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In 2004, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) was asked by the United States Department of State to conduct a study on synergies between mine action and efforts to address the humanitarian impact of small arms and light weapons (SALW mitigation). To date, there has been little exchange between the two sectors, despite some apparent similarities in both the problem and the responses. To guide the study, a Study Advisory Group (SAG) was formed of concerned organisations: the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Quaker United Nations Office, the UN Development Programme and UNDP’s South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, the Small Arms Survey, and the UN Institute for Disarmament Research. The SAG met in Geneva in October 2004 to discuss the terms of reference for the study, and in November 2005 a draft of the full Study Report was sent to the SAG for review. The study was based on thematic reviews of lessons learned from the two sectors – mine action and SALW mitigation – that fed into the design of two country case studies, one on Bosnia and Herzegovina and the other on Cambodia. The Small Arms Survey was specifically requested to contribute to the finalisation of the Study Report in February 2006. In October 2006 the study Identifying Synergies between Mine Action and Small Arms and Light Weapons was completed. To order or download this study. |
