Two women Armament Training Instructors of the Indian Army from the Military College of Material Management—a premier training institute under the Army Ordnance Corps of the Indian Army—participated in the Informal Regional meeting on the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management Asia-Pacific.
The two-day event, organised by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and its Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD), in collaboration with the ministry of foreign affairs of Nepal and with financial aid from Germany, was held Kathmandu.
According to a release from the United Nations, inadequate through-life conventional ammunition management fuels insecurity. "The diversion, illicit trafficking and misuse of conventional ammunition, including small arms and light weapons ammunition, has been a catalyst for armed conflict, pervasive violence and acts of crime and terrorism. Diverted conventional ammunition is also frequently used by non-State actors for the manufacture of improvised explosive devices," the statement said.
The Global Framework, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2023, offers a comprehensive solution to this, and the regional meeting was held to raise awareness about this new instrument and the political commitments it contains.
The two women officers representing India, discussed issues related to the implementation of the global framework, through life sustainability, safety and security of conventional ammunition, training, and capacity building, the Indian Army said in a tweet.
