UNREC Regional preparatory meetings for African States ahead of Third Review Conference on the United Nations Programme of Action on SALW

10/04/2018
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13/04/2018
Descripción de la actividad

To support African States in the preparation for the Third Review Conference of the UN Program of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) through its Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), and with the financial support of the European Union, organized regional preparatory meetings for African States. Taking place in Lomé, Togo, participants from West and Central Africa met from 10-11 April, while East and Southern African states met from 12-13 April. Discussions circled around issues including stockpile management, weapons marking, record-keeping, tracing, collection and destruction, border controls, assistance and cooperation, as well as ammunition and challenges from new technologies. The issue of preventing small arms and light weapon diversion, as well as exploring possible synergies between the PoA and the ATT, was also stressed in the discussions. These meetings brought together some twenty (20) government representatives, members of National Commissions from forty (40) Western, Central, Eastern and Southern African countries, delegates, representatives of regional, sub-regional and regional organizations, civil society organizations and United Nations experts. The work focused not only on the UN Program of Action to prevent, eliminate and combat the illicit trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in all its aspects (PoA) but also the International Tracing Instrument (ITI).

Descripción del Proyecto

The United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA) and its International Tracing Instrument (ITI) remain the global framework for coordinated efforts to combat the scourge of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons.

In preparation for the Third Review Conference (RevCon3), supporting African States to achieve the best possible conference outcome, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) through its Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), and with the financial support of the European Union, organized a series of regional preparatory meetings for African States.

Tipo de actividad
Institutional capacity-building
Sensitization and outreach
Enfoque de la Actividad
Border controls
Diversion
International instruments
Inventory and stockpile management
Marking
Record-keeping
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Tracing
Transfer controls
Socios
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Côte d’ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
eSwatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
São Tomé and Príncipe
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Implementadores
UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC)
Donantes
European Union (EU)
Contacto

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC)

B.P. 2705 Lomé – Togo

Phone: +228 (0)22 53 50 00

Fax: +228 (0)22 50 43 15

E-mail: mail@unrec.org

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Point of Contact: SIABI K. Hervé, Project Manager

Phone: +228 (0)22 53 50 00

E-mail: mail@unrec.org