§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding her Department has provided to the regional action programme on small arms in southern Africa. [101928]
§ Clare ShortLast year we funded a seminar which drafted the regional action programme on small arms, subsequently endorsed by US/SADC Ministers in Vienna.
We have also made a grant of up to £80,000 available to Saferworld and the South African Institute for Security Studies to enable them to help all interested parties in taking this programme forward.
We will continue to support the effort to reduce the number of small arms in Southern Africa.