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42. Popular Struggles and Elite Co-Optation: The Nuer White Army in South Sudan's Civil War
- Author:
- John Young
- Publication Date:
- 07-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Small Arms Survey
- Abstract:
- The Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) for Sudan and South Sudan is a multi-year project administered by the Small Arms Survey. It was developed in cooperation with the Canadian government, the United Nations Mission in Sudan, the United Nations Development Programme, and a wide array of international and Sudanese partners. Through the active generation and dissemination of timely, empirical research, the project supports violence reduction initiatives, including disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programmes, incentive schemes for civilian arms collection, as well as security sector reform and arms control interventions across Sudan and South Sudan. The HSBA also offers policy-relevant advice on redressing insecurity.
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, United Nations, International Security, Reform, and UNDP
- Political Geography:
- Sudan and South Sudan
43. Regional Organizations and the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms
- Author:
- Eric G. Berman and Kerry Maze
- Publication Date:
- 06-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Small Arms Survey
- Abstract:
- The UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA) provides an increasingly critical framework for governments and civil society. Armed groups continue to illegally access and use illegal weapons to mount mass attacks on civilians and terrorize cities and communities, commit human rights violations and banditry, and incite and prolong armed conflicts. Some 60 million people are displaced due to war and insecurity (UNHCR, 2016). Armed attacks and kidnappings directed at humanitarian workers are at record highs. Armed groups are increasingly disregarding international humanitarian law and, as a result, are blocking much needed assistance to populations at risk.1 The vast majority of deaths from armed violence do not occur in conflict settings, however. Of the more than 500,000 lives that are lost annually to armed violence, in some countries small arms––many of them illicit––are used in more than three out of four homicides (Geneva Declaration Secretariat, 2015).
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, International Security, Governance, Weapons, and UNDP
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
44. A New Development Agenda: Bridging the Development–Security Divide
- Publication Date:
- 06-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Abstract:
- Weapons play a pivotal role in violence and insecurity worldwide: around 44 per cent of all violent deaths involve the use of firearms (Geneva Declaration Secretariat, 2015, p. 2). Given their typically long life spans, small arms can circu- late in a region or between regions over dec- ades, while in the wrong hands even small quantities of arms and ammunition can have destabilizing effects. In particular, the illicit proliferation of arms and ammunition is a driver of modern armed conflicts, often pro- longing their effects (Anders, 2015; Diehl and Jenzen-Jones, 2014; Florquin and Leff, 2014). Flows of illicit arms also affect countries sup- posedly ‘at peace’, contributing to high levels of violence (Schroeder, 2013; 2014; 2016).
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, International Security, Military Strategy, Armed Struggle, Military Affairs, and Weapons
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
45. A New Development Agenda: Bridging the Development–Security Divide
- Publication Date:
- 06-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Abstract:
- Weapons play a pivotal role in violence and insecurity worldwide: around 44 per cent of all violent deaths involve the use of firearms (Geneva Declaration Secretariat, 2015, p. 2). Given their typically long life spans, small arms can circu- late in a region or between regions over dec- ades, while in the wrong hands even small quantities of arms and ammunition can have destabilizing effects. In particular, the illicit proliferation of arms and ammunition is a driver of modern armed conflicts, often pro- longing their effects (Anders, 2015; Diehl and Jenzen-Jones, 2014; Florquin and Leff, 2014). Flows of illicit arms also affect countries sup- posedly ‘at peace’, contributing to high levels of violence (Schroeder, 2013; 2014; 2016).
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, International Security, Military Strategy, Armed Struggle, Military Affairs, and Weapons
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
46. A New Development Agenda: Bridging the Development–Security Divide
- Publication Date:
- 06-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Abstract:
- Weapons play a pivotal role in violence and insecurity worldwide: around 44 per cent of all violent deaths involve the use of firearms (Geneva Declaration Secretariat, 2015, p. 2). Given their typically long life spans, small arms can circu- late in a region or between regions over dec- ades, while in the wrong hands even small quantities of arms and ammunition can have destabilizing effects. In particular, the illicit proliferation of arms and ammunition is a driver of modern armed conflicts, often pro- longing their effects (Anders, 2015; Diehl and Jenzen-Jones, 2014; Florquin and Leff, 2014). Flows of illicit arms also affect countries sup- posedly ‘at peace’, contributing to high levels of violence (Schroeder, 2013; 2014; 2016).
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, International Security, Military Strategy, Armed Struggle, Military Affairs, and Weapons
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
47. A New Development Agenda: Bridging the Development–Security Divide
- Publication Date:
- 06-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Abstract:
- Weapons play a pivotal role in violence and insecurity worldwide: around 44 per cent of all violent deaths involve the use of firearms (Geneva Declaration Secretariat, 2015, p. 2). Given their typically long life spans, small arms can circu- late in a region or between regions over dec- ades, while in the wrong hands even small quantities of arms and ammunition can have destabilizing effects. In particular, the illicit proliferation of arms and ammunition is a driver of modern armed conflicts, often pro- longing their effects (Anders, 2015; Diehl and Jenzen-Jones, 2014; Florquin and Leff, 2014). Flows of illicit arms also affect countries sup- posedly ‘at peace’, contributing to high levels of violence (Schroeder, 2013; 2014; 2016).
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, International Security, Military Strategy, Armed Struggle, Military Affairs, and Weapons
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
48. Measuring Illicit Arms Flows: SDG Target 16.4
- Publication Date:
- 05-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Small Arms Survey
- Abstract:
- In September 2015 UN member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (2000–15) with a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. While reaffirming core MDG aims, such as poverty reduction and the promotion of health care and education, these SDGs and targets tackle a much broader range of factors driving underdevelopment, includ- ing violence and insecurity (UNGA, 2015a).
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, United Nations, International Security, Military Strategy, Peacekeeping, Military Affairs, Weapons, and Sustainable Development Goals
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
49. Measuring Illicit Arms Flows: SDG Target 16.4
- Publication Date:
- 05-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Abstract:
- In September 2015 UN member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (2000–15) with a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. While reaffirming core MDG aims, such as poverty reduction and the promotion of health care and education, these SDGs and targets tackle a much broader range of factors driving underdevelopment, includ- ing violence and insecurity (UNGA, 2015a).
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, United Nations, International Security, Military Strategy, Peacekeeping, Military Affairs, Weapons, and Sustainable Development Goals
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
50. Measuring Illicit Arms Flows: SDG Target 16.4
- Publication Date:
- 05-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Abstract:
- In September 2015 UN member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (2000–15) with a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. While reaffirming core MDG aims, such as poverty reduction and the promotion of health care and education, these SDGs and targets tackle a much broader range of factors driving underdevelopment, includ- ing violence and insecurity (UNGA, 2015a).
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, United Nations, International Security, Military Strategy, Peacekeeping, Military Affairs, Weapons, and Sustainable Development Goals
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus