ABSTRACT

Micro-disarmament, which refers to the removal of small arms and light weapons (SALW) from the civilian population, is one of the recent international policy frameworks through which the global challenge of illicit gun proliferation has been approached. Although Africa still grapples with this challenge, a number of successful micro-disarmament programmes have been implemented from which important lessons can be drawn. One such success story has been the disarmament of pastoral communities in the Karamoja region of north-eastern Uganda under the Karamoja Integrated Disarmament and Development Programme (KIDDP). This paper argues that even though micro-disarmament success may be context specific, there are generic conceptual and practical lessons that should be learned from the KIDDP. Particularly, the paper argues that a human security approach anchored on a well-coordinated multi-actor structural framework is an essential lesson from the KIDDP which can benefit the rest of the African communities still grappling with the management of small arms infiltration.

摘要

微型裁军是指从平民人口中清除小武器和轻武器（SALW），是最近的国际政策框架之一，通过它来应对非法枪支扩散的全球挑战。尽管非洲仍在努力应对这一挑战，但已经实施了一些成功的微型裁军方案，从中可以吸取重要的教训。一个这样的成功故事是根据卡拉莫贾综合裁军和发展方案（KIDDP）解除乌干达东北部卡拉莫贾地区的牧民社区的武装。本文认为，即使微裁军的成功可能因具体情况而异，但应该从 KIDDP 中吸取一般的概念和实践经验教训。特别，