Combating+the+illegal+small+arms+trade+in+Africa

Issue: Combating The Illegal Small Arms Trade In Africa

The Delegation of Sudan does publicly denounce the illegal small arms trade in Africa, especially concerning the sale of illegal small arms to individuals and/or private organizations. This particular issue can be seen in the Darfur Crisis in western Sudan. Sudan does not, however, denounce, or even make reference to, the following participating in the illegal small arms trade: Nations, Governments, Government Organizations, Individuals acting on behalf of Governments, or Armies/Navies/Marines/Air Forces/Military Forces belonging to a Nation. Sudan does not believe that small arms trading between nations, or even undocumented trading, can be considered the same as illegal small arms trading. Currently Sudan is conducting multiple small arms trades with multiple countries (most notably PR China). Sudan does not view this as in any way illegal, or should even be knowledge in the public domain. This is because any nation should not be forced to give detailed accounts to the public concerning what their military budget is doing, this is in the best interest of a country's nationals, especially Sudan's; this is due to how relevant this issue is to Sudan's current crises that are ongoing.

1. Requests that further field research be done concerning where illegal small arms are being traded, for the increase of information concerning which organizations/individuals are participating in this business, in the following ways: a. Regional economic communities, supervised by the African Union (AU), will perform more detailed inspections of shipped goods and at border posts, which will include the following: i. The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) ii. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) iii. The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) iv. The East African Community (EAC) v. The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) vi. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) vii. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) viii. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) ix. Special efforts performed by the following member nation: 1. Morocco (as they are not a member of the AU) b. By implementing UN Peacekeeping forces in regions where hostile forces are present to aid in the protection of the illegal small arms trading officials c. By having willing member states donate a certain number of law enforcement officers to these organizations to help in the search for the organizations/individuals involved, 2. Desires that debate take place on the legitimacy of inter-governmental trade of small arms between the following participants: a. Governments of UN Nations b. Governmental Organizations of UN Nations c. Individuals acting on behalf of UN Nations d. Armed Forces of UN Nations 3. Encourages the UN to deploy more UN Peacekeepers, under the command of the regional UN member state government, to hostile regions in Africa for the following methods to prevent the illegal small arms trade: a. Quell rebel organizations who purchase illegal small arms b. Support nations militarily who require more military aid, instead of having these nations purchase illegal small arms c. Find illegal small arms traders who have no regional governmental ties i. All traders with regional governmental ties will be dealt with by the respective governments