The purpose of this Manual is to help strengthen the capacity of the West African community to deal with the devastating consequences of the  uncontrolled proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW). It is intended as a primer for those with little or no experience in SALW action, and as an aide memoire for those well versed in these issues.
This Manual evolved from the need to adopt a more practical approach towards realizing the objectives set out in the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and Other Related Materials, which was signed on 14 June 2006. It is the result of a collaborative effort between the Kofi  Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), the ECOWAS Small Arms Unit, the German Development Cooperation (GTZ) and the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), and was validated at an expert workshop on SALW at the KAIPTC in April 2008. The workshop was attended by representatives of ECOWAS, civil society organizations and government agencies from across West Africa and beyond.

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