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Pakistan: Press conference

The government must enforce effective arms control legislation, urged Sustainable Peace and Development Organisation (SPADO), Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP) and Human Development Promotion Group (HDPG) at a press conference on 22 May.

In particular, they highlighted the need for the government to ratify the UN Firearms Protocol and establish a National Commission on small arms. They also highlighted the gun problem in Pakistan, particularly in the frontier region of Peshawar. The press conference received widespread media coverage.

Govt urged to ratify firearms protocol
Dawn (Islamabad), 23 May 2006

Arms monitoring urged
The Nation, 23 May 2006.

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