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| Week of Action 2003 press coverage |
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| June 14, 2003 |
Ghana:
Allocate Funds To Control Arms – Christian
Council
myjoyonline.com
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| June 8, 2003 |
PESHAWAR: Spread of weapons termed alarming
Dawn
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| June 8, 2003 |
‘Civilians
own majority of small firearms’
Daily Times (Pakistan)
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| June 8, 2003 |
Need stressed for check on arms smuggling
paktribune.com
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| June 6, 2003 |
Kampot Ceremony Sybolizes Break From Past
Cambodian Daily |
| June 5, 2003 |
UGANDA - At a press conference in Kampala about the Week of Action, the government
announced a census and voluntary collection of legally held guns.
Government
to Count Guns
allAfrica.com (The Nation)
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| June 5, 2003 |
Nya
vapenregler ska stoppa rån
Dagens Nyheter (In Swedish)
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| June 5, 2003 |
MALAWI - After a press release published
complete in the Malawi News on Friday, the Centre for Human Rights
and Rehabilitation (CHRR) received coverage in The Nation today, with
quotes from the project coordinator, Undule Mwakasungura. More |
| June 4, 2003 |
Restrição à venda
de armas
estadao.com.br (In Portuguese) |
| June 4, 2003 |
Manifestação contra violência
pede controle de armas de fogo
Jornal do Senado (In Portuguese) |
| June 4, 2003 |
Vítimas
das armas
Globo.com (In Portuguese)
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| June 4, 2003 |
Passos firmes pela paz
Correio Braziliense (In Portuguese)
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| June 4, 2003 |
Mães de vítimas da violência
protestam em Brasília
Folha Online (In Portuguese)
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| June 3, 2003 |
S.
Africa fights guns in schools
CNN
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| June 3, 2003 |
South
Africa: Gun Violence Against Children in the Spotlight
SABC |
| June 3, 2003 |
Ghana:
Halt Misuse Of Weapons – Erskine
myjoyonline.com |
| June 3, 2003 |
UNITED STATES - The Pro-Gun lobby has
leapt into action upon learning of the Week of Action. They
report a sinister UN plan to steal their weapons.
Upcoming
UN Conference Seeks To Ban Guns
Talon News |
| June 2, 2003 |
Ghana:
Arms Launch
Ghanaweb |
| June 2, 2003 |
SENEGAL – A press conference to launch
MALAO’s new report on SALW in Senegal was attended by humanitarian
and development NGOs, as well as reporters from local newspapers, radio
and tv, Africa International magazine and The Economist. IANSA’s
Communications Officer, Awa Ceesay, was on hand to answer questions
about the UN PoA, the Week of Action Against Small Arms and the
global movement against gun violence. |
| June 2, 2003 |
MACEDONIA - The Balkan Action Network
on Small Arms held a successful roundtable discussion on increasing
women's involvement in voluntary disarmament efforts, and gave interviews to newspapers, radio and TV. |
| June 1, 2003 |
PARAGUAY - A conference on 1 June of the
Youth Parliament with more than 30 youth groups was covered by the
tv station Canal 9-SNT and the newspaper Noticias de Paraguay, which
dedicated almost a full page to the event. A breakfast on small arms
the next morning attracted representatives from 10 media outlets and
resulted in IANSA participants being interviewed on two tv and 6 radio
stations. |
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MACEDONIA - In addition to articles in
various printed media, the Balkan Action Network Against Small
Arms (BANSA) gave presentations on national MTV, and the radio networks RAVEL and RESEN. |
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LEBANON - In an interview with Tele Liban,
Fadi Abi Allam of the Permanent Peace Movement promoted the
Week of Action and the Lebanese conference on small arms that
he has organised for Saturday. The programme was broadcast on Arab and Nile satellite TV. |
| May 29, 2003 |
120,000
Illegal Firearms in Northern Rift Valley
allAfrica.com (The Nation)
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