Campaigns

On this page you will find information and news about IANSA Campaigns. Scroll down for a calendar of upcoming events.

UN Small Arms Process

IANSA International Advisory Council meeting

The newly elected IANSA International Advisory Council (IAC) held its second teleconference meeting on 19 October. The meeting focused on priorities for IANSA in 2012

New research note on UN PoA reporting

A new research note from the Small Arms Survey provides a brief review of national reports on the PoA.

Summaries from the General Debate of the UN First Committee, October-November 2011

The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security of the UN General Assembly is taking place from 3 October to 1 November 2011 at UN Headquarters in New York.

Disarm Domestic Violence

Colombia: Two-thirds of murdered women are shot

64% of Colombian women that were killed between 2004 and 2008 were shot, said a report by the National Institute of Legal Medicine.

Argentina: Disarm Domestic Violence at the end of the world

In Ushuia (Argentina), the southernmost city in the world, more than 90 women community leaders, government officials, journalists and students participated in an event to support the Disarm Domestic Violence campaign on 29 March.

Serbia: Small arms and domestic violence

A national roundtable on small arms and domestic violence was held in Belgrade (Serbia) on International Women’s Day, 8 March, by Victimology Society of Serbia and the Disarm Domestic Violence campaign.

The Arms Trade Treaty

Amnesty International: Activism at international arms sales exhibition in Paris

In Paris, Amnesty France and partners organised a successful event in front of Eurosatory, an international security and defence exhibition displaying a wide range of arms for sale, including small arms and light weapons. Pictures are available here.The President of Amnesty France wrote an article on the international arms sales exhibition and the ATT in the French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur.

Amnesty International: Children share stories of gun violence in Mexico

In the lead up of the G-20 summit in Los Cabos, next week, Amnesty International Mexico is participating in a national contest co-organised by Save the Children and the G-20 presidency (Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs). The children of AI Mexico staff members recorded messages about real cases of armed violence in Mexico and asking the G-20 for strong controls on the arms trade. The stories most “liked” in the contest will be taken to the negotiations.

Amnesty International Global Tweet-a-thon, DRC Report and Campaign Video

As part of their ongoing strategy to apply pressure on the “Big Six” arms exporters, Amnesty International is having a global Tweet-a-thon targeting the foreign ministries of the USA, UK, France, Russia and China during the Global Week of Action. Each day AI will target one of the “Big Six” countries. On Day 1 of the Global Week of Action, tweeters targeted the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who responded in turn with a positive tweet on the ATT.

Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence

Kenya: Press conference on the Week of Action

The Kenya Action Network on Small Arms (KANSA) held a successful press conference at the Hilton Hotel Nairobi on the Global Week of Action and the ATT. The event was covered by journalists from almost twenty print and electronic media outlets in Kenya and was aired by Citizen Television. KANSA is also organising a community dialogue event in Huruma on Friday and prayer meetings on Sunday.

DR Congo: Discussion on the links between UN Security Council 1325 and the fight against gun violence

CJR/1325 (the Centre for Studies on Justice and Resolution 1325), IANSA member in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is holding a meeting with the Foreign Affairs Minister to advocate for the implementation and ratification of the Kinshasa Convention. The Centre has also launched a debate on how to link implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security with the fight against gun violence.

Burundi: Radio broadcasts calling on government to support a robust Arms Trade Treaty

The Colonie des Pionniers de Développement (CPD), IANSA member in Burundi, is working with local media, including the African Public Radio and the National Public Radio of Burundi to raise citizens’ awareness of the issues of gun violence and the importance of the government’s support for a strong Arms Trade Treaty.

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