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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-662/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/662",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2012/662/CFSP of 25 October 2012 in support of activities to reduce the risk of illicit trade in, and excessive accumulation of, Small Arms and Light Weapons in the region covered by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-662",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. For the purpose of promoting peace and security, and effective multilateralism at global and regional levels, the Union shall pursue the following objectives:\nenhancing peace and security in the neighbourhood of the Union, by reducing the threat posed by the illicit trade and excessive accumulation of SALW in the OSCE region,\nsupporting effective multilateralism at regional level by encouraging the action of the OSCE to prevent the excessive accumulation of, and the illicit trade in, SALW and their ammunition.\n2. In order to achieve the objective referred to in paragraph 1, the Union shall undertake the following projects:\norganising a regional training workshop for relevant Participating States' officials responsible for brokering controls on SALW,\nsecurity upgrades to SALW stockpile storage sites in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan,\nthe destruction of surplus SALW in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan to prevent their diversion to illegal trade,\nthe introduction of a SALW inventory management application to improve stockpile, record keeping, and tracing of SALW and conventional ammunition in several Participating States.\nA detailed description of these projects is set out in the Annex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/662/article/1",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}