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A. Russia: -
1. Suggests that a committee should be formed to ensure the proper collection and
destruction of small arms and light weapons;
a) Program managers should ensure that it is witnessed by national and international
media, and the results should be publicized, to encourage other members of the
communities to participate in the voluntary surrender process;
b) Collection points shall be correctly staffed and accommodated, with adequate security
for recovered weapons and ammunition;
c) Arrangement for adequate space for the storage of different kinds of weapons and
ammunition should be made;
d) Appropriate stakeholders should hold the keys to ensure the transparency of the
process;
e) Collection sites should have suitable facilities for the loading of weapons and
ammunition into secure transport for movement to the destruction area, or a site near the
collection point where mobile weapons destruction equipment can be used;
f) Destruction of the weapons and ammunition should be public and symbolic;
g) Where the weapons are to be destroyed by burning, the actual burning can be observed
by independent and local NGOs, politicians, and the media;
h) Explosive items such as grenades, ammunition, anti-tank rockets, and landmines may
also be destroyed in symbolic explosions, in the same way as landmine stockpiles, are
currently publicly destroyed under the Mine Ban Convention which shall be done under
carefully controlled conditions;
i) Destruction certificates shall be made available to show what weapons have been
destroyed;
j) The result of the destruction pro​cess will be large amounts of scrap metal and possibly
wood if burning is not used
i) Metal scrap can be sold or recycled into useful tools;
ii) Steel from destroyed weapons is turned into inspection hatch covers and this sort of
activity can be used to support community awareness programs;

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