Papua New Guinea : small numbers, big fuss, real results / Philip Alpers
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Contemporary Security Policy Vol 29, No 1, April 2008, pp.151-174 (104)Summary: Despite there being only modest numbers of weapons in state armouries in Papua New Guinea a significant proportion fell into private hands and contributed to high levels of gun related crime and instability. This article describes the various factors that enabled authorities to destroy about a third of the national inventory of small arms. Political sensitivities mean that Australian involvement in the process cannot be acknowledeged.
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Despite there being only modest numbers of weapons in state armouries in Papua New Guinea a significant proportion fell into private hands and contributed to high levels of gun related crime and instability. This article describes the various factors that enabled authorities to destroy about a third of the national inventory of small arms. Political sensitivities mean that Australian involvement in the process cannot be acknowledeged.
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