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Small Arms at the UN

2008 Biennial Meeting of States

Governments will meet at the United Nations in New York, USA, 14-18 July to review progress on the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms.

UN Gun Sculpture
Outside the UN Secretariat in New York © Laura Cheeseman

First Committee of the UN General Assembly, 2007

Throughout October 2007, governments attended the First Committee, which proposes and adopts resolutions on disarmament and international security. The meeting adopted several resolutions on small arms control.

First Committee of the UN General Assembly, 2006

Throughout October 2006, governments attended the First Committee, which proposes and adopts resolutions on disarmament and international security. In addition to a range of reslutions on small ams, the meeting also adopted a resolution developing an Ams Trade Treaty.

UN Review Conference on Small Arms (RevCon)
Governments reviewed the 2001 UN Programme of Action. in New York (US), 26 June – 7 July 2006. Click on the link above to find out more, including photos and reports.

Other UN meetings and processes relating to small arms

UN Preparatory Committee on Small Arms (PrepCom)

2005 Biennial Meeting of States (BMS)

2003 Biennial Meeting of States (BMS)

 

 
Latest News

 

Security Council debate on small arms, April 2008

Press Release

Video Archive

Meeting Record - Part 1

Meeting Record - Part 2

UN Secretary General's report on small arms

April 2008

Geneva Declaration Newsletter - Issue 1,

April 2008

2008 Group of Government Experts

on Ammunition

ATT - 2008 Group of Government Experts

IANSA meets Liberian President at the UN

October 2007

Report of the UN Group of Government Experts on Brokering

August 2007

Informal Meeting on
Transfer Control Principles for Small Arms and Light Weapons

Geneva, Switzerland
27-31 August 2007

More success for the Arms Trade Treaty campaign

29 June 2007

UN to downgrade Department of Disarmament

19 January 2007

UN General Assembly adopts ATT Resolution

Arms Trade Treaty resolution

UN General Assembly, December 2006

IANSA presentation

UN Group of Governmental Experts on Arms Brokering, 27.11.06 - 1.12.06

Success for campaigners at UN First Committee

Victory in Arms Trade Treaty battle

Guns vs Human Rights: UN approves principles

IANSA at the UN Small Arms Review Conference

Countdown to the UN small arm review conference 2006

Making the UN Programme of Action work
Rebecca Peters
Disarmament Diplomacy
April 2006

IANSA presentations to the UN Security Council
March 2006

IANSA Report on the PrepCom

Overview of statements at the PrepCom
HDC Geneva

Small Arms Talks Hamstrung
Arms Control Today
March 2006

Taking Action on Small Arms
Disarmament Forum (UNIDIR)
February 2006
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