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This is an indication of where the UN is headed.
Civilian possession is addressed as a goal of this conference.
Further, although this meeting was paid for by several governments, listed in the document, the meeting itself was run under the Chatham system, so that opinions and goals outlined are not identified by the participants.
This is something which should be addressed and not allowed at any government paid meeting.
A very worthy read.
TIZ
Here is an brief outline;
United Nations Preparations for July 2006 Point of Action Meeting
Read the Summary Report of the Geneva Meeting (Adobe .pdf)
http://www.theinfozone.net/salw4.html
The United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (henceforth referred to as “the PoA”) will undergo its first comprehensive review on 26 June – 7 July 2006 at UN Headquarters in New York, five years after it was agreed. This Review Conference presents the international community with its first opportunity to strengthen this important global instrument with a view to making it better able to address the serious and wide-ranging human security challenges posed by the uncontrolled proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons around the world.
Both the formal and informal components of the second Biennial Meeting of States (BMS2) to consider implementation of the UNPoA1 went a long way towards identifying the issues that States and civil society consider to be of greatest importance when it comes to increasing the effectiveness of the PoA. These include issues that could not be resolved at the 2001 Small Arms Conference – e.g. the regulation of civilian ownership of small arms and the prohibition of their transfer to non-State groups – as well as issues that subsequent research and policy formulation have highlighted – e.g. common standards for transfer controls, addressing the factors driving the demand for small arms, providing assistance to the survivors of gun violence, etc.
Much strategic preparatory work is needed before the summer of 2006 in order to ensure that issues such as these can be adequately addressed at the Review Conference and, if possible, effectively integrated into the global regime on small arms control. Important opportunities for such preparatory work include the meeting of the UN General Assembly’s First Committee on Disarmament and International Security (3 October – 4 November 2005) and the meeting of the review conference Preparatory Committee (9-20 January 2006).
Civilian possession is addressed as a goal of this conference.
Further, although this meeting was paid for by several governments, listed in the document, the meeting itself was run under the Chatham system, so that opinions and goals outlined are not identified by the participants.
This is something which should be addressed and not allowed at any government paid meeting.
A very worthy read.
TIZ
Here is an brief outline;
United Nations Preparations for July 2006 Point of Action Meeting
Read the Summary Report of the Geneva Meeting (Adobe .pdf)
http://www.theinfozone.net/salw4.html
The United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (henceforth referred to as “the PoA”) will undergo its first comprehensive review on 26 June – 7 July 2006 at UN Headquarters in New York, five years after it was agreed. This Review Conference presents the international community with its first opportunity to strengthen this important global instrument with a view to making it better able to address the serious and wide-ranging human security challenges posed by the uncontrolled proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons around the world.
Both the formal and informal components of the second Biennial Meeting of States (BMS2) to consider implementation of the UNPoA1 went a long way towards identifying the issues that States and civil society consider to be of greatest importance when it comes to increasing the effectiveness of the PoA. These include issues that could not be resolved at the 2001 Small Arms Conference – e.g. the regulation of civilian ownership of small arms and the prohibition of their transfer to non-State groups – as well as issues that subsequent research and policy formulation have highlighted – e.g. common standards for transfer controls, addressing the factors driving the demand for small arms, providing assistance to the survivors of gun violence, etc.
Much strategic preparatory work is needed before the summer of 2006 in order to ensure that issues such as these can be adequately addressed at the Review Conference and, if possible, effectively integrated into the global regime on small arms control. Important opportunities for such preparatory work include the meeting of the UN General Assembly’s First Committee on Disarmament and International Security (3 October – 4 November 2005) and the meeting of the review conference Preparatory Committee (9-20 January 2006).