# Council Decision 2013/698/CFSP of 25 November 2013 in support of a global reporting mechanism on illicit small arms and light weapons and other illicit conventional weapons and ammunition to reduce the risk of their illicit trade, Division 3: Long-term project sustainability and outcomes

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Action will establish a durable framework for the sustained monitoring of the illicit spread of SALW and of other conventional weapons and ammunition. It is expected to enhance fundamentally existing arms-related information and to support significantly the targeted development of effective conventional arms control and arms export control policies. Specifically, the project will:
(a) develop an information management system that will ensure long-term (minimum 10 years) collection and analysis of illicit conventional weapons data;
(b) provide conventional arms control policy makers and experts with a tool to define more effective strategies and priority areas for assistance and cooperation (for example, by identifying sub-regional or regional cooperation, coordination and information-sharing mechanisms that need to be established or strengthened, by identifying insecure national stockpiles, illegal transfer routes, weak border controls, and insufficient law enforcement capacities);
(c) have the in-built flexibility to generate policy relevant information, regardless of rapidly changing policy requirements;
(d) substantially increase the efficacy of international arms monitoring organisations and individuals by providing an information sharing mechanism of continually expanding scope.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/698/annex/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-698/annex/division-3
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