Disarmament

Weapons Management and Destruction

4.10

Overview• Introduction

• Aim and objectives of Disarmament

• Operational risks and balanced Disarmament

• Technical risks and hazards Weapons management

• Information collection and operational planning phase

• Collection (or retrieval) phase

• Types of disarmament programmes process

• Weapons, ammunition and explosives collection, registration, transportation and storage

• Stockpile management phase

• Destruction of weapons, ammunition and other explosives

• Sequential operations

Introduction

• Disarmament is the act of reducing or depriving of arms,

and as such is applicable to all weapons systems,

ammunition and explosives, including nuclear, chemical,

biological, radiological and conventional systems

• Disarmament is primarily aimed at reducing or controlling

the number of weapons held by combatants before

demobilization

SERIAL PHASE COMPONENTS

1Information collection and operational planning

Team selection and structureEligibility criteriaWeapons surveyRisk assessmentDDR awareness (Sensitization)

2 Weapons collection or retrieval

Pick-up points (PUPs)Weapons collection points (WCPs)Disarmament (D1) SitesWeapon registration and accountingExplosive ordnance disposal (EOD) support

3 Stockpile managementSecurityWeapon storageAmmunition storage

4 DestructionWeapon destructionAmmunition destruction

Aim and Objectives of Disarmament

• Reduce or control the number of weapons held by combatants before demobilization

– Reduction in weapons possessed by, or available to, armed groups

– Reduction in actual, or the threat of, armed violence– Minimal casualties during the disarmament

component– Improvement in the perception of human security

Aim and Objectives of Disarmament

– Public connection between the availability of weapons and armed violence

– Build community awareness of the problem– Reduction and disruption of the transfer and illicit

trade of weapons – Reduction of weapons in the community and the

culture of weapons– Development of norms against the illegal use of

weapons

Operational Risks and Balanced Disarmament

• Operational risks– Threats to the safety and security of personnel

– Lack of sustainability of the disarmament process

• Balanced disarmament – Assist in preventing warring factions from taking

advantage of change in balance of military capability

– Disarmament organization’s neutrality not to compromise

• Reducing Risks– Selection of equipment– Work practices – Risk education– Sound and effective training– Sound management and supervision – Appropriate personal protective equipment

• Explosive hazards

• Technical advice

Technical Risks and Hazards

Information Collection and Operational Planning Phase

• Agreed collection points

• Team selection and structure

• Screening and individual eligibility criteria – General – Local advisers – Inclusivity– Non-weapon-holders – Screening methodology

• Time-lines • Weapons survey

• Risk assessment

• DDR awareness activities

Collection (or Retrieval) Phase • Static and mobile collection

options

• Encampment

• Buffer zones and separation of forces

• Pick-up points

– Organization of a PUP – Activities at the PUP – Non-eligible individuals – Special cases

• Weapons and explosive safety – Activities at the Weapons

Collection Point

• Static disarmament (D1) sites – Activities at D1 sites – Foreign combatants

• Mobile collection points • Accounting and combatant

registration

• EOD support

Types of Disarmament Programmes Process

• DDR site based disarmament– Sensitization – Pick Up Points (PUPs)– Unexploded Ordnance Site (UXO Site)– The Disarmament site (D1 Site)

Types of Disarmament Programmes Process

• Non DDR voluntary weapons collection initiatives– Assessment and planning – Incentives– Amnesties and enforced weapons collection

programmes

• Mobile disarmament initiatives

• National arms control initiatives (Legislative disarmament)

Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives Collection, Registration, Transportation and

Storage• Planning

• Weapons collection

• Ammunition and UXO collection

• Registration, marking and record-keeping

• Weapons, ammunition and explosives transportation

• Weapons, ammunition

and explosives storage– Weapons storage– Ammunition and explosives

storage

• Verification procedures

Stockpile Management Phase

• Stockpile security

• Storage of weapons

• Storage of ammunition and explosives

Destruction of Weapons, Ammunition and Other Explosives

• Destruction of weapons– Weapon destruction techniques and technologies – Destruction planning and operations sequence

• Destruction of ammunition and explosives – Destruction of UXO– Destruction of rockets, missiles, etc– IMAS 11.10 – Stockpile destruction– IMAS 11.20 – Open burning & open detonation – IMAS 11.30 – National planning guidelines

Sequential Operations

• Demobilization directly follows disarmament, but can take place concurrently with disarmament

• Demobilization can take place at a later date