Regional Center on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Ethiopia

	Achievements by Member States to the Nairobi Declaration.

	The Government of Ethiopia appointed the National Focal Point Coordinator in September 2003.The official launch of the Ethiopia National Focal Point which was previously scheduled to take place on 11th March 2004 was postponed due to the Second Ministerial Review Conference. The official launch of Ethiopia National Focal Point was held in Addis Ababa on 29th September 2004. Major achievements include: Arresting and prosecution of 9531 accused persons for illegal possession, transfer and trading in small arms and light weapons Seizure by the Police of 19 guns,32 pistols, 50 hand grenades and 3931 ammunitions between December 2003 and January2004 Expected public destruction of recovered firearms and ammunitions

	Major Achievements to date From 20 th to 21 st April 2004 , a Ethiopia delegation led by H.E. Ambassador Morad Mussa , Ambassador of Ethiopia to Kenya attended the Second Ministerial Review Conference ; On 29 th September 2004 , the Ethiopia National Focal Point was officially launched. It was followed by a workshop on structure, organization and daily management of Ethiopia NFP On 8 th November 2004 , the International Landmine Ban Treaty and the Nairobi Protocol ratification were officially endorsed and approved by the House of People's Representatives. The Instrument of Ratification was forwarded to the Nairobi Secretariat through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya and now deposited.


	H.E. Mussa Murad, Ambassador of the Democratic Federal Republic of Ethiopia to Kenya, signing the 3rd Ministerial Declaration.

	RECSA hosts Operational and Capacity Building Workshops for Senior Law Enforcement Management and Training of Trainers In line with the implementation of the RECSA One Year Work Plan approved by the Extra-Ordinary Council of Ministers’ Meeting held in Kampala, RECSA organized and hosted the above activities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. On 15th November 2006, the Senior Management Sensitization Workshop was held at Sheraton Addis Hotel and was attended by 60 Senior Law enforcement officers from Addis Ababa as well as other States outside Addis Ababa. In addition to RECSA personnel, the training was facilitated by SaferAfrica and Safer World. The seminar aimed at familiarizing senior officials heading government ministries, departments and other agencies represented in the National Focal Point with issues of the technicalities and problems of the proliferation of SALW, the Regional instruments and also international ones appertaining on SALW-with a specific focus on the Nairobi Declaration and Nairobi Protocol. More importantly, the workshop sought to enlighten senior officials on the functions and responsibilities of National Focal Points, and obligations of these officials in empowering the focal points to carry out their mandates effectively. The second phase of the activity was the Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop. The workshop had a participation of training institutions of higher learning, Government Ministries, Departments and other agencies represented in the National Focal Point for Training on issues concerning the problem of the proliferation of firearms. The main impetus of the Training was to provide for a forum of information availing concerning the problem of the proliferation of small arms, their dynamics and Arms Control mechanisms with a focus on the regional instruments of the Nairobi Protocol and the Nairobi Declaration for that matter. Other regional and international initiatives on the problem of the proliferation of small arms were also critically reviewed and high-lighted since there is an inexplicable link between these instruments. In the pedagogical structure of TOTs, it is apparent then that this workshop sought in effect to empower instructors with enough information and skills appertaining to the technicalities of arms control and management. Therefore the goal of this activity was to provide capacity of a regional bank of capable individuals whose training will be diffused to their different organizational mandates and portfolios. It is also hoped that a reciprocation of similar training will be conducted by the targeted audience in turn training respective municipal law enforcement officials on effective methodologies of arms control and management.