CIAO DATE: 07/05

Bi-Annual Report: 01 July - 31 December 2003

Abstract

In November 2001 the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe adopted a Regional Implementation Plan on Combating the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in South Eastern Europe, which provides a framework of approaches and measures to tackle SALW issues that can be adopted by the countries of the region and supported by international organisations and bi-lateral donors. The Implementation Plan included provision for the establishment of a regional clearinghouse to support its implementation, and on the basis of this mandate SEESAC was officially launched in Belgrade on the 08 May 2002 as a joint UNDP and Stability Pact initiative.

While SEESAC is mandated by and works on the basis of the Stability Pact's Regional Implementation Plan, UNDP has responsibility for the management and execution of its activities. Based within the UNDP Serbia and Montenegro Country Office in Belgrade, SEESAC is financed through the UNDP Thematic Trust Fund for Crisis Prevention and Recovery; although political and strategic guidance is provided by a Regional Steering Group (RSG) and the Office of the Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact.

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