Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recommendations they have for measures and actions that could be taken to reduce the losses of arms and ammunition by peacekeepers in Darfur, Sudan and South Sudan; whether they have presented these to UN and African Union agencies; and if so, what was the response.

We are currently reviewing the Small Arms Survey report. However, we would advocate similar rules and regulations as used by UK Armed Forces, namely that arms and ammunition should always be secured, in different locations and by different trained personnel, when not being used for their primary purpose on operations. We will seek the views of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations on how they propose to tackle the losses of arms and ammunition.