 90
SA-14 MANPADS 2004 82, 90
Iraq 2012 327
SA-16 Igla MANPADS 2004 83
control measures 2004 92
illicit transfers of 2004 89
specifications and manufacture 2004 82
stockpiles 2004 84
transfers of 2002 116, 2004 87
SA-16 MANPADS, Iraq 2012 327
SA-18 Igla MANPADS, Somalia 2012 340
SA-18 MANPADS 2004 82, 84, 87, 90, 92–3
illicit supply 2012 122
SA-24 MANPADS, Venezuela 2011 22
SA-80 assault rifle 2001 33
Heckler & Koch licensed production 2002 49, 50
reliability 2003 21
United Kingdom 2006 12
Saab Bofors (Sweden) 2004 35, 82
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle 2011 26–7
licensed production 2007 27
Saarland, law enforcement stockpiles 2006 40
Saco Defense (United States) 2001 26, 2003 15
company profile 2000 2002 29
financial indicators 1998–2000 2002 28
most popular machine guns 2001 19–21
ownership of 2001 2002 12
Sacra Corona Unita (SCU)
firearms trafficking 2013 94
homicides 2013 83, 86–8
structure 2013 80
SAD see European Union (EU), Single Administrative Document
SADC see Southern African Development Community
SAF see Sudan Armed Forces
SAF sub-machine gun 2004 23
Saf-T-Hammer Corp (United States) 2002 12
Safat Aviation Complex (Sudan) 2014 232
Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative (United States) 2010 240
Safer Community strategies 2009 240
Safer Port Moresby 2006 169
Saferworld 2001 262–3, 2002 262
safety
demilitarization industry 2013 203–4
humanitarian operations, definition 2002 190
post-conflict 2005 269–71
safety features
pistols 2003 22
Smith & Wesson 2002 28–9
safety and security measures
civil aviation 2010 61–2
transportation 2010 53–4
safety training, Yemen 2003 185–6
Sagger missiles
Afghanistan 2012 334
Iraq 2012 327
Somalia 2012 339–40
Sahouss, André Joseph 2014 163
Saiga hunting rifle, intellectual property rights 2007 24
Saint Kitts and Nevis
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
St. Louis (United States), Consent-to-Search programme 2006 311–12, 2007 181, 2008 283
Saint Lucia
exports, UN Register 2012 288
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
St Petersburg Declaration (1868) 2002 179
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Sako Ltd (Finland) 2002 12, 37
Sakr Factory for Developed Industry (Egypt) 2005 60
Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSCP) (Algeria), guided light weapons holdings
2008 32
Saleh, Ali Abdullah 2003 79
sales, international arms transfers 2009 9
SALIGRAD see Assessing Small Arms Issues and Developing Capacity for Peace in the Horn of
Africa
Salih, President Ali Abdullah 2003 170–1
al-Sallal, Colonel Abdullah 2003 170
Salopek, Paul 2004 127
Samoa
civilian ownership 2004 283
gun control measures 2004 302, 303
illicit weapons and trade 2004 285
imports 2004 281
stockpiles 2003 89, 2004 284
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
see also American Samoa
San Antonio (Texas), gang treatment projects 2010 242
San Giuseppe Jato (Italy), mafia firearms 2013 92
San Salvador (El Salvador), gang violence 2010 141
SANDF see South African National Defence Force
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) 2013 52, 59, 63
Sandinista Popular Army 2013 60
Sandline International 2001 104, 109, 110, 121
in Papua New Guinea 2011 113, 114, 116, 117–18
Sankoh, Foday 2001 120–3
Santa Barbara (Spain) 2004 7
company profile 2000 2002 37–8
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
licensed production 2002 51
ownership of 2001 2002 12
Santorini 2002 91, 93
Santos, Ambassador Carlos dos 2002 207
São Paulo (Brazil)
homicide rates 2012 23–4
illicit craft production 2003 29
prison gangs 2010 170–2
private security companies, firearm stockpiles 2011 113
urban violence 2007 167
urbanization 2007 168
São Tomé and Príncipe, destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
SAPS see South African Police Service; Structural Adjustment Programmes
SAR 21 rifle 2003 22
SAR 80 assault rifle 2001 63
Sarajevo, market massacre (1994) 2008 12
Sarawis 2005 308, 312
Saria Industrial Complex (Sudan) 2014 232
Sark, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Sarsenbayev, Altynbek 2012 114
Sarsilmaz (Turkey) 2005 56
SASP see Small Arms Serialization Program
Sassou Nguesso, Dennis 2003 256–8, 260–2, 264–5, 267, 2014 152, 154
Satellite Beach, Florida (United States), illicit weapons 2014 247–50, 252–68
satellite towns, definition 2007 169
satellite tracking, transfer control 2008 132
Satgas Papua (West Papua) 2002 98
Saudi Arabia
control measures, MANPADS 2004 90
exports 2004 105
human rights 2004 128, 133
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23, 24
transparency 2007 89, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 15, 17, 2012 293, 298, 2013 181, 183,
2014 130
illicit transfers from 2007 105, 106
to Somalia 2007 94
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
Comtrade data 2009 12
from the European Union 2003 104
human rights 2004 128
list of exporters 2005 102, 104, 105, 2006 68, 69
military firearms 2002 116
military small arms and light weapons 2009 25
pistols and revolvers 2009 22
shotgun shells 2010 25
top importers 2004 2007 74
from the United States 2003 106
value 1994–1998 2001 157
value 2001 2004 100, 102, 108, 111
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 106, 108
value 2003 2006 67, 74, 77
non-state actors
light weapons holdings 2008 33
support for 2002 130
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 51, 52–3, 2007 15
most popular small arms 2001 19, 20
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 16, 18, 19, 57
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2007 47–8, 57
military 2005 88
police 2005 89
stockpile security 2004 55, 102
Yemen 2003 170, 175
Savage Arms (United States) 2001 27, 2002 28, 2005 54
Save the Children Fund, child soldiers 2002 171
Savimbi, Jonas 2003 297, 2005 191–2, 285
elections 2003 304–5
illicit transfers to UNITA 2001 173
savings, effects of small arms misuse 2003 131, 144–5
Schmidl, Erwin A. 2003 292
Schmidt & Bender (Austria) 2005 59
schools
attacks on 2009 203–4
attacks within 2009 204–5
effects of small arms misuse 2003 140–1
shooting incidents 2008 265–6
violence mapping 2008 216
Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG) (Switzerland) 2001 33, 38
see also SIG
science fiction, less-lethal weapons technology 2011 84
Scientific and Technical Department (DPTC) (Rio de Janeiro) 2007 302
scope mounts 2005 49
Scotland, law enforcement stockpiles 2006 41
Scott Report, UK export controls 2002 248
SCPS see Société centrafricaine de protection et de surveillance
scrap metal, demilitarization process 2013 209–10
screening
Canada 2002 269
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265
Sea Scorpion 2012 210
Seattle (United States), weapons collection programmes 2003 280
Second World War, tonnage of bombs deployed 2008 94
Second World War stocks
European civilian holdings 2007 52
Pacific Islands 2003 35
US armed forces stocks 2001 73
second-generation security promotion, post-conflict situations 2009 220, 233, 237–41
second-hand weapons
prices as an indicator of stockpiles 2002 65–7
sub-Saharan Africa 2003 117–18
transfers of, data 2003 101
Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA) (Mexico) 2013 285
sectarian violence, Northern Ireland 2003 284–6
‘Sector 5’, production 2006 8
Securitas 2011 103
security
aid 2001 233–4
armed groups 2006 250–1, 252–3, 259
cultures of violence 2001 205–8
definition 2002 190
demand for small arms 2006 142, 145, 148, 149–52
demilitarization industry 2013 203–4
development programmes, effects of small arms misuse 2002 297–303, 2003 148–9, 150–1
disarmament and weapons collection 2002 280, 292–5, 304–5, 313, 2003 152, 294, 309,
312
Mali 2002 288
Republic of the Congo 2002 300–1
fragmentation of public space 2007 176–8
global norms 2003 231
government controls, Middle East 2003 79–80
humanitarian approach 2002 177
humanitarian operations 2002 186–92, 190
illicit craft production 2003 28
investment and revenue collection 2003 144–5
Iraq, weapons prices 2007 270
Israel 2003 77–8
Kyrgyzstan 2004 317–18
land conflicts 2013 113
local security arrangements, South Sudan 2007 336–9
Papua New Guinea 2006 165–6, 179–82, 183–4
post-conflict 2005 269–71, 276, 279, 2009 219–20, 233–41, 327–9
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 264, 266
privatization of 2001 219–20, 2003 139–40, 2004 196–8, 199, 2007 176–8, 183
public perceptions of
community policing 2007 184
urban violence 2007 175–8, 181, 182
refugee camps 2001 227
South Sudan 2007 326
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
urban armed violence 2007 175–8, 180, 181, 182
urbanization 2007 161
violence in refugee camps 2002 168–9
see also insecurity; national security; stockpile security
security first approach, Mali 2002 288
security forces
community groups 2010 267
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 6, 199–211
security personnel
humanitarian agencies 2002 191
misuse of guns by, Cambodia 2006 130–1
security provision
hybrid 2011 2–3, 146–50
non-state sector 2011 2–3
state sector 2011 1–2
see also private security companies
Security Research and Information Centre (SRIC) 2001 262–5, 265
security sector reform (SSR) 2003 153, 2005 276, 287, 289, 303
Cambodia 2006 119–20, 133–5, 136
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 194, 216–20
Haiti 2011 2, 6
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 179
post-conflict 2005 276, 287, 289, 303, 2011 2
South Sudan 2007 330
surplus destruction 2008 104–5
Uganda 2007 300
urban armed violence 2007 180
West Africa armed groups 2006 259
Yemen 2003 186
Security Threat Groups 2010 162
see also prison gangs
SEDENA see Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional
sedentary communities 2003 141, 143
SEESAC see South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms
and Light Weapons
segregation
fragmentation of public space 2007 175–8
urban violence 2007 167
seizures
Afghanistan 2003 75–6
ammunition 2005 11
Brazil, ammunition 2007 301–2, 304–5
China 2005 82
illicit weapons 1999 2001 167
international illicit trade 2005 113–16
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 181, 182
Philippines 2002 138, 139, 2007 145
RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 172–3
South America 2006 83–7
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
self-defence
accessibility thesis 2001 202, 2004 182–6
Burundi 2007 198, 216–17, 221
civilian firearms 2011 286–90
Colombia 2006 230–2
crime in Africa 2004 198
demand for small arms 2006 148
firearms ownership 2007 171
frequency of defensive uses 2004 184
international law 2004 181
Kyrgyzstan 2004 314
national control of civilian ownership 2002 264
Pacific 2004 301
Papua New Guinea 2006 180, 183, 184
Philippines 2007 145
policing 2004 217–18
South Sudan 2007 338
violence and crime 2004 173, 174
weapons collection 2002 304–5, 308
young men and small arms 2006 302, 306–7
self-determination, UN Programme of Action 2002 222
self-homing applications 2003 25
self-inflicted injuries, costs of small arms violence 2006 199–200, 201
self-loading rifles (SLR)
military procurement, United Kingdom 2006 12
Nepal 2003 113
Papua New Guinea 2006 175, 176, 177
Sellier & Bellot (Czech Republic) 2003 15, 40, 2004 27
semi-automatic weapons
civilian ownership 2007 61, 63–4
criminal ownership 2010 114
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265, 269
police use 2011 74–5
technological developments 2011 77–8
transfer of military firearms to civilian ownership 2007 61
used in crime in the US 2001 23
SEMTEX, supply to militants 2013 232
Sendero Luminoso see Shining Path
Senegal
armed groups 2002 82, 2006 249, 255, 256, 259
exports, UN Register 2012 288
illicit transfers to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 171
imports 2004 101, 114
insurgent stockpiles 2003 82
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
resource conflict 2013 116
violence and crime 2004 193, 194, 195, 196, 198
women and small arms control policies 2014 50, 52–3
sentencing, demand for small arms 2006 143, 148
sentimental value of weapons, Yemen 2003 178
September 11, 2001 2003 73
Al-Qaeda 2003 73
illicit craft production in Pakistan 2003 33
increase in small arms sales 2002 9
stockpiles 2002 102, 2003 57, 59–62
SER PAZ (Ecuador), gang reintegration 2010 93–4, 216–21
Serbia
ammunition
production 2014 194
transfers, transparency 2010 11
demilitarization industry 2013 189, 192–3
destruction programmes
MANPADS 2008 101
surplus weapons 2008 97, 105
disarmament 2009 163
disarmament and weapons collection 2003 61, 297, 300
displacement of Albanian Kosovars 2002 168
exports
Comtrade data 2012 274
human rights 2004 129, 131
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2009 8, 49, 2010 8, 15, 2011 15, 16, 2012 292, 299–300, 302, 305,
306–7, 2013 181, 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
illicit transfers from, to Liberia 2004 131, 2005 168
illicit transfers to 2001 176
NATO’s war against 1999, humanitarian agencies 2002 190
non-state armed groups, firearms 2010 122
private security companies
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
personnel 2011 106
production
AK series rifles 2001 17
global ranking of countries 2001 16
light weapons 2008 35
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 38, 53
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles 2006 41, 44, 46
civilian holdings 2007 47–8
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
military
destruction programmes 2007 65
transfers to civilian ownership 2007 61
surplus weapons 2008 80, 89
women and small arms control policies 2014 50
see also Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
brokers 2004 144
civilian ownership 2003 65
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 293, 2005 290, 292
destruction programmes 2004 58
exports
ammunition 2009 15
Comtrade data 2009 13
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
military firearms 2009 24, 35
transparency 2007 89
to the United States 2003 39
illicit transfers from 2003 111
to West Africa 2003 119
imports 2006 70
irresponsible transfers to 2007 105
Kosovo 2005 210, 216–20
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
production 2003 38, 46–7, 2004 103
licensed 2007 15
young men and small arms 2006 297
see also Montenegro; Serbia
serial numbers, weapons tracing 2009 111–14, 116–18
service life, ammunition 2005 17–18
sexual assault 2002 172
by women 2010 195
children 2009 196, 197
conflict 2001 213
effects of small arms misuse 2003 147–8
girl gang members 2010 198–9
Haiti 2011 241
Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 174–5, 184
Somalia 2012 161–2
South Sudan 2007 329, 330–1
Uganda 2006 288
see also rape
sexual minorities, policing 2004 236
sexual violence
definition 2014 11
firearm use 2014 40, 42, 51
social norms 2014 14
United Nations resolutions 2014 42
see also domestic violence; intimate partner violence; violence against women and girls
Seychelles
alleged arms embargo violations, 2001 2002 132
irresponsible transfers to Indonesia 2007 101
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Shabangu, Susan 2013 143
Shanti Bahini, illicit transfers to 2002 129, 144
shantytowns
urban violence 2007 162, 167–9
violence of urbanization 2007 175–6
see also slums
sharp instrument injuries see knife/sharp instrument injuries
sheikhs, Yemen 2003 183, 185–6
shelf life, ammunition 2005 17–18, 31
shells, construction 2005 10–12
Shevardnadze, President Eduard 2003 191, 202
al-Shibah, Ramzi bin 2003 170
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL), prison rebellions 2010 166–7
shipping
private security companies 2012 204–12
see also piracy
ships, use for diversions 2008 115–16
Shiri, Perence 2001 108
Shiv Sena (India), urban political armed violence in Mumbai 2007 175
Shlem missile 2008 18
‘Shmel’ see RPO-A ‘Shmel’
short-term gain-seeking groups 2005 191, 192–5, 198–9
shotgun shells, transfers 2010 18, 22–3, 25–7, 30
shotguns
ammunition 2005 12
barrels, transfers 2012 257–8
barrels and cartridges, transfers 2000–2006 2009 12
Brazil 2007 228, 231
Colombia 2006 231
dual-purpose 2011 83
exports 2006 68–73
customs data 1999 2002 113, 114, 115
from Russia 2003 110
trends 1995–1999 2002 147
home-made, Nicaragua 2013 62–3
illicit
Mexico 2013 292
United States 2014 256, 259
imports 2006 75–8
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83
military stockpiles 2006 54
Papua New Guinea 2006 175, 176, 177, 178
police firearms 2001 69, 70
production
Argentina 2004 20, 21
Brazil 2004 22
Italy 2001 32
manufacturing sectors 2005 53
United States 2001 26, 27, 2002 27, 29, 2003 17, 18, 2004 13, 14, 119, 120
South America 2006 86
transfers of 2003 102–3
United Kingdom 2004 189
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
used in crime in the US 2001 24
Shoubra Company for Engineering Industries (Egypt) 2002 17
shoulder-fired rocket launchers
illicit, Iraq 2012 322–6
stockpiles 2002 63, 64, 70–3
Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) 2011 27
SHP see Southern Highlands Province
Shrem, Marco 2004 141
SICA see System for Central American Integration
Sicilian mafia (Cosa Nostra) 2013 75, 78, 91–2
Sierra Leone
armed groups
Arms for Development programme 2006 264–5
children in 2001 230, 1229, 2006 251
craft production 2006 255
DDR programmes 2006 259, 261
looting 2006 253
short-term gain-seeking groups 2005 193, 194
sources of weapons 2006 254–5
typology 2006 249
see also Revolutionary United Front
brokering 2004 152, 164
child soldiers 2009 197
Civil Defence Forces 2010 270
conflict
child soldiers 2001 229, 230, 2006 251
co-operative conflict 2002 175
conflict goods 2002 142
conflict weapons and crime 2004 196
deaths 2005 252, 253, 258
displaced persons 2001 2002 196
internal displacement 2001 224
percentage of population killed in 2001 210
control measures, West African Moratorium 2001 261
culture of violence 2001 205
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 307–8, 2006 259–61, 264–5, 2009 185, 187
assessment of 2005 278, 284
disposal methods 2002 311
peace agreements 2003 283–4
peace operations, disarmament 2003 293
Small Arms Control in the Mano River Union 2004–2005 2005 290
UNAMSIL and NCDDR 1999–2001 2002 289–90, 302, 311, 2003 279
UNAMSIL and NCDDR 2001–2002 2002 289–90, 290, 302, 311, 2003 279, 290, 293,
2005 291
UNDP Arms for Development 2002–2005 2005 291
UNOMSIL 1998–1999 2003 293
diamond trade and brokers 2001 108
gender relations, effects of small arms misuse 2003 147
humanitarian impacts 2002 160
illicit transfers to 2001 170, 171–3
arms embargoes 2002 132, 133, 2004 112, 268, 269
arms supply networks 2001 116, 119–23
brokers 2004 164
violations of end-user certificates 2002 134
imports
authorized transfers 1999–2002 2004 114
customs data 2002 126
human rights 2004 128, 132
selected transfers 1999–2001 2002 147
from UK 2001 151
military procurement 2006 16, 22, 30
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 33
political violence 2010 266
post-conflict crime 2005 274
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
private military companies 2001 110
private security companies
armed 2011 112
personnel 2011 106, 108
regulation 2011 150
training 2011 123
production, craft production 2006 255
refugee camps 2009 202
resource conflict 2013 103, 116
sexual assault by women 2010 195
stockpiles 2003 81
insurgents 2003 82
law enforcement 2006 41
young men and small arms 2006 305
Sierra Rutile 2011 112
SIG 540 Series assault rifle 2004 23
company profile 2000 2002 39
estimate of total production 2001 63
licensed production, Chile 2001 30
most popular assault rifles 2001 18, 20
production 2001 33
SIG 550-552 2001 63
SIG Arms Inc (United States) 2002 39
SIG Arms (Switzerland) 2001 20, 33, 2002 38–9
see also Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft
SIG Sauer 9mm P226 pistols 2002 39
Sig Sauer pistols, use in homicides, Bogotá (Colombia) 2012 29
SIG Sauer SP 2022 pistols 2009 40–2, 2011 72
sights see weapon sights
Sihanouk, King 2002 129, 2006 120
Sikani, Richard 2006 178
‘Silanyo’, Mohamed Mohamoud 2012 157, 167
Silent Guardian 2011 86
Simonov SKS assault rifle, Burundi 2007 204
Sinaloa (Mexico), drug cartel 2012 43, 56, 2013 286, 301
Singapore
civilian firearms
licences 2011 280
penalties for unlawful possession 2011 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 271
storage requirements 2011 293
transfer regulation 2011 282
use regulation 2011 285, 286
user regulation 2011 277, 279
export controls 2009 67
enforcement 2009 86
licensing authorities 2009 90
licensing systems 2009 72, 74, 80–1
transfer criteria 2009 94
exports
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2012 275
human rights 2004 129, 130, 131
irresponsible transfers from 2007 101, 103, 104
list of importers 2005 107
shotgun shells 2010 25
transparency 2006 81, 2007 89, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012 293, 2013 183, 2014
130
unreported 2009 8
value 2001 2004 102, 103, 105
value 2002 2005 100
value 2003 2006 68, 72
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 209, 240
global cities 2007 163
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
customs data 2002 126
disturbing transfers 2001 155
list of exporters 2005 103, 104, 105
shotgun shells 2010 25
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
production
ammunition 2001 15
global ranking of countries 2001 16
grenade launchers 2004 32
licensed 2002 45, 2007 15, 18
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 81, 82
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most important companies 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 18, 20
survey of producers 2001 44, 53, 2002 57, 2004 11
transfers, undocumented 2009 31
transportation, record-keeping 2010 53
Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK) (Singapore)
airbursting ammunition 2003 25, 2011 25
ammunition contracts 2010 29, 31
licensed production 2002 45, 2007 11
major producers by weapon type 2004 27, 29
most important companies 2003 15
survey of producers 2001 44, 2004 11
Singh, Jasjit 2001 62, 2007 41
single-parent families
Brazil 2007 228, 233, 235, 244, 245, 247
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181
single-shot (bolt-action) rifles, military stockpiles 2006 54, 55, 57
single-shot, disposable units, transfers 2011 27–9
Sinn Fein, disarmament 2003 284–6, 2006 260
Sirius Star, MV, hijacking 2012 198
SISME see System of Security Information Exchange
SK Jagd-und Sportmunitions (Germany) 2002 12
SK-10 launcher, Iraq 2012 327, 329
SKS automatic rifles 2003 267–8, 2006 55
Iraq 2012 320, 321
SKS-pattern rifles
United States
Chinese 2014 253, 261, 268
