Boosting capacity to combat the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in West Africa: priority for local expertise / Anatole Ayissi and Ibrahima Sall -- The international community, peace and human security. The sovereign State in the international order / Alioune Sall -- Human security in international law / Alioune Sall -- The Economic Community of West African States as the institutional framework for efforts to combat the proliferation of small arms -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as the institutional framework for efforts to combat the proliferation of arms in West Africa / Cheikh Oumar Diarra -- Implementing the Moratorium on light weapons / Abubakarr Multi Kamara -- Techniques for combating the proliferation of small arms in West Africa: legal and operational aspects -- Techniques for combating arms proliferation in West Africa: legal aspects / Alioune Sall -- Cooperation among armed forces and security forces in combating the proliferation of small arms / J.C. Yacubu -- Cooperation between civilians and the security forces in efforts to combat the proliferation of small arms and light weapons / Sunday Ochoche -- Cooperation between states to combat the proliferation of small arms and light weapons / Djibril Ndime -- Border controls and cross-border crime in West Africa / Hamédine Fall -- Crime and the cross-border movement of weapons: the case of Nigeria / P. Y. Adejo -- Culture of peace -- For a culture of peace in West Africa / M.B. Ekpang -- Civil society and the fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons / Ayodele Aderinwale -- The role of the mass media in strengthening a culture of peace and national integration in Nigeria / Tonnie Iredia.