A report published by the Ghana-based Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) on compliance with the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons has rated Sierra Leone as the only country to have domesticated the Convention in its Arms and Ammunition Act 2012, demonstrating preparedness towards complete harmonisation with other international treaties.
The report, however, recommended among other things that National Commissions within the ECOWAS region must be properly resourced, adding that the ECOWAS Small Arms Programme (ECOSAP) should renew its financial commitment to member countries.
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