illicit 2014 260, 261, 267–8
Sky Air Cargo Services UK 2001 121, 122, 172
sky marshals 2004 66
SL (Sendero Luminoso) see Shining Path
SLA see Sudan Liberation Army
SLA-AW see Sudan Liberation Army–Abdul Wahid
SLA-MM see Sudan Liberation Army–Minni Minawi
slang, small arms in popular culture 2006 309–10
sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis) 2002 170
Slovakia
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
brokering 2004 154, 155, 156, 157, 160, 161
civilian ownership 2003 65
demilitarization industry 2013 189
diversion, sub-machine guns from Uganda to Liberia 2008 115, 117, 121
EU membership 2008 103
exports 2001 148, 2002 120, 2003 108, 2005 107
human rights 2004 129, 131
irresponsible transfers from 2007 102, 103, 105, 106
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23, 24
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2009 49, 2010 13, 15, 2011 16, 2012 292, 305, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
illicit transfers from 2001 176
to Liberia 2002 132
to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 171, 172, 2002 132
to Sudanese Government 2001 174
imports 2005 104, 2006 70
ATGWs 2011 31, 32
grenade launchers 2011 26
recoilless guns 2011 27
NATO membership 2008 103
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
private security companies, personnel 2011 106
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
government control 2003 38
licensed 2007 15
light weapons 2008 35
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
RPG-7 variants 2004 36
survey of producers 2001 35, 36, 53, 2002 57, 2003 38, 42–3
transfer controls 2008 127–8
Slovenia
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 11
brokering 2004 153, 154, 156, 157, 160, 161
EU membership 2008 103
exports
irresponsible transfers to India 2007 101
value 2001 148
imports, single-shot disposable systems 2011 28
NATO membership 2008 103
post-conflict outcome 2009 226
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
private security companies
armed 2011 112
personnel 2011 106
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
light weapons 2008 35
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 57, 2003 38, 46
surplus weapons, transferred to Afghanistan and Iraq 2008 79
SLPF see Somaliland Police Force
SLR see self-loading rifles
slums
definition of urban areas 2007 169
São Paulo, Brazil 2007 167
urban armed violence 2007 162, 167–9, 179–81, 180
violence of urbanization 2007 175–6
see also shantytowns
small arms
accessories 2012 261–9
authorized transfers 2009 7–53, 2012 2, 242, 251, 2013 179–80
estimation techniques 2012 247–8
control measures
international policies and gender 2014 54–7
national actions plans and gender 2014 46–54
definitions 2001 8, 2004 8, 2005 40–1, 2009 8–9, 2010 3, 2011 5, 2012 5, 243, 314, 2013
2, 284, 2014 4, 82, 246
illicit
Afghanistan 2012 331–3
Iraq 2012 319–22
Mexico 2013 287–98
Philippines 2013 305–7
Somalia 2012 338–9
parts 2012 243–4
United States
linked to drug trafficking 2014 254–9
linked to gangs 2014 259–60
possession by felons 2014 252–4
Small Arms and Cartridges Corporation (CAST) (Russian Federation) 2003 15, 19, 2004 15
Small Arms Conference see United Nations (UN), Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms
and Light Weapons in all its Aspects
Small Arms Consultative Group Process (CGP) 2007 129
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133–5
Small Arms Factory Group (SAF) (Israel) 2002 123
small arms and light weapons (SALW)
definitions 2004 107–8
International Tracing Instrument 2006 103–4
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 212
Small Arms Survey 2001 8, 2002 10, 2003 10, 2004 8, 2005 41
terrorism 2003 59–60
UN 2001 251
UN Programme of Action 2002 221
military requirements 2008 86–9
Small Arms Serialization Program (SASP) 2007 83–4
Small Arms Survey, Liberia Armed Violence Assessment 2014 16–17
Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer
2004 update 2004 3–4, 99, 115–18, 134
2005 update 2005 110–13, 117
2006 update 2006 65, 80–2, 88
2007 update 2007 73, 74, 87–90
2008 update 2008 114, 137–42
2009 update 2009 8, 47–52
2010 update 2010 8, 13–17
2011 update 2011 15–19
2012 update 2012 2, 7, 283–4, 289–94
2013 update 2013 4, 181–4
2014 update 2014 128–31
background 2012 284–9
parameters 2012 284–5, 295
trends 2001-2010 2012 294–308
access and consistency 2012 296–8
brokering activities 2012 300
clarity 2012 298–300
comprehensiveness 2012 300–2
deliveries 2012 302–3
licences granted 2012 303–4, 305
licences refused 2012 304–6
timeliness 2012 295–6
small-bore repeaters, Yemen 2003 173
small-calibre ammunition see ammunition
SMAW see Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon
SME Ordnance (Malaysia) 2001 43
SME Technologies (Malaysia) 2001 43
Smith & Wesson pistols, gang use, Nicaragua 2013 59, 61, 64, 65
Smith & Wesson (S&W) (United States)
exports 2004 119
financial indicators 2002 21, 28
handguns 2011 74, 93
illicit weapons seized in Brazil 2001 23
lawsuits in the US and introduction of safety features 2002 28–9
losses 2002 9
major producers by weapon type 2004 27
manufacturing sectors 2005 54, 55
ownership of 2002 12, 28
ranked by weapons type 2002 29
revolvers used by gangs in Ecuador 2010 214
safety features 2011 79
survey of producers 2001 26, 27, 2004 13–14
weapons seized in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 2012 30
weapons used in Colombia 2012 29–30
weapons used in crime in the US 2001 23, 24
smuggling
Africa 2003 86
ammunition 2005 26
ant trade 2002 135
Bangladesh as a transit country 2002 144
civilian disarmament 2003 306
Colombia 2006 222–3
control measures 2003 61–2
Europe 2003 71–2, 2006 83
from Former Yugoslavia 2003 111
Kosovo 2005 215, 219, 221
Latin America 2003 87, 116–17
Macedonia/FRY 2003 67
into Mexico 2003 108
Palestine 2003 78
Palestinian territories 2002 91, 93–4
prices
black-market prices 2002 68
Kalashnikov rifles 2007 257
South America 2006 83–7
Southern Africa, destruction programmes 2003 245–6
sub-Saharan Africa 2003 117, 117–18
transport by sea 2002 144
United States 2003 106
West Africa 2003 118–19
women as arms couriers 2014 39
see also diversions; illicit transfers; trafficking
SNA see Somali National Army
SNC Industrial Technologies (Canada) 2001 27
Snelgrove, Victoria 2011 88, 92
sniper rifles
Iraq 2012 320, 321, 322
Iraqi Security Forces 2007 83, 84
major producers 2004 27
manufacturing sectors 2005 51–3
most popular military weapons 2004 29
police firearms 2011 75–7
Belgium 2001 69, 70
technological developments 2003 22, 23
US Army inventory 2001 2002 84
SNM see Somali National Movement
social activity, Georgia 2003 206–7
social bonding theory, armed violence 2008 248
social capital
costs of small arms violence 2006 191
demand for small arms 2006 145
effects of small arms misuse 2003 131, 146–8
indicators 2002 159
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181
social cohesion, fragmentation of public space 2007 176–8
Social Conflict in Africa Database 2013 125
social conflicts, Africa 2013 103, 123–5
social control, Yemen 2003 169–70, 183–5
social development, disarmament 2003 309
social dislocation, urban violence 2007 167
social factors
conflict use 2005 180–1, 188–99
disarmament and peace operations 2003 294
firearm-related deaths, Brazil 2007 228, 233–8, 243–6, 247, 251, 252
gang violence 2010 146–9
illicit craft production 2003 27
social impact studies, weapons collection programmes 2002 312–14
social interaction, urban violence 2007 167
social learning theory, armed violence 2008 248
social networks, effects of small arms 2001 229
social norms
changing 2014 27–8, 28–9
Liberia 2014 17–18
Nepal 2014 24–6
violence against women and girls 2014 9, 13–15
social reintegration, Aceh 2009 259–62
social services, effects of small arms misuse 2003 131, 140–1, 144–5
social violence
costs of small arms violence 2006 190, 192, 194–5, 200
developing countries 2003 126–8
distinction from gun violence 2003 130
effects on human development 2003 130
Georgia 2003 206
social welfare, indicators of humanitarian impacts 2002 159–60
socialization, young men and small arms 2006 300–1, 301–10
Société centrafricaine de protection et de surveillance (SCPS) 2005 309, 312
Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property 2004 70–1
Society without Violence (El Salvador) 2008 292
socio-economic policy, armed violence 2013 139–40, 145–7, 152
Sofia Statement, end-use assurances 2002 252
soft law 2003 219–20
soft-point bullets see expanding bullets
Soghanalian, Sarkis 2001 101, 103, 187, 2004 165, 166, 2008 135, 136
soldiers
criticism by humanitarian agencies 2002 190
enforcement of humanitarian law 2002 184
Geneva Conventions 2002 179
humanitarian and human rights law 2002 181
new wars 2002 174–5
selling arms 2002 137
see also child soldiers; ex-combatants
sole licences 2007 8
Solomon Islands 2004 5
black-market prices for M16 rifles 2002 67
conflict
availability factors 2005 184, 186
conflict weapons 2004 289
illicit arms 2001 184
costs of firearm misuse 2004 292–3
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 302–3, 304, 2004 296, 298–300, 2009 185
monitoring organizations 2003 293
PMC 2001–2002 peace-building 2003 280, 2005 282–3, 292
post-conflict 2004 58, 2005 282–3, 292
demand for small arms 2005 281, 282–3, 2006 148, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158
disarmament 2009 163, 166, 174–5
illicit capture of weapons 2008 54
imports 2004 280
post-conflict outcome 2009 227
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
production, craft production 2003 35–6, 2004 288, 2005 18
stockpiles 2003 88, 89
civilian holdings 2004 283, 302, 303
leakage 2004 287, 288
police 2004 230
state 2004 284
stockpile security 2004 55
transportation of weapons 2005 185
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2009 166, 174–5
Somali National Alliance (SNA), guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
Somali National Army (SNA) 2012 148, 157
Somali National Movement (SNM) 2009 240, 2012 148, 150, 157
Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), Sudanese weapons 2014 233, 234
Somalia
ammunition
Chinese 2014 200–1
profiling 2014 183, 187–208
Sudanese 2014 203
Ukrainian 2014 204
undocumented transfers 2010 27
unmarked 2014 206
arms embargoes 2012 337
arms markets 2012 347
civil war 2012 148, 156–7
conflict
attacks on humanitarian operations 2002 192
child soldiers 2001 229
conflict use 2005 193
and illicit weapon prices 2013 271–3
percentage of population killed in 2001 210
trigger effect 2001 204–5
violence in South Sudan 2007 317
criminal violence 2012 160
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 293, 298–9, 2005 291, 2009 185
development programmes, effects of misuse of small arms 2003 149
diversion of weapons from Latvia 2008 120, 123
illicit transfers from, to Kenya 2001 175
illicit transfers to 2001 175, 2007 74, 92–4, 97, 2012 344–7
arms embargoes 2002 132, 2004 128, 264
brokering 2004 163
through Yemen 2004 102
illicit weapons 2012 2–3, 7, 313–14, 336–47
data collection 2013 254, 256–7
data sources 2012 315, 336–8
light weapons 2012 339–42
local factors 2013 270
prices 2013 254–74, 278–9
small arms 2012 338–9
sources 2012 348–9
trafficking 2012 344–7
immunization programmes 2002 170
imports 2004 109
improvised explosive devices (IEDs), casualties 2013 226
land conflict 2013 120, 121
MANPADS 2004 88
MANPADS attacks on aircraft 2008 13
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 33
non-state armed groups
firearms 2010 122
stockpiles 2010 324
piracy 2012 3, 5, 174–89, 191–213
high-risk area 2012 194
pirate groups 2012 192–5
ransoms 2012 195, 206–7
rules of behaviour 2012 202–3
trends 2012 195–6
violence 2012 200–2
weapons 2012 197–9
prices 2002 66, 67, 70
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
RPG-7 2004 35
security sector reform 2003 153
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
stockpiles 2004 54, 2006 38
civilian holdings, correlation to GDP 2007 60
looting 2012 3, 339, 347, 349
Somaliland
ammunition
profiling 2014 183, 187–208
unmarked 2014 207
armed violence 2012 4, 151–3, 159, 162
clan system 2012 166–7
communal violence 2012 166–8
community-based disarmament 2009 240, 2010 320
conflict 2012 148, 153–4, 156–9
conflict resolution 2012 167–8
criminal violence 2012 159–66
disarmament programmes 2012 149
homicide rates 2012 154
local security providers 2012 162–6
policing 2010 319
political violence 2012 156–9
security perceptions 2012 154–6
security situation 2012 147–68
small arms holdings 2012 149–51, 152
Somaliland Armed Forces, firearms 2010 122
Somaliland Police Force (SLPF) 2012 159, 164, 166
Son San 2002 129
Sool, Sanaag, and Cayn militia (SSC) (Somaliland) 2012 152, 157–9
Soqour al-Sham rebel group (Syria) 2014 203
Soreq Nuclear Research Center (Israel) 2011 78
South Africa
ammunition
production 2014 190
transfers, transparency 2010 12
apartheid 2013 135
armed violence 2013 1, 4, 133–52
Arms and Ammunition Act No.75 (AAA) (1969) 2008 186
AVRP programming 2013 133, 147–50
brokering
arrests 2004 164
controls 2001 109, 2002 256
definition 2004 143
extraterritorial jurisdiction 2004 159
legislation 2004 161
licensing 2004 154, 155, 156, 157
Central Firearms Registry (CFR) 2008 187
civilian firearms 2013 30, 32
carrying in public 2011 296
licences 2011 281
prohibited and restricted 2011 268, 271
registration 2011 273
reporting requirements 2011 291
storage requirements 2011 292
transfer regulation 2011 282
use regulation 2011 285, 286
user regulation 2011 276, 277, 278, 280
control measures
ammunition 2005 21
Bamako Declaration (2000) (OAU) 2002 213
brokering 2001 109, 2002 256, 2004 154, 155, 156, 157, 161
civilian ownership 2002 223, 269–70, 2003 239–40, 2006 158
International Tracing Instrument 2006 99
MANPADS 2005 136, 137
norms 2003 216–17
reform measures 2004 67
UN Programme of Action 2002 210–11, 223, 228
costs of small arms violence 2001 217, 2006 194, 196, 197, 199
crime
cash-in-transit robberies 2008 191–2
violent 2008 183, 184–5, 187–9
crowd control 2011 87–8
data and monitoring of armed violence 2013 151–2
demand for small arms
availability 2006 158
individual status 2006 152
personal security 2006 149
political identity 2006 153
programmes targeting demand 2006 157
social and economic security 2006 152
Department of Correctional Services, firearms 2008 197–8
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 96, 97
disarmament 2009 163, 176–7, 179
Domestic Violence Act (DVA) (1998) 2013 37, 140–2
effects of small arms misuse 2003 138, 144–5
export controls 2009 67, 68
enforcement 2009 86
licensing authorities 2009 87, 90
licensing systems 2009 72, 75
transfer criteria 2009 91, 94
exports
ammunition 2009 16
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
codes of conduct 2002 183
to Colombia 2005 161, 2006 236
customs data 2002 126
to Haiti 2005 164
human rights 2004 128, 129, 130
irresponsible transfers from 2007 99, 100, 101, 103, 106
list of importers 2005 107, 108, 2006 75, 76
military firearms 2002 115, 116, 2009 33, 35
military small arms and light weapons 2009 24
national reporting 2001 151, 2002 120, 121, 2003 98
to the Republic of the Congo 2003 261, 263
share of total arms exports 2001 144
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 23
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 78, 81, 2007 74, 87, 89, 2009 50, 2010 16,
2011 17, 2012 293, 298–9, 2013 183, 2014 130
trends 2000 2003 118
unreported 2009 8, 10, 31
value 2001 2004 105
value 2002 2005 104
value 2003 2006 72
firearm femicides 2013 26, 32
firearm homicides 2009 176–7, 2013 133, 136–7
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 201, 233, 241
firearm restrictions 2013 37
firearm violence, lethal and non-lethal 2012 96, 97, 98
firearms
competency certificates 2008 186, 190
Department of Correctional Services 2008 197–8
licences 2008 187
lost or stolen 2008 188–9, 191–2, 193–5, 196, 198
private security companies 2008 190–3
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) 2008 195–7
South African Police Service (SAPS) 2008 193–5
use in crime 2008 183, 184–5, 187–8
Firearms Control Act (FCA) (2000) 2008 183, 186–7, 198, 2009 177, 2013 133, 140–2
Firearms Control Bill (FCB) 2008 186
firearms injuries 2001 214
gang violence 2010 142
gangs 2010 233
interventions 2010 239
history of violence 2013 134–7
homicide-suicides 2013 27
homicides 2013 133, 135–7
illicit transfers from
air cargo companies 2001 121
to Burundi 2007 74, 85–6, 2009 109
non-state actors 2002 129
to Rwanda 2002 132
to Sudanese Government 2001 174
to UNITA in Angola 2001 117, 2002 132, 2005 192
imports 2003 117
from Brazil 2004 123
from China 2002 22
MANPADS 2004 87
pistols and revolvers 2009 22
inequality 2013 145–7, 152
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 2008 196
intimate partner violence 2013 29
Mozambique, weapons collection 2002 295
National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) 2009 68
National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) 2008 185
National Injury Mortuary Surveillance System (NIMSS) 2008 188
One in Nine Campaign 2014 27
percentage of population killed in conflict 2001 210
policing 2004 217, 218, 219, 229, 2013 142–5
post-conflict outcome 2009 227
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 279
prison gangs 2010 162–4
prison guards, women 2014 69
private security companies 2001 220, 2011 103, 140
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
firearms 2008 190–3
personnel 2011 106
stockpile management 2011 121
training 2011 124
production 2004 11
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit craft production 2001 45–6, 2003 27, 30–1
licensed 2002 43, 45, 47–8, 2007 15, 27
light weapons 2008 35
manufacturing sectors 2005 52, 61
most popular small arms 2001 18, 20, 21
survey of producers 2001 40, 41, 53, 2002 57
Uzi sub-machine gun 2001 19
Rwandan genocide 2001 207
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles 2003 85
civilian holdings 2001 86, 2002 137, 138, 2003 30–1, 83, 2007 47–8, 172
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
national registration data 2007 50
distribution of firearms 2001 67
illicit small arms 2001 21–2
military 2001 73, 2006 44, 46
destruction programmes 2007 65
in Mozambique 2001 64
police 2001 70, 2006 41
destruction programmes 2007 65
stockpile lethality 2004 53, 54
stolen firearms 2002 137, 138, 2004 63, 64
surplus weapons 2008 89
transportation
licensing 2010 53
record-keeping 2010 53
‘truth commission’ 2003 311
violence and crime 2004 192, 193
carjackings 2007 172
sexual violence 2001 213
survey of gunshot victims 2001 217–18
violence in schools 2009 205
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 74, 2003 60, 243–4, 279, 2004 58,
60, 2005 75, 290, 2009 166, 176–7
young men and small arms 2006 304, 305
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) 2003 243–4, 2007 85–6
firearms 2008 195–7
South African Police Service (SAPS) 2003 243
attacks on 2008 195
firearms 2008 193–5, 2013 142–3
homicide data 2013 151
reforms 2013 133, 143–4, 152
violence by 2013 144–5
South African Service Corps 2009 233, 235
South America
authorized transfers 2003 101, 114, 115
exports, value 2000 2003 100
homicide rates, trends 2012 14–15
illicit transfers 2001 184–8, 2006 65, 83–7, 88
imports, value 2000 2003 100
production
distribution of producers 2003 11
distribution of producing companies 2001 10, 2003 12, 14, 2004 10
distribution of producing countries 2001 10, 2002 11, 12, 2004 9
survey of producers 2001 28–30
surplus weapons estimates 2008 84–5
see also Latin America
South Asia
attempt to create regional plan 2002 214–15
authorized transfers 2003 111–13
civilian ownership, changing patterns of 2007 63
economic effects of conflict 2001 231
illicit transfers 2001 180–2
imports, value 2000 2003 100
insurgents and other non-state combatants 1999 2001 79
production
illicit 2001 46–7
survey of producers 2001 42–3
stockpiles, 2002 update 2002 99–102
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 2002 216
South Australia (Australia)
civilian firearms
licences 2011 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
self-defence use 2011 289–90
storage requirements 2011 293
use regulation 2011 286
user regulation 2011 276, 277, 279
South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light
Weapons (SEESAC) 2004 252, 2008 115–16, 2011 19
estimates of civilian holdings 2007 53
South Kordofan (Sudan), non-state armed groups 2014 215
South Korea
export controls 2009 68
licensing authorities 2009 89
licensing systems 2009 71, 74
transfer criteria 2009 91, 93, 95
exports
ammunition 2009 15, 16
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2012 274, 2013 179–80
human rights 2004 129, 130, 131, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 107, 2006 76, 78
national reporting 2001 151, 2002 120, 121
parts 2012 255, 259–60
pistols and revolvers 2001 147
share of total arms exports 2001 144
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 89, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012
293, 2013 183, 2014 130
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
value 2001 2004 106
value 2002 2005 105
value 2003 2006 72
to Venezuela 2007 81, 107
weapon sights 2012 270–1
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 209, 240
imports
ammunition 2009 16
Comtrade data 2001 156, 2009 8, 12, 2013 180
customs data 2002 126
list of exporters 2005 104, 105, 2006 70, 73
military firearms 2002 116
military small arms and light weapons 2009 25
parts 2012 260
from the United States 2004 10–11, 120
value 2001 2004 100, 108, 111
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 106, 108
value 2003 2006 74, 77
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 277
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 45, 2007 15, 21
light weapons 2008 35
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 52, 2002 57
stockpiles 2005 83, 85, 2006 57
Third Biennial Meeting of States (BMS3) 2009 137
South Ossetia
conflict sourcing 2005 171
conflict use 2005 184
Georgia 2003 191, 193–4
gun culture 2005 214
illicit transfers to 2001 179–80
South Sudan 2007 317–44
ammunition
Chinese 2014 192, 200, 201
profiling 2014 183, 187–208
Sudanese 2014 202–3
unmarked 2014 204–7
non-state armed groups 2014 214–17
weapons supply 2014 235–8
unauthorized retransfers to 2014 117–18, 119, 237
weapons tracing 2014 5–6, 213–39
Chinese weapons 2014 225–8, 237
Iranian weapons 2014 229–30
Sudanese weapons 2014 231–5
South Sudan DDR Commission (SSDDRC) 2007 332–3
South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF) 2007 321–4, 342–4, 2010 278–9
