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

UN: Diplomats agree to conclude Arms Trade Treaty at final negotiations set for March in 2013

On 7th November, members States of United Nations at the 67th session of UN General Assembly First committee, voted the Resolution L11 on the Arms Trade Treaty in New York at UN Headquarter. 157 voted in favour, 18 abstentions and Zero vote against. The Resolution mandates Conference on ATT to be held in March 2013. The ATT Resolution was initiated by a group of co-authors including Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan, Kenya and United Kingdom.

67th Session of the UN General Assembly’s First Committee Begins 8th October

The 67th Session of the GA’s First Committee will begin on Monday 8th October at the UN Secretariat in New York.

UN Small Arms Conference Reaches Agreement on Final Afternoon

IANSA is pleased that the Second Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action (UNPoA) managed to reaffirm States’ commitments to address the illicit trade of small arms and light weapons (SALW).

Disarm Domestic Violence

16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence.

An International campaign for the Elimination of Violence against Women is under way.

Israel: Newly proposed law threatens efforts to control small arms in security industry

In Israel, a newly proposed ‘Security Services Law’ threatens an existing, though un-enforced, clause of the Firearms Law that restricts security guards from taking their guns home. If the proposed law were implemented it would automatically allow security guards to take their guns home whilst off-duty.

Argentina: Guns used in more than half of all murders of women

Nearly 60% of women murdered in Argentina from 1997 to 2010 were killed with a gun, according to IANSA member Asociación para Políticas Públicas (APP).

The Arms Trade Treaty

The Arms Trade Treaty: why women?
This article was written by IANSA Women's Network coordinator Sarah Masters for the openDemocracy website and makes the case for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that protects women by linking to the existing binding international instruments covering gender-based violence.
 
Accreditation for the ATT PrepCom 11-15 July 2011

The UN Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) has issued an Aide Memoir outlining the accreditation procedure for Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to participate at the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty<--break->, Third Session (PrepCom) 11-15 July 2011.

IANSA members and Secretariat at disarmament conference

On 12 May, IANSA members Fundacio per la Pau, Centre d’Estudis per a la Pau J.M. Delas and Action on Armed Violence, alongside Ranveig Svenning Berg from the IANSA Secretariat, gave presentations on civil society involvement in peace and disarmament and the campaign for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at a conference in Castellón, Spain.

Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence

India: Rural youth rallies

Two rural youth rallies against gun violence and misuse of small arms were organised by the Rural Development and Youth Training Institute in the Kota District, Rajasthan, India.

Burundi: Press conference and radio interviews highlighting the need for an Arms Trade Treaty

Good Generation of Burundi hosted a press conference in Bujumbura, which was attended by the President of the National Standing Committee for civilian disarmament,

Burkina Faso: Week of Action launched in the national media

The West Africa Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA- Burkina) launched the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence with a press release announcing the main themes and activities for the week in Burkina Faso.

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