Southern African Development Community b) establishing and implementing guidelines and procedures for ensuring that firearms, ammunition and other related materials rendered surplus, redundant or obsolete through the re-equipment or re-organisation of armed forces or other state bodies are securely stored, destroyed or disposed of in a way that prevents them entering the illicit firearm market or flowing into regions in conflict or any other destination that is not fully consistent with agreed criteria for restraint; and c) destroying surplus, redundant or obsolete state-owned firearms, ammunition or other related materials. ARTICLE 11 DISPOSAL OF CONFISCATED OR UNLICENSED FIREARMS 1. State Parties undertake to adopt co-ordinated national policies for the disposal of confiscated or unlicensed firearms that come into the possession of state authorities. 2. State Parties undertake to develop joint and combined operations across the borders of State Parties to locate, seize and destroy caches of firearms, ammunition and other related materials left over after conflict and civil wars. ARTICLE 12 VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF FIREARMS State Parties shall introduce programmes to encourage: a) lawful firearm holders to voluntarily surrender their firearms for destruction by the State, and in such cases, the State may consider paying compensation in cash or in kind; and b) illegal firearm holders to surrender their firearms for destruction, and, in such cases, the State may consider granting immunity from prosecution. Protocol on Control of Fire Arms, Ammunition and other related materials 9