ammunition 2014 203, 235
civilian disarmament in Jonglei State 2007 334
Juba Declaration on Unity and Integration (2006) 2007 319
Other Armed Groups 2007 326
weapons 2014 215, 226, 228, 233, 234
South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A)
ammunition 2014 192, 201, 203, 207
weapons 2014 215, 226, 227, 228, 229, 233, 234
South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SSLM/A)
ammunition 2014 200, 203, 204, 230, 235
weapons 2014 215, 226, 227, 228, 229, 233, 234
South Sudan United Democratic Alliance (SSUDA) 2007 325
South Yemen see People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
South-east Europe
exports, regional reporting 2012 306
production 2003 38, 43–7
Southeast Asia
armed groups 2001 79, 83, 2006 253
attempt to create regional plan 2002 214–15
deaths 2004 175, 176, 177, 200
exports, value 2000 2003 100
firearm homicides and suicides 2008 219
illicit production 2001 46
illicit transfers 2001 83
imports 2003 101–2
value 2000 2003 100
stockpile security 2004 54–5, 56
stockpiles 2002 97–9
Southern Africa
countries of 2001 259
demand for small arms 2006 143
International Tracing Instrument 2006 113–14
norms 2003 237–46
regional control measures 2001 261–2
weapons diverted to 2008 196
Southern Africa Regional Action Programme on Light Arms and Illicit Arms Trafficking (1998)
2001 261–2, 2002 210
Southern African Development Community (SADC) 2004 252
control measures 2001 261–2
norms 2003 216–17
Protocol on the Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials (2001) 2005
124, 125, 126, 2009 62, 63, 2011 264, 2013 35
ammunition 2005 24
brokers 2002 256
MANPADS 2005 136
marking and tracing 2006 113–14
regional norms 2003 237–9, 241–6
stockpiles 2003 86
regional norms 2003 237–46
UN Small Arms Conference (2001), Programme of Action 2002 211
Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Co-operation Organization (SARPCCO) 2004 217
control measures in Southern Africa 2001 262
regional norms 2003 237, 245–6
weapons collection 2005 280
Southern Cone, firearm homicides 2012 24
Southern Europe, illicit transfers 2001 176
Southern Highlands Province (SHP) (Papua New Guinea) 2006 165, 166, 167–78
Southern Lebanon Armed Violence Assessment 2009 317, 323–33
death and injury 2009 325
demographics 2009 326
gun ownership 2009 329–30, 331–2
methodology 2009 324–5
political party and militia support 2009 326–7
post-traumatic stress 2009 327
property damage 2009 326
security perceptions 2009 327–9, 331
Southern Sudan
armed tribal groups 2010 285–8
civil wars 2010 278–80
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) 2010 277, 279–80, 292–6
ethnicity 2010 281
governance 2010 281–2
Joint Integrated Units 2010 280, 289–90
Lord’s Resistance Army 2010 288–9
oil fields 2010 295–6
referendum on self-determination (2011) 2010 277, 278, 292–3, 296–7
security outlook 2010 292–6
Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) 2010 291–2
sovereignty see national sovereignty
Soviet Union
break-up of
communal warfare 2001 78
surplus arms 2001 97
thefts from state arsenals 2002 137
exports
ammunition, to Uganda 2007 293, 297
to Yemen 2003 175
Georgia 2003 192–5
gun culture 2005 213–14
illicit transfers from
to Central American non-state actors 2002 129
Cold War grey market 2001 168–9
Kyrgyzstan 2004 309
MANPADS 2004 79, 81, 2008 16–17
mortars 2002 72
prices of Kalashnikov rifles 2007 258, 261, 264, 268–9, 281, 282
Private Security Companies 2001 220
production
licensed 2007 11–12, 17, 19–20, 21–2
MANPADS 2004 81, 2007 21
unlicensed 2007 7, 21–2, 24
RPG-7 2004 35
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 70–1
stockpiles
destruction of surpluses 2004 60
Georgia 2003 198–9
military 2006 50
stockpile security 2002 137, 2004 54–5
surplus weapons 2001 97
Tajikistan 2005 169–70
see also Commonwealth of Independent States; Russian Federation
Spain
ammunition
production 2014 194
transfers, transparency 2010 12
demilitarization industry 2013 189, 190
export controls 2009 67
enforcement 2009 86
exceptions 2009 78
licensing authorities 2009 90
licensing systems 2009 72, 75
pre-licensing requirements 2009 69
transfer criteria 2009 91, 94
exports
ammunition 2006 67
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
to Colombia 2006 236
Comtrade data 2009 12, 2012 274, 2013 179–80
Cyprus 2004 108
human rights 2004 128, 129, 130, 131, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 81, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 107, 108, 2006 76, 77, 78
military small arms and light weapons 2009 24
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114
national reporting 2001 155, 2002 120, 121, 122, 2003 98
non-military shotguns 2002 114
pistols and revolvers 2001 147, 2002 114
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
shotgun shells 2010 25
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 18, 46
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 88, 2009 49, 2010 13, 15, 2011 15,
16, 2012 292, 298, 302, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 288
to the United States 2004 124
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 102, 106
value 2002 2005 105
value 2003 2006 72
to Venezuela 2007 81, 107
weapon sights 2012 270–1
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 203, 233, 239, 241
illicit transfers from, to Rwanda 2002 132
imports
Comtrade data 2009 12
from Germany 2001 150
list of exporters 2005 103, 104, 2006 70, 71
parts 2012 256, 260
pistols and revolvers 2009 22
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
shotgun shells 2010 25
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
sporting shotguns 2009 19
from the United States 2004 120
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 111
value 2002 2005 108
value 2003 2006 77
military procurement 2006 13, 30
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 33
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
private security companies
armed 2011 112
personnel 2011 106
production
export to the United States 1991–1996 2001 27
global ranking of countries 2001 15, 16
of illicit weapons seized in Brazil 2001 22
licensed 2002 51, 2007 15
light weapons 2008 35
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most important companies 2002 20, 21
most popular small arms 2001 18, 19
most popular small arms in South Africa 2001 21
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
survey of producers 2001 32, 53, 2002 37–8, 57
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2001 203, 239, 2003 64, 68, 2007 47–8
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
insurgents 2002 88, 89, 2003 72
military 2006 48
stolen firearms 2004 63
transportation
customs regulations 2010 57
licensing 2010 53
SPARCS (Soldier Parachute Aerial Reconnaissance Camera System) 2010 31, 33
Special Disarmament Brigades (BED) (Nicaragua) 2002 292–4
Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle 2011 76–7
Special Police Operations Battalion see Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais
specialist munitions, UK police 2004 222
specialist production sector 2005 45, 51–3, 63
specialization
processes 2003 20–3
production 2003 9–10
Spergel Model, gang treatment 2010 244
SPG-9 73 mm recoilless gun 2006 283–4
Spike ATGWs 2008 19, 20, 2011 32
production and sales 2008 28–30
SPLA see Sudan People’s Liberation Army
Spleeters, Damien 2014 182, 183, 204
SPLM-N see Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North
SPLM/A see Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army
sporting firearms
Africa, stockpiles 2003 83
Beretta 2001 32
civilian ownership 2011 285
customs code 2009 10
manufacturing sectors 2005 51, 56
parts, transfers 2012 254–8
rifles
exports from Brazil to the United States 2007 95–6
transfers 2002 113–14, 2003 105, 2006 68–73, 75–8, 2009 12
shotguns, transfers 2003 105, 2009 12, 14, 17–20
transfers 2002 124, 125, 2003 102–3, 109
2006 2009 8, 28–30, 43–7
Comtrade data 2000–2006 2009 12, 14, 17–20
Comtrade data 2001–2011 2014 113–17
undocumented 2009 31
types of 2009 43–4
see also hunting weapons
spousal abuse 2013 19
spousal notification, civilian ownership 2002 265
Spreewerk Lübben GmbH (Germany) 2013 189, 190, 199, 203
Springfield Armory (United States) 2005 56
squad fire support weapons 2004 31
squatter communities, urban violence 2007 167–9
Sri Lanka
ammunition
procurement 2010 32
undocumented transfers 2010 27
conflict
child soldiers 2001 229, 230
displaced persons 2001 2002 196
economic effects of conflict 2001 231
trigger effect 2001 204–5
costs of small arms violence 2006 193
disarmament 2009 163
diversion, weapons from China 2008 121
exports
human rights 2004 131
irresponsible transfers from 2007 101
illicit transfers to 2001 176, 182–3
from Cambodian military stockpiles 2002 258
from non-state actors 2002 129
Thailand as a transit country 2002 143
imports 2003 112, 2005 106
classification of 2004 108
irresponsible transfers to 2007 105
value 2001 2004 109
military procurement 2006 30
new wars 2002 175
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 15, 33
policing 2010 319
post-conflict violence 2009 230
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 279
private security companies, wepons rental 2012 210–11
production, manufacturing sectors 2005 47
regional cooperation on small arms 2002 216
stockpiles 2002 101
civilian holdings 2002 80
post-conflict 2004 59
UN Small Arms Conference, terrorism 2002 228
violence 2008 218
women, conflict roles 2014 39
see also Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
SRIC see Security Research and Information Centre
Srpska Garda (Serbian Guard), firearms 2010 122
SSA see sub-Saharan Africa
SSC see Sool, Sanaag, and Cayn militia
SSDDRC see South Sudan DDR Commission
SSDF see South Sudan Defence Forces
SSDM/A see South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army
SSLM/A see South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army
SSR see security sector reform
SSUDA see South Sudan United Democratic Alliance
stability
global norms 2003 229
weapons collection 2002 286, 287
Yemen 2003 182–3
Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe 2002 252, 260
Star (Spain) 2001 32, 2002 37–8
Starburst 2004 82, 84
Starstreak missiles 2004 82, 84, 87, 2011 33
state armed forces
acting as armed groups, West Africa 2006 259
air forces
Georgia 2003 197
stockpiles 2001 74
Algeria, human rights violations 2007 77
armed protection for humanitarian operations 2002 191
Brazil, diversions from 2007 289–90, 301–11
budgets, conflict goods 2002 140–1
Cambodia 2002 296, 2006 130–5
enforcement of humanitarian law 2002 184
Georgia 2003 197
India 2002 100–1
Indonesia, Aceh conflict 2007 78
military doctrines 2006 45–52
procurement 2006 7–30
South Sudan 2007 317
Sudan 2007 320–1
Uganda, diversions from 2007 289–301, 311
women 2014 2
state arsenals
disarmament 2009 178–80
diversions from
Brazil 2007 310–11
Uganda 2007 297–8
looting for explosives 2013 233–5
see also military stockpiles
state collapse 2003 146
peace process disarmament 2003 291
State Factories (Russian Federation) 2001 20
State Military Scientific and Technical Centre (Georgia) 2003 48
state officials, misuse of guns by, Cambodia 2006 130–1
State Scientific and Technical Centre of Artillery and Rifle Arms (Ukraine) 2003 49
state security, provision of 2011 1–2
state security forces, armed violence 2013 10–11
State Specialized Scientific Association (Fort) (Ukraine) 2003 48–9
state sponsorship, supply of explosives to militants 2013 232–3
state-armed groups 2005 186–7
definitions of armed conflict 2005 231–2
factors in the use of weapons in armed conflict 2005 181
group goals 2005 194, 197
state-led violence, post-conflict 2009 228, 229
state-owned producers 2006 217–19
Argentina 2001 29
Belgium 2001 31
central and eastern Europe 2003 37–9
Chile 2001 30
China 2001 45, 2002 22–3
Croatia 2001 37
Egypt 2001 38–9
France 2001 32, 2002 32–3
Greece 2001 38
Hungary 2001 37
India 2001 42
Indonesia 2001 43
licensed production 2001 29
Middle East 2002 17
Myanmar 2001 43
Nigeria 2001 41
Pakistan 2001 43
Poland 2001 37
Russian Federation 2001 33, 2002 24–6
Singapore 2001 44
Spain 2001 32
Switzerland 2001 33
state-to-state transfers
controls, UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239–40
prices 2002 67
US military firearms to foreign governments 2002 86
states
demand for small arms 2006 145–6, 147
international law 2002 179
NGOs and control 2002 242–3
norms 2003 220–1
stockpiles 2006 37–60, 46–7
transfers
human rights laws 2002 180
international humanitarian law 2002 180
West African armed groups 2006 248–50, 255
see also governments
states of emergency, policing 2004 220
status
demand for small arms 2006 149, 150, 152
young men and small arms 2006 301, 302, 303–4, 306, 315
Statute of the International Court of Justice, norms 2003 217–18
Steinhäuser, Robert 2003 57
Stepping Stones programme (South Africa) 2013 149
Stepputat, Finn 2003 305–6
Sterling Armament Company (United Kingdom) 2001 18–19, 20, 2002 39
Sterling SMG 2001 18–19, 20
Steyr firearms, Kazakhstan 2012 119
Steyr-Mannlicher (Austria)
acquisitions 1994 2002 12
ammunition production 2001 15
company profile 2000 2002 30–1
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
licensed production 2002 45
manufacturing sectors 2005 57
most popular assault rifles, AUG 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 31
‘Steyrgate’ incident 2008 16
StG-58 rifle 2002 30
Stgw 57 automatic rifle 2006 55
Stgw 90 automatic rifle 2006 55
Stinger missiles 2004 83, 85, 86, 87, 89, 92, 2008 17, 18
Afghanistan 2012 336, 348
diversion to Afghanistan 2008 119, 120, 125
end-use monitoring 2008 144
illicit, Mexico 2013 301
transfers 2011 33
Stinger Project Group (SPG) 2004 81, 82, 92, 2005 59
STK see Singapore Technologies Kinetics
Sto Ravne (Slovenia) 2003 46
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) 2001 170, 2002 10
Stockholm process 2004 270
stockpile management 2005 29–30, 72–6, 2006 37
ammunition 2009 145–7
armed groups 2006 257, 2010 322–4
Cambodia 2006 119, 134
global norms 2003 231
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 284–5
Madagascar 2011 181
measures 2002 258–61
NATO/EAPC 2001 274
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2001 275
private security companies 2011 121
Republic of the Congo 2014 155, 167–70
transparency 2006 59
UN Programme of Action 2009 140, 2011 57–8
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2001 282
US Army 2002 259, 260–1
West Africa 2006 247, 259, 266
stockpile security 2004 54–65, 86–90, 2005 186, 284, 2006 37
ammunition diversions 2007 289–312
brokering 2004 143–4, 145
Cambodia 2006 134
Iraq 2007 81–3, 2012 322
irresponsible transfers 2007 73, 81–6
Kyrgyzstan 2004 314–15
Latin America 2004 52–4
MANPADS 2004 78, 84, 90
measures 2002 258–61
Pacific 2004 277
South African peacekeepers in Burundi 2007 85–6
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
stockpiles 2001 59–90, 2002 63–104, 2003 57–91, 77–8, 2004 43–75, 2005 71–92
Afghanistan 2003 73–6
Africa 2003 80–6
AK-47 2001 17
Al-Qaeda 2003 73–6, 2004 55
Albania and the KLA 2005 218–19
ammunition 2005 11, 17–18, 29–30, 2010 14
diversions 2007 289–312
attrition rates 2001 76–7, 2007 43
availability factors in conflict 2005 185–6
Cambodia 2006 119, 124–5, 134
Central African Republic 2005 310–13
Central America 2003 90
China 2002 94–7, 2003 86
Colombia 2006 219–21
control 2002 236
destruction programmes 2002 73–4
disarmament initiatives 2005 72–6
distribution 2001 65–8, 88, 2002 74–83, 103
diversions from 2008 43–7, 158
to armed groups in South Sudan 2007 320–1
Brazil 2007 289–90, 301–11
Uganda 2007 289–301, 311
effect of legal transfers 2001 141, 159
estimating inventories 2005 76–8
EU Joint Action 1998 2001 271–2
Europe 2003 62–72
Georgia 2003 191–2, 196–205
global estimates 2001 88, 89, 2002 63–4, 73, 2007 39–41
history of research 2007 40–1
India 2002 100–1
Iraq 2004 43, 44–50, 2005 72, 73
Israel 2003 77–8
Kazakhstan
diversions from 2012 122
state holdings 2012 129–31
Kyrgyzstan 2004 312–13
Latin America 2003 87–91, 116, 2004 50–4
lethality, evaluating weapons collection programmes 2002 315
life cycle of small arms 2002 95
liquidity, evaluating weapons collection programmes 2002 314
Macedonia 2003 289
MANPADS 2004 77, 83–4
marking and tracing 2006 107
Middle East 2002 90–4, 2003 77–80
monitoring 2004 255
Nigeria 2005 75
non-state actors 2006 146
Pacific 2003 88–9, 2004 277, 280–5
Pakistan, 2002 update 2002 100–1
Palestine 2003 77–8
peace process disarmament 2003 288
post-conflict 2005 275
prices as an indicator 2002 65–70
private security companies 2011 113–16
registration 2004 66–71
Republic of the Congo 2003 255, 258–69
militias 2003 258–69
Somalia, looting of 2012 3, 339, 347, 349
South Asia 2002 99–102
state 2006 37–60
thefts from state arsenals 2002 137–8
transparency 2003 90
types 2008 44–5
UN Programme of Action 2002 209
West African armed groups 2006 247
Yemen 2002 91–2, 2003 169, 172–7
see also civilian firearms; insurgent holdings; military stockpiles; national stockpiles; police
stockpiles; stockpile management; stockpile security; surplus weapons
Stoeger Silah Sanayi (Turkey) 2012 257
Stokes mortar 2008 26
storage
ammunition 2005 21, 29–30
civilian firearms 2011 291–3
firearms theft 2004 65
Kyrgyzstan 2004 315
national control of civilian ownership 2002 266
Pacific 2004 277
police firearms 2004 229–30
Republic of the Congo, militia holdings 2003 266–7
stockpile management 2002 259, 2004 43
thefts from 2008 48–51, 53–4
Yemen 2003 185–6
straw purchasing, illegal sales of weapons 2008 62–3, 284–6
stray bullets, cause of injury 2012 86
street gangs see gangs
stress, urbanization and crime 2007 164
Strike Hard campaigns (China) 2003 86
Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs), Rwanda 2001 207
Sturm, Ruger & Co (United States)
company profile 2000 2002 29
exports 2004 119
financial indicators 2002 21, 28
manufacturing sectors 2005 54, 55
most popular handguns 2001 18
ranked by weapons type 2002 29
survey of producers 2001 26, 27, 2004 13–14
weapons used in crime in the US 2001 24
Sturmgewehr 57 rifles 2007 54
Sturmgewehr 90 rifles 2007 54
sub-licensing 2007 19
sub-machine guns
Burundi 2007 204
Colombia 2006 223, 225, 231
illicit
Mexico 2013 290, 292
Philippines 2013 307
military stockpiles 2006 54, 55, 57
most popular small arms 2001 18–19, 20
police firearms 2001 69–70, 2011 75–7
production 2004 27, 30–1, 2005 51
Brazil 2001 29
global 2001 13
licensed 2007 18
most important companies 2003 14–15
smuggling in Europe 2003 71
South America 2006 86
technological developments 2003 22, 24
sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
average number of police officers 2006 42
conflict deaths 2004 175, 2005 253–5, 256, 259
control measures, Bamako Declaration (2000) (OAU) 2002 213–14
crime and violence 2004 192–9
illicit transfers, insurgent demand 2001 83
insurgents and other non-state combatants 2001 79, 83
production 2001 40–2, 2002 11, 12, 2004 9, 10
distribution of producing companies 2002 12, 2003 12, 14
distribution of producing countries 2003 11
licensed 2002 43–8, 2007 23
major producers 2003 14
unlicensed production 2007 23
stockpiles 2003 57, 80–6
civilian holdings, correlation to GDP 2007 57
military 2006 52, 53, 58
sub-state warfare 2001 78
transfers 2003 100, 117–19
subregional co-operation, Southern Africa 2003 245–6
substitution effect 2004 186–90, 2005 271, 272
Australia 2002 268
cost effectiveness of control measures 2006 198
suburbs, definition 2007 169
Sudan
ammunition
Chinese 2014 192, 200, 201
production 2014 190–1, 193–6, 198–9, 202–4
profiling 2014 183, 187–208
unmarked 2014 204–7
armed groups 2010 95–6
coercive disarmament 2009 167
community security mechanisms 2009 233, 238
conflict
armed violence in South Sudan 2007 317–44
child soldiers 2001 230
civil war 2007 326, 2010 277–80, 2014 214–17
co-operative conflict 2002 175
conflict goods 2002 141, 142
displaced persons 2002 196
militarization of refugee camps 2001 227
percentage of population killed in 2001 210
conflict deaths 2005 252, 253, 258
DDR and weapons destruction 2005 284, 289, 2009 185, 237
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
effects of small arms misuse 2003 138
elections (2010) 2010 294
firearm-related injuries 2002 166
illicit transfers from
to the Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 274, 275, 276, 282–4, 286–7, 289
reporting errors 2006 66
illicit transfers to 2001 173–5, 2004 133
arms embargo on 2007 74
arms embargoes 2002 133
imports 2014 218–19
human rights 2004 132, 133
irresponsible transfers to 2007 74, 106
list of exporters 2005 103, 2006 70
value 2001 2004 109
value 2002 2005 106
value 2003 2006 74, 77
land conflict 2013 120, 121, 122, 123
machine gun attack (2007) 2008 12
MANPADS
attacks on aircraft 2008 13
destruction programmes 2008 101
mortar attack on Darfur (2007) 2008 27
non-state actors
illicit capture of weapons 2008 55
light weapons holdings 2008 33
non-state armed groups 2010 263, 2014 214–17
firearms 2010 122
weapons supply 2014 235–8
oil fields 2010 295–6
post-conflict outcome 2009 227
prices
black-market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
production
ammunition 2002 18–19
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 16, 19, 57
resource conflict 2013 116
stockpiles 2003 81
civilian holdings 2005 90
national registration data 2007 50
military 2005 88
police 2005 89
support for non-state actors 2002 130
transfers to Central African Republic 2005 317
tribal conflict 2010 285–8
weapons production 2014 231–5
weapons tracing 2014 5–6, 213–39
Chinese weapons 2014 225–8, 237
Iranian weapons 2014 229–30
Sudanese weapons 2014 231–5, 239
see also Darfur; Southern Sudan
Sudan Armed Forces (SAF)
ammunition 2014 183, 200, 206, 230, 235
areas of operations 2007 322
armed violence in South Sudan 2007 319
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) 2007 331
DDR 2007 332
Other Armed Groups 2007 320, 321–4, 326, 337, 342–4
Southern Sudan 2010 278
weapons 2014 227, 228, 234, 237
Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), weapons 2014 226
Sudan Liberation Army–Abdul Wahid (SLA-AW)
ammunition 2014 235
weapons 2014 215, 234
Sudan Liberation Army–Minni Minawi (SLA-MM), weapons 2014 215
Sudan Liberation Movement-Unity (SLM-Unity), weapon-related commitments 2010 317
Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) 2006 275, 282, 2010 291–2
ammunition 2014 192, 201, 203, 204, 205–6, 233
civil conflict role 2014 217
co-operative conflict 2002 175
ethnic divisions 2010 278–80
firearms 2010 122
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
illicit transfers to 2001 174–5
