MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR & SMALL ARMS COMMISSION Pursuant to Weapons Amnesty announced by the Government on 16th August 2016, it is hereby announced to the Public that all persons in possession of unregistered weapons as well as those with expired licenses has been given opportunity from the…

GENERAL DEBATE SEGMENT  STATEMENT OF THE DELEGATION OF GHANA DELIVERED BY MR.  JOSEPH OWUSU-ANSAH, FIRST SECRETARY ON TUESDAY 23RD  AUGUST, 2016.  Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen Ghana aligns itself with the statements delivered yesterday by the African Union and ECOWAS. Ghana congratulates you, Ambassador Emmanuel Imohe, on…

July 16, 2013

A two-member delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of NewZealand paid a working visit to the Small Arms Commission. The delegation includes Mr. Finnian Cheshire, Policy Officer of the United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division and Mr. David Lilly, Second Secretary on Mulilateral issues at the…

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons has initiated the process of passing a new law that addresses the current challenges that confront small arms control in Ghana and to ensure that Ghana’s small arms control laws conform to international standards and best practices. The Commission…

A two-member delegation from the ECOWAS Commission has embarked on a monitoring mission to the National Commission on Small Arms and light weapons to acertain the extent of the implementation of the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and light weapons, their ammunition and other related materials. Article 25…

April 11, 2013

Introduction Unregulated trade in conventional arms especially small arms and light weapons (SALWs) remain a major cause of devastating armed conflict, violence, terrorism, crime and its resultant displacement of persons. While conventional arms have, in many instances, been associated with violations of human rights and international humanitarian law,…