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The Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence is taking place from 5th - 12th June 2017.

IANSA members at BMS6 during the Wear Orange Campaign

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IANSA members marching against gun violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Global Week of Action, May 2016.

Click here for full details of events that took place during the Week of Action, plus statements from the Chair of IANSA and the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.

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CSW59 Side Event: 'Linking the Women, Peace & Security and Arms Control Agendas'
The Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations in association with International Action Network on Small Arms Women’s Network (WNK), Global Alliance on Armed Violence (GAAV), and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) invite you to attend the side event 'Linking the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Arms Control Agendas' on Thursday 12 March 2015, from 11.30am to 12.45pm at Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York.
 
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IANSA Presentation to UN General Assembly

Baffour Amoa addressed the UN First Committee on 28 October 2014 on behalf of IANSA.

Gun Violence against women in Honduras

IANSA has contributed to a submission to the UN Human Rights Council on violence against women in Honduras. 

Videos of the NGO Presentations at the BMS5

Please click on the links below to view the NGO Presentations held on 19 June 2014 at the Fifth Biennial Meeting of States, in front of member states at the UN New York headquarters.

Guide to NGO Accreditation for 5th Biennial Meeting of States - New York, 16-20 June 2014

Accreditation is now open for civil society representatives to attend the Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on small arms at the United Nations in New York from 16 - 20 June 2014. 

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First Committee of the 69th session of the General Assembly- 21 October 2014
22 Oct 2014

Discussions on the topic of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) began at the thematic debate on 21 October 2014 with statements made by Indonesia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Mali on behalf of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Guyana on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Suriname on behalf of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), and the European Union (EU).

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Gun Violence against women in Honduras
20 Oct 2014

IANSA has contributed to a submission to the UN Human Rights Council on violence against women in Honduras. 

First Committee of the 69th Session of the General Assembly- 16 October 2014
16 Oct 2014

The last day of the General Debate on the afternoon of 16 October 2014 saw Egypt, Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), and Plurinational State of Bolivia speak. The delegation of Egypt discussed small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

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First Committee of the 69th Session of the General Assembly- 15 October 2014
16 Oct 2014

Small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) were discussed by the following delegations at the First Committee General Debate on 15 October 2014: Costa Rica on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), Columbia, Madagascar, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, and San Marino. In addition, the President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Sam Kutesa of Uganda, spoke regarding SALW and the ATT.

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First Committee of the 69th Session of the General Assembly- 14 October 2014
15 Oct 2014

The topic of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was discussed by delegations from Afghanistan, Argentina, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), El Salvador, Eritrea, Myanmar, Portugal and Sweden, in addition to representatives from Holy See and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 14 October 2014.

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