Evaluation of the EU Small Arms and Light Weapons Assistance to the Kingdom of Cambodia (EU-ASAC)
Evaluation of the EU Small Arms and Light Weapons Assistance to the Kingdom of Cambodia (EU-ASAC)

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: The South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)
Keywords: Cambodia; SALW
Summary/Abstract: In 1998, after thirty years of war, genocide, internal conflict and civil disorder, the new Royal Government of Cambodia made its first serious attempt to tackle the problems caused by SALW in the country. The government recognised that the continued availability and proliferation of large quantities of illegal weapons, combined with inadequate national stockpile security, was major threat to the improving peace and stability in the country. Armed violence, a lack of government control of weapons, the risks of political violence and the negative impact of weapons on social and economic development were all reasons to quickly develop a comprehensive response. The combination of poverty, crime and unemployment, coupled with a degree of political instability and public perceptions of insecurity, meant that voluntary weapons collection initiatives were always going to be a challenge.

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