# Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1789 of 19 November 2018 in support of combating the illicit trade in and proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the Member States of the League of Arab States, Division 2: Project objectives and long-term sustainability

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

The underlying goal of the project is to sustainably strengthen the capacity of LAS Member States to implement the PoA and the ITI, including for the purpose of combating illicit small arms and terrorism, according to the priorities and needs identified by LAS Member States. To achieve this goal, the project has the following main objectives:
(a) sustainably build the national capacity of LAS Member States to combat the illicit proliferation of SALW, combat terrorism and enhance security in post-conflict situations;
(b) sustainably build the regional capacity of the LAS to address the same challenges;
(c) strengthen LAS Member States' national control over SALW at key stages of their life cycle;
(d) enhance the exchange of best practices and lessons learned.
Consultations with LAS Member States indicate that they seek assistance and support in specific areas, with an overriding focus on the building of national capacity to combat illicit arms flows (see section 3 for further details). All of the project's components, including those relating to needs assessment and post-implementation evaluation, are in fact designed to ensure that the project imparts sustainable capacity to its intended beneficiaries, namely government institutions and officials in LAS Member States, as well as the LAS Secretariat (Arms Control and Disarmament Department).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1789/annex/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1789/annex/division-2
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