Decommissioned arms to stay secret

A full inventory of arms decommissioned by paramilitaries during the peace process will not be made public, the body that oversaw the process has decided.

The detailed files on all the guns, munitions and explosives put beyond use by groups such as the IRA, UDA and UVF will instead be held by the US State Department in Washington, the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) said.