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Division 2 Overall objectives

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The Action described under Section 4 will further support the international community in combating the destabilising impact of the diversion and trafficking of conventional arms and their ammunition. It will continue to provide policy makers, arms control experts, and arms export control officers with relevant information, which will support them in developing effective, evidence-based strategies against the diversion and illicit spread of conventional arms and their ammunition in order to improve international and regional security. Specifically, the Action will:

  1. (a)

    provide concrete information on the diversion and trafficking of conventional arms and their ammunition, to support the effective implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP, the ATT, the UN Programme of Action and the ITI;

  2. (b)

    provide tailored support to Member States to assist in diversion risk assessment and mitigation;

  3. (c)

    expose routes and entities involved in the diversion of conventional arms and their ammunition into conflict-affected regions or to international terrorist organisations and to provide evidence of groups and individuals engaged in illicit trade, in support of national legal proceedings;

  4. (d)

    enhance cooperation between relevant UN organs, missions and other international organisations, in the field of tracing conventional arms and their ammunition, and of providing information directly in support of existing monitoring mechanisms, including INTERPOL's iARMS, and EUROPOL, the latter having concluded an information-sharing memorandum of understanding with CAR in 2019;

  5. (e)

    provide relevant information to identify priority areas for international cooperation and assistance to combat effectively the diversion and trafficking of conventional arms and their ammunition, such as funding for projects with regard to stockpile security and/or border management; and

  6. (f)

    offer a mechanism to assist in monitoring implementation of the ATT, specifically to detect the diversion of transferred conventional arms as well as to assist governments in appraising the risk of diversion prior to the export of conventional arms, specifically the risk of diversion within the recipient country or re-export under undesirable conditions.