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Nauru — Gun Facts, Figures and the Law

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StockpilesGun Numbers

Civilian Guns

CompareNumber of Privately Owned Firearms

The estimated total number of guns held by civilians in Nauru is 01

Government Guns

CompareLaw Enforcement Firearms

Police in Nauru are reported to have 232 firearms

ProductionGun Industry

Firearm Manufacture

In Nauru, the manufacture of small arms, ammunition and/or their components is permitted (but not conducted in practice)3 subject to licensing

TransfersGun Trade and Trafficking

Export Control

In Nauru, firearm and ammunition exports are limited by transfer control law 4

Import Control

In Nauru, firearm and ammunition imports are limited by transfer control law 4

MeasuresGun Regulation

Firearm Regulation - Guiding Policy

The regulation of guns in Nauru is categorised as restrictive5

Firearm Law

Guiding gun control legislation in Nauru is the Arms and Opium Ordinance 1936-19676

Prohibited Firearms and Ammunition

In Nauru, civilians are not allowed to possess any firearms7

Gun Owner Licensing

In Nauru, no civilian (civilian possession prohibited)7 may lawfully possess firearms and ammunition

Penalty for Illicit Firearm Possession

In Nauru, the maximum penalty for illicit possession of firearms is a $40 fine8

MeasuresInternational Controls

United Nations Arms Trade Treaty

In 2009, Nauru was absent from voting on9 negotiations towards a legally binding Arms Trade Treaty. In this vote, 151 UN Member States supported talks on an ATT, with 1 voting against, 20 abstentions, and 20 non-votes

United Nations Firearms Protocol

The United Nations Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition has been signed, but not yet ratified10 by Nauru

United Nations Small Arms Programme of Action UNPoA

CompareUNPoA National Reporting

Under the terms of its 2001 commitment to the United Nations small arms Programme of Action, Nauru has yet to submit a national report11 12 on its implementation of the UNPoA

CompareUNPoA National Point of Contact

A National Point of Contact has not13 12 been designated in Nauru to deal with issues relating to the UNPoA

CompareUNPoA National Coordinating Body

A National Coordinating Body has not13 12 been designated in Nauru to oversee implementation of the UNPoA

CompareUNPoA Civil Society Involvement and Support

National reports of Nauru to the UN do not reveal13 12 a history of substantive cooperation with civil society in support of UNPoA activities

CompareUNPoA International Assistance – Donor

Funds for UNPoA implementation have not12 been donated to other UN Member States by Nauru

CompareUNPoA International Assistance – Recipient

Funds for UNPoA implementation have12 been provided to Nauru by other UN Member States

United Nations Membership

In the UN List of Member States, Nauru has been a Member State of the United Nations since 199914

Wassenaar Arrangement

Nauru is not15 a Participating State in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls and Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies
Last Updated on 14 June 2010

Short References

1.

Alpers, Philip and Conor Twyford.2003.‘Civilian Firearm Ownership in Pacific Nations, 2002.’ Small Arms in the Pacific.Geneva:Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies,31 March.Full Citation

2.

Karp, Aaron.2003.‘Fewer Blanks: Global Firearm Stockpiles: Firearms of the Pacific.’ Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied.Oxford:Oxford University Press,1 July.Full Citation

3.

Alpers, Philip and Conor Twyford.2003.‘Pacific Small Arms Legislation: Domestic and regional issues.’ Small Arms in the Pacific.Geneva:Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies,31 March.Full Citation

4.

Alpers, Philip and Conor Twyford.2003.‘Pacific Small Arms Legislation: Visiting Vessels.’ Small Arms in the Pacific.Geneva:Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies,31 March.Full Citation

5.

Newton, George D and Franklin E Zimring.1969.‘Firearm Licensing: Permissive v Restrictive.’ Firearms & Violence in American Life: A Staff Report submitted to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence.Washington, DC:US Government Printing Office,1 January.Full Citation

6.

Alpers, Philip and Conor Twyford.2003.‘Origins of Firearm Legislation.’ Small Arms in the Pacific.Geneva:Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies,31 March.Full Citation

7.

Alpers, Philip and Conor Twyford.2003.‘Pacific Small Arms Legislation: Domestic and regional issues.’ Small Arms in the Pacific.Geneva:Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies,31 March.Full Citation

8.

Alpers, Philip and Conor Twyford.2003.‘Selected Penalties for Firearm Offences in the Pacific.’ Small Arms in the Pacific.Geneva:Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies,31 March.Full Citation

9.

UN General Assembly.2009.‘Towards an Arms Trade Treaty: Establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms.’ UN Resolution A/RES/64/48.New York:United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library,2 June.Full Citation

10.

UNGA.2001.‘United Nations Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition.’ UN General Assembly Resolution 55/255.New York:UN General Assembly,31 May.Full Citation

11.

Cattaneo, Silvia and Sarah Parker.2008.‘Reporting, NPCs and NCAs, 2002 to 2008.’ Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Analysis of the National Reports submitted by States from 2002 to 2008.Geneva:United Nations Development Programme,1 November.Full Citation

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UNODA.2009.‘PoA-ISS Country Profiles.’ UN small arms Programme of Action (UNPoA) - Implementation Support System.New York:United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs,29 October.Full Citation

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IANSA.2006.‘Reviewing Action on Small Arms 2006: Assessing the first five years of the UN Programme of Action.’ Biting the Bullet 'Red Book' 2006.New York:International Action Network on Small Arms and the Biting the Bullet project,26 June.Full Citation

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UN.2009.‘Member States of the United Nations.’ UN.org Web Site.New York:United Nations General Assembly,11 May.Full Citation

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Wassenaar Arrangement.1996.‘Introduction: Participating States.’ Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls and Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies.Vienna:Wassenaar Secretariat,12 July.Full Citation