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Venezuela: Seminar on gun violence reduction

Representatives from Viva Rio, the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons, IANSA and the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-LiREC) joined the Venezuelan Presidential Commission on Gun and Ammunition Control and Disarmament in a seminar to share experiences on gun violence reduction

Brazil: Government launches new disarmament plan ahead of 2014 FIFA World Cup

The Brazilian Ministry of Justice has launched a plan to promote disarmament ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Brazil. It includes activities such as giving free tickets, footballs and shirts signed by footballers in return for guns handed in to authorities

Churches Support a Humanitarian Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

On 21 October, the World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted the seminar "United Nations Hearing on the Global Arms Trade Treaty" in New York.Participants heard testimonies from those particularly affected by armed violence and human rights abuses as a result of the proliferation of small arms. Antonio Rangel Bandeira of Viva Rio, an IANSA member in Brazil, spoke about the relationship between gun trafficking and high rates of gun-related deaths.

Brazil: National football team joins campaign for voluntary disarmament

The Brazilian national football team is supporting the Brazilian Disarmament Network, a coalition of more than 70 organisations, in a campaign for voluntary disarmament.

Brazil: 'Children’s Disarmament Campaign' during the Week of Action 2011

Viva Rio launched the Children’s Disarmament Campaign at the Escola Municipal Tasso da Silveira school in Rio de Janeiro where 12 students were shot dead in April this year.

Brazil: 500 guns collected in two weeks during national disarmament campaign

In Brazil, IANSA member Viva Rio collected more than 500 guns in just two weeks as part of a national campaign for voluntary disarmament.

IANSA members in Brazil react to Rio de Janeiro school shooting

The death toll from yesterday's shooting in the Tasso da Silveira primary school, Rio de Janeiro, rose to 13 as a 13 year old boy who had been injured by a bullet died in local hospital late yesterday.

11 children killed and 18 injured in Rio school shooting

Nine girls and one boy between 12 and 14 years old were killed when a 23-year old entered a classrom in Tasso da Silveira primary school,Rio de Janeiro, and opened fire with two .38 handguns

Viva Rio study on arms trafficking in Brazil

Viva Rio has released the result of a comprehensive research project on illicit trafficking on small arms in Brazil, based on the analysis of over 300,000 weapons seized and tracked throughout the country over the last 20 years.

Argentina: IANSA members attend conference on arms trafficking

Several IANSA members including Sou da Paz and Viva Rio from Brazil, and Amnesty International Chile participated in a conference on regional arms trafficking, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 9-10 December.

Brazil: Government announces permanent disarmament campaign

The Brazilian Minister of Justice has signed an agreement with IANSA member Viva Rio, establishing their disarmament campaign as a permanent state policy.

Brazil: Remembering Pablo, Ana Carolina & Ronald

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.

Haiti: Security is a problem in relief operations

As military escorts provide security for food and water deliveries, looting appears to be subsiding in earthquake-devastated Haiti. However, concerns about public security remain as 4,000 prisoners escaped from Port-au-Prince’s main penitentiary.

In solidarity with Haitian colleagues

We are saddened to hear the news about the devastating effects of the earthquake in Haiti. We are trying to contact our members there but so we far haven't heard from several of them.