The Space Satellite Technology Laboratory from the All Nations University College (ANU) extended an invitation to the Head of Information Technology from the Commission to participate in The 6th Space Science Satellite Technology Applications conference from 20th to 23rd November, 2017 at the All Nations University College main…
BACKGROUND The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service embarked on stocktaking of seized, found, confiscated and surrendered small arms in Police Exhibit Stores and Armouries in the Ashanti Region from the 11th to 29th October, 2017. The stocktaking exercise…
GHANA NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS (NACSA) DESTROYS 1,319 SEIZED ILLICIT ARMS
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior, and in collaboration with the Ghana Armed Forces and Ghana Police Service, destroyed 1,319 seized illicit small arms during a Weapons Destruction Programme to commemorate the United Nations International Small…
August 24, 2016
CIVILIAN SMALL ARMS AMNESTY FOR 2016
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…
August 24, 2016
SECOND CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO THE ARMS TRADE TREATY (CSP2), GENEVA 22-26 AUGUST 2016
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…
THE SECOND TECHNICAL LEVEL WORKSHOP ON THE ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) 20-21 JULY 2016, VOLTA SERENE HOT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons in collaboration with the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) organized the Second Technical Level Workshop on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Implementation in Ghana at Volta Serene Hotel…
August 7, 2016
A COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED BY THE PARTICIPATING POLITICAL PARTIES AT THE END OF A TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON ATT
We, the participating political parties, consisting of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the People’s National Convention (PNC), and The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), having met at a workshop on armed violence in elections organized by the Ghana National Commission on Small Arms…
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…
May 21, 2013
NACSA TO DRAFT NEW LEGISLATION ON SMALL ARMS CONTROL
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 three-member delegation of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior has paid a working visit to the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons. The delegation was led by the Committee’s Chairman Hon. George Kofi Arthur, MP for Amenfi Central. The other members of the…