IANSA logo
about iansa header - no link
Home | About Us | Regions | Key Issues | Resources | Events & Campaigns | Media | What's New | Women's Portal

 

Small Arms at the UN

2006: El año para controlar la crisis de las armas

2006 : vers la concrétisation du contrôle du commerce des armes

Report summary

Case studies:
Brazil
Liberia
Uganda
UK
Yugoslavia

Statistics

Guns in the Congo
Charles Bilali's speech
16 May 2006

 
 
 
2006: Bringing the global gun crisis under control

1000 killed every day

The global proliferation of small arms and light weapons represents an epidemic which should be addressed as urgently as avian flu, according to a new report released 16 May 2006 by IANSA.

Click here to download the press release
Click here to download the report summary
Click here to download the report

Press conference

Although the gun epidemic continues unabated, the international community has failed to address it as a crisis. The United Nations held its first major meeting on the issue just five years ago, and the UN Small Arms Review Conference will be held in June. Whilst urgent action is clearly indicated, there are fears that the meeting will simply re-run its previous, five year old discussions and miss the opportunity to move forward.

The IANSA report indicates four key areas for action:

  • Global standards to regulate the international transfer of weapons
  • Regulation of guns in civilian hands
  • Incorporation of armed violence prevention into development projects and funding
  • The provision of assistance to survivors of armed violence.

 

Latest news

Italy: The ControllArmi coalition translated the report into Italian:
2006: Teniamo sotto controllo la crisi globale delle armi

Pistolas en el hipermercado global

La Vanguardia (Catalonia), 26 junio 2006

Fundació per la Pau in Barcelona published the 2006 IANSA report in Catalan on 25 May
1000 persones moren cada dia a causa de la violència armada

Guns kill 1,000 people daily
Daily News & Analysis (India)
17 May 2006

Gun violence a global epidemic: report
The Age (Australia)
17 May 2006

Keep registry, Canada told
Toronto Star (Canada)
17 May 2006

Mil personas mueren por día víctimas de armas ligeras
Diario Hoy (Argentina)
17 de Mayo 2006

Mille personnes tuées chaque jour par une arme à feu
7 sur 7 (Belge)
17 de Mai 2006

Mil personas mueren por día víctimas de armas ligeras
Diario Hoy (República Dominicana)
17 de Mayo 2006

Mille personnes tuées chaque jour par une arme à feu
Le Vif (Belge)
16 de Mai 2006

Gun violence kills 1,000 every day – report
Scotsman (UK)
16 May 2006

Guns kill 1 000 a day - report
News 24 (South Africa)
16 May 2006

Mil personas mueren al día en el mundo, víctimas de armas ligeras
Terra (España)
16 de Mayo 2006

Report urges U.N. action on small arms
World Peace Herald
16 May 2006

 

 

 
 
© IANSA 1999 - 2006


Charity Web Design by sitewriters.co.uk