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2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE: to shape and sustain a peaceful, prosperous, just, and democratic world and foster conditions for stability and progress for the benefit of the American people and people everywhere. : to build enduring security partnerships to advance U.S. national security objectives. OFFICE OF WEAPONS REMOVAL AND ABATEMENT: to reduce the harmful world-wide effects of at-risk, illicitly proliferated, and indiscriminately used conventional weapons of war.

3 Office Director Stan Brown Executive Assistant Office Mgt. Specialist Policy (5) Steven Costner MANPADS Task Force (9) Mark Adams Programs (15) Jerry Guilbert Resource (6) Management Vennie Psaros 2 Policy Advisers 2 Public Affairs Parttime Officers 1 Deputy 2 Program Managers 1 FSO 1 Strategist 1 Program Integrator 2 DoD 7 Program Managers 4 Asst. Program Managers 1 JMU Fellow 2 WAEs 2 Grants Officers 1 Financial Mgt. Specialist 1 Program & Risk Analyst 1 JMU Fellow

4 A GLOBAL PROBLEM AND RESPONSE Loosely secured and excess small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) Destabilizing illicit flow of SA/LW and ammunition Thousands of MANPADS outside state control Deteriorating ammunition stockpiles Increase in reported unplanned explosions over last 35 years Since 2010, an average of 26.8 events per year (Small Arms Survey)

5 A GLOBAL PROBLEM AND RESPONSE UXO & landmines impacting around 70 countries Approx. 3,000 landmine and UXO casualties reported in 2015 Down from approx.10,000 in the 1990s (Landmine Monitor)

6 UNITED STATES the GLOBAL LEADER in CWD Established in 1993 Coordinated multi-agency effort Department of State Department of Defense U.S. Agency for International Development Over $2.6 billion in assistance in more than 90 countries PM/WRA manages the State contribution ($152.3 million in FY 2015 ).

7 Our Budget Process is a bit Unpredictable [F Bureau] [Congress] [Negotiated] FY10 CBJ: $119 mil 653a: $172.0 mil Actual: $161.0 mil FY11 CBJ: $123 mil 653a: $156.0 mil Actual: $135.0 mil FY12 CBJ: $125 mil 653a: $154.0 mil Actual: $149.0 mil FY13 CBJ: $126 mil 653a: $149.0 mil Actual: $142.4 mil FY14 CBJ: $127 mil 653a: $179.0 mil Actual: $140.3 mil FY15 CBJ: $125 mil 653a: $189.0 mil Actual: $152.3 mil FY16 CBJ: $122 mil 653a: $185.0 mil Actual: $139.1 mil FY17 CBJ: $158 mil 653a: $209.0 mil Actual: $ mil

8 STRATEGIC GOALS Enhance regional security by reducing at-risk, illicitly proliferated, or indiscriminately used conventional weapons Increase civilian security by protecting lives and property Promote U.S. foreign policy interests

9 KEY PRIORITIES Respond to grave humanitarian emergencies arising from ERW contamination Secure and reduce at-risk MANPADS and other light stand-off weapons Clear legacy U.S.-origin munitions, especially from Southeast Asia and the Pacific Reduce the risk of illicit trafficking of arms and ammunition that threaten peaceful, democratic transitions Alleviate human suffering from explosive remnants of war

10 SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS (SA/LW) Reduce the risk of illicit small arms/light weapons trafficking by targeting vulnerable stockpiles 38 countries assisted to date Long-term engagement towards demilitarization and stockpile right-sizing in source countries Short-term destruction and physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) projects in affected countries Support for international commitments on small arms/light weapons control

11 SA/LW DESTRUCTION

12 MAN PORTABLE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS (MANPADS) easy to transport and conceal weight 28 to 55 pounds accurate to 15,000 feet at a range of up to 3 miles Since 1970, over 40 civilian aircraft have been hit by MANPADS, causing about 25 crashes and over 800 deaths

13 COMPREHENSIVE U.S. APPROACH TO MANPADS Destruction of excess stockpiles Stringent national export controls Improve security and management Stop non-state end-users Airport Assistance Visits Exchange information Performance / launch controls International Civil Aviation Organization s (ICAO) Aviation Security Working Group on MANPADS Over 34,500 MANPADS reduced or destroyed to date

14 CONVENTIONAL AMMUNITION STOCKPILES Risk of unplanned explosions Risk of illicit trade and use Source of explosives for improvised explosive devices

15 IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IED) Versatile; composed of many things UXO can provide explosive content Loosely secured conventional ammunition stockpiles can be a source of explosive content Counter-IED is not the same as Humanitarian Mine Action

16 UNEXPLODED ORDANCE (UXO) UXO - munitions that failed to initiate as designed UXO - remain dangerous for decades after conflict Congressional focus on U.S.-origin UXO (South East Asia and the Pacific)

17 UXO CLEARANCE OPERATIONS

18 LANDMINES Over 20 years of clearance has significantly decreased the landmine problem Few severely affected states remain (e.g. Angola, Afghanistan, etc.) Shift to capacity to address residual contamination

19 RISK EDUCATION AND VICTIM ASSISTANCE

20 Small Arms/Light Weapons UN Program of Action POLICY International Tracing Instrument Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition to the UN Transnational Organized Crime Convention

21 Landmine Policy New U.S. landmine policy changes Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Landmines (Ottawa Treaty) Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Amended Protocol II Mines, Booby Traps and Other Explosive Devices (Countering Improvised Explosive Devices) Protocol V Explosive Remnants of War (UXO and Abandoned Ordnance) Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) expert discussion Cluster Munitions Policy POLICY

22 PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND OUTREACH

23 IDIQ Contractual Announcement / Update Original timeline delayed due to world events Revising Terms of Reference (TOR) to include Iraq, Syria, Yemen RFI published in February 2016 three (3) replies Revised expectations incorporated within RFP Expanded budget: $400 - $500 million Increased number of complex tasks within non-permissive environment Anticipated announcement January 2017 World-wide, open competition to eligible small and large companies

24 Contact Information Stan Brown Director Steven Costner Deputy, Policy Mark Adams Director, MANPADS Task Force Senior CWD Advisor Jerry Guilbert Deputy, Programs Vennie Psaros Resource Management Division Chief

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