In 2024, SEESAC supported Kosovo* in the destruction of 313 SALW pieces. Similarly, with SEESAC's support, law enforcement authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina destroyed 1,958 weapons and 1,981 weapon parts collected through regular police operations and voluntary citizen surrenders.
Enhancing security of SALW storages and evidence rooms
Support for enhanced security of SALW storages and evidence rooms through infrastructure upgrades continued in 2024. The security and safety of the storage location of the Ministry of Interior/General Police Inspectorate of the Republic of Moldova, including technical handover to the beneficiary, was completed in November 2024.
Security upgrade of 12 evidence rooms in Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, the Republic of Moldova and Serbia was completed in 2024, while activities for the upgrade of 18 evidence rooms and construction of one evidence safekeeping building remained ongoing in Albania. Also, in Albania, a barcode module was developed for weapons record keeping for one storage location and activities aimed at overhauling the electronic weapons management system were initiated.
Regional capacity building
Additionally, a Regional Workshop on Weapons and Ammunition Management held in October 2024 in Tirana further contributed to increased capacities for stockpile management of the personnel of armed forces from the Western Balkans and Moldova.
Lastly, at a regional level, SEESAC developed an Emergency Protocol for the safe transport of small quantities of ammunition and explosives for destruction, providing standardized guidance applicable across the Western Balkans jurisdictions.
1 For the United Nations Development Programme, references to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
* For the European Union, this designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