membership 2010 121
personal forces/’private armies’ 2010 292
relations with state 2010 117
weapons 2014 237, 238
women members 2010 195
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N)
ammunition 2014 192, 200, 205–6, 230, 235
weapons 2014 215, 226, 227, 228, 229, 233, 234, 237
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A)
areas of operations 2007 322
armed violence in South Sudan 2007 317
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) 2007 318–20, 331–3
disarming civilians in Jonglei State 2007 333–6
explosions at arms depots 2010 322
humanitarian commitments 2010 311
Juba Declaration on Unity and Integration (2006) 2007 319
Khartoum-aligned militias 2007 321–2
local security arrangements 2007 336, 338
Other Armed Groups 2007 320, 324–6, 340–2
Ugandan support for 2007 299
weapon-related commitments 2010 318
Sudan Revolutionary Front, weapons capture 2014 237
Sudanese Liberation Army, covert transfers to 2007 92
Suez Canal
firearms on ships 2012 209
Yemen 2003 175
Suhler Jagd-und Sportwaffen (Germany) 2002 12, 30–1
suicide see firearm suicides
suicide bombers, women 2010 195
suicide bombings 2003 77–8, 2013 221–2, 229–30
Yemen 2003 170
suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (SVBIEDs) 2013 221–2, 230
Al-Sunna Wal Jamma (Nigeria) 2006 249
Sunni Awakening Councils (Iraq) 2009 233, 236
Sunni Islamists
attacks on civilians 2013 231–2, 243
training camps 2013 242
supply
intrinsic costs 2007 267–9
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 257, 262–9, 271
supply chains, weapons parts 2012 252–3
surface-to-air missiles see man-portable air defence systems
Suriname 2006 83
exports, human rights 2004 130
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers from
to Brazil 2007 306
to Colombia 2001 187–8
surplus weapons 2008 84
surplus disposal, UN Programme of Action 2011 57–8
surplus weapons 2004 56–60
ammunition, UN General Assembly First committee 2007 126
Belarus 2008 79
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001 177
Cambodia, flow to other countries 2002 99
control measures 2002 260
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 212
stockpile management 2002 258
definition 2008 81–3
disposal choices 2008 78–81
estimating 2008 83–5
EU Joint Action 1998 2001 271–2
Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 263
illicit transfers of
arms brokers 2001 97–8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001 177
international transfers 2009 9, 68–9
Kaliningrad 2008 79
military procurement 2006 7–8, 19, 25–6
military stockpiles 2006 39, 53, 59, 60
police stockpiles 2006 43
reserve exaggeration 2008 85–6
and security sector reform (SSR) 2008 104–5
Serbia 2008 80
sold to civilians in the United States 2003 61
South America 2008 84–5
Soviet Union, transfers to Georgia 2003 198–9
transfer 2008 79, 81
transfer of military firearms to civilian ownership 2007 61
Yemen 2003 172–7
survey questionnaires, violence risk factors 2008 249
sustainable development 2003 127, 128
sustainable disarmament 2003 309–13
SVBIEDs see suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices
Swarovski Optik 2005 58
Swaziland
air cargo companies 2001 114, 115
carjackings 2007 172
exports
UN Register 2012 288
value 2001 148
firearm violence and crime 2004 193
firearms ownership 2007 172
imports, customs data 2001 157
Sweden
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 12
border seizures 2005 114, 115, 116
brokering 2004 156, 158, 159, 160, 161
controls 2002 255, 256
control measures
brokering 2002 255, 256
civilian ownership 2002 264
demilitarization industry 2013 189, 199, 202, 203
end-user certification 2008 175
export controls 2009 67, 68
enforcement 2009 86
exceptions 2009 78–9
licensing authorities 2009 87, 90
licensing systems 2009 72, 75
re-export provisions 2009 83
transfer criteria 2009 94, 95
exports
ammunition 2009 15, 16
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
Comtrade data 2012 274, 2013 179–80
control and accountability 2002 248
end-use assurances 2002 249
human rights 2004 130, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 101, 102, 105, 106
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 107, 108, 2006 75, 76, 77
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23
national reporting 2001 151, 2002 120, 121, 2003 98
parts 2012 259–60
share of total arms exports 2001 144
transparency 2004 117, 2005 110, 112, 2006 81, 2007 88, 2009 49, 2010 15, 2011 15,
16, 2012 292, 298, 299, 2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
to the United States 2004 124
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 106
value 2002 2005 105
value 2003 2006 72
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 209, 233, 240, 241
imports
list of exporters 2005 103, 104, 2006 70, 71
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 111
value 2002 2005 108
value 2003 2006 77
military procurement 2006 18
Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) 2008 26
policing 2004 221
private security companies
armed 2011 112
personnel 2011 106
regulation 2011 157
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 45, 51, 2007 15, 18, 21
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 81, 82, 2007 21
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most important companies 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 57
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2003 64, 70, 2005 80, 2007 47–8
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
distribution of firearms 2001 67
MANPADS 2004 84
military 2001 73, 2006 44, 45, 51
stolen firearms 2004 63
transportation, customs regulations 2010 57
Swiss Ammunition Enterprise (Switzerland) 2001 32–3, 2002 21, 39
Swiss Ordnance Enterprise (Switzerland) 2001 33, 2002 39
Switzerland
ammunition, transfers, transparency 2010 12
brokering 2004 153, 154, 156, 157, 160, 161
controls 2001 107, 2002 255, 256
civilian firearms
carrying in public 2011 293
licences 2011 280
prohibited and restricted 2011 271
registration 2011 273
storage requirements 2011 291–2
use regulation 2011 285
user regulation 2011 276, 278
control measures
brokering 2001 107, 2002 255, 256
civilian ownership 2002 264, 265, 266
Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development (2006) 2007 127
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 211
tracing initiatives 2002 226, 2006 96, 97
UN Programme of Action 2002 226
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 97
diversion of arms to Iraq 2008 122
export controls 2009 67
enforcement 2009 86
exceptions 2009 79
licensing authorities 2009 90
licensing systems 2009 72, 75
pre-licensing requirements 2009 76
re-export provisions 2009 83–4
transfer criteria 2009 91, 94, 95
exports
ammunition 2006 67, 2009 14, 15
annual value 2001 148
classification of 2004 107
Comtrade data 2009 12, 2012 274, 2013 179–80
end-use assurances 2002 249
human rights 2004 128, 129, 131, 132, 133
irresponsible transfers from 2007 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106
to Kazakhstan 2012 121, 134
list of importers 2005 106, 107, 108, 109, 2006 75, 76, 77, 78
military firearms 2001 147, 2002 115, 116, 2009 35
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114
national reporting 2002 120, 121
pistols and revolvers 2001 146, 147, 2002 114
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 88, 2009 8, 49, 2010 8, 13, 15, 2011
15, 16, 2012 283, 289, 292, 299, 301, 303, 304, 2013 181, 182, 2014 129
trends 2000 2003 108, 111
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
value 2001 2004 106
value 2003 2006 73
firearm homicide-suicides 2013 27
firearm homicides and suicides
1998 2001 240
and civilian ownership 1999 2001 203, 239
human development indicators 2001 233, 241
illicit transfers from 2001 177
imports
ammunition 2009 16, 17
Comtrade data 2001 156
from Germany 2001 150
list of exporters 2005 102, 103, 104, 2006 68, 70, 71, 73
military firearms 2002 116
pistols and revolvers 2002 114
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
trends 2000 2003 111
value 1994–1998 2001 157
value 2001 2004 101, 111
value 2002 2005 108
value 2003 2006 77
intimate partner violence 2013 28
military procurement 2006 13, 29
policing, crowd control 2011 92
private security companies
armed 2011 112
firearm stockpiles 2011 113
personnel 2011 106
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 51, 2007 15
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 81, 82
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most important companies 2002 20, 21, 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 18, 20
RPG-7 2004 36
survey of producers 2001 32–3, 53, 2002 38–9, 57
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2001 203, 239, 2002 79, 2003 65, 2007 47–8, 53, 54–5
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
distribution of firearms 2001 66
military 2002 78, 2004 46, 2006 43, 44, 51, 53
surplus weapons 2008 89
Third Biennial Meeting of States (BMS3) 2009 137
transportation, licensing 2010 53
unauthorized retransfers 2014 126
Zug massacre 2002 266
Swords for Ploughshares (Mozambique) 2002 294
Sydney (Australia), thefts of M-72 LAW rocket launchers 2008 49, 51
symbolism
trigger effect 2001 205
young men and small arms 2006 302–10, 314–16
Syngenta, Brazil 2011 150
Syria
ammunition
production 2014 191, 194
profiling 2014 183–5, 187–208
Sudanese 2014 203
conflict, and Lebanon weapon prices 2013 271–2, 274
illicit transfers from
to Iraq 2012 328
to Lebanon 2007 91–2, 2009 322
to Somalia 2007 94
imports, MANPADS 2004 93
non-state actors, illicit transfers to Palestinian groups 2002 131
Palestinian groups, reserve stockpiles 2001 80
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
production
ammunition 2002 19
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 16, 19, 57
stockpiles 2004 48
military 2005 86, 88
police 2005 89
support for non-state actors 2001 80, 2002 130, 131
unauthorized retransfers to 2014 119, 126
women
conflict roles 2014 39
firearm use 2014 73
System for Central American Integration (SICA) 2001 257
System of Security Information Exchange (SISME) (MERCOSUR) 2001 258
Taban Deng Gai 2010 292
Tabuk rifles 2002 18
Iraq 2012 320, 321
tactical rifles 2005 51
tactical weapon systems 2005 49, 50, 51
tailored production 2003 9
Taiwan
exports
Comtrade data 2012 274
irresponsible transfers from 2007 101, 104
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
transparency 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 19, 2012 293, 2013 183, 2014 130
imports
customs data 2002 126
list of exporters 2005 105
from United States 2001 154, 2002 86
value 2001 2004 111
value 2002 2005 106
military procurement 2006 13, 30
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 45
light weapons 2008 35
manufacturing sectors 2005 49, 58, 61
most popular small arms 2001 18, 20
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 57
stockpiles 2005 84, 85
military 2006 57
transfers, undocumented 2009 31
Tajikistan
ammunition availability 2005 18
arms sourcing to conflict 2005 160, 169–71, 172
destruction programmes, MANPADS 2008 101
disarmament, peace agreements 2003 283
gun culture 2005 213–14
illicit transfers from
to Afghanistan 2012 335
to Kazakhstan 2012 123
Kyrgyzstan 2004 309, 310, 320, 322–4
post-conflict outcome 2009 227
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 279
Taka 107 mm rockets, Sudanese 2014 234
Taliban
armed violence 2010 85
conflict goods 2002 142
drug trafficking 2012 42, 43
explosions at arms depots 2010 322
firearms 2010 122, 123
guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
history of 2009 285, 287–9
imports, human rights 2003 112, 2004 128, 132
improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2013 227
Kyrgyzstan 2004 310
MANPADS 2004 92
membership 2010 121
reconciliation 2009 308–9
state sponsorship 2010 117
stockpiles 2002 102, 2003 73–6
transfers to non-state actors 2007 135
violence by 2008 232
weapon-related commitments 2010 318
weapons holdings 2012 333, 334–6
Tamil Tigers see Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Tamils 2004 37, 59, 89
Tang-Ginya, Gabriel 2007 319, 324, 2010 289–90
Tanzania
Burundian refugees 2007 200
carjackings 2007 172
disarmament 2009 163
exports, irresponsible transfers to Uganda 2007 106
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 233, 241
firearm violence and crime 2004 193
illicit transfers from, to Rwanda 2002 132
Nairobi Declaration (2000) 2002 263
policing 2007 184
prices
AK-47s 2003 86
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 279
private security companies
illicit arms possession 2011 119
public perception 2011 106
production 2001 16, 53, 2002 57, 2005 14
ammunition 2006 258
licensed 2007 19
refugee camps 2005 273
stockpiles 2003 83–6
Tanzin groups (Palestinian Territories) 2002 131
Taos Industries (United States) 2007 82, 84–5
target practice, civilian firearms 2011 285
target rifles 2005 51
target shooting, national control of civilian ownership 2002 264
TASERs 2011 85, 89–92
Tasko Corporation (Ukraine) 2003 49
Tasmania (Australia)
civilian firearms
licences 2011 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
user regulation 2011 276
tattoos, gang members 2010 69, 241
Taurus (Brazil)
manufacturing sectors 2005 54, 55
weapons seized in Brazil 2001 23
weapons seized in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 2012 30
weapons used in Bogotá (Colombia) 2012 29
weapons used in crime in the US 2001 23
Taurus pistols, gang use, Nicaragua 2013 59, 61, 65
Tavor assault rifle 2001 39, 2002 35, 2003 112
tax havens
air cargo companies 2001 113
brokers 2001 101, 104–5, 126
illicit brokering 2004 144
taxation, effects of small arms misuse 2003 144
Taylor, Charles 2006 256, 2009 108
conflict goods 2002 141, 142
conflict sourcing 2005 167–9
disarmament 2003 297
illicit transfers to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 120–3, 171
LURD 2005 182–3
NPFL 2005 193
UN sanctions on Liberia 2004 269
weapons collection and destruction 2002 289
TCI see Transfer Controls Initiative
teargas launchers 2005 53
Technicni Zavod (Slovenia) 2003 46
technology 2003 20–5
ammunition 2011 25, 75–6
handguns 2011 77–8
less-lethal weapons 2011 5, 80–6
licensed and unlicensed military production 2007 7–32
police weapons 2011 4–5, 69–94
production developments 2003 9–10
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 241
weapon accessories 2012 262–3
Technopol (Slovakia) 2003 43
telescopic sights 2012 266
Temex 2003 119, 2004 144, 2009 108
Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) database 2010 12
Tentara Nasional Acheh (TNA) 2006 253
terminal ballistics 2005 23
terrorism
Algeria 2007 77
Container Security Initiative 2003 107
definitions of small arms 2003 59–60
demand for small arms 2006 146–8
human development and security 2003 150–1
illicit transfers to terrorists
from North Africa 1999 2001 170–1
from Saudi Arabia 2004 102
International Tracing Instrument 2006 105
MANPADS 2004 77, 78, 89, 90, 92–3
Moldovan exports 2003 109–10
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 182
policing 2004 220
RPG-7 2004 36–7
Somalia 2007 92–4
stockpiles 2003 57
Europe 2003 72
insurgent stockpiles 2002 81
transfers to non-state actors 2007 132–3, 135
UN Small Arms Conference 2002 228
United States 2004 66
Yemen 2003 170–1
see also September 11, 2001; War on Terror
terrorist groups, definition 2010 88
terrorist violence, Kazakhstan 2012 115–16
Texas Syndicate gang 2010 161
Texas (United States)
civilian firearms
prohibited and restricted 2011 273
self-defence use 2011 289
storage requirements 2011 292
transfer regulation 2011 284
user regulation 2011 277, 279, 280
TFG see Transitional Federal Government
Thai Interarms 2001 44
Thailand
armed groups 2006 253
black market, 2002 update 2002 109
community defence forces 2010 267
exports
human rights 2004 130
irresponsible transfers from 2007 102, 104
military firearms 2009 33, 35
military small arms and light weapons 2009 24
transparency 2002 117, 2007 89, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 15, 17, 2012 293, 2013 183,
2014 130
value 2001 148
illicit transfers from
to the LTTE in Sri Lanka 2001 182–3
to Myanmar insurgents 2004 131
to non-state actors 2002 129
transit countries 2002 142–3
illicit transfers to 2004 56
MANPADS 2004 89, 93
imports
Comtrade data 2013 180
customs data 2002 126
disturbing transfers 2001 155
from Germany 2001 150
list of exporters 2006 72
military firearms 2002 116
parts 2012 261
pistols and revolvers 2002 114, 2009 22
transparency 2002 117
from the United States 2001 153, 154, 2004 120, 121
value 2001 2004 111
value 2002 2005 106
value 2003 2006 74, 78
military procurement 2006 20, 30
policing 2004 232
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 263, 279
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit 2001 46
licensed 2002 51, 2007 15
light weapons 2008 35
most popular small arms 2001 20
RPG-7 2004 36
survey of producers 2001 44, 53, 2002 57
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2007 47–8
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
security 2004 55
thefts from state arsenals, 2001 2002 137
violence and crime 2004 71
young men and small arms 2006 297
Thales 2005 59, 61
Thalmann, Ambassador Anton 2006 98–9
theft
by military personnel 2008 48–9, 51
of civilian weapons 2008 62–3, 187–8
diversions to illicit trade 2002 129
of firearms 2004 43, 54–6, 60–5, 66, 185
South Africa 2009 176
from police stockpiles, Georgia 2003 196
from state stockpiles 2002 137–8, 2006 38–9, 65, 2008 48–51
Albania 2001 176–7, 200–1
Argentina 2001 184–5
Colombia 2006 222
Kazakhstan 2001 179
Papua New Guinea 2006 184
Philippines 2001 183
Russian Federation 2001 178
stockpile management and security 2002 258
US Army 2002 260–1
from UN troops, RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 172–3
using firearms, Cambodia 2006 127–30
see also crime
thermal sights 2012 266–7, 272–3
thermobaric warheads 2004 36
third-country brokering 2001 104, 124–5
third-party brokering 2004 144, 148, 155–6, 162, 163–4
Thomet, licensed production 2002 51
Thompson submachine gun, gang use, Nicaragua 2013 65
Thomson-CSF (France), acquisitions 1999 2002 12
Tigers (Serbia), firearms 2010 122
Tillessen, Peter 2005 156
timber
Cambodia 2006 121–2, 133
conflict goods 2002 142
Liberia, conflict goods 2002 141
Madagascar 2011 185
time bombs 2013 220, 227–8
time to crime
illicit weapons, Mexico 2013 294
stolen firearms 2004 60
Timor-Leste see East Timor
tipping points, norms 2003 222
TNA see Tentara Nasional Acheh
TNT, recovery, recycling, and reuse 2013 209, 210
Todosa 2007 337
Togo
disarmament 2009 163
exports, UN Register 2012 288
illicit transfers from, to UNITA in Angola 2001 173, 2002 132, 134, 2005 192
imports 2004 114
military procurement 2006 13
post-conflict outcome 2009 227
stockpiles, military 2002 81, 82, 2003 83, 2005 77, 2006 44, 51, 53
Tokarev pistols 2004 28, 34
Burundi 2007 204
gang use, Nicaragua 2013 59–60, 63, 64
Tokyo (Japan)
global cities 2007 163
urban violence 2007 175
Tokyrau (Kazakhstan), ammunition depot explosion 2012 135, 136–8
Tonga
gun control measures 2004 302, 303
imports
from the United States 2004 280
value 2000 2004 281
stockpiles 2003 89
civilian ownership 2004 283
state 2004 284
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
Tonton Macoute (Haiti) 2011 231
Tools for Arms Project (TAE) (Mozambique) 2002 243, 294
Toposa 2007 337–8
Toronto (Canada), homicide rate 2007 165
Torres Strait 2004 286
Torsson, Palle 2005 146
tourism
Brazil 2007 242
Central African Republic 2005 322–3
Fiji 2004 290–2
TOW missiles see tube-launched, optically-tracked wire-guided weapon system
Townsville Peace Agreement (TPA) (Solomon Islands) 2003 302–3
toys, violence-reduction programmes, Argentina 2002 309
TOZ see Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod
TPA see Townsville Peace Agreement
tracing 2004 256
ammunition 2005 25–9, 31, 2009 117
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 124
diversions 2007 289–311
markings 2007 291–2
conflict tracing 2009 109–22
control measures 2002 243–8, 271–2
cooperation 2009 109, 121–2, 2014 222, 223
crime gun tracing 2009 121
definition 2009 108–9
diverted weapons 2009 108
inventory management 2002 261
lot-marking 2007 303
mapping 2014 221
marking of weapons 2009 109
national control of civilian ownership 2002 265
norms 2003 231
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 212
post-conflict 2009 122–8
record-keeping 2009 109, 120–1, 130
Sudan and South Sudan 2014 5–6, 213–39
Chinese weapons 2014 225–8
Iranian weapons 2014 229–30
Sudanese weapons 2014 231–5
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238–9, 240–1
UN Open-ended Meeting of Governmental Experts (MGE) 2012 229–31
UN Programme of Action 2002 226, 229, 2011 56–7
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2001 282, 2002 246–7
uses of 2009 107
verification 2014 221–3
weapons identification 2009 110–20, 130, 2014 219–20, 221
weapons tracing 2009 120–2
working methods 2014 224
see also International Tracing Instrument; marking
trade
conflict trade 2002 139–41, 175
effects of small arms misuse on 2003 142–3
global trends 2000–2006 2009 11–25
global trends 2001–2011 2014 113–17
light weapons 2011 22–35
prices of Kalashnikov rifles 2007 257–72
trade unions, urban armed violence 2007 178
trade in weapons see illicit transfers; transfers
traditional law
disarmament 2003 312
South Sudan 2007 336–9
Yemen 2003 169–70, 181–5
traditional power structures, young men and small arms 2006 305
trafficking
Afghanistan 2012 335
arms sourcing to conflicts 2005 159–73
by air, control measures 2010 44–9
Central African Republic 2005 313–20
Colombia 2005 163
disarmament 2003 310–11
Iraq 2012 328
mafia firearms 2013 93–4
prosecution of 2008 134–6
Somalia 2012 344–7
Southern Africa 2003 238
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 237–41
war on terror 2003 61–2
see also drug trafficking; smuggling
training
international transfers 2009 9
MANPADS 2004 85, 89, 94
policing 2004 224–7
private security companies 2011 123–4, 146
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 241
Trans Air Cargo 2001 118–19
Transcaucasian Military District 2003 193
Transdniester
ammunition, stockpiles 2008 91, 93
production, light weapons 2008 15
Transfer Controls Initiative (TCI) (2003) 2007 129–30
transfers 2001 141–59, 2002 109–46, 2003 97–120, 2004 99–139
2005 update 2005 97–117
2006 analysis 2009 32–47
2006 data comparisons 2009 28–30
2006 update 2006 65–88
actors 2010 42–4
Africa 2003 117–19
armed groups 2010 324–5
authorized vs unauthorized 2002 111
background information 2012 286–9
Canada 2003 107–8
