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Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence 2016

 

This year’s Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence is scheduled for 1-8 May 2016.  

IANSA members at MGE2: 1-5 June 2015

 

2 June 2016 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day! Click on the image to join the campaign.

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IANSA's new UN Liaison Officer

 

IANSA welcomes our new UN Liaison Officer, Rose Welsch. She takes over from Michele Poliacof, whom we thank for her years of dedicated service, and for agreeing to continue sharing her wisdom and advice with us. Rose will be responsible for coordinating civil society participation in the Sixth Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms (BMS6), to be held at UN Headquarters in New York 6-10 June 2016.

First Committee of the 70th Session of the General Assembly

The First Committee of the GA begins on 7 October and runs until 9 November 2015. Information on sessions can be found here.

2nd Meeting of Governmental Experts 2015

For all information on MGE2 held 1-5 June 2015, please visit our MGE2 page at: www.iansa.org/MGE2

Security Council Open Debate on Small Arms

The Security Council open debate on "The human cost of the illicit transfer, accumulation, diversion and misuse of small arms and light weapons"(SALW) took place at the UN in New York on 13 May. 

Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence 2015

This year's Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence takes place from 11-18 May.

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First Committee of the 70th Session of the General Assembly
15 Oct 2015

The First Committee of the GA begins on 7 October and runs until 9 November 2015. Information on sessions can be found here.

2nd Meeting of Governmental Experts 2015
04 Jun 2015

For all information on MGE2 held 1-5 June 2015, please visit our MGE2 page at: www.iansa.org/MGE2

Security Council Open Debate on Small Arms
14 May 2015

The Security Council open debate on "The human cost of the illicit transfer, accumulation, diversion and misuse of small arms and light weapons"(SALW) took place at the UN in New York on 13 May. 

Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence 2015
11 May 2015

This year's Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence takes place from 11-18 May.

First Committee of the 69th session of the General Assembly- 28 October 2014
29 Oct 2014

On 28 October 2014 the following delegations addressed issues regarding international security: Jamaica on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Cuba, Pakistan, and Trinidad and Tobago. In addition, NGOs had the opportunity to address the First Committee, with Control Arms, IANSA and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom speaking on the topics of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).