Sustainable Peace and Development Organization (SPADO).

The Sustainable Peace and Development Organization (SPADO) is based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province) in Pakistan, and is a network of more than 50 NGOs involved in awareness raising, research and lobbying on small arms and landmines. SPADO has been conducting activities related to small arms and light weapons because the organisation believes that in the tribal areas the use of small arms is contributing to militancy and terrorism, threatening peace and security, not only in Pakistan but also in the wider region.

SPADO mainly works in the areas of peace and security, and relief rehabilitation and development. In the areas of peace and security, SPADO is the official contact point and member organisation of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. In this regard this organisation is involved in various awareness-raising, advocacy and research projects vis-à-vis the Landmine Ban Convention, and has developed a database of landmine victims in the tribal areas of Pakistan. Also SPADO is an active member of Clusters Munitions Coalition working against explosive remnants of war and mines other than anti-personnel landmines. SPADO is the member organisation of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and International Peace Bureau (IPB) to work against illicit trade of small arms and to promote non-violence in the NWFP.