January 2006 Preparatory Committee

UN Small Arms PrepCom
9-20 January 2006

IANSA press releases:

Axis of inaction: Coalition of the unwilling blocks progress on controlling small arms
IANSA press release
20 January 2006

El eje de la inacción: Una coalición bloquea el progreso del control de las armas de fuego
IANSA boletin de prensa
20 de enero 2006

Un axe d’inaction : la coalition des réfractaires fait obstacle au contrôle des armes légères
IANSA Communiqué de presse
20 de janvier 2006

Art imitates life, director of Lord of War attends UN small arms meeting
IANSA media advisory, 16 January 2006

2006: Critical year for achieving Arms Trade Treaty
Control Arms press release, 9 January 2006

Time to bite the bullet
IANSA PrepCom media advisory, 9 January 2006


UN Small Arms Preparatory Committee, Press Coverage
Andrew Niccol (right), director of the film Lord of War, spoke about the importance of regulating the arms trade

1 February 2006	NGO battles gun violence in Niger Delta Daily Sun (Nigeria)
25 January 2006	Tratado controlará comercio de armas Adital (Brazil)
24 January 2006	UN small arms meeting ends without way forward Common Dreams (US)
24 January 2006	Eight Million arms in circulation globally Awareness Times (Sierra Leone)
22 January 2006	Traditional foes hold up progress on small arms Newsday (Trinidad & Tobago)
21 January 2006	Taking Aim at Small-Arms Trafficking Zenit News Agency (Vatican)
21 January 2006	Oxfam-West Africa joins cry for global treaty on arms trade Angola Press
20 January 2006	Finland and EU support UN action against illegal trade in small arms Finnish Ministry Foreign Affairs (press release)
20 January 2006	Mali: Three groups launch arms control campaign in Bamako Angola Press
18 January 2006	Oxfam readies for an awareness-raising campaign on the control of the proliferation of small arms AlterPresse (Haiti)
18 January 2006	Geeta Kurhade attends arms meet at UN Nagpur Plus (India)
16 January 2006	Plus de 200.000 armes de tous calibres en circulation, dont 13.000 détenues par les gangs AlterPress (Haiti)
15 January 2006	Cada año se fabrican 16.000 millones de municiones, más de dos balas por cada hombre, mujer y niño del planeta El Mundo (España)
13 January 2006	Oxfam prépare une campagne de sensibilisation sur le contrôle de la prolifération des armes AlterPresse (Haiti)
13 January 2006	Feature articles in Avvenire, newspaper of the Catholic Church in Italy (PDF) Onu, milioni di volti per dare battaglia alle «armi leggere» Il «record» dell'Italia: solo gli Usa producono più di noi Ogni anno esportiamo per circa 300 milioni di euro Haiti: Un Paese in ostaggio dei delitti L'unione Africana: Djinnit: «Per la sicurezza non basta la nostra forza» Kinshasa: Un plebiscito di sì al referendum costituzionale prime elezioni ad aprile, ma restano le violenze Sierra Leone: Dodicimila mitragliatori restituiti dopo 11 anni di guerra Congo: «Chi ha un fucile qui comanda» Avvenire (Italy)
12 January 2006	Are Small Arms the Real Weapons of Mass Destruction? Asian Tribune
11 January 2006	2006 Critical year for achieving Arms Trade Treaty Scoop (New Zealand)
10 January 2006	Cuba Warns of Link between Terrorism and Arms Trade AIN (Cuba)
10 January 2006	Holy See Urges a Treaty on Small-Arms Trade Zenit News Agency (Vatican)
10 January 2006	UN to review progress in worldwide fight against illegal gun trafficking Islamic Republic News Agency (Iran)
10 January 2006	UN to review progress in worldwide fight against illegal gun trafficking Noticias.info (Spain)

More Info:

Daily summaries from UN Department of Public Information:

20 January 2006
18 January 2006
17 January 2006
16 January 2006
13 January 2006
12 January 2006
(includes IANSA presentation)
11 January 2006
9 January 2006