The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons has announced that its Acting Executive Secretary, Dr Adam Alhassan Adamu Bonaa, has been appointed Chair of the Diversion Information Exchange Forum (DIEF) under the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
The appointment was confirmed by Ambassador Carlos Foradori, President of the Eleventh Conference of States Parties (CSP11), in a statement from Geneva on 16 May 2025.
Dr Bonaa becomes the first African to lead the DIEF, a critical UN mechanism established in 2020 to combat the illicit diversion of conventional arms.
The forum enables States Parties and signatories to share information on suspected or actual arms diversion cases, exchange enforcement strategies, and propose collective responses to prevent arms from reaching traffickers, criminal networks, and conflict zones.
