Division 2.3.2 Description of the measure

To conclude the development of UN technical guidelines for ammunition stockpile management. This will include: organising a meeting of the Technical Review Panel for the development of the guidelines, and processing and incorporating the results of that meeting in the final version of the guidelines, and the translation and publication of the guidelines.

To support the operational use and implementation of the guidelines by conducting regional training-of-trainers programmes for law enforcement officials in the African Great Lakes region and Latin America and Caribbean, including through UNODA Regional Disarmament Centres. These advanced training programmes will include topics on the principles and essentials of stockpile management; risk management; ammunition accounting; transport; and security and destruction. The training programmes in Latin America/Caribbean will build upon and complement the training imparted previously supported by the Union in these regions.

On the basis of the findings of those advanced training programmes, to identify States that are in critical need of assistance for the control and storage of ammunition stockpiles and provide them (directly or through regional organisations) with:

• the necessary technical assistance to develop the essential policy and legal frameworks for the implementation of the guidelines, including on-the-job mentoring,

• support and assistance to put in place adequate infrastructure for stockpile management through the provision of guidance on the practical application of the technical guidelines to the facilities used for the storage of ammunition.