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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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Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence is 16-21 September 2013

This week has been chosen to coincide with the International Day of Peace, 21 September.  

Suggested themes: 

1) ‘GET THE GUNS OFF THE STREETS’  

2) DISARM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  

3) LOCK UP THE GUNS: STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT.  

Gender, Women’s and survivors' participation are cross cutting issues that will be highlighted across all themes. 

Please send information on your Global Week of Action activities to: Communication@iansa.org

UN ATT Signing Kit

The UN has created a signing kit on the Arms Trade Treaty, setting out the procedure for States to sign, ratify and accede to the ATT.  It includes short templates for governments to fill in, and a chart explaining how the ATT comes into effect. The kit is available in English, French and Spanish.

Second Review Conference of the UNPoA

The Second Review Conference for the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (UNPoA), is about to commence at the UN Headquarters in New York, 27th - 7th August, 2012.

Joint Policy Paper on Gender and the Arms Trade Treaty

Four international organisations and networks - Amnesty International, the IANSA Women's Network, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Religions for Peace - have united to support the inclusion of a gender criterion in the ATT. 

United Nations: Dedicated Arms Trade Treaty website now live

The dedicated United Nations website on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) negotiations went live on 7 June: www.un.org/disarmament/ATT/. This website serves as the primary information platform regarding the historic United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, which will take place in New York from 2 to 27 July.

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First Committee of the 69th Session of the General Assembly- 13 October 2014
14 Oct 2014

The First Committee meeting on the 13 October 2014 saw representatives from the following countries speaking in relation to small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT): Austria, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Congo, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Montenegro, Papua New Guinea, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.

UNPoA

First Committee of the 69th Session of the General Assembly- 10 October 2014
10 Oct 2014

The topics of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) were addressed by the following countries at the First Committee of the 69th session of the General Assembly on the 10 October 2014: Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Guatemala, Japan, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Netherlands, Philippines, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Ukraine, Uruguay, and Zambia.

UNPoA

First Committee of the 69th Session of the General Assembly- 9 October 2014
10 Oct 2014

Statements were made on the topics of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by Chile, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Iraq, Ireland, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lesotho, Nigeria, Norway, People’s Republic of China, South Africa, Turkey and Venezuela on the 9 October 2014 at the First Committee of the 69th Session of the General Assembly.

SALW

First Committee of the 69th Session of the General Assembly- 8 October 2014
09 Oct 2014

At the General Debate of the First Committee of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly on the 8 October 2014 the following States spoke on the topics of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT): Algeria, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cuba, Denmark, France, Libya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Spain and Switzerland.  

UNPoA

First Committee of the 69th Session of the General Assembly- 7 October 2014
07 Oct 2014

Indonesia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the European Union, Nigeria on behalf of the African Group, Egypt on behalf of the Arab Group, Philippines on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Trinidad and Tobago on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and Mexico and India in their national capacity spoke on the topic of small arms and light weapons (SALW) at the first session at the General Debate of the First Committee of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly.

UNPoA