Costs of Disarmament - Cost Benefit Analysis of SALW Destruction versus Storage
Costs of Disarmament - Cost Benefit Analysis of SALW Destruction versus Storage

Author(s): Mandy Turner
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense
Published by: The South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)
Keywords: Disarmament; small arms and light weapons; SALW
Summary/Abstract: The Centre for International Cooperation and Security (CICS), based in the Peace Studies Department at Bradford University, was commissioned by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC) to develop a cost benefit analysis model of storage versus destruction of small arms and light weapons (SALW). The majority of states within South-eastern Europe (SEE) consider that the sale of surplus stocks will generate income, which can then be used to support the restructuring of their armed forces. While this would initially appear to make good business sense, the reality is that the global market is now saturated with the weapon types found in SEE national inventories. There is a massive surplus of small arms and light weapons and associated ammunition across the region. Given this market saturation and the law of supply and demand, it is likely that any potential income will be minimal in the short to medium term.

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