The Parliamentary Forum held a workshop, in cooperation with UNREC and the National Assembly of Togo, to promote the implementation of the ATT and the PoA among Parliamentarians from Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. The aim of the conference was to discuss the specific issue of violence and the proliferation of SALW as well as the role of parliamentarians in ratifying the ATT and to promote south- south cooperation. At the end of the workshop the text of the final declaration from the meeting was discussed, amended and adopted.