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Campaigners and experts discussed the flow of weapons in Pakistan at a seminar in Peshawar, 29 February 2009 |
Pakistan civil society is becoming more engaged with the urgent need for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), through a series of workshops organised by the Community Appraisal & Motivation Programme (CAMP).
Provincial seminars were organised in Peshawar and Karachi, with speakers providing information about the impact of small arms proliferation in Pakistan, and the process towards an Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations.
The final seminar was a national event, hosted in Islamabad on 5 <arch. The UK High Commissioner gave a short speech outlining the importance of civil society in obtaining an effective ATT.
Each of the seminars has received significant national media coverage, illustrated in English newspapers on the right of this page.
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Discussions at the seminar in Karachi, 5-6 February 2009 |
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Discussions at the seminar in Islamabad, 5 March 2009 |
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Selected media coverage
Government urged to endorse Arms Trade Treaty Business Recorder, 7 March 2009
Government Urged to Endorse Arms Trade Treaty CAMP media release, 5 March 2009
Of indigenous fishermen, culture and Talibanisation, News, 12 February 2009
Civil society urges government to join global Arms Trade Treaty News, 7 February 2009
Consultation on ATT held, Frontier Post, 1 February 2009
Consultation held on ATT, Statesman, 1 February 2009
Workshop on arms trade held, Nation, 1 February 2009
Mostly women and children become victim of small arms, Frontier Post, 31 January 2009
Call to regularise arms trade, Dawn, 30 January 2009
Policy to stop small arms proliferation urged, News, 29 January 2009
Speakers want govt to stop small arms proliferation, Dawn, 29 January 2009
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