EU AND UN TO FINANCE SMALL ARMS REDUCTION IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (September 25,2008) - The EU and the UN said yesterday they have donated three million Euros for the control and reduction of small arms and ammunition in Bosnia.

The project's goal is "to decrease the threat posed to human security by the large and uncontrolled presence of small arms, light weapons and ammunition in the country," a representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia Christine McNab said.

"There are some 100,000 pieces of small arms and between 25,000 and 30,000 tonnes of ammunition surplus to military requirements," she added.

The European Union will donate 2.7 million Euros, with the remainder given by the UNDP, which is to implement the project over the next 18 months.
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