Central African Republic 2005 313–20
Central Asia 2003 111–12
chain of 2008 122–4, 157
chain of possibilities 2002 110
Chinese weapons, to Sudan and South Sudan 2014 225–8
classification of 2001 142, 2002 111
Colombia 2006 216
Comtrade data 2000-2006 2009 11–25
Comtrade data 2008 2011 11
Comtrade data 2009 2012 273–5
Comtrade data 2010 2013 4, 179–80
to conflict zones 2005 159–73
control measures 2008 159–60
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 122–4
ASEAN initiatives 2001 267–8
costs and difficulty of implementation 2008 145
flowchart 2008 144
global 2007 117–38
Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions 2001 263–5
in-transit and point-of-delivery controls 2008 131–3
international 2007 128–37
international humanitarian law 2007 132
international law 2007 130–7
irresponsible transfers 2007 73
licensed production 2007 26–31
MERCOSUR 2001 258
multilateral measures 2008 160–1
national systems 2008 162–3
post-delivery controls 2008 133–6, 155–6, 173–4
pre-shipment controls 2008 127–31, 163
priorities 2008 173–4
prospects for 2008 142–5
Southern Africa 2001 261–2
UN Programme of Action 2007 130–7
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2001 282, 2002 203
see also end-user certification; export controls
covert 2007 90–4
definitions 2002 111, 2009 64, 2014 83
disturbing transfers 2001 155–6
diversion 2008 113–14, 145–6
end-use assurances 2002 248–52
European Union 2001 269–71, 2003 103–5
global norms 2003 224–5, 233
global trade 2004 100–14
human rights 2002 180, 2004 125–33
illicit brokering 2004 141–66
India 2001 156–7
intentional vs unintentional 2002 111
international 2003 97–120
types of 2009 9
international humanitarian law 2002 180
International Tracing Instrument 2006 105
Iraq 2004 44
irresponsible 2007 73–107
Kyrgyzstan 2004 321–2
Latin America and the Caribbean 2003 114–17, 2004 18, 50
legal transfer process 2010 43, 44
legal vs illicit 2002 111
legality spectrum 2001 167
licensing 2008 157, 158–9, 162, 173–4
life cycle of small arms 2002 95
links between legal and illicit transfers 2002 128–39, 206
MANPADS 2004 77, 83, 87–9, 92–4, 2005 127–8, 130–7
marking 2002 244–8
Mexico 2003 108, 2004 52
military firearms
2002 update 2002 115–17
transferred to civilian ownership 2007 60–1
monitoring 2004 5, 249–71
national export reporting 2002 117–23
national regulation 2002 254–5
non-EU European countries 2003 108–11
to non-state actors
international law 2007 132–5
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239–40
UN Programme of Action 2002 219–20
non-transfer clauses 2002 250
Pacific 2004 280–5, 303
parts and accessories 2012 241–77
to peacekeeping forces 2009 37–9
prices 2002 65
reporting of 2009 26–8, 52–3
Republic of the Congo 2003 261–2, 263, 270–2
satellite tracking 2008 132
scope 2001 144–58
second-hand equipment, prices 2002 65–7
share of global arms trade 2001 144–5
South Asia 2003 111–13
state-to-state 2002 239–40, 2008 166
sub-Saharan Africa 2003 117–19
supply-side controls and human rights 2001 223
surplus military stocks 2006 7–8, 19, 25–6
surplus weapons 2008 79, 81
transparency 2004 114–18, 2006 78–81, 2007 86–97, 2008 136–7, 2011 12–19, 2012 276
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238–9, 238–41
undocumented 2009 7–8, 31, 43
ammunition 2010 18, 27
United States 2003 105–8, 2004 11
unofficial information 2001 158
West African armed groups 2006 256
West African Moratorium 2001 260
Yemen 2003 172–7
see also Arms Trade Treaty; authorized transfers; export controls; exports; illicit transfers;
imports; unauthorized retransfers
transhipment, Arms Trade Treaty 2014 90
transhipment points, Netherlands 2001 151
transit
control measures 2014 90, 91
definition 2009 64
transit countries
black market 2002 141–5
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 239
transit licenses
brokers and transport agents 2001 124
Inter-American Convention 2001 253
national control systems 2001 125
transit trade
Cyprus 2004 108, 2005 106
Europe 2003 104–5
transitional autonomy, post-conflict security 2009 233, 236
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) (Somalia) 2007 92–3, 2012 337, 339, 345–7
ammunition supplies 2014 200
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
Transitional National Government (TNG) (Somalia), guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
transitional security forces, post-conflict security 2009 233, 236
transnational criminals 2001 221
transparency
ammunition
national reporting 2005 25
transfers 2010 8, 10–13
and Arms Trade Treaty 2014 109, 131–9
brokers 2001 97, 98, 101, 106–7, 126, 127, 2002 253
China 2002 94–5
Colombia 2006 219
EU Code of Conduct 2001 270–1
export controls 2008 136–7
exports 2013 4, 181–4
goals 2001 2–3
grey market 2001 101, 166
insurgent firearms 2001 78
irresponsible transfers 2007 86–97
light weapons transfers 2011 12–14, 35
marking 2002 240–1, 244
monitoring 2004 252, 253–4
NATO/EAPC 2001 274
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2001 275–6
production, ammunition 2005 13
Southern Africa 2001 261–2
stockpiles 2001 59, 60–5, 2003 90, 2005 72, 79, 84–6, 91–2
military 2001 72–3, 2002 244, 2006 37, 45, 58–60
police 2001 68, 2006 39
transfers 2002 112, 2004 114–18, 2012 276
national reporting 1994–1998 2001 148, 159
national reporting 1999 2002 117–23
national reporting 2000 2003 98
national reporting 2001 2004 114–18
national reporting 2002 2005 97, 98, 99–100, 109–13
national reporting 2003 2006 65, 66, 67, 68, 74, 78–82
scope of legal transfers 2001 142
value 2002 2005 101
trends 2001—2010 2012 2, 294–308
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 240–1
UN Programme of Action 2002 222–3
United States 2001 152–4, 2004 12
see also Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer
transport
of ammunition 2005 26
by sea 2002 144
conflict use 2005 185
costs 2007 263, 264, 269
illicit brokering 2004 144–7
of light weapons 2008 9–10
weapons collection programmes, safety 2002 312
transport agents 2001 99, 110–23
alleged arms embargo violations, 2001 2002 134
Angola and UNITA 2001 116–19
by sea 2002 144
chain of accountability 2001 106
definition 2001 98, 2010 43–4
distinction from brokers 2001 129
illicit arms brokering 2001 96
illicit transfers to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 172
national control systems 2001 125
tax havens 2001 104
Thailand as a transit country 2002 143
transport controls, demilitarization industry 2013 200–1
transportation
civil aviation regulations 2010 59–62
control measures 2010 44–9
criminalization 2010 54
customs laws
international 2010 54–5
national 2010 55–8
licensing systems 2010 50–3
methods 2010 44
record-keeping 2010 53
regulations
international 2010 49–50
national 2010 50–4
safety and security measures 2010 53–4, 61–2
treaties, norms 2003 216–17
Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (1993) 2001 73, 2004 58
trends
African stockpiles 2003 85–6
global trade 2000–2006 2009 11–25
intra-state conflicts 2001 78
military procurement 2006 22–4
production 2001 11–12, 2003 13–15, 16
technology 2003 20–3
transfers 2003 98–119
transparency 2006 78–80
violence in Papua New Guinea 2006 168–9
trials and sampling, international transfers 2009 9
tribal confederations, Yemen 2003 181–3
tribal conflict
demand for small arms 2006 152–3
Pakistan 2003 32–3
Papua New Guinea 2006 166, 168, 172–4
South Africa 2003 31
Southern Sudan 2010 285–8
Yemen 2003 181–4, 183–5
tribes
disarmament 2003 312
Pakistan, weapons collection 2002 296–7
South Sudan 2007 336–9
Yemen 2003 169–70, 177, 178–87
trigger effect, accessibility thesis 2001 204–5
Trinidad and Tobago
exports, UN Register 2012 288
firearm homicides 2012 13, 16, 20
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 233, 241
gang violence 2010 129, 141
homicide rates 2012 15
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
private security companies, personnel 2011 106
Trinitarian Warfare doctrine, military stockpiles 2006 45, 46–7, 53
Triple Canopy 2011 125
truncheons 2004 107–8
truth commissions, disarmament 2003 311
TRZ Kragujevac (Serbia) 2013 189, 192–3, 199
Tsiranana, Philibert 2011 170, 171–2, 173
Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) 2003 193–4
tsunami (2004), Aceh 2009 253, 271–5
Tuareg
Mali
stockpiles 2003 82
weapons collection 2002 288
tube-launched, optically-tracked wire-guided weapon system (TOW) missiles 2011 30, 31, 32
recycling 2013 210
Tula Arms Plant, exports, data on 2002 123
Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod (TOZ) (Russian Federation) 2004 14, 15, 122, 2005 57
company profile 2000 2002 25–6
financial indicators 2003 19
survey of producers 2001 33
Tunisia
imports 2006 70
production 2002 19
stockpiles 2005 88, 89
civilian holdings, national registration data 2007 50
Turkana 2007 337
Turkey
child victimization 2008 247
civilian firearms
licences 2011 280
prohibited and restricted 2011 271
user regulation 2011 276, 277
demilitarization industry 2013 189, 190
disarmament 2009 163
export controls
licensing authorities 2009 90
licensing systems 2009 72, 75
transfer criteria 2009 94
exports
annual value 2001 148
Comtrade data 2009 12, 2012 274
human rights 2004 130, 131, 132
irresponsible transfers from 2007 98, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 107, 2006 75, 76
military firearms 2002 116
non-military shotguns 2002 114
parts 2012 255
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
shotgun shells 2010 25
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 18, 45
transparency 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 81, 2007 89, 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012
293, 2013 183, 2014 130
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
value 2001 2004 106
value 2002 2005 105
value 2003 2006 73
illicit transfers from
to Azerbaijan 2001 180
to Chechnya 2004 132
to the Kurds 2001 176
to Nagorno-Karabakh 2002 133
imports
1994–1998 2001 156, 157
irresponsible transfers to 2007 106
list of exporters 2005 103, 104, 105, 2006 70
military firearms 2002 116
military small arms and light weapons 2009 25
parts 2012 260
pistols and revolvers 2002 114
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
shotgun shells 2010 25
from the United States 2000 2001 154, 2003 106
value 2001 2004 101, 111
value 2002 2005 108
value 2003 2006 78
insurgents and other non-state combatants 2001 79
foreign government support for 2002 130
Islamic militants 2003 79
military procurement 2006 11, 16, 27, 30
non-state actors, light weapons holdings 2008 33
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
private security companies
armed 2011 112, 115, 116, 117
personnel 2011 106
pro-government armed groups 2010 261
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit craft production 2003 31–2
licensed 2002 50–1, 51, 2007 11, 12, 15, 21, 27
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 81
manufacturing sectors 2005 56, 61
most popular small arms 2001 19, 20
survey of producers 2001 39–40, 53, 2002 16, 17, 19–20, 57
stockpiles 2003 79
civilian holdings 2005 90, 91, 2007 47–8, 59
correlation of registered to unregistered firearms 2007 56
correlation to GDP 2007 58
illicit craft production 2003 31–2
military 2005 86, 88, 2006 57
police 2005 89
Turkmenistan 2004 311
exports, to Kazakhstan 2012 121
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
Turks and Caicos, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
turn-in campaigns, municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181
turn-key projects 2007 10
Tutsis, Burundi 2007 199–203, 207, 221
Tuur, Abdirahman Ahmed Ali 2012 148–9, 157
Tuvalu
civilian ownership 2004 283
control measures 2004 302, 303
stockpiles 2003 89, 2004 284
Type 56 assault rifles 2001 63, 2006 283
Burundi, disarmament 2007 204
identifying marks 2009 111–12
Iraq 2012 321
South Sudan 2014 226
unauthorized retransfers 2014 119
Type 63 automatic rifle 2006 55
Type 65 assault rifle 2001 63
Type 68 assault rifle 2001 63
Type 68 pistol, serial numbers 2009 116
Type 69 rocket launcher, serial numbers 2009 116
Type 80 machine gun, South Sudan 2014 226
Type 81/RPK light machine guns 2006 283
Type CQ assault rifle, licensed production 2007 19
UAE see United Arab Emirates
UAZ-3151 vehicle, for light weapons transport 2008 9–10
UCDP see Uppsala Conflict Data Program
UCPMB see Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedija, and Bujanovac
UEMS see Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites
Uganda
ammunition 2005 20
diversion 2008 51
diversions of 2007 289–301
production 2014 190, 194
cattle rustling, weapons collection 2002 291
child soldiers 2014 74
children
child soldiers 2009 197
health 2009 206
‘night commuters’ 2009 202
post-conflict reintegration 2009 210–11
civilian firearms
licences 2011 281, 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 271
storage requirements 2011 293
transfer regulation 2011 283
use regulation 2011 285, 286
user regulation 2011 276, 277, 279
civilian firearms ownership 2007 172
community defence forces 2010 267
conflict
armed violence in South Sudan 2007 317
child soldiers 2001 230, 2003 146
internally displaced persons 2001 224, 225
militarization of refugee camps 2005 273
percentage of population killed in 2001 210
conflict deaths 2005 248, 249
costs of gun violence 2003 134–5
crime, carjackings 2007 172
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 279, 2005 290, 2009 185
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 97
disarmament 2009 163, 167
diversion, of sub-machine guns to Liberia 2008 115, 116, 117, 121
effects of small arms misuse 2003 132, 146
exports, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2001 108, 2004 130
firearm violence and crime 2004 193
firearm-related injuries 2002 166
group goals 2005 196
illicit transfers from
air cargo companies 2001 121
to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2004 130
to Liberia 2002 132
to Rwanda 2002 132
to Somalia 2007 94
to Sudan 2007 325
to Sudanese rebels 2001 174, 2004 133
to UNITA in Angola 2002 132
imports
irresponsible transfers to 2007 106–7
from Romania 2003 110
value 2001 2004 109
injury data 2012 87
Labora farm experiment 2009 233, 236
land conflict 2013 104, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123
Lord’s Resistance Army 2006 273–89, 2009 197, 211
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 185
non-state actors
ammunition diversions to 2007 289–301
capture of weapons 2008 54
light weapons holdings 2008 33
post-conflict crime 2005 274
prices
black-market prices for AK47 rifle 2002 66
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
private security companies, public perception 2011 106
production 2001 16, 53, 2002 57
ammunition 2007 293–5, 296–7
stockpiles 2003 83–6, 2004 56
military 2006 38
women and small arms control policies 2014 50, 53
Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) 2006 274–5
Uganda National Rescue Front (UNRF) 2005 198, 2006 282
Uganda National Rescue Front II (UNRF II) 2006 282
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) 2007 290, 291, 294, 295, 296, 298
Ugandan People’s Defence Army (UPDA) 2006 275
Ugandan People’s Defence Force (UPDF) 2006 275, 277, 278–82, 284–5, 286–9
ammunition profile 2007 290, 291, 294–6, 298
community defence group 2010 267
diversions from 2007 299–301
Lord’s Resistance Army 2007 326, 2010 288–9
violence in South Sudan 2007 325
Uighur 2004 310
UK see United Kingdom
Ukraine
ammunition
diversion from Côte d’Ivoire to Liberia 2008 121, 123, 129, 134
production 2014 190–1, 194, 196, 199, 204
stockpiles 2008 90, 91, 93
transfers, transparency 2010 12
brokering 2004 155, 156, 157, 158, 160–1
collection and destruction programmes 2003 61
demilitarization 2013 193, 199
destruction programmes
MANPADS 2008 101
surplus weapons 2008 95, 96, 97
disarmament 2009 179
exports 2002 123, 2003 48, 108
to Africa 2001 170
ammunition, to Uganda 2007 293, 294–6, 295
irresponsible transfers from 2007 100, 105
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
military firearms 2009 34, 39
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 23
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 44, 46
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2009 50, 2010 16, 2011 17, 2012 293, 2013 183, 2014 130
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
to the United States 2003 39
value 2001 148
illicit transfers from 2001 176
to Eritrea 2002 136
to Liberia 2005 168
to the LTTE in Sri Lanka 2001 182
to Nagorno-Karabakh 2002 133
to the RUF in Sierra Leone 2001 171, 172, 173, 2004 132
to UNITA in Angola 2001 173, 2002 132
imports, sporting shotguns 2009 19
MANPADS 2004 92–3
military stockpile, diversion 2008 56–7
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 211
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
light weapons 2008 35
manufacturing sectors 2005 56
survey of producers 2001 34, 53, 2002 57, 2003 38, 48–9
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
stockpiles 2005 74
civilian holdings 2007 47–8
correlation to GDP 2007 57
destruction of surpluses 2004 60
military 2006 44, 47, 50, 57
surplus weapons 2008 89
transfers, reporting of 2009 26, 31
unauthorized retransfers 2014 117, 119, 127
violations of end-user certificates 2002 134
ULFA see United Liberation Front of Assam
ULP Mjekes (Albania) 2013 189, 192
Ulster Defence Association (UDA), decommissioning 2003 285, 2006 260
Ulster Unionists, disarmament 2003 284–6, 2006 260
Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), decommissioning 2003 285, 2006 260
Umarex Sportwaffen (Germany) 2002 12, 21, 34
UN see United Nations
UN Register see United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
UN-LiREC see United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in
Latin America and the Caribbean
UNAFRI see United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of
Offenders
UNAMA see United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
UNAMIR see United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
UNAMSIL see United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
unauthorized retransfers
and Arms Trade Treaty 2014 5, 117
control measures 2014 117, 121–7
definition 2014 117
Libya 2014 119
MANPADS 2014 119, 121, 122
post-delivery controls 2014 124–6
pre-shipment controls 2014 122–4
responding after the fact 2014 126–7
UNCASA see United Nations Coordinating Action on Small Arms
UNCJIN see United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
UNDDA see United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs
under-barrel grenade launchers 2008 24
UNDP see United Nations Development Programme
unemployment
Brazil, firearm homicides 2007 235
demand for small arms 2006 152
effects of small arms misuse 2003 137
Latin America, and firearm homicides 2003 138
Papua New Guinea 2006 182, 183
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 265
urban armed violence 2007 168–9, 179
West African armed groups 2006 248, 252, 259, 265
Yemen 2003 172
young men and small arms 2006 298–300, 303–4, 305
see also employment
unexploded ordnance (UXO), Mpila (Republic of the Congo) 2014 145, 162–3
UNGA see United Nations General Assembly
unguided light weapons, definition 2008 20
unguided rocket launchers 2008 25–6
UNHRC see United Nations Human Rights Council
União Nacional Para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) 2014 153–4
conflict goods 2002 140, 141, 142
DDR and weapons reduction 2003 279, 297, 301, 2005 286
guided light weapons holdings 2008 32
illicit transfers from, to the Republic of the Congo 2003 260, 262
illicit transfers to 2001 173
arms embargoes 2002 131–3, 2004 265, 269
arms supply networks 2001 116–19
end-use assurances 2002 249
human rights 2004 130
violations of end-user certificates 2002 134
resource extraction 2005 191–2
stockpiles 2003 81
weapons diverted to 2008 196
UNICEF see United Nations Children’s Fund
UNICRI see United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
unidades de polícia pacificadora (‘pacification’ police units) (UPPs) (Brazil) 2012 66–9, 71
UNIDIR see United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
UNIFEM see United Nations Development Fund for Women
Unified Database of the Ministry of Health (Datasus) (Brazil) 2007 229
UNIFIL see United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
unilateral declarations, humanitarian norms 2010 311
unintentional deaths 2004 174–80, 202, 295
unintentional transfers, definition 2002 111
Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) (Chad), guided light weapons
holdings 2008 32
Union panafricaine pour la démocratie sociale (UPADS) (Republic of the Congo) 2003 256–8,
264–5, 267–8
holdings 2003 260–1
Union pour le renouveau démocratique (URD) (Republic of the Congo) 2003 256–8, 264–5,
268–9
holdings 2003 260–1
UNITA see União Nacional Para a Independência Total de Angola
Unité de la Sécurité Présidentielle (USP) (Central African Republic) 2005 307
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
exports
human rights 2004 132
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
transparency 2010 13, 16, 2011 17, 2012 283, 289, 293, 2013 181, 183, 2014 130
illicit transfers from
air cargo companies 2001 121
to Sudan 2001 174
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
customs data 2002 126
from United States 2001 154
value 2001 2004 111
value 2002 2005 108
value 2003 2006 73, 78
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 19, 20, 57
stockpiles 2005 88, 89
unauthorized retransfers from 2014 126
United Front for the Liberation of Liberia 2003 82
United Kingdom (UK)
ammunition 2005 21
transfers, transparency 2010 12
arms industry 2009 68
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) 2009 148
arms trafficking and tax havens 2001 104–5
brokering, controls 2002 255, 257
civilian firearms
licences 2011 280, 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 271
regulation 2011 267
storage requirements 2011 292
transfer regulation 2011 283
use regulation 2011 284–5, 286
user regulation 2011 276, 277
civilian weapons, theft of 2008 63, 64, 65–6
collection and destruction programme 2002 73, 74, 281, 283, 302, 2003 280, 2005 75–6
control measures
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 122
brokering 2002 255, 257
civilian ownership 2002 270–1, 2004 67, 188–9, 192
international transfer controls 2007 122, 129–30
licensed production 2007 28
MANPADS 2005 130–6
Transfer Controls Initiative (TCI) 2007 129–30
West African Moratorium 2001 260–1
demilitarization industry 2013 189
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 97
disarmament 2009 171–4, 179
end-user certification 2008 169, 171–3
