On this page you will find links to the major documents concerning small arms control and related issues at the national, regional and international level. These include resolutions, agreements, moratoria, laws and bilateral and multilateral agreements.

Apart from documents on SALW control issues, this page also offers links to documents of general relevance. These include the UN Charter, the Declaration on Human Rights and the Geneva Convention.

• Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation Solemn Declaration (2002)
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Acts of Genocide (1948)
• Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
• Geneva Conventions (1948 and 1977)
• Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons In All Its Aspects (2001)
• Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components (2001)
• UN Charter

For other UN documents:
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/resources/un_rep.htm

• Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (2000)
• ECOWAS Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Light Weapons (1998)
• EU Code of Conduct/EU Verhaltenskodex über Waffenexporte (1998)
• EU Joint Action (1998/2001)
• Inter-American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Material (OAS, 1997) legally binding
• Nairobi Declaration on the Problem of the Spread of Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes region and in the Horn of Africa (2000)
• OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons (2000)
• Protocol on the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (2002)
• Rüstungsexportbericht (BRD)

For other regional documents:
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/resources/reg_docs.htm

For other national documents:
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/resources/reg_docs.htm