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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1789/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1789",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1789",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. With a view to supporting the LAS Member States with their national implementation of the UN PoA and the International Tracing Instrument (ITI), the Union will pursue the following objectives:\nsustainably build the national capacity of LAS Member States to combat the illicit proliferation of SALW, combat terrorism and enhance security in post-conflict situations while fully respecting international human rights standards,\nsustainably build the regional capacity of the LAS to address the same challenges,\nstrengthen LAS Member States' national control over SALW at key stages of their life cycle,\nenhance the exchange of best practices and lessons learned.\n2. In order to achieve the objectives referred to in paragraph 1, the Union shall, by means of this Decision, support actions in the following areas:\ninternational SALW transfer control (combating illicit arms flows),\nidentification and disruption of sources of illicit small arms (capacity-building for law-enforcement agencies),\nother measures related to small-arms control, including stockpile management, control of related supplies and security,\ndisarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR),\nprovision of information relevant to illicit SALW and enhanced SALW control.\n3. A detailed description of the project referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 is set out in the Annex to this Decision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
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