Small Arms Survey 2015 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Disposal and storage

Donor funding

Surplus weapons and ammunition disposal in SEE is largely donor-driven and donor-funded. Table 5.2 lists a selection of large, ongoing donor-funded projects implemented by international or regional organizations in RASR countries as of November 2014. The projects usually apply a mix of surplus destruction, infrastructure refurbishment, and capacity building measures. Recent and ongoing examples include the third Partnership for Peace Trust Fund project of the NATO Support Agency (NSPA) in Albania, a joint demilitarization programme of the OSCE and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Montenegro, a joint OSCE–UNDP capacity development programme for conventional ammunition stockpile management (CASM) in Serbia, and ITF Enhancing Human Security (ITF) projects in BiH, Croatia, and Montenegro.

Table 5.2Selected ongoing small arms and ammunition destruction and infrastructure refurbishment projects implemented by international or regional organizations in RASR countries, as of November 2014

Country Project Period Lead implementing agency Cost

Albania Third NATO Partnership for Peace project October 2010–late 2014 NSPA EUR 6,037,000 (USD 8,174,000) overall budget (including transportation, administrative costs, NSPA management team)

BiH EXPLODE 2012–15 UNDP–BiH EUR 4,604,830 (USD 5.2 million) over a period of 36 months

SECUP 2013–16 OSCE EUR 1,052,460 (USD 1.2 million)

Montenegro MONDEM 2007–ongoing UNDP–Montenegro OSCE: EUR 870,706.13 (USD 1.1 million)

+ Government of Montenegro: EUR 1.2 million (USD 1.5 million)

+ UNDP: EUR 3.2 million (USD 4 million)

= EUR 5.27 million (USD 6.6 million) total as of October 2014

The total includes USD 1.8 million for the reconstruction of Taraš and an estimated investment of USD 2.5 million for the reconstruction of Brezovik.

Serbia CASM February 2012 until 31 December 2015 UNDP–Serbia and SEESAC USD 1,246,431, since the start of the project

Serbia IV Trust Fund Feasibility study, December 2012–June 2013

NATO Political and Partnerships Committee 15 July 2013

(Due to start mid-2015) Delay due to resolution of legal agreements NSPA EUR 3.7 million (USD 4.2 million)

Sources: OSCE (2014); author correspondence with David Towndrow, NSPA, 10 December 2014; with Jasmin Porobic, UNDP–BiH, 30 December 2014; and with Tamara Svircev, SEESAC, 25 February 2015

Activities

Destruction of 12,069 tonnes of surplus ammunition;

destruction of 70,000 small arms and light weapons; and

development of an industrial demilitarization factory at ULP Mjekës, including: 120 mm mortar and large-calibre lines; 14.5 mm and anti-tank mine lines; and improvements to the explosive waste incinerator.

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