ARMS DESTRUCTION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO MAG's destruction team in Kinshasa destroyed 995 weapons during May 2012. To date, MAG DRC has destroyed a total of 125,995 weapons and 865.78 tons of ammunition. In this photo, technicians from the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) check and register surplus weapons stocks at the Central Logistics Base before destroying them. This work could not be carried out without funding from the US Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, and Foundry 47. MAG DRC is the only non-governmental organisation with authorisation from the country's Ministry of Defence to destroy surplus military stocks. www.maginternational.org