Assistant Secretary Shapiro Discusses Libya’s Missing Weapons
February 03, 2012
On February 02, 2012, the Managing Across Boundaries program hosted Libya's Missing Weapons: Understanding Global Efforts to Control Conventional Arms, an event that examined the impact of the collapse of the Gadhafi regime on the uncontrolled proliferation of conventional weapons, including man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS). Speakers and panelists highlighted the impact of these weapons, not only to security in Libya and across sub-Saharan Africa, but also to longer term socio-economic development on the African continent. The discussion used Libya as the basis for a broader discussion on addressing unsecured caches of dangerous arms, illicit trafficking, and interdiction of gray and black market weapons around the world