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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).

News from gunpolicy.org

NGOs Slam New Arms Trade Treaty Draft, Blame US for Changes
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US Gun Deaths - and Tougher Laws - Shaped by Race
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Police Data Shows Spike in Illegal Gun Use in South Australia
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Both Sides of US Gun Debate Citing Nazis as Reason For, Against Guns
When the president of Ohio's state school board posted her opposition to gun control, she used a...

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged Central African governments to adopt a regional legal instrument to combat illicit arms trafficking, during a ministerial meeting in Kinshasa (DR Congo) on 30 April.

Remembering Port Arthur
29 Apr 2010

On 28 April we commemorate the tragedy that occurred in 1996 at Port Arthur in Tasmania (Australia), where 35 people were shot dead and 18 wounded.

Honduras: 81% of homicides involve firearms
29 Apr 2010

Firearms were used in 81% of homicides in Honduras during 2009, according to the Observatory on Violence, part of the Autonomous University of Honduras.

DR Congo: regional pre-BMS meeting takes place
29 Apr 2010

In Kinshasa (DR Congo) another regional pre-BMS meeting was attended by IANSA members and government officials from 10 Central African countries.

IANSA members meet BMS Chair & Central African governments
29 Apr 2010

IANSA members from Latin American and the Caribbean met Ambassador Pablo Macedo, chair of the 2010 Biennial Meeting of States (BMS), in Mexico City on 26-27 April.