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What the Uganda National Focal Point is

The Uganda National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NFP) was established by the Government of Uganda in 2001 to coordinate activities to prevent, combat and eradicate the problem of the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW).

The NFP is an inter-agency body comprising Government ministries and agencies, as well as organized civil society that have some role in addressing the small arms issue. The NFP functions as the link between regional and national-level institutions. The Secretariat of the NFP is located within the Ministry of International Affairs. The NFP is administered by the Coordinator, under the supervision of the Permanent Secretary and political direction of the Minister.

The mandate of the NFP is derived from a number of protocols, programmes of action and declarations on SALWs to which Uganda is signatory. These instruments, for which the NFP is responsible for their implementation at national level, include:

a) United Nations Program of Action[1]

b) United Nations Protocol[2]

c) Bamako Declaration[3]

d) Nairobi Declaration[4]

e) Nairobi Protocol[5]

Composition of NFP

The membership of the NFP is composed of a number of Government ministries and agencies, and representation from the civil society as follows:

a) President’s Office (ISO, ESO, Directorate of Information)

b) Ministry of Internal Affairs (Police, Immigration)

c) Ministry of Defense (Uganda Peoples Defense Forces)

d) Ministry of Foreign Affairs

e) Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs

f) Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

g) Ministry of Education and Sports

h) Ministry of Gender and Social Development

i) Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism

j) Office of the Prime Minister (Pacification and Development, and Disaster Management and Refugees

k) Uganda Revenue Authority (Customs)

l) Civil society (Uganda Joint Christian Council, People with Disabilities, Centre for Conflict Resolution and Oxfam)

[1] United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

[2] The United Nations Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition

[3] Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons

[4] Nairobi Declaration on the Problem of the Proliferation of the Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lake Region and Horn of Africa

[5] Nairobi Protocol for the Prevention, Control and Reduction of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa

Our Vision:

A safe and peaceful society free from armed violence

Our Mission:

To coordinate efforts to prevent, combat and eradicate the problem of the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons, through comprehensive, integrated and coordinated approaches.