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On Monday, 8 November the SADC Firearms Protocol entered into force when the ninth country deposited its instrument of ratification with the SADC Secretariat in Gaborone. This is a significant achievement for Southern Africa as it represents the first legally-binding treaty to regulate small arms in Africa. The impetus behind the ratification should lead to a reinvigoration of the work of the SADC small arms committee and greater political action on small arms in the subregion.
The countries that have ratified the Protocol are:
· Botswana
· Lesotho
· Malawi
· Mauritius
· Mozambique
· Namibia
· South Africa
· Tanzania
· Zambia
The countries that remain to ratify are the DRC, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Angola.
Hip, hip hurray!
(obrigado tia Ana)
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