Export Control Act (2002) 2008 169
export controls 2009 67
enforcement 2009 86
licensing authorities 2009 90
licensing systems 2009 72, 75
Open General Export Licences (OGELs) 2009 79–80
pre-licensing requirements 2009 76
transfer criteria 2009 94, 95
exports
to Africa 2003 118
ammunition 2009 15, 16
annual value 2001 148
average annual value 2001 147
classification of 2004 107, 108
codes of conduct 2002 183
to Colombia 2006 236
Comtrade data 2009 12, 2012 274
control and accountability 2002 248
customs data 2002 126
end-use assurances 2002 250
human rights 2004 128, 129, 130, 131, 132
to Indonesia 2004 99
irresponsible transfers from 2007 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
to Kazakhstan 2012 121
list of importers 2005 106, 107, 108, 2006 75, 76, 77
military firearms 2001 146, 147, 2002 115, 116, 2009 34, 39
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23
national reporting 2001 151, 2002 120, 121, 122, 2003 98
non-military shotguns 2002 114
parts 2012 259–60
pistols and revolvers 2001 147
selected transfers 1999–2001 2002 147
shotgun shells 2010 25
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 18, 45
transparency 2004 117, 2005 110, 111, 112, 113, 2006 81, 2007 74, 87, 88, 2009 8,
49, 2010 8, 13, 15, 2011 15, 16, 2012 283, 289, 292, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302,
2013 182, 2014 129
UN Register 2012 288, 2014 135
to the United States 2004 124
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 106
value 2002 2005 97, 105
value 2003 2006 73
firearm homicides and suicides 2009 172–4
1998 2001 201, 209, 240
and civilian ownership 1999 2001 203, 239
human development indicators 2001 233, 241
Firearms Amendment Act (1997) 2008 65, 2009 171, 173–4
gang violence 2008 234
gun crime 2009 173–4
illicit transfers from
to Iraq 2002 133
to Liberia 2002 132
to Rwanda 2002 132
to Sierra Leone 2001 22–3, 110, 121, 2002 132, 133
illicit transfers to, border seizures 2005 115, 116
imports
ammunition 2009 16
ATGWs 2011 32
Comtrade data 2009 12, 2013 180
customs data 2002 126
list of exporters 2005 103, 2006 68–72
MANPADS 2004 87
military firearms 2002 116
parts 2012 256, 260–1
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
shotgun shells 2010 25
single-shot disposable systems 2011 28
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 24
sporting shotguns 2009 19
from the United States 2003 106, 2004 120
value 1994–1998 2001 156, 157
value 2000 2003 103
value 2001 2004 111
value 2002 2005 109
value 2003 2006 67, 78
mass shootings 2011 267
military procurement 2006 11, 16, 23, 29
accessories 2012 272–3
police weapons, TASERs 2011 92
policing 2004 221–3, 226, 228, 231, 234–5, 239
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
Private Security Companies 2001 110, 220
personnel 2011 106
regulation 2011 152
production
financial indicators of main companies 2000 2002 21
global ranking of countries 2001 16
illicit 2001 45
licensed 2002 45, 2007 15, 18, 28
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 82
manufacturing sectors 2005 47–8, 49, 52, 59, 61
mortars 2004 33
most important companies 2002 20, 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 18–19, 20
survey of producers 2001 33, 53, 2002 39–40, 57
stockpiles
civilian holdings 2001 239, 2003 64, 2005 80, 2007 50
changing patterns of 2007 63–4
destruction programmes 2007 64, 65
distribution of firearms 2001 67–8
MANPADS 2004 84
military 2002 259, 2006 38, 56
destruction programmes 2007 65
police 2006 43
private illegal firearms 2001 87
stolen firearms 2004 63
thefts from state arsenals 2002 137, 259
surplus weapons 2009 69
transportation
licensing 2010 51
safety and security measures 2010 54
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 124
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2009 166, 171–4
Yemen 2003 173–4
see also England and Wales; Northern Ireland; Scotland
United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) 2001 181
United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia (ULIMO) 2005 182
United Nations (UN)
2005 World Summit Outcome 2007 119
ammunition 2005 26, 28
armed groups, child soldiers 2006 266
Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials (1990)
2003 224, 2004 214–17, 219–27, 229–31, 234, 237–8, 2006 131, 2010 319, 2011 70,
89, 93, 143, 154
Biennial Meetings of States (BMS) 2012 220–1, 2013 162
Biennial Meetings of States (BMS), First (2003) 2004 2, 2007 125, 126
brokering 2004 147–8, 152
destruction of surpluses 2004 58
monitoring 2004 249, 250–1, 260
reporting 2004 254
Biennial Meetings of States (BMS), Third (2008) 2009 135, 136–43, 152, 2011 44, 46–7
civil society experts 2009 140
facilitators 2009 137
implementation agenda 2009 142–3
outcome 2009 140–2
preparations for 2009 137–9
Biennial Meetings of States (BMS), Fourth (2010) 2011 43, 44–8, 51–2
Bosnia 2005 234
Brahimi Report 2005 285, 287
brokering 2004 148
definition 2002 253
illicit 2001 95
international control of 2001 127, 128
Small Arms Conference 2001 128, 2002 57–8, 2004 141, 147
Burundi 2007 199, 204, 210–11
Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials (1979) 2003 223, 2004 214, 215, 216–17,
227, 232, 233, 236, 2006 131, 2011 70, 71, 154
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Women and Armed Conflict Caucus 2014
36, 46
Commodity Trade Statistics Database (Comtrade) 2001 144–7, 156, 2002 113–15, 2003
98–120, 2004 109–14, 2005 98–109, 2006 66–73, 2009 10–25
2008 analysis 2011 11
2009 analysis 2012 273–5
2010 analysis 2013 4, 179–80
2011 analysis 2014 109, 110–17
ammunition, transfers 2006 67, 2010 10, 22–7, 34–5
and Arms Trade Treaty 2014 136–7
comparison with other data sources 2009 28–30, 52
customs codes 2009 10, 26, 30
discrepancies with government data 2001 150–1, 156
ECOWAS moratorium 2004 113–14
global trends 2000–2006 2009 7, 11–25, 52
global trends 2001–2011 2014 113–17
human error 2006 66
international trends 2003 98–104
irresponsible transfers 2007 76
Kazakhstan imports 2012 119, 120–2
methodology for estimating transfers 2001 144
Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer 2004 117, 2005 112, 2006 80, 2007 87,
94–7, 2008 114, 137–42, 2009 8, 47–52, 2012 285–6, 2013 4, 181–4, 2014
128–31
Sudan arms imports 2014 218, 219
transparency 2004 117
weapon parts 2012 247, 249–50, 251, 254–5, 258–9
weapon sights 2012 250
Yemen 2003 176–7
Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects (2001)
analysis of 2002 3–5, 6, 203–31
armed non-state actors 2001 78
assessment 2002 229–30
brokering 2001 128, 2002 57–8, 2004 141, 147
chronology of events 2002 204
conference itself 2002 218–20
definitions 2002 64
follow-up 2002 227–9
General Assembly resolution 2002 206–7
humanitarian impacts of small arms 2002 176
illicit trade, definition 2002 128
issues for 2001 282
monitoring of implementation 2004 250–63
NGOs 2002 217–18, 242
norms 2003 223
preparation for 2001 276–8, 280–1, 282–3, 2002 205–9
process 2004 249
norms 2003 223, 226–36
stockpile management 2002 261
tracing initiatives 2006 96
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
weapons collection programmes 2002 281, 303, 316
see also United Nations, Biennial Meetings of States; United Nations, Programme of
Action
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (1980) 2002 179
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
2014 35, 45–6, 58
Convention on the Law of the Sea 2012 212, 2014 91
Convention on Transnational Organized Crime 2001 127–8, 2002 237, 2003 223, 2013 285
Darfur 2007 320
DDR and weapons reduction 2005 267–8
coercive disarmament as part of peacekeeping operations 2003 298–9
disarmament in Mozambique 2001 64
future of 2005 287–9
history of DDR 2005 277–9
history of weapons reduction 2005 280
peacekeeping 2005 267–8
South Sudan 2007 331–3
deaths of personnel 2002 187, 196
deaths of staff 2001 226
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 2004 227, 235
definitions of small arms and light weapons 2001 8, 251, 2003 59
development programmes
and disarmament 2003 151–4
risks to staff 2003 149
embargoes
Africa 2003 118–19
Angola 2001 116, 117, 2002 249
Croatia 2001 102
effective 2001 2002 132
Ethiopia and Eritrea 2001 175
extra-territorial jurisdiction 2002 256
former Yugoslavia 2001 107
human rights violations 2007 75
humanitarian law 2002 183, 2004 133
international law 2007 132
International Tracing Instrument 2006 108, 111
irresponsible transfers 2007 74
Liberia 2003 118–19
monitoring 2004 5, 249–50, 263–71
norms 2003 224–5
Sierra Leone 2001 110, 120, 172
Somalia 2007 92–3, 94, 2012 337
Sudan 2007 92, 317, 320, 2014 218–19
violations 2002 131–5, 136, 2003 118–19, 2004 128–33
West African armed groups 2006 256, 258, 266
exports see United Nations (UN), Commodity Trade Statistics Database
Feasibility Study, brokering 2002 246, 256–7
Firearm Regulation Study (1998) 2004 61
Firearms Protocol 2001 278–80, 2002 236, 237–41, 2005 126, 2007 73, 127, 2008 161,
163, 2009 62, 63, 2013 35
ammunition 2005 24–5, 28, 2014 82
brokering 2014 91
brokers 2001 127–8
customs regulations 2010 55
definition of ‘illicit trafficking’ 2007 73
import marks 2009 119
MANPADS 2005 136
norms 2003 216–17, 223, 225, 238, 247
ratifications 2004 252
scope 2005 125
stockpile management 2002 259
tracing and marking 2002 246, 247, 2006 96, 99, 103–4, 106–7, 114
transit controls 2014 90
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2002 210, 216
Group of Experts on the problem of ammunition and explosives 2005 9, 13, 28, 31, 2010 8
Group of Governmental Experts on ammunition 2009 135, 143–7, 152
Group of Governmental Experts on brokering 2007 126, 2010 45–6
Group of Governmental Experts on conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus 2007
126
Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms (1999)
ammunition 2009 144–5
brokers 2001 128
marking and tracing 2002 246
producers 2001 9
UN Small Arms Conference (2001) 2002 205–6
Group of Governmental Experts to examine the feasibility, scope and draft parameters of an
arms trade treaty 2009 148, 149–52
Group of Governmental Experts on Tracing Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (2003)
2005 28, 2006 96–7, 102–5, 107
Haiti 2005 164
Human Development Index
Brazil 2007 245
Rio de Janeiro 2007 237
Yemen 2003 171–2
Human Rights Committee 2004 216–17
human rights law 2002 179
human rights violations
Cambodia 2006 130
stigmatization of suppliers to 2002 184
humanitarian aid
co-operation with peacekeeping forces 2002 189–90
deteriorating security 2001 226–9
Somalia, attacks on 2002 192
Sudan 2001 174–5
humanitarian impacts of small arms 2002 176
humanitarian law 2001 223–4
humanitarianism, supply-side 2002 182
illicit transfers, definitions 2001 165, 167
Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards (IDDRS)
child protection 2009 208
reintegration programmes 2009 255–6, 278
weapons registration 2009 126
intellectual property rights 2007 24
Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Small Arms (RGSA) 2002 158
International Crime Victim Surveys 2004 179
International Study on Firearm Regulation (1995–1997) 2001 84–6
International Study on Firearm Regulation (1999) 2001 9, 146
Kosovo 2005 217, 220–1
Latin America and the Caribbean 2004 50
law enforcement 2003 224, 2004 214–17, 219–27, 229–31, 234, 237–8, 2006 131
Mali, weapons collection 2002 288
MANPADS 2005 128–9
marking
International Tracing Instrument 2006 95–114
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 119
fragmentation 2007 127–8
General Assembly First Committee 2007 126
Millennium Summit 2003 150
monitoring 2004 249–72
Monitoring Group on Somalia 2007 92–4
municipal armed violence reduction programmes 2007 185
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 2014 159–60
Open-ended Meeting of Governmental Experts (MGE) 2011 43, 48, 52, 61, 2012 3, 5,
219–37, 2013 162
findings 2012 236–7
history 2012 220–3
implementation of International Tracing Instrument 2012 5, 223
international assistance and capacity-building 2012 234–6
marking of firearms 2012 223–7
record-keeping 2012 227–8
regional cooperation 2012 233–4
tracing 2012 229–31
Open-Ended Working Group on Tracing Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (OEWG)
2006 95, 96–103
Panel of Experts on Liberia 2009 108
Panel of Experts on Violations of Security Council Sanctions against UNITA (Fowler
Report) 2001 117–19, 173
Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms (1997) 2001 276–7
ammunition 2009 144
definition of light weapons 2008 8–11, 30, 2009 8–9
definition of small arms 2001 8, 2004 8, 2005 40–1, 2009 8–9
demand for small arms 2006 143
illicit transfers 2010 44–5
International Tracing Instrument 2006 96, 102, 103–4
legal transfers 2001 142
light weapons 2005 123–4
marking and tracing 2002 246
UN Small Arms Conference 2002 204
parts and accessories 2012 250, 251
Peace Operations Panel 2003 296
peacekeeping missions 2003 294
Chapter VI mandate 2003 299
co-operation with humanitarian operations 2002 189–90
death of personnel 2002 187–8
deteriorating security 2001 226–9
disarmament 2003 277, 278, 291–2
in former Yugoslavia 2001 200
global measures 2001 276
theft from in Sierra Leone 2001 172–3
Uruguayan soldiers smuggling guns 2001 187
Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and
Summary Executions 2004 225, 230
Principles on the Prevention of Human Rights Violations Committed with Small Arms
(2006) 2007 127, 2010 323
Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and
Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA) 2002 203, 236, 2009 62, 63
2012 Declaration 2013 169
ammunition 2005 25, 28, 126–7
assessment 2002 3–4, 229–30
Bamako Declaration (2000) (OAU) 2002 213
border controls 2011 44–6, 58
brokering 2002 257–8, 2004 147, 151–2
brokering controls 2011 57, 2014 91
civilian holdings 2007 42
complicity in violations of international law 2007 131
conference negotiations 2002 218–20
demand for small arms 2006 144
disarmament 2009 164, 180
diversion prevention measures 2008 160–1
draft 2002 207–9
embargoes 2004 263–4
EU Plan of Action 2002 214–15
existing responsibilities 2007 130–2
final draft 2002 220–9
Firearms Protocol 2002 216
follow-up 2007 125, 126, 2011 47–8
fragmentation 2007 127–8
General Assembly First Committee 2007 126
illicit transfers 2007 97
implementation 2009 142–3, 152, 2011 4, 43–61, 2012 1, 7
implementation plan 2013 169–70
influence of gun lobby 2002 217
international cooperation and assistance 2011 46–7, 58–9
International Tracing Instrument 2006 101–2, 103, 104, 112
key challenges 2007 130–7
licensed production 2007 31
light weapons 2005 126
MANPADS 2005 132, 136
marking and tracing 2002 246–8, 2005 28
military stockpiles 2007 42
monitoring of implementation 2004 2, 249–63, 271–2
National Points of Contact 2006 58–60
NGOs 2002 242
norms 2003 215–48
record keeping 2002 246–7
reporting 2006 112, 2009 137–9, 141, 152
Review Conference, First (2006) 2007 117, 118–26
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
unlicensed production 2007 24
Review Conference, Second (2012) 2013 4, 161–74, 2014 35
chair 2013 162–3
follow-up 2013 171–2
mandate 2013 161–2
Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) 2013 164–5
progress 2013 167–73
stockpile management 2011 57–8, 2014 169
stockpile security 2002 259
surplus weapons, definition 2008 81–2
terrorism 2002 228
tracing 2006 96
tracing and record-keeping 2011 56–7
transfer controls 2007 128, 129–30, 2008 159–60
transparency 2006 78–9
unauthorized retransfers 2014 121, 122
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 281
women’s involvement 2014 54–5, 58
see also United Nations, Biennial Meetings of States
Programme for Coordination and Assistance for Security and Development (PCASED)
2004 112
security of personnel 2002 186, 186–8, 187, 188, 192, 2003 149
slums 2007 168
small arms process 2011 4, 43–61
Small Arms Reduction Plan 2003 309–10
soft law 2003 219
South Sudan 2007 331–3, 335–6
stockpiles
data 2001 62
global 2003 58, 62
Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 2007 127
Supplement to an Agenda for Peace 2003 227
Surplus Ammunition Report (2008) 2009 143–7, 152
tracing, International Tracing Instrument 2006 95–114
transfers, to non-state actors 2007 132
United Nations International Study on Firearm Regulation 2011 262, 263
weapons registration 2009 124–8
Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries 2011 126, 148–9
World Report on Violence against Children 2009 193
United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) 2014 42
United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders
(UNAFRI) 2002 262–3
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) 2013 226, 228
United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) 2003 283
United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICF) 2002 241
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
child protection 2009 208
demand for small arms 2006 144
disarmament and development 2003 154
weapons collection 2004 251
United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (UNCJIN) 2001 84,
2011 263, 264
United Nations Commission on Human Rights 2004 1
United Nations Coordinating Action on Small Arms (UNCASA) 2011 58, 262
United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs (UNDDA) 2001 277, 2004 254, 258, 263
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) 2003 292, 2005 277, 289
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 2014 38
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Armed Violence Prevention Programme (AVPP) 2006 309, 2007 178
Arms for Development programmes 2003 154, 2006 264–5
Burundi, violence in 2007 197
demand for small arms 2006 144
destruction programme assistance 2008 78
destruction of surplus ammunition in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005 30
El Salvador 2005 207, 280, 281, 285, 287, 289
armed violence reduction 2008 291–5
How to Guide: Small Arms and Light Weapons Legislation 2011 262
monitoring implementation of Programme of Action 2004 257, 258, 263
Papua New Guinea 2006 165
Republic of the Congo 2003 255, 264–73
Somalia 2003 153
Trust Fund for the Reduction of Small Arms Proliferation 2002 298
weapons collection 2003 309–10, 2009 124–6
1989–2002 2003 279–81
Albania 2002 299
Mali 2002 288
participatory approaches 2002 313
Republic of the Congo 2002 300–1
safety 2002 312
Weapons Collection, Management, and Destruction Programme 2002 281
weapons for development 2002 298, 2003 309–10
West African Moratorium 2001 259
United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 2001 277, 278–9, 2005 26
firearms regulation 2011 263
Model Regulations 2010 49
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) see Arms Trade Treaty
First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) 2009 136, 142
omnibus resolution (2010) 2011 50–2
group of governmental experts (GGE) 2014 79, 95
Report of the Disarmament Commission 2011 263
United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty 2014 79
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 2005 183, 273
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
forced displacement, 2001 2002 167
killing of staff in West Timor 2001 228
militarization of refugee camps 2001 227, 2005 273
move to operational intervention 2002 185
security of staff 2001 226, 228
violence in refugee camps 2002 169
United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) 2011 287
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) 2004 251, 258, 2006 96
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) 2005 220–1
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 2009 317, 321, 331
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) 2004 179, 2006
169
urban armed violence 2007 169–70
United Nations Mine Action Team (UNMAT) 2014 168
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA) 2005 316, 324–5
United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire (MINUCI) 2011 196, 197
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 2006 261–2
weapons collection 2009 125
women 2014 72
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), disarmament 2002 289–90, 2003 283,
290, 307, 2006 255
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 2007 331–3, 335–6, 2010 285, 290, 296
civilian disarmament 2007 335–6
United Nations Observer Mission in Bougainville (UNOMB) 2003 302
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 2003 207, 210
United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL), weapons collection 2002 288–9, 2003
283, 293, 307
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
firearms use in homicides 2013 22, 25
UN Firearms Protocol 2007 126–7
United Nations Office of the Resident Coordinator in Madagascar, Peace and Conflict Impact
Assessment 2011 167, 181
United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) 2007 199, 204, 210–11
United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) 2011 196, 197, 211, 216
ammunition monitoring 2014 182, 204
women 2014 71
United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II) 2003 298–9
United Nations Police (UNPOL), women 2014 71
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and
the Caribbean (UN-LiREC) 2001 255–6
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament (UNREC) 2002 262
United Nations Register of Conventional Arms 2001 252, 280
ammunition 2010 10
and Arms Trade Treaty 2014 80–2, 95, 132–5, 138–9
data on legal transfers 2001 143
data submitted to 2009 7, 10, 26–8
exports 2003-2010 2012 286–9
inclusion of light weapons 2004 115, 253, 2005 109–10
Kazakhstan 2012 120
light weapons transfers 2011 13–14, 35
MANPADS 2004 93, 2005 128–9, 2011 34
Togo 2002 81
transparency 2006 79, 2013 181
United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia 2012 199
Resolutions (UNSCRs)
on small arms 2014 57
on women, peace and security 2014 40–5, 57–8
Resolution 1325 2014 3, 4
Afghanistan implementation 2014 65
national action plans (NAPs) 2014 46–54, 58
origins of 2014 36–8
overview 2014 41
Philippines national action plan 2014 51–2
reference to men 2014 38
Senegal national action plan 2014 52–3
small arms policies 2014 35–6, 43–5, 48–50
women’s disarmament role 2014 43, 44
Resolution 1612 2009 208
Resolution 1701 2009 322
Resolution 1820 2014 41, 42
Resolution 1888 2014 41, 42
Resolution 1889 2014 41
Resolution 1960 2014 41, 42
Resolution 2106 2014 41, 42
Resolution 2117 2014 57
Resolution 2122 2014 35, 41, 42, 43
United Nations Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group, ammunition sources 2014 200, 201,
204
United Nations Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (UNSEMG), illicit weapons data 2012
