IANSA at the UN Small Arms Review Conference
Charles Nasibu Bilali (Congolese Disarmament Network, RECAAL) addressing the RevCon on the impact of illicit small arms transfers.
IANSA members from more than 70 countries travelled to New York (US) to support the UN Small Arms Review Conference. IN addition to raising awareness of the meeting through the Control Arms campaign, activists engaged in advocacy with their government delegates, providing regular information and advice during the meeting.
Some of the reports and briefings published by civil society during the meeting are available in the right.
IANSA also prepared a conference newsletter every two days.
Civil society could not participate in the conference, and instead gave a series of presentation on 30 June:
Civil society presentations
Vision for 2012
Rebecca Peters, IANSA Director
Why this meeting is important
Shelley Barry, film maker, South Africa
International small arms and light weapons transfers
Cesar Marin, Amnesty International - Venezuela
Impact des transferts internationaux d'armes sur les pays en voie de développement
Charles Nasibu Bilali, RECAAL, DRC
Personal testimony
Mary Leigh Blek
Integrar el desarrollo en el control de las armas pequeñas
Bernice Romero, Oxfam International
One Million of Us
Julius Arile Lomerinyang, Kenya
Addressing demand for small arms
Fadi Abi Allam, Permanent Peace Movement, Lebanon
Nacional coordination mechanisms: Lessons learned
Kingsley Rodrigo
National Firearms Legislation: Developments since 2001, with emphasis on lessons learned and implementation
Denis Mizne, Sou da Paz, Brazil
Post-conflict weapons control
Urias Teh Pour, CEDE, Liberia
El costo personal de la violencia armada
Xavier Torres Correa, Asociación Ecuatoriana de Personas con Discapacidad, Ecuador
La asistencia a sobrevivientes
Dra Emperatriz Crespin, MESARES, El Salvador
Follow-on mechanisms
Cate Buchanan, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Concluding remarks
Bishop Sengulane, Mozambican Council of Churches
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