Topic: Illicit Trade in Small Arms
Country: Lebanon
Delegate Name: Elizabeth Caldwell
School: Ann Arbor Community High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Lebanon position papers GLIMUN 2009 committees
Ninety per cent of the casualties among civilians comes from illicit arms, Lebanon, in compliance with the United Nation Security Council resolution 1701 agreed to take further measures against the illicit trade and shipment of small arms.
We do not manufacture small arms. We must import all small arms and request that all trading countries mark the weapons according to their country’s standards or the country of imports standards in an attempt to track all small arms entering our country.
We have also, in compliance with the Security Council resolution 1701, dispatched border police to shut down the trade of illicit arms over our borders. This patrol includes all maritime, trade and tourist points of entry. With the disbandment of smuggling circles illicit trade in small arms has rapidly decreased.
We are developing monitoring, detection and investigating methods of control, and any party is subject to such investigations. We are also setting up radar equipment for any land-based observations for prevention. We are currently setting up advanced equipment to detect authentication in required documents for trading and traded all arms. We are giving rewards for any cooperation to provide information about networks that trade in illicit arms.
With vital interest in protecting Lebanon from further smuggling of personnel arms and munitions, we are in full agreement with the arms embargo. We are working towards elimination of all trade of illicit arms in Lebanon and are determined to end trading of illicit small arms.
