Disarmament in Mozambique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4603583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Vines (King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 191-205 |
| Publication date | 1998-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057079808708572 |
| OpenAlex | W2036114593 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 5 |
The United Nations’ failure to effect meaningful disarmament during its ONUMOZ operation in Mozambique has had serious consequences, especially for South Africa. For ONUMOZ to have disarmed all armed individuals would have been an impossible task, but the weapons it did obtain and which were earmarked for decommissioning could have been destroyed. ONUMOZ's failure was linked to its weak mandate regarding disarmament. It did not spell out what disarmament should entail, and the criteria for its success; disarmament was not clearly distinguished from demobilisation; the UN failed to provide the political and financial resources to ensure that weapons were properly collected and decommissioned. Post‐UN disarmament in Mozambique has been more successful, a reflection of growing confidence in peace at local levels and in senior policy‐making circles. Since 1995, the old weapons caches have ceased to pose a serious threat to internal security. Ironically, it is South Africa that suffered most in the end, as large numbers of light weapons flowed out of Mozambique. However, joint police operations, and a change in market demand for guns in South Africa, has seen a decline in the arms trade from Mozambique. An influx of new weapons, not the rusting arms caches, now pose the main security threat in Mozambique
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| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2024 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |