Monitoring international arms trade

In 1991, Belgium adopted new laws ordering arms manufacturers to list imports and exports and to name destinations. This legislation gave the government the power to ban arms exports to countries deemed to be violating human rights, or those involved in civil wars.

1. The dangerous proliferation of light weapons in Africa can be traced to the lack of consensus among -- and transparency in -- arms manufacturing countries. This has locked many African countries into a vicious cycle of violence from which it is extremely difficult to break out.

1. Monitoring trade movements
2. Seeing-Blinding

1. Managing international conflict
2. Controlling availability of arms
3. Complying with arms treaties

1. Networking against arms trade

1. Failure of disarmament and arms control efforts

1. SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
2. Mapping Arms Data (MAD)
3. United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs
4. ATT Baseline Assessment Project
5. Interactive Map of Small Arms & Ammunition Import and Export