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| Site Additions : March 2007 |
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| 23 March |
Mozambique armoury explodes: Nearly 100 people killed
76 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a military armoury exploded in Maputo (Mozambique) on Thursday, 22 March. The armoury was in a residential area of the city and several buildings, including schools and medical facilities, were also badly damaged.
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| 16 March |
Kenya: illicit guns go up in smoke
Nearly 8000 guns went up in flames last week as part of the fourth national destruction of illicit small arms in Nairobi, Kenya. The public destruction ceremony was held on 15 March – exactly seven years after the Nairobi Declaration on small arms was signed in 2000. The Nairobi Declaration later led to the binding Nairobi Protocol on Small Arms, which entered into force in 2005.
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| 9 March |
Arms Trade Treaty Position Paper
The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Steering Committee has published a position paper titled ‘Assessing the feasibility, scope and parameters of an Arms Trade Treaty: an NGO perspective’. The paper is designed to assist national governments developing their submissions to the UN Secretary-General over the coming months. The full paper and the executive summary are currently available in English, Spanish and Arabic from the People's Consultation campaign page, and will shortly be available in French, Chinese, Russian and Portuguese. |
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| 2 March |
International Women's Day 2007
IANSA members will celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March, recognising the widespread and ongoing problem of gun violence against women. The issue was covered in the UN Secretary-General’s statement for IWD, in which he stressed ‘our responsibility to work for enduring change in values and attitudes’.
Some members of the IANSA Women’s Network are in New York for the UN Commission on the Status of Women. In Senegal, the NGO Malao will mark IWD by holding a People’s Consultation on the Arms Trade Treaty. For more information on IANSA’s involvement in International Women’s Day activities, visit the IANSA Women’s Network.
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