5th MPOME regional workshop - Sentul, Indonesia - 3-5 December 2019
4th MPOME regional workshop - Brussels, Belgium - 12–13 December 2018
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- The US government’s oversight of weapons and military equipment delivered to Afghanistan, by Jeffrey Brown, SIGAR, United States
3rd MPOME regional workshop · Montevideo, Uruguay · 23–24 October 2018
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- Arms and Ammunition Losses from Peace Support Operations: Global Research Findings and Prevention Strategies, by Emile LeBrun, MPOME Project Coordinator, Small Arms Survey
- Control of Armament, Ammunition, and Stockpiles in Peace Support Operations, by Col. Diego Iribarne, SINOMAPA Deputy Director (Uruguay)
- Contingent-owned Equipment and Weapons and Ammunition Management: the Uruguayan Experience, by Col. Pablo Caubarrere, ENOPU Director (Uruguay)
- WAM in Peacekeeping Operations: URUBAT’s DDRRR Experience in the DRC, 2014–15, by Col. (rtd.) Rivera Elgue and Col. (rtd.) Roberto Pereira (Uruguay)
- Weapons and Ammunition Management and Force Protection: Some Reflections on Converging Agendas, by Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz (Brazil)
- Laying Down of Arms in the UN Mission in Colombia, by Col. Juan Acuña (Uruguay) and Col. Gustavo García (Argentina), UN Mission in Colombia
- Building Partner-nation Training Capacity for Weapons and Ammunition Management: the Applicability of US Global Peace Operations Initiative Training Models, by Paul R. Yorio, GPOI Programme Manager, US Southern Command (United States)
- Gender Perspectives in the Control and Management of Unregulated Weapons and Ammunition in UN Peace Support Operations, by Cpt. Dr Carina de los Santos Gilomén, Uruguayan army/Advisor, SINOMAPA (Uruguay)
2nd MPOME regional workshop · Nairobi, Kenya · 13–14 March 2018
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- Challenges in addressing the loss of weapons in peacekeeping operations: lessons from Darfur, by Ambassador Abiodun Bashua, former Joint Special Representative of the AU Chairperson and UN Secretary-General, AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur
- Challenges in addressing the loss of weapons in peacekeeping operations: lessons from Somalia, by Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha, AMISOM Force Commander (August 2011–May 2012)
- Gender and arms and ammunition management and control in mission areas, by Col. Joyce Sitienei (Kenya)
1st MPOME regional workshop · Accra, Ghana · 25–26 April 2017
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- Ghana’s experiences in peace operations and contingent weapons management, by Brig-Gen. Benjamin Kusi (Ghana)
- The management of arms and ammunition for more effective peacekeeping operations, by Lt-Gen. Babacar Gaye (Senegal)
- COE challenges in MISMA/AFISMA and Nigeria’s small arms control measures, by Maj-Gen. Shehu Usman Abdulkadir (Nigeria)