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OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes workshop on combating illicit arms trade
ASHGABAD 7 November 2006
ASHGABAD, 7 November 2006 - A two-day workshop on combating illicit arms trade, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad and Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry, ended today in Ashgabad.
"The illicit trade of arms, in particular of small arms and light weapons, has devastating political, economic and social consequences," said Ambassador Ibrahim Djikic, Head of the OSCE Centre. "It affects the criminality rate, the provision of social services, economic activity, investments, savings, revenue collection, social capital and development intervention."
"The OSCE has made considerable efforts to combat arms trafficking in its region, based on the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons, adopted in November 2000," Ambassador Djikic said. "The OSCE Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons published by the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in 2003 contains the best practices guidelines on the essential issues such as national procedures for the control of manufacture, import and export, stockpile security and destruction".
The event, which was attended by 17 representatives of Turkmenistan's law enforcement bodies and the Mejlis (Parliament), was a follow-up to a workshop on identifying and tracking of markings of small arms and light weapons organized by the Centre on 3 November. Seven international experts briefed the participants on issues such as how to establish control over international arms brokering and enhance international co-operation on legislative and administrative procedures.
"The illicit trade of arms, in particular of small arms and light weapons, has devastating political, economic and social consequences," said Ambassador Ibrahim Djikic, Head of the OSCE Centre. "It affects the criminality rate, the provision of social services, economic activity, investments, savings, revenue collection, social capital and development intervention."
"The OSCE has made considerable efforts to combat arms trafficking in its region, based on the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons, adopted in November 2000," Ambassador Djikic said. "The OSCE Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons published by the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in 2003 contains the best practices guidelines on the essential issues such as national procedures for the control of manufacture, import and export, stockpile security and destruction".
The event, which was attended by 17 representatives of Turkmenistan's law enforcement bodies and the Mejlis (Parliament), was a follow-up to a workshop on identifying and tracking of markings of small arms and light weapons organized by the Centre on 3 November. Seven international experts briefed the participants on issues such as how to establish control over international arms brokering and enhance international co-operation on legislative and administrative procedures.