This is despite the adoption of the Roadmap in January 2017.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, JOE MALANJI has since called on the Peace and Security Council to develop the mechanisms as a matter of urgency.
Mr MALANJI says the absence of mechanisms can compromise the full implementation of the Master Road Map to Practical Steps to Silence the Guns on the continent.
The Minister said that Zambia is committed to be part of the resolve to eliminate all manner of conflicts on the continent. He said that to eliminate all conflicts, Zambia believes there is need to remove all the drivers of conflict.
Mr. MALANJI says Zambia has taken the effort to develop various preventative measures in a bid to curb the illicit arms proliferation, circulation and trafficking of arms.
Mr. MALANJI was speaking today during the 31st Ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union which was discussing the implementation of the African Union Master roadmap of practical steps to silence the Guns in Africa by 2020.
He said that amongst many other initiatives being employed, Zambia has acquired and is using Pin Marking Machines in order to account for all firearms with extended capacity building.
Mr. MALANJI said that Zambia has established institutions to enhance detection of illicit activities which lead to the proliferation of illicit arms. He said that such an institution is the Financial Intelligence Centre which in its responsibilities has the requirement to cooperate and relate to other regional and international stakeholders for the purpose of information sharing.
The Minister further stated that in observing the African Union Amnesty month of September, Government will among many other activities, burn surrendered weapons, a process which will not only be symbolic but a clear manifestation of fact that Africa is ready to silence the guns.
It is business. HH’s friends.
Which Zambia is this minister talking about?
Why does Africa always blame it’s problem on others? Our leaders are greedy and will do anything to amass obscene wealth, including buying illicit guns, or imprisoning rivals.
Those amnesty guns and pangas will end up with PF cadres….
“Zambia saddened….” Stop using the word SADDENED. It projects weakness. Use the word DISAPPOINTED instead. Secondly, the perpetrators of violence in Africa are mainly greedy corrupt politicians who want to hang on to power by any means necessary, including violence. Weed out these dictators to start with. And then you ‘ll have to deal with traitors who collaborate with international agencies that seek to destabilize African countries. Create an investigative wing in the AU that will be responsible for investigating subversive groups within Africa and outside Africa–such as gun runners, war sponsors and promoters, etc. Thirdly, the African union will need to create an Army that will at short notice enter any African country to put a stop to violence, if a bloodthirsty crazy…
(Continued)… dictator decides to butcher his own people–something like what ECOWAS did in West Africa to oust Jammeh Yahya. If you let corrupt politicians continue to use violence to stay in power, or obtain power, your agenda to silence guns in Africa will be nothing but a pipe dream.
Ukutumpa! You have failed to put safety measures at the black mountain and now u want to be saddened by the UN? bakaamba ba Edgar and your friends mulebako serious.
Dept of HaChildish, reasoning.
The reality is Africa is stereotyped. Even when pertinent matters are raised, the powers don’t pay attention except when stereotypes like corruption, dictatorship etc pop up. How can Zambia, a peaceful and democratically functional nation be in international attention while hotspots like DRC and Burundi are ignored??? It had to take Donald Trump to highlight this??? Something very wrong.
You support african dictators against the advise from the west about democracy
…..infact we have corrupt African tin pot dictators supporting each other and blaming the west of imaginary imperialistic takeovers when challenged to be democratic……now you cry when they leave you alone….
When are you going to be saden by corruption Jonathan/Lazy Lungu????
Hypocrisy at its best. It’s better he removes the log in his eyes, than to talk about other African countries problems. Africa is full of problems and this can be seen from the sinking and drowning number of immigrants running away from torture and enslavement on the African continent. The AU must come together and stop such shameful acts of humiliating Affican people to make them go and sink in the Mediterranean after enslavemwnt in Lybia. Mwalanjo must address the situation in Zambia and why they esnlaved me, a UN Diplomat to manufactured vexatious suits as methods of stealing from me. Just because I am female Nd I came back from the Unitec Nations assignment. State staff, lawyers and members of the judiciary all mobbed me like a swam of bees Nd stole from me like imbeciles, using…
UN Diplomat(R)
Can you share your story , help props up from unexpected places.
Some of us are qualified for such jobs, I just wish we could be recruited to help the old madalaz who have been in these UN offices for a long time without the involvement of us the abled youths. Our government advocates for women empowerment and gender balanced positions. Its just sad to note that even when we apply for enrollment, we are never picked regardless of us possessing our masters degree in peace and conflict studies, in the faculty of human development and security. My prayer is that we could be involved in these operations together with our old parents in failed offices so as to foster economical and human development, thank u.