A Guide to the UN Small Arms Process: 2016 Update

This Handbook is designed to assist and inform policymakers who are new to  small arms on the international agenda. While it is not meant to serve as a policy tool or as an exhaustive review of the small arms process, this concise manual includes:

• definitions and terminology;
• a brief history of the small arms process;
• summaries of key issues, instruments, and measures; and
• an overview of the roles of various institutions.

Translated into Arabic by the EU-LAS project.

Available in:  ARABIC (2016 edition) | ENGLISH (2016 edition) | FRENCH (2014 edition)