Small Arms and the
Humanitarian Community:
Developing A Strategy for Action
Report of the Proceedings
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It is like we
are mopping the floor with the taps on.
It takes five minutes to shower bullets but it takes three hours and
immense resources to repair each person.
Even if we could afford it, it is a horrible waste. We need to direct our full energy to trying
to prevent this crisis from escalating any further. The humanitarian community
can help to turn off the tap.
Dr Olive Kobusingye, Trauma Surgeon in
CONTENTS
Basil Lucima, Oxfam GB
The strength of the small arms NGO community
Sally Joss, International Action Network on Small Arms
Developing a
Strategy for Action for the NGO Humanitarian Community on Small Arms
Cate Buchanan, Centre for
Humanitarian Dialogue
The costs of the
abuse of small arms
Isaac Lappia, Amnesty International Sierra
Leone
The UN Conference
on small arms: diplomatic success, humanitarian failure
Joost Hiltermann,
Human Rights Watch
One step forward,
two steps back: guns and sustainable development
Gaim Kebreab,
Norwegian Church Aid
Building the
evidence base what is known, where are the gaps?
Robbert Muggah,
Small Arms Survey
Going to the
source of the illness
Dr Olive Kobusingye, Injury Control Centre of
Uganda
3. LEARNING
LESSONS FROM OTHER CAMPAIGNS
The International
Campaign to Ban Landmines
Sue Wixley, International Campaign to Ban
Landmines
Drop the Debt
Campaign Did it work?
Adrian Lovett, Oxfam GB
Next steps for the
campaign to stop the use of child soldiers
Rory Mungoven, Coalition to Stop the Use of
Child Soliders
Campaign for an
International Criminal Court
Betty Murungi, Campaign for an International
Criminal Court
4. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE CAMPAIGN IDEAS
Campaign proposal:
global assault weapons ban
Lora Lumpe, Norwegian Church Aid
The Framework
Convention on International Arms Transfers
Greg Puley, Arias Foundation for Peace and
Human Progress
Michael Crowley, British American Security Information Council
Lisa Misol, Human Rights Watch
Human Security -
Not Small Arms Abuse
Brian Wood, Amnesty International
Ideas from
workshops on campaigning
ANNEX B: Humanitarian Statement of Concern
ANNEX C: Elements of a Strategy of Action by Cate
Buchanan, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue