UNITED NATIONS ARMS EMBARGOES ARMS FLOWS TO ARMED
UNITED NATIONS ARMS EMBARGOES ARMS FLOWS TO ARMED NON-STATE ACTORS PAUL HOLTOM SIPRI 18 March 2008 Download the report and background case studies via: http: //books. sipri. org
Embargoed armed non-state actors • 21 of the 27 UN arms embargoes imposed between 1990 and 2007 targeted armed non-state actors. • 14 of these 21 arms embargoes targeted armed non-state actors in Africa • 9 of these 21 arms embargoes targeted only armed non-state actors • SALW represented the main types of weapons sought and received
Demand factors impacting arms flows to embargoed armed non-state actors • • The ‘situation on the ground’ Existing arms and ammunition stocks Sources of funding Access to sources of arms
Supply factors impacting arms flows to embargoed armed non-state actors • State capacities to implement and enforce arms embargoes • The political will of states to implement and enforce arms embargoes • State and non-state actors willing to violate arms embargoes
Which states have allegedly covertly facilitated the supply of arms to embargoed armed non-state actors? Some examples from Africa: • Darfur (Sudan): Chad, Eritrea, Libya and Sudan • The DRC: Rwanda and Uganda • Liberia: Burkina Faso, Guinea, Libya • Rwanda: Zaire • Sierra Leone: Burkina Faso, Liberia, Libya
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