PF-SALW seminar on “Enhancing parliamentary engagement and action for more peaceful and sustainably developed societies - implementation of 2030 Agenda, the Arms Trade Treaty and the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UN PoA)"

03/10/2019
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04/10/2019
Activity description

On 3-4 October 2019, as part of the project "Targeting uncontrolled small arms and light weapons: - Building more peaceful, inclusive societies by parliamentary action to overcome obstacles to sustainable development and human security", PFSALW organised a seminar  to address the international instruments that guide and regulate conventional arms control, through increased parliamentary engagement and action in international processes. It aimed to increase parliamentary commitment, understanding and participation in the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the United Nations Programme to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UNPoA) and 2030 Agenda, more concretely Sustainable Development Goal 16, Target 4 (SDG 16.4), aimed to significantly reduce illicit arms flows. Specific focus was on the Women, Peace and Security agenda (WPS) and the Youth, Peace and Security agenda (YPS) including promoting the effective implementation Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) on WPS (UNSCR1325 and subsequent resolutions) and YPS (UNSCR 2250).

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Legal or legislative assistance
Sensitization and outreach
Focus of Activity
Diversion
Enforcement
Gender based violence (GBV)
Import controls
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Regional instruments
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Partners
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Côte d’ivoire
Ethiopia
Gabon
Kenya
Madagascar
Mali
Namibia
Niger
Rwanda
Senegal
South Africa
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zimbabwe
Implementers
Pan African Parliament (PAP)
Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons
Donors
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Budget
USD
Contact Details

Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Hammarby Fabriksväg 23, 120 30, Stockholm, Sweden

Tel.: +46(0)86532543

E-mail: secretariat@parlforum.org

Point of Contact: Emmanuelle Texier
Phone: +46(0)86532543
E-mail: texier@parlforum.org