315, 336–7, 338–47
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 2011 233, 235–6, 238
United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) 2003 295
United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Sirmium
(UNTAES) 2002 290, 2003 300
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) 2006 120–1
United Nations Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR) 2014
98
United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia see Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
United Somali Congress Ali Mahdi Faction, firearms 2010 122
United Somali Congress/Somali Salvation Alliance (USC/SSA), guided light weapons holdings
2008 33
United States (US)
655 Report 2001 152, 2002 121–2, 2003 106, 2005 113
Aceh reintegration support 2009 258
Afghanistan 2004 89, 2005 234
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) 2009 285, 288–9
Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) 2011 152–3
ammunition
procurement 2010 14
requirements 2008 91
stockpiles 2008 91, 93
transfers, transparency 2010 12
anti-materiel rifles 2008 22–3
armed forces, women 2014 2
armed violence 2014 250–2
interventions 2008 280–8
school shootings 2008 265–6
Arms Export Control Act (2005) 2008 169
arms management, Iraq 2008 58–9
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) 2009 148, 149
Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) 2013 195
art 2005 150–2
attitudes to gun ownership 2013 38
Blue Lantern end-use monitoring programme 2008 129, 137, 170, 2014 125–6
Boston Gun Project 2006 148, 155, 312–13, 2007 181, 2008 286, 2010 246
brokering 2004 160, 161
controls 2001 103, 104, 125, 2002 254, 255, 256, 257
extraterritorial jurisdiction 2004 158
licensing 2004 154, 156, 157
regulation 2004 162–3
trials 2004 165
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) 2013 286, 288, 296–8, 2014
249
Census Bureau, weapons categories 2009 30
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2005 242
civilian firearms 2010 114, 2013 30, 31
carrying in public 2011 295, 296
licences 2011 281, 282
prohibited and restricted 2011 271–3
registration 2011 274
regulation 2011 267
self-defence use 2011 287–9
storage requirements 2011 292
transfer regulation 2011 284
user regulation 2011 276, 277, 278, 279, 280
confiscation, disposal method 2002 311
conflict deaths
Bosnia 2005 234
Iraq 2005 234–5
Consent-to-Search programme 2008 283
Consolidated Appropriations Bill 2004 66–7
control measures
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 119–20, 121, 123, 124
ammunition 2005 21–2
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) 2007 126, 127
Assault Weapon Ban 2004 66–7, 2005 21, 50, 62–3, 75
brokers 2001 103, 104, 125, 126, 2002 254, 255, 256
civilian ownership 2002 264, 265
end-user certification 2007 123
General Assembly First Committee 2007 126
global norms 2003 234
Inter-American Convention 2001 255
international tracing instrument ammunition 2007 124
licensed production 2007 28
MANPADS 2004 92, 93, 2005 130–6
2006 UN Review Conference 2007 125–6
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 188
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2002 211, 212
proceedings for violations of international law 2002 180
reform 2004 66–7
transfers to non-state actors, 2006 UN Review Conference 2007 123–4
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238, 241
UN Programme of Action 2002 208, 221, 223–5, 226
UN Small Arms Conference 2002 206, 208, 217, 218, 219, 220
costs of small arms violence 2006 194, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201
Cure Violence 2013 151
DDR programmes 2009 186
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 2011 78
demand for small arms, costs of illicit use 2006 155
demilitarization industry 2013 188–90, 193, 199, 210
costs 2013 192
open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) 2013 207–8
Department of Defense (DoD)
ammunition security risk coding 2008 50
Defense Transportation Tracking System 2008 132–3
Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund 2008 126
private security 2011 108
Small Arms Serialization Program (SASP) 2007 83–4
Special Assignment Airlift Mission 2008 133
Department of State (DoS)
Algeria, human rights violations 2007 77
budget for weapons destruction 2008 105
Haiti, human rights abuses 2007 174
Israel, human rights violations 2007 79–80
Political Terror Scale 2007 75
transfers to Iraqi Security Forces 2007 82–5
deportation, gang members 2008 290
destruction programmes, surplus weapons 2008 96, 97, 98
development and arms control, 2006 UN Review Conference 2007 125
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) 2008 143
disarmament 2009 179
diversion
firearms components to Europe 2008 120, 130
Stinger missiles to Afghanistan 2008 120, 125
weapons in Iraq 2008 125, 126
drug trafficking, firearms seized 2014 254–9
end-use monitoring 2008 144, 169–70, 171–3
export controls
end-user certification 2009 82
exceptions 2009 78
licensing authorities 2009 90
licensing systems 2009 72, 75
pre-licensing requirements 2009 76
transfer criteria 2009 94
exports
to Afghanistan 2007 98
to Africa 2003 118
to Algeria 2007 77
ammunition 2006 67, 2009 14, 15
annual value 2001 148
arms sourcing to conflicts 2005 160
by category 2001 154, 155
classification of 2004 107
codes of conduct 2002 183
to Colombia 2004 129, 130, 2005 161, 162, 165, 2006 236
Comtrade data 2009 8, 12, 2012 274, 2013 179–80
control and accountability 2002 248
customs data 2002 126
dependence of producers on 2004 119–21
end-use assurances 2002 249, 250
human rights 2004 128, 129, 130, 131, 132
hunting and sporting firearms 2002 124
to Indonesia 2007 79
to Iraq 2006 74, 2007 74, 81–5, 102
irresponsible transfers from 2007 73, 74, 77, 79, 81–5, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104,
105, 106, 107
to Israel 2002 18
to Japan 2009 27, 30
to Kazakhstan 2012 120, 121, 134
to Latin America 2003 114
list of importers 2005 106, 107, 108, 109, 2006 75–8
MANPADS 2002 116, 2004 87, 88, 89
military firearms 2001 146, 147, 2002 115, 116, 2009 33, 34
military small arms and light weapons 2009 23, 24
muzzle-loading firearms 2002 114
national reporting 2001 152–4, 2002 120, 121–2, 123, 124
to Nepal 2003 97
non-military pistols and revolvers 2002 114
non-military shotguns 2002 114
parts 2012 255, 259
pistols and revolvers 2001 146, 147, 2009 20, 41
security measures 2008 132–3, 143
selected transfers 1999–2001 2002 147
share of total arms exports 2001 144
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
shotgun shells 2010 25
Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer 2004 3–4
small-calibre cartridges and parts 2010 23, 24
sporting and hunting shotguns and rifles 2009 18, 44, 45
sporting rifles 2002 114
top exporters 2004 2007 74
tracing 2014 223
transparency 2001 152–4, 2002 117, 2004 116, 117, 2005 112, 113, 2006 80, 81, 2007
74, 87, 88, 2009 48, 49, 2010 15, 2011 15, 16, 2012 289, 291, 292, 299, 2013 182,
2014 129
trends 2000 2003 105–8
unilateral arms embargoes 2002 133
value 2001 2004 100, 101, 106
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 100, 105
value 2003 2006 65, 73
weapon sights 2012 270–1
to Yemen 2003 175
firearm femicides 2013 26
firearm homicide-suicides 2013 27
firearm homicides and suicides 2008 281–2
1998 2001 201, 209, 240
and civilian ownership 1999 2001 203–4, 239
compared to non-firearm homicides 2007 166
demographics 2001 239
human development indicators 2001 233, 241
firearm injuries 2008 257
costs of 2012 94
intentional 2012 84, 91
surveillance systems 2012 95
firearm restrictions 2013 35–7
firearms, access to 2008 284–7
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2012 316
gang violence 2008 225–6, 234, 270, 286, 2010 129, 132–5, 146, 148
girls 2010 194
gangs
firearms seized 2014 259–60
girl members 2010 187–8, 193
gun ownership 2010 109, 112, 113, 114
membership 2010 106, 107
Mexican-American 2010 230–1, 242, 244
prevention strategies 2010 237–8, 240
suppression strategies 2010 246, 247, 248
treatment strategies 2010 242
Golden Sentry end-use monitoring programme 2005 135, 2008 170, 2014 125
gun ownership, women 2014 2
Haiti 2005 163–5
correlation to city size 2007 165, 166
homicides 2008 280, 281–2
urban areas 2008 222, 257, 2010 132–5
illegal sales of weapons 2008 62
illicit transfers from 2001 189, 2007 90–1
ant trade into Mexico 2002 135
brokers 2001 103, 104
to Central American non-state actors 2002 129
Cold War grey market 2001 168–9
to Colombia 2006 222
to Indonesia 2007 79
to Iraq 2007 74, 81–5
to Latin America 2003 116–17
to Libya 2001 103
to Mexico 2012 56–60, 2013 285, 294–8
to non-state actors in Afghanistan 2007 135
to Paraguay 2001 186
to Puerto Rico 2012 12–13
to Rwanda 2002 132
to Somalia 2007 93–4
to Sudanese rebels 2001 174
to Venezuela 2007 81
illicit transfers to, from Russian Federation 2001 178–9
illicit weapons 2014 6, 245–68
Chinese 2014 253, 261, 268
light weapons 2014 263–7
linked to drug trafficking 2014 254–9
linked to gangs 2014 259–60
magazine capacity 2014 257–8
possession by felons 2014 252–4
small arms 2014 252–63
import markings 2009 119, 120
imports
ammunition 2009 16, 17
Beretta 2002 37
from Brazil 2001 30, 2007 95–6
from Canada 2001 149
from central and eastern Europe 2003 38–9
from China 2001 45, 2002 22
Comtrade data 2001 156, 2009 8, 12, 2013 180
Container Security Initiative 2003 107
customs data 2002 126
from the European Union 2003 103–4, 2004 124
from FN Herstal 2001 31
from Germany 2001 150
handguns 2009 8
hunting and sporting firearms 2002 126
from Latin America 2003 114, 2004 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 123
list of exporters 2005 102, 103, 104, 105, 2006 68–73
military firearms 2002 116
military small arms and light weapons 2009 25
national data on 2007 52
national reporting 2001 157
parts 2012 256, 257–8, 260–1
pistols and revolvers 2002 114, 2009 21, 22, 40
from Russia 2003 111, 2004 122
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
shotgun shells 2010 25, 26
small-calibre cartridges 2010 23, 24
sporting and hunting firearms 2009 8, 47
sporting shotguns 2009 18, 19–20
survey of producers 2001 26–7
top importers 2004 2007 74
TOW missiles 2011 32–3
trends 2000 2003 105–8
value 1994–1998 2001 157
value 2000 2003 101
value 2001 2004 100, 101, 108, 111
value 2002 2005 97, 98, 106, 109
value 2003 2006 65, 67, 74, 78
injuries, cost of treating 2001 216
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (2007) 2008 169
intervention programmes, violence reduction 2008 282–8
intimate partner violence 2013 20–1, 24–5, 28, 29
Iraq 2004 44–5, 49–50, 2005 234–5, 2008 14
legal transfers, classification of 2001 142
less-lethal weapons 2011 84, 86–7
MANPADS development 2008 16–17
Marine Corps
weapons recovered, lost or stolen 2014 266–7
women 2014 66
marking and tracing, International Tracing Instrument 2006 100–1, 102
mass shootings 2011 267
Mayors Against Illegal Guns 2008 285
military procurement 2006 9–10, 29
age of stock 2006 16
development of new weapons 2006 23
imports 2002 22, 37
major initiatives 2006 11
OICW development 2006 24
procurement rate 2006 16
projected rate 2006 18
ratio of types of weapons 2006 13
missile countermeasures on civilian aircraft 2004 91
National Strategy for Combating Terrorism 2004 66
National Violent Death Reporting System 2013 27
non-state actors, support for 2002 129, 131
organized crime 2008 64
police
shooting with own weapons 2011 79
use-of-force policies 2011 71
weapons seizures 2014 246–50
police weapons 2010 114, 2011 74–5
acoustic weapons 2011 83
militarization 2011 86, 93
policing 2004 217, 223, 226, 228, 238
pollution, ammunition 2005 17
prices
AK-47 2002 65, 67–8
Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 262, 280
prison gangs 2010 157, 160–2
firearms 2010 173
private military companies 2001 109
Private Security Companies 2001 220
armed 2011 115, 116
personnel 2011 106
training 2011 123
production
ammunition 2003 13, 16–17, 2005 15
assault rifles 2004 28–9
by value 2001 14
by volume 2001 13, 2003 13
carbines 2004 29
Census of Manufacturers 1997 2001 10
company profiles 2000 2002 27–9, 55
distribution 2003 12
employment in the small arms industry 2003 17
financial indicators of main companies 2000 2002 21
global ranking 2001 15, 16
grenade launchers 2004 32
illicit 2001 45
of illicit weapons seized in Brazil 2001 22, 23
licensed 2002 45
control measures 2007 28
of FN Herstal products 2007 18
MANPADS 2007 21
owners of technology 2007 21
technology acquirers 2007 15
technology owners 2007 15, 19
light weapons 2008 35
machine guns 2004 31
major ammunition producers 2001 15
major producing companies 2003 14–15
MANPADS 2004 81, 82
licensed production 2007 21
Manufacturing Census 2004 11
manufacturing sectors 2005 47–59, 61
military small arms production 2000 2002 13
military-style ammunition 2002 14
mortars 2002 72
most important companies 2002 20, 2003 15
most popular small arms 2001 18, 19, 20, 21
producer accountability 2004 1
ranked by weapons type 1998–1999 2002 29
seizures of illicit weapons in Brazil 2001 23
shoulder-fired rocket launchers 2002 71
survey of producers 2001 25–6, 53, 2002 10, 27, 57, 2003 16–18, 2004 10–14
total value 2003 16–18
total volume 2003 16–18
trends 2004 8, 38
volume of 2002 13–14
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) 2008 287–8
school shootings 2008 265–6
small arms per person 2008 87, 88
Somalia 2007 92
state-to-state transfers 2008 166
Stern Commission 2011 88, 92, 93
stockpiles 2002 83–6, 2003 57, 61, 2004 53, 56, 57
civilian holdings 2002 79, 2004 51, 2007 39, 46–8
automatic rifles 2006 56
control measures 2002 264, 265
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9, 62
data on private legal firearms 2001 85, 86
estimates 2007 53
gender 2001 213
hunting 2007 63
illicit, most popular firearms 2001 21
national registration data 2007 50
patterns of 2007 63
private illegal firearms 2001 86
regulation of, 2006 UN Review Conference 2007 124
September 11, 2001 2003 60, 61
thefts from 2002 138
distribution of firearms ownership 2001 65–6
MANPADS 2004 84
military 2001 73, 2002 75, 83–6, 2006 44, 46, 47, 53, 56, 57
ammunition 2005 29
destruction programmes 2002 73, 2007 64, 65
inventory control 2002 260–1
thefts from 2002 259
transfer to civilian ownership 2007 61
weapons-to-troop ratio 2002 84–6
police 2001 69, 70, 2005 78, 2006 41, 43
September 11, 2001 2003 60–2
stolen firearms 2004 60, 61, 62, 63
surplus ammunition, General Assembly First Committee 2007 126
stray bullets 2012 86
surplus weapons 2008 89, 2009 69
disposal of 2008 81
terrorism, Moldovan trade 2003 109–10
theft of weapons 2008 55–6, 64
Tiahrt Amendment 2008 286–7
transfers 2012 275–6
to South Sudan 2014 219
transportation
licensing 2010 53
record-keeping 2010 53
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 125–6
Vanuatu and arms trade liberalization 2002 126
victimization survey data 2012 91
violence and crime
correlation with city size 2007 165, 166
costs of 2001 216, 2004 191, 2006 194, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201
drug-related violence 2001 221
firearms used in crimes 2001 23–4
frequency of defensive uses 2004 184
gangs 2007 171
gun ownership as deterrence 2004 186
handguns 2004 189–90
liability suits 2003 18
self-defence 2004 181
victims of 2004 61, 179, 183
violence, municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 182, 188
violence risk factors 2008 282
interventions 2008 267
Native Americans 2008 249
race 2008 259
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 74, 282–3, 2003 280, 2005 72–4
weapons control measures 2012 57
young men and small arms 2006 297, 304, 306–7, 311–12, 313
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 2005 285
United States Air Force, small arms inventory 2001 2002 85
United States Army
ammunition producers 2001 27
inventory control 2002 260–1
small arms acquisitions 2000 2002 86
small arms inventory 2001 2002 84–6
United States Coast Guard, small arms inventory 2001 2002 85
United States Navy, small arms inventory 2001 2002 85
United States Virgin Islands, tax havens and brokers 2001 105
United Tajik Opposition 2005 169–71
United Wa State Army (UWSA) (Myanmar)
firearms 2010 122
guided light weapons holdings 2008 33
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) 2002 179, 2003 219–20, 2004 181, 213–14
UNLA see Uganda National Liberation Army
unleaded ammunition 2005 16–17
UNMAT see United Nations Mine Action Team
UNMIL see United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNMIS see United Nations Mission in Sudan
UNOCI see United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire
UNODC see United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UNOMB see United Nations Observer Mission in Bougainville
UNOMIG see United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
UNOSOM II see United Nations Operation in Somalia
Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites (UEMS) 2014 145, 148, 167, 170
UNPOL see United Nations Police
UNRCA see United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
UNRF see Uganda National Rescue Front
UNSC see United Nations Security Council
UNSCAR see United Nations Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation
UNSEMG see United Nations Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group
UNTAC see United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
UNTAES see United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja, and
Western Sirmium
UNTAG see United Nations Transition Assistance Group
UPADS see Union panafricaine pour la démocratie sociale
UPDA see Ugandan People’s Defence Army
UPDF see Ugandan People’s Defence Force
Upper Nile State (Sudan), tribal conflict 2010 288
UPPs see unidades de polícia pacificadora
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) 2005 231–2, 234, 238–9, 241–7, 2007 76
urban areas
accidental shootings 2007 230
armed violence 2008 221–2, 257, 291, 2009 196
Brazil 2007 228–52
Burundi 2007 197–221
correlation between crime rates and city size 2007 164–5
definition 2007 169
patterns of civilian ownership 2007 63
Philippines 2007 144–59
population 2007 163
violence 2007 161–89
see also cities
urban renewal programmes, post-conflict security 2009 233, 240
URD see Union pour le renouveau démocratique
Uruguay
control measures, MERCOSUR 2001 258
disarmament 2009 163
exports, weapon sights 2012 270–1
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16, 24
homicide rates 2012 15
illicit transfers from, to Brazil 2007 306
illicit transfers to 2001 186–7
imports 2001 157
customs data 2002 117, 126
weapon sights 2012 269–71
military procurement 2006 27, 30
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
survey of producers 2001 28, 53, 2002 57
stockpiles, 2004 update 2004 51, 52, 53
surplus weapons 2008 84
US see United States
US Repeating Arms Co. (United States) 2001 23, 26, 2002 31
use-of-force policies, police 2011 69, 70–1, 94
USP see Unité de la Sécurité Présidentielle
UWA see Uganda Wildlife Authority
UWSA see United Wa State Army
UXO see unexploded ordnance
Uzbekistan
imports 2002 147
Kyrgyzstan 2004 309, 310–11, 318, 322
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
stockpiles 2002 102
Tajikistan 2005 170–1
Uzi sub-machine gun 2004 30
Burundi 2007 204
gang use, Nicaragua 2013 61
Israeli stockpiles 2003 77
most popular sub-machine guns 2001 19, 20
producers 2001 39, 2002 35
unlicensed production 2007 25
V.A. Degtyarev Plant (Russian Federation) 2001 33, 2003 19, 2004 14, 15
company profile 2000 2002 26
exports 2004 122
financial indicators 2000 2002 21
financial indicators 2002 27
manufacturing sectors 2005 60
value of guns, demand for small arms 2006 153–4
value of lost life 2001 216
Vanuatu
civilian ownership 2004 283
gun control measures 2004 302, 303
imports
from the United States 2004 280
value 2000 2004 281
stockpiles 2003 89, 2004 284
tax havens and brokers 2001 105
World Trade Organization and tariffs on imports 2002 126
VAWG see violence against women and girls
Vazovski Mashinostroitelni Zavodi (Bulgaria) 2003 44
VBIEDs see vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices
Vector R4/R5s 2003 267
vehicle hijacking, Papua New Guinea 2006 184
vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) 2013 228, 230, 243
vehicles, UAZ-3151 2008 9–10
Vektor (South Africa) 2001 21, 41, 44
Vektor machine gun 2002 48
Venezuela
civilian firearms, prohibited and restricted 2011 273
Colombian insurgents 2002 82–3
conflict, attempted overthrow of Chávez government 2002 2007 76
control measures, international transfer controls 2007 123
firearm homicides 2012 9, 13, 16, 20–3
homicide rates 2012 15
homicides 2008 215
urban violence 2007 186
human rights violations 2007 80–1
illicit transfers from 2006 83
to Colombia 2004 130, 2005 163, 2006 85, 87, 222
imports
from Brazil 2004 123
concerns 2006 87
customs data 2002 126
irresponsible transfers to 2007 76, 80–1, 107
list of exporters 2006 72
MANPADS 2011 33
pistols and revolvers 2002 114
from the United States 2001 154, 2004 120
value 2001 2004 103, 108, 111
value 2002 2005 106
value 2003 2006 74, 78
military procurement 2006 12, 13, 30
OAS firearms instruments 2001 254
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
prison gangs, firearms 2010 173
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2002 45, 2007 9, 11, 15, 30
manufacturing sectors 2005 61
most popular small arms 2001 20
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 57, 2004 18, 26
SA-24 MANPADS 2011 22
stockpiles 2004 51, 52, 53
military 2006 43, 44, 51
surplus weapons 2008 84, 85
Territorial Guard 2008 85–6
theft of weapons 2008 55
unemployment and firearm homicides 2003 138
urban violence, political 2007 173, 186
Verde, Gelsomina 2013 84, 86
verification, post-conflict weapons collection 2009 123
Verney-Carron, Flash-Ball munitions 2011 81, 89
victim assistance, 2006 UN Review Conference 2007 126
victim-operated improvised explosive devices (VOIEDs) 2013 221, 228–9
victimization
Africa 2007 171–3
Brazil 2007 227–8, 231–3
Burundi 2007 211–12, 214–15
Colombia 2006 223–6, 230, 239
correlation with city size 2007 164–5
effects of small arms misuse 2003 147
Pakistan, urban political armed violence in Karachi 2007 175
Papua New Guinea 2006 165, 169–75
public perceptions of security 2007 175–8, 182
South Sudan 2007 327–31
urban violence 2007 169–70, 175–8
correlation to city size 2007 167
urbanization and violence 2007 164
violence and crime 2004 178, 179–80, 191
young men and small arms 2006 295, 297
victimization surveys
intimate partner violence 2013 20–1
Kazakhstan 2012 111–14
non-lethal armed violence 2012 89–91
