Control Arms Coalition Activities to Encourage accession to the ATT in Zambia
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War-Zambia (IPPNW-Zambia) and SACCORD carried out a number of activities in Zambia to encourage its leaders to accede to the ATT. Over 30 members members of Parliament and representatives from the Ministries of Justice, Defence, Foreign Affairs, and Customs, policy, media, the National Commission on Small Arms as well as from civil society organizations participated in a two-and-a-half-day seminar on the ATT. The discussions focused on the outcomes of the first Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP2015) and outlined a roadmap towards the Treaty’s ratification in Zambia.
The #ArmsFreeAfrica campaign, a signature focus for Control Arms in 2016, is intended to help reduce the damaging effects of violence caused by the poor regulation of arms transfers in Africa. Its goals are to raise the profile of the threat posed by armed violence, support further universalization and effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in Africa and raise the profile of African Control Arms coalition members. Building on Nigeria’s position as President of the second Conference of States Parties to the ATT (CSP2016), the #ArmsFreeAfrica campaign seeks to highlight the related problems of armed violence and chronic, cyclical conflict in Africa.
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