The economic community of West African state (ECOWAS) and the control of illicit proliferation of small arms and ligtweapons in West Africa (1998-2005), 2008

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Title: The economic community of West African state (ECOWAS) and the control of illicit proliferation of small arms and ligtweapons in West Africa (1998-2005), 2008
Author: Atinga, Mba
Decade: 2000-2009
Abstract: West Africa has an estimated eight million illicit small arms in circulation. The uncontrolled proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) fuelled codicts in West Africa, galvanizing member states of the Economic Cornunity sf West african States (ECOWAS) to adopt measures to bring sanity to bear on the security situation in West Africa. Any discussion of the dynamics of conflict should accordingly look at the snlall arms factor in the many conflicts that plagued the subregion. The research examines all the initiatives that ECOWAS deployed to combat SALW in West Africa - the Moratorium Declaration, arms embargoes, and arms collection and destruction. ECOWAS anti-proliferation efforts began in 1998 with the signing of the Moratorium Declaration in 1998 in Abujq Nigeria.
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Date of Award: 2008-05-01
Degree Type: dissertation
Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Granting Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Department: Department of International Affairs and Development
Advisor: Hansen, Art
Danso-Boafo, Kwahu
Gibrill, Hashim
Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Geographic Location: Georgia--Atlanta
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2008_atinga_mba