victims, gang violence 2010 69, 145, 197–9
Victoria (Australia)
civilian firearms
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
use regulation 2011 286
user regulation 2011 277, 278
video games 2005 145–6
Viera de Mello (Brazil) 2001 29
Viet Cong, weapon-related commitments 2010 318
Vietnam
exports, irresponsible transfers to Philippines 2007 104
firearm homicides and suicides 2001 233
homicides, human development indicators 2001 241
illicit transfers from
to the LTTE in Sri Lanka 2001 182
MANPADS 2004 89
to Myanmar 2004 131
imports 2005 104
MANPADS 2004 87
occupation of Cambodia 2006 120
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
licensed 2007 15, 18, 21
light weapons 2008 35
MANPADS 2004 81, 82
survey of producers 2001 53, 2002 57
reserve forces 2001 72
stockpiles
military 2006 48, 52, 57
People’s War strategy 2002 77
Vietnam War
cascading weapons 2001 169
post-traumatic stress disorder 2002 167
state stockpiles 2006 38
vigilante groups 2004 196–8
community security 2010 267, 2012 163
Côte d’Ivoire 2011 211–12
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 180
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
urban armed violence 2007 176, 180, 183
West Africa 2006 249, 250–1, 252
Village Guards (Turkey) 2010 261
Vingmate fire-control system 2012 268–9
vintage weapons, data on 2007 43
violence 2004 2, 4, 173–211
accessibility thesis 2001 202–5, 2002 159, 2004 182–6
Africa 2004 192–9
art 2005 150–3
black market 2001 167, 2002 67–8
Brazil 2007 227–52, 289–90
diversions 2007 301–11
Burundi 2007 197–221
Cambodia 2006 122–3, 125–30, 136
Central America 2001 232
civilian holdings 2007 42
clustering surveys 2005 239–40, 241, 244
Colombia 2006 215–41
and communities 2008 228–36, 240, 256, 287–8
contexts of 2008 215
costs of 2001 4, 216, 2004 190–2, 2006 189–211
cultures of 2001 205–8, 2005 205–23
deaths 2010 85
definitions 2005 230–1, 2007 164, 2008 212–13, 246, 277
demand, prices 2007 265
demand for small arms 2006 141, 142–3, 149–51
drug-related 2001 221
ecological model 2008 211, 226, 228, 237, 250–1
effect of small arms on intensity 2006 142–3
effects on human development 2003 129–49
effects of small arms misuse 2003 136–40
elections 2010 265
empirical studies 2008 249
entrepreneurs 2009 232
Europe 2003 63
criminal victimization in 2007 169–70
gender 2001 213
Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development (2006) 2007 127
Georgia 2003 209
group goals 2005 192–3, 196
gun culture 2001 205–8, 2005 205–23
humanitarian law 2002 176–92
interventions 2008 262–9
Iraqi stockpiles 2004 44
Latin America 2004 52–4
male youth 2006 295–317
mapping of 2008 216
and mental illness 2008 254, 255
municipal violence prevention programmes 2007 178–88
national control of civilian ownership 2002 263
Nigeria, correlation to city size 2007 167
non-conflict 2013 1–2, 3–4, 7–13
Pacific 2004 295
Papua New Guinea 2006 165–84
pathways model 2008 251–3
political 2011 209–10
post-conflict 2005 268, 271–4
prevention 2008 245
problem behaviour theory 2008 248
public perceptions of security 2007 175–8, 182
reasons for stopping 2008 270
refugee camps 2002 168–9, 2005 273
relationship with arms availability 2001 200–8
risk factors 2008 229–30, 238, 245–6, 249–53
social bonding theory 2008 248
social learning theory 2008 248
South Africa 2002 269–70
South Sudan 2007 317–44
transfer of military firearms to civilian ownership 2007 61
triggers 2008 256
types 2008 213–15, 259–63
Uganda 2006 288, 289
United Kingdom 2004 188–9
United States, liability suits 2003 18
urban areas 2007 161–89
of urbanization 2007 175–8
‘weapons priming effect’ 2006 307–8
Yemen 2003 179–80, 187
young men and small arms 2006 298–301, 307–10, 313–16
see also armed violence; crime; gang violence; intimate partner violence
violence against women and girls (VAWG)
awareness-raising 2014 27–8
definition 2014 10
firearm use 2014 1–3, 9, 13, 23–4, 28
global perspective 2014 4, 11–13
key terms and concepts 2014 10–11
Liberia 2014 4, 9, 15–20
measuring 2014 16–17, 22–3, 29
Nepal 2014 4, 9, 20–6
prevention 2014 18–20, 26, 27–8, 28–9
rural and urban differences 2014 18, 23
social norms 2014 9, 13–15, 17–18, 24–6
as weapon of war 2014 9, 15, 21
see also domestic violence; gender-based violence; intimate partner violence; sexual
violence
violence entrepreneurs, land conflicts 2013 114
Violence Policy Center (US) 2013 20, 27
violence reduction programmes
Colombia 2006 215, 230–5
cost-benefit analysis 2003 132–3
cost-effectiveness analyses 2006 195, 196–7
demand for small arms 2006 158
increasing protective factors 2006 313–16
municipal 2007 178–88
Papua New Guinea 2006 170, 183
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 279, 282–3, 304–5, 307–10
young men and small arms 2006 310–13
violence-induced displacement, indicators 2002 159, 160
violent land conflict
Africa 2013 103–26
causes 2013 108–14
definition 2013 108
drivers 2013 115
Viva Rio (Brazil) 2002 243, 2006 156, 2013 38
ammunition diversions 2007 311
Brazilian exports 2001 2002 125
weapons collection and destruction programmes 2002 284
VOIEDs see victim-operated improvised explosive devices
voluntary approaches, municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 181, 185–8
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) 2011 136, 141, 154–8
Voluntary Society of Supporters for the Air Force And Navy (DAOSAAF) (Georgia) 2003 197
voluntary weapons collection 2002 286, 292–7
Argentina 2002 307–10
VPs see Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
vulnerable families, Brazil 2007 233, 235, 244, 245, 247
vulnerable persons, policing 2004 235–7
Vursan (Turkey) 2002 12
Vyatskiye Polyany Machine Building Plant Molot (Russian Federation) 2003 19
VZ 58 rifles, Iraq 2012 321
WA see Wassenaar Arrangement
Wah Nobel (Pakistan) 2013 236–7
Wallis and Futuna 2004 283, 284, 302
stockpiles 2003 89
Wallonian Region (Belgium), exports 2006 69
Walther pistols, use in homicides, Bogotá (Colombia) 2012 29
Wani, Clement 2010 292
war
definitions of 2005 230–2
Georgia 2003 206
global deaths, 2002 update 2002 157
post-conflict recurrence 2009 231
types of 2005 180
Uppsala Conflict Database 2007 76
war booty
2002 update 2002 138–9
diversions to illicit trade 2002 129
war crimes
disarming ex-combatants 2002 306
injury to killed ratio 2002 161
international law 2002 179
transfer controls 2007 132
Israel 2007 80
justice 2003 311–12
West African armed groups 2006 265–6
war economies, disarmament 2003 300–1
war profits, disarmament 2003 300–1
War on Terror 2004 66
effect on stockpiles 2003 60–2
transfers, to Nepal 2003 97
Yemen 2003 182
see also terrorism
War Tribunals 2002 177
war zones
illicit weapons 2012 2–3, 7, 313–49
see also conflict
Ward, Robert 2013 21
warehousing and handling agents 2010 44
Warhol, Andy 2005 142, 143
warlords
Afghanistan 2009 285, 290–1
Georgia 2003 202–4
paramilitaries 2001 72
Somalia 2007 92–4
transfers to non-state actors 2007 133
warning shots, policing 2004 219
Warsaw Treaty Organisation (WTO) 2001 34
Washington, D.C. (United States)
homicide rate 2007 165
illicit weapons 2014 247–50, 252–68
Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) 2005 109–10
Best Practice Guidelines for Exports of Small Arms and Light Weapons 2007 25–6, 2009
62, 63, 69, 82, 91
Best Practices to Prevent Destabilising Transfers of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
through Air Transport 2010 47, 48–9
brokering 2004 149, 155, 2014 92
categories of weapons 2004 116, 118
diversion prevention 2008 161
Elements for Export Controls of Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) (2003)
2007 28, 2009 146
end-use assurances 2002 249, 251, 252
intellectual property rights 2007 24, 25–6
licensed production, MANPADS 2007 28
light weapons 2005 125, 127
MANPADS 2004 92, 93, 2005 123, 127–8, 130–8, 2007 28
monitoring 2004 252
Munitions List (ML) 2005 102, 2009 66–7, 2014 82
ammunition data 2010 10
re-export provisions 2009 83
transparency of transfers 2004 114, 115, 253, 2005 110
unauthorized retransfer controls 2014 121, 122, 124, 126, 127
Watson, Ronnie 2001 117
WAVE 300-Tolkyn small arms system 2012 133
WCO see World Customs Organization
wealth
civilian holdings 2007 57–60, 61–2
urban violence 2007 167
young men and small arms 2006 301, 302, 303–4, 306
weapon sights
definition 2012 245
technological developments 2011 78
transfers
estimates 2012 250
military procurement 2012 272–5
South America 2012 269–71
types 2012 264–8
weapons collection programmes 2002 5, 7, 279–317
Aceh 2009 256
Afghanistan 2009 292–3, 295
Albanian National Liberation Army 2002 89
Argentina 2002 307–10
Australia 2009 166, 167–9
Balkans 2001 177
Bougainville 2003 303
Brazil 2009 166, 169–71
Burundi 2007 203–7
Cambodia 2006 123–5
Colombia 2006 232–3, 233–4
destruction programmes 2002 73
development 2003 155
effect of war on terror 2003 60–2
European unregistered firearms 2003 70
Georgia 2003 191–2, 203–5
Kazakhstan 2012 124–7
Kosovo 2009 124, 125
lessons learned 2002 303–11
Liberia 2009 124, 125
municipal armed violence reduction programmes 2007 180, 181, 185–8
national control of civilian ownership 2002 267
NGOs 2002 243
norms 2003 231
peace process disarmament 2003 277–316
phases 2002 286–97
programmes 1989–2001 2002 302
recirculation 2006 248
record-keeping 2009 122–8
Republic of the Congo 2003 255–73, 2009 124, 125
Solomon Islands 2003 303, 2009 166, 174–5
South Africa 2009 166, 176–7
United Kingdom 2009 166, 171–4
West African armed groups 2006 259–61, 264–5
Weapons for Development projects
Papua New Guinea 2006 183
post-conflict security 2009 233, 240
West Africa 2006 259
see also Arms for Development
weapons identification
import marks 2009 118–20
manufacturers’ marks 2009 114–16
serial numbers 2009 116–18, 130
weapon models 2009 111–14
weapons lotteries, post-conflict security 2009 233, 240
‘weapons priming effect’, young men and small arms 2006 307–8
weapons reduction programmes 2005 72–6, 267–93
ammunition 2005 29–30
Central African Republic 2005 323–7
history of 2005 279–80
incentives 2005 280–3
Kosovo gun culture 2005 206
measuring success 2005 284–5
municipal armed violence reduction programmes 2007 179, 180, 181, 185–8
Papua New Guinea 2006 166, 183, 184
post-conflict 2005 267–8, 275–89
shortcomings 2005 283–9
West Africa 2006 248
young men and small arms 2006 310–13
see also disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration; weapons collection
weapons registers 2012 228
weapons tracing see tracing
weapons use, international humanitarian law 2007 132
Weapons-free Village (WFV) campaign (Solomon Islands) 2006 153, 156, 157
Weiss, Taya 2006 143
Wellford, Charles F. 2006 143
Wendt, Rainer 2007 51
West Africa
armed groups 2002 81–2, 2006 247–67
countries of 2001 259
illicit transfers 2001 171–3, 2003 118–19
Moratorium 2001 258–61
peace operations, disarmament 2003 292
stockpiles 2002 81–2, 2003 82–3
West African Air Services 2008 117
West African Moratorium 2001 258–61, 2002 246, 2005 125
West Bank
insurgent weapons, 2002 update 2002 90–4
Israeli stockpiles 2003 77, 78
non-state actors
foreign government support for 2002 130
illicit transfers to 2002 131
West Nile Bank Front (WNBF) 2006 282
West Papua
illicit transfers to 2001 184
insurgent firearms 2002 98
West Papua Independence Movement see Organisasi Papua Merdeka
West Side Boys (WSB) (Sierra Leone) 2006 249
West Timor, killing of UN staff 2001 228
Western Australia (Australia)
civilian firearms
prohibited and restricted 2011 269
use regulation 2011 284
user regulation 2011 276
Western Cape (South Africa)
gangs
gun ownership 2010 112, 113, 115
membership 2010 106, 107, 108
Western Cartridge Co. (WCC) (United States) 2007 305
Western Equatoria (Sudan) 2007 325
Western Europe
firearm homicides and suicides 2008 219
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 261
private security companies, armed 2011 114, 115
violence and crime 2004 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 200
Western Kazakhstan Machine-Building Company (ZKMK) 2012 119, 131–3
Western Sahara
MANPADS attacks on aircraft 2008 13
non-state actors, foreign government support for 2002 130
production 2002 19
WFP see World Food Programme
WFSA see World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities
WFV see Weapons-free Village campaign
WGWR see Working Group for Weapons Reduction
white army (South Sudan) 2007 326, 334–6
White Eagle forces (Georgia) 2003 197
‘White Helmets of the United Naciones’ 2010 220
white phosphorus (WP) 2013 198
WHO see World Health Organization
willingness-to-pay (WTP) method, costs of small arms violence 2003 133, 2006 192, 196, 197
Wilson, Edwin 2001 103, 104
Winchester 2001 24
Winchester Ammunition 2004 11–12
Winchester Olin (United States/Belgium) 2003 15, 2004 27
licensed production 2007 18
Windoek (Namibia), carjackings 2007 172
WISE see Norwegian Refugee Council, Women’s Rights through Information, Sensitization and
Education
WNBF see West Nile Bank Front
Wojong, Simon 2007 334
Wolf Bullets (Canada) 2001 27
women
in armed groups 2010 191, 195, 201
basic needs 2002 172
conflict roles 2014 2, 38–40
disarmament campaigns 2006 315, 316
disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration 2014 43–4
effects of small arms misuse 2003 147–8
firearm homicides, United Kingdom 2002 271
firearm use 2014 1–3, 4, 64–75
forced recruitment 2002 171
gun ownership 2014 2
international policies on women, peace, and security 2014 35–59
mafia homicides 2013 86
police officers 2014 2, 70–2
sexual violence 2002 172
South Sudan 2007 338
victimization of
Colombia 2006 228, 239
Papua New Guinea 2006 171, 172, 179, 180, 182
Uganda 2006 288
violence against 2009 196
Somalia 2012 161–2
violence in refugee camps 2002 169
weapons collection and destruction programmes, Brazil 2002 284
young men and small arms 2006 301, 302, 306, 315
see also femicides; girls; intimate partner violence; sexual violence; violence against women
and girls
Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
2014 37
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children, NGO Working Group on Women,
Peace and Security 2014 37
Women’s League for International Peace and Freedom, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace
and Security 2014 37
WOREC Nepal 2014 22
Working Group for Weapons Reduction (WGWR) (Cambodia) 2002 296, 2006 119, 124, 130,
131, 132
World Bank
Aceh studies 2009 251
Central African Republic 2005 310–11, 312
DDR and weapons destruction 2003 307, 2005 267–8, 277, 279, 287, 289
disarmament and development 2003 152
economic effects of conflict 2001 231
global measures 2001 277
government effectiveness variable 2007 266
Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Programme (MDRP), Burundi 2007
203–4
post-conflict 2005 269, 276
post-conflict situations
definition 2009 224
second-generation security promotion 2009 237, 238
study of 2009 231
Small Grants Programme for Violence Prevention 2009 238
urbanization and crime rates 2007 164
young men and small arms 2006 298–9
world cities 2007 162–3
World Customs Organization (WCO)
Harmonized System (HS) 2009 10, 26, 27
transportation controls 2010 54–5
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 241
World Food Programme (WFP), convoy attacked in Sudan 2010 288
World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities (WFSA)
global production of commercial firearms 2000 2002 13–14
tracing 2002 247, 2006 96, 97
UN Firearms Protocol 2002 238
UN Small Arms Conference 2002 217, 247
world trade in hunting and sporting firearms 2002 124, 125
World Health Organization (WHO)
Armed Violence Prevention Programme (AVPP) 2006 309, 2007 178, 2008 292
collection programmes 2004 251
conflict deaths 2005 232, 235, 236–7, 247
costs of small arms violence 2006 208
definition of violence 2007 164
demand for small arms 2006 144
ecological model of violence 2008 211, 226, 228
firearm homicides and suicides 2004 201
firearm-related morbidity and mortality 2001 214–15
humanitarian operations in Somalia, attacks on 2002 192
International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 2012 80–1, 96
Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women 2013 21
Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women 2014
11–12
violence definition 2008 46, 212–13
Violence Prevention Alliance 2008 275
violence typology 2008 213–14
World Health Report 1998, death due to violence 2002 160
World Health Statistics Annual, firearm-related mortality rates 2002 162
World Report on Violence and Health (2002) 2008 211, 224
World Shooting Federation (WSF) 2001 202
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Agreement on Government Procurement 2010 10
and arms trade 2014 80
Vanuatu and arms trade liberalization 2002 126
World Vision 2006 144
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 2005 310
wound ballistics 2001 240
wounded, Geneva conventions 2002 179
wounds 2005 16, 23
WP see white phosphorus
WSB see West Side Boys
WSF see World Shooting Federation
WSFA see World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities
WTO see World Trade Organization
WTP see willingness-to-pay
Xe Services (formerly Blackwater) 2011 108, 120, 125
Xica da Silva (home-made pistol) 2013 62–3
XM8 2006 24
XM25 Individual Airburst Weapon System 2008 24–5
XM312 heavy machine gun 2008 21–2
XM320 grenade launcher 2008 24
XREP see eXtended Range Electro-Muscular Projectile
Yakuza (Japan), gun ownership 2010 115
Yanacocha gold mine (Peru) see Minera Yanacocha
YAR see Yemen Arab Republic
Yarmouk Industrial Complex (Sudan) 2014 229, 232
Yau Yau, David 2014 206, 236, 237, 238
years of potential life lost (YPLL) 2002 162
ratio to DALY 2002 165
Yelinek, Shimon 2004 141, 164
Yemen 2003 169–88
armed violence 2012 101
civilian firearms
licences 2011 281
prohibited and restricted 2011 268, 273
use regulation 2011 285
user regulation 2011 277, 278
control measures, civilian holdings 2007 45
distribution of firearms 2001 66
firearm homicides 2007 45
illicit transfers from
to Somalia 2012 344–7
to Sudanese Government 2001 174
to Somalia 2007 94
imports 2004 102, 2005 103
from Brazil 2004 123
from the Czech Republic 2003 109
MANPADS 2004 88
shotgun shell parts 2010 26
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
production 2002 19
revenge killings 2003 184, 2009 201
stockpiles 2001 63, 2002 91–2, 2003 79, 2006 37
civilian holdings 2003 79, 2005 90, 91, 2007 39, 45–6, 47–8, 50
correlation to GDP 2007 58–9
estimates 2007 53
military 2005 88
police 2005 89
see also People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) 2003 170, 175
Young Patriots (Côte d’Ivoire) 2006 249
Young Volunteers (Guinea) 2006 249, 252
youth 2006 295–317
armed groups in South Sudan 2007 326
armed violence 2008 219–20, 286, 2009 232
definition 2009 194
demand, prices 2007 263, 264, 265, 281, 282, 283
demand for small arms 2006 143, 145, 152
firearm homicides, Brazil 2007 233, 235, 238–41, 247
gang prevention strategies 2010 234–8
municipal violence reduction programmes 2007 182, 188
Papua New Guinea 2006 180
prices of weapons 2007 258
resilience to violence 2008 256
urban armed violence 2007 178, 179, 182, 188
violence risk factors 2008 252–3, 255–6, 258–9, 262, 282
see also children
youth Communist organizations, Georgia 2003 197
youth groups 2010 231–3
see also gangs
YPLL see years of potential life lost
Yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang 2009 252
Yugoslavia, Former Republic of (FRY)
armed force firearms 2001 74–5, 76
communal warfare 2001 78
displaced persons 2001 2002 196
diversion of weapons to Liberia 2008 121
effects of small arms 2001 200–1
exports
to Africa 2003 118
to Uganda 2007 294, 296
illicit transfers from 2003 111
ant trade to Greece 2003 71
smuggling into Europe 2003 71–2
to Uganda 2007 293
to West Africa 2003 119
illicit transfers to
arms embargoes 2002 132, 133, 2004 268
human rights 2004 127, 128, 133
Kosovo 2005 206, 210, 212–16, 219
policing 2004 241
production
Bosnia 2003 43
licensed 2007 27
Serbia and Montenegro 2003 46
survey of producers 2001 36–8, 2002 57
stockpiles
destruction of surpluses 2004 60
law enforcement 2006 40, 42
military 2005 77, 2006 43, 44, 50
security 2002 260
War Tribunals 2002 177
see also Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Macedonia; Serbia and Montenegro
Yugoslavia Tribunal 2002 177, 179
Yusuf, Abdullahi 2007 92, 93
Yuzhmash missile factory (Ukraine) 2013 199
Zafy, Albert 2011 174–5
Zagaria, Michele 2013 95–6
Zaire
brokers 2001 108
illicit transfers from, to UNITA 2001 117–19, 173, 2005 192
internally displaced persons 2001 225
militarization of refugee camps 2001 227
transfers to Central African Republic 2005 304, 317–19
see also Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zaklady Metalowe Dezamet (Poland) 2003 42
Zaklady Metalowe Lucznik (Poland) 2001 37, 2003 42
Zaklady Metalowe Mesko (Poland) 2003 42
Zaklady Tworzyw Sztuczynych Pronit (Poland) 2003 42
Zambia
carjackings 2007 172
firearm homicides and suicides, 1998 2001 209, 233, 240, 241
firearm violence and crime 2004 193, 194, 195, 196
firearms ownership 2007 172
illicit transfers from, to UNITA 2001 119, 2002 132
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
transfers to, human rights 2004 127
Zamfara State Vigilante Service (ZSVS) (Nigeria) 2006 249
Zapata-Marti, Ricardo 2014 156–7
Zastava Arms Company (Serbia) 2001 38, 2003 47, 2004 103, 144, 2009 108, 114
licensed production 2007 27
Zastava Oruje (Serbia and Montenegro) 2005 56
Zavody Vseobecneho Strojarstva (ZVS) (Slovakia) 2003 43
Zbrojovka Arms (Czech Republic) 2003 40
ZDI see Zimbabwe Defence Industries
Zimbabwe
alleged arms embargo violations, 2001 2002 132
DDR and weapons reduction 2005 290
exports 2001 148, 2004 130
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2001 108–9
firearm violence and crime 2004 193
imports 2006 69
irresponsible transfers to 2007 107
MANPADS attacks on aircraft 2008 13
policing, political manipulation 2004 232
prices, Kalashnikov assault rifles 2007 280
production
global ranking of countries 2001 16
light weapons 2008 35
survey of producers 2001 40, 41, 53, 2002 57
Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) 2001 41, 108, 2003 261, 263
ZKMK see Western Kazakhstan Machine-Building Company
Zomi Re-Unification Organization (ZRO) (India), weapon-related commitments 2010 318
ZRO see Zomi Re-Unification Organization
ZSVS see Zamfara State Vigilante Service
Zug massacre (Switzerland) (2001) 2002 266, 2007 54
Zulu militias (Republic of the Congo) 2003 260
Zuma, Jacob 2013 143
Zvinavashe, General Vitalis 2001 108, 109
ZVS see Zavody Vseobecneho Strojarstva
Zwischenstadt (‘cities without cities’) 2007 169