Columbia International Affairs Online
CIAO DATE: 8/5/2007
SALW Survey of Moldova
2006 July
South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Abstract
The London based Arms Control NGO Saferworld has been conducting a comprehensive survey of the SALW situation in the Republic of Moldova over the last six months. The survey was based on the SALW Survey Protocols,1 and was researched jointly with the Chisinau based Institute for Public Policy (IPP).
Research was conducted in both the Government controlled territory of Moldova and the territory that has been administered by the separatist Transdniestrian authorities since the end of the period of armed conflict in 1992. Consultation meetings on the preliminary findings were conducted with the Moldovan Government in late 2005 and the Survey has now been reviewed by both the Moldovan Government and other stakeholders, including the Transdniestrian authorities.
