Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) African Regional Parliamentary Workshop on Addressing the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons

02/04/2016
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03/04/2016
Descripción de la actividad

The Workshop was organised within the framework of PGA’s Campaign to Address the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons and in collaboration with PGA’s National group in Tanzania. The purpose of this Workshop was to enable participating Members of Parliament from Botswana, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe to share with their colleagues the current position relating to how their respective countries are addressing the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, to identify potential areas for moving forward on a regional basis as well as to outline key national, regional and international instruments and treaties in place to facilitate to this objective. A Plan of Action, setting out concrete steps to be taken by participants, was adopted following conclusion of the Workshop.

Tipo de actividad
Sensitization and outreach
Enfoque de la Actividad
National action plan (NAP)
Regional cooperation
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Socios
Botswana
Cape Verde
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Liberia
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Implementadores
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)
Donantes
Finland
Contacto

Mr. Peter Barcroft (English/Spanish)
Director of Peace and Democracy Programme
Email: peter.barcroft@pgaction.org
Phone: + 1 917 414 0254

Mr. Thiago Carvalho (Portuguese/Spanish/English)
Executive Officer and Programme Associate, Peace & Democracy Programme
Email: thiago@pgaction.org
Phone: +1 646 762-7315