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Second Review Conference of the UNPoA

The Second Review Conference for the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (UNPoA), is about to commence at the UN Headquarters in New York, 27th - 7th August, 2012.

Joint Policy Paper on Gender and the Arms Trade Treaty

Four international organisations and networks - Amnesty International, the IANSA Women's Network, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Religions for Peace - have united to support the inclusion of a gender criterion in the ATT. 

United Nations: Dedicated Arms Trade Treaty website now live

The dedicated United Nations website on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) negotiations went live on 7 June: www.un.org/disarmament/ATT/. This website serves as the primary information platform regarding the historic United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, which will take place in New York from 2 to 27 July.

Accreditation and registration for UNPoA Review Conference now open

Accreditation and registration for the Review Conference on the PoA are now open. The Aide Mémoire for NGOs is available below.

IANSA UN Bulletin - April 2012

This special edition of the IANSA UN Bulletin features summaries from sessions and side events during the Fourth session of the ATT Preparatory Committee (13-17 February 2012) and the Preparatory Committee for the Second PoA Review Conference (19-23 March 2012).

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Latest - Campaigns and News

US: IANSA members react to Supreme Court Ruling on 2nd Amendment
01 Jul 2010

On 28 June, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment right to bear arms not only limits federal power but also that of state and local governments to regulate guns.

South Africa: IANSA member succeeds in getting arms trade data
01 Jul 2010

According to a revealing dossier released by IANSA member the Ceasefire Campaign, 58 countries receiving arms exports from South Africa between 2000-2009 failed to meet at least one of the criteria required by the National Conventional Arms Control Act. <--break->

Brazil: Remembering Pablo, Ana Carolina & Ronald
10 Jun 2010

On 1 June, Viva Rio (Brazil) and IANSA members in other countries celebrated the lives of Pablo Dreyfus, Ana Carolina Rodrigues and Ronald Dreyer, three prominent members of the global movement on small arms who died in the Air France crash a year ago.

Netherlands: Gender and peacebuilding
10 Jun 2010

IANSA woman An Vranckx represented the network at an international expert meeting in The Hague (Netherlands) to mark International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament, 24 May.

Dominican Republic: Women threatened by guns at home
10 Jun 2010

The Caribbean Institute for the Rule of Law (ICED) conducted a survey which shows that 42% of women victims of domestic violence in the Dominican Republic have been threatened with a gun.