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Proliferation of small armsThe government of Nepal must create/support an independent think-tankinstitute in conducting research on small arms and security. Universitydepartments also must start thesis and other associated research on thecontrol of small arms.4. ConclusionImproving transitional security is only a short-term strategy. But a longtermsecurity policy is needed to control small arms. Therefore, concernedissues must be framed within NSP, international relations and economicpolicy to have power over proliferation of SALW. It is virtually impossibleto achieve the objectives of state building without the control overincreasing illegal use of SALW.Organised crimes and insecurity will continue and even further expandwith activities like extortion, abduction, robbery, looting, narcoticssmuggling, rape, girls trafficking, hunting and smuggling of endangeredspecies (e.g., musk deer, valuable furry skin, tiger bones, rare herbs,woods etc.), if the state is not proactive enough to control small armsand improve transitional security. If parties continue their coercive youthmobilisations, police force cannot provide security. Addressing such agrave issue requires collective responsibility of the government, politicalparties, security actors, civil society, media and the community itself.Exchange of intelligence information by establishing a ‘regional networkof information sharing’, cooperation among the authorities of the nationsin the region, collaboration between the state and civil society are otherareas to be considered in controlling small arms.ReferencesAmnesty International and Oxfam International. 2003. Shattered Lives: The Casefor Tough International Arms Control. London: Amnesty Internationaland Oxfam International.Banerjee D, editor. 2000. South Asia at Gun Point: Small Arms and Light WeaponsProliferation. Colombo: Regional Centre for Strategic Studies.GIIS [Graduate Institute of International Studies]. 2007. Small Arms Survey 2007:Gun and the City. Geneva: Graduate Institute of International Studies.IANSA [International Action Network on Small Arms]. 2003. Implementing theProgramme of Action 2003: Action by State and Civil Society. London:International Action Network on Small Arms, International Alert andSaferworld.256