The Arms Trade Treaty: Useful documents and initiatives relevant to Africa

This information pack was prepared by IANSA for the African Union Expert Meeting to elaborate an ATT common position in Lome, Togo 28-29 September 2011. It includes the following documents:

1. The Arms Trade Treaty Including Small Arms and Light Weapons: Key Components
2. Differences between the ‘United Nations Programme of Action’ and the ‘United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)’: Useful Documents
3. Towards an arms trade treaty: establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms
4.  Report of the Open ended Working Group towards an ATT: establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms
5. United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the ATT A/RES/64/48
6. Statement of the African Group at the First ATT Preparatory Meeting (ATT PrepCom) July 2010
7. Statement of the Group of Arab States at the First ATT Preparatory Meeting (ATT PrepCom July 2010)
8. Statement of the African Group at the Second ATT Preparatory Meeting (ATT PrepCom February 2011)
9. Statement of the East African Community at the Second ATT Preparatory Meeting (ATT PrepCom) February 2011
10. Statement of the Group of Arab States at the Second (ATT Preparatory) Meeting (ATT PrepCom) February 2011
11. Statement of the African Group at the Third ATT Preparatory Meeting (ATT PrepCom) July 2011
12. Statement of the Group of Arab States at the Third ATT Preparatory Meeting (ATT PrepCom) July 2011
13. ECOWAS Common Position on the ATT
14. The Sao Tome Declaration on a Central Africa Common Position on the ATT
15. Including Gender in the ATT
16. About IANSA