NATO and Demilitarization of Surplus Weapons and Ammunition

Autor:	Peter Courtney-Green
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Core business business.industry Appeal Retraining International trade Ammunition Military personnel Law General partnership Political Science and International Relations Agency (sociology) Economics Project management business
Zdroj:	Contemporary Security Policy. 29:15-31
ISSN:	1743-8764 1352-3260
DOI:	10.1080/13523260801994493
Popis:	The NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) Trust Funds originated in September 2000 and now cover destruction of all types of weapons and conventional ammunition. Trust Fund projects originally were developed in countries of the Balkans and the Former Soviet Union, which possessed very large surplus stocks of weapons and munitions, difficult to maintain safely and securely. This article focuses on projects involving demilitarization, especially small arms and ammunition, rather than those involving wider defence reform objectives, such as retraining former military personnel. There are four fundamental elements of Trust Fund programmes: an appeal for assistance from the host country; fundraising by the lead nation; development and signing of legal and financial agreements; and the execution of the project. The last is normally entrusted to the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA). Demilitarization of munitions is part of its core business and it has the necessary contracting, project management, and finan...
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