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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1298/annex/division-1/division-1.1/division-1.1.1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1298",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1298 of 31 July 2019 in support of an Africa-China-Europe dialogue and cooperation on preventing the diversion of arms and ammunition in Africa",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1298",
  "path": "annex/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.1.1",
  "heading": "Objectives",
  "text": "To establish a joint non-governmental Africa-China-Europe Expert Working Group (EWG) bringing together African, Chinese and Union non-governmental experts who will engage in outreach to stakeholders in Africa, China and the Union and will support trilateral dialogue and cooperation on preventing diversion of arms and ammunition in Africa, with a view to:\n(a) illustrating the security, socio-economic and humanitarian cost of the diversion of arms, especially small arms and light weapons and their ammunition, in Africa and to demonstrate the ways in which improved arms transfer control, also on the supply side, can contribute to reducing the risk of diversion of arms in the hands of unauthorised actors;\n(b) helping to inform the EU-China High-level Strategic Dialogue, especially on security and arms control cooperation in Africa;\n(c) sharing information, ideas, expertise and research amongst its members and assessing the effectiveness of current policies and initiatives;\n(d) actively approaching and making recommendations to governmental stakeholders. African, Chinese, Union and Member State officials will be invited to observe and contribute to the work of the EWG.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1298/annex/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:37.082145+00:00"
  },
  "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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