ECOWAS-ICRC Seminar on the Arms Trade Treaty

26/05/2014
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27/05/2014
Activity description

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) jointly organized the seminar on the ATT in Abuja, Nigeria. Topics covered included an overview of the ATT - its scope, core obligations, humanitarian rationale and status of ratification. The seminar also discussed transfer and export criteria; import, transit, trans-shipment and brokering; diversion; record-keeping and reporting.

Type of Activity
Sensitization and outreach
Focus of Activity
Brokering controls
Import controls
International instruments
Record-keeping
Regional cooperation
Reporting on arms transfers
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Transfer controls
Transit and trans-shipment controls
Partners
Nigeria
Implementers
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Contact Details

ICRC delegation – Nigeria
31 Pope John Paul II Street
Maitama
Wuse III, FCT
ABUJA
P.O.Box 7654
Tel: (+234) 706 418 90 02; 813 353 64 50; 810 709 55 51/2
E: abj_abuja@icrc.org
https://www.icrc.org/en