Parliamentary Forum General Assembly on Small Arms and Light Weapons 2014

13/11/2014
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14/11/2014
Descripción de la actividad

The Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons' General Assembly was held on 13-14 November 2014 in collaboration with the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Jordan with over 30 parliamentarians in attendance. The participants discussed the issue of explosive weapons in populated areas, the ATT and other international arms control instruments. The General Assembly included a joint session with the participants of the meeting on small arms and light weapons (SALW) control in the MENA region that was organized by the Forum on the day before. The session stressed the role of parliamentary oversight and political will in the control of SALW, as well as the specific regional issues which overlap and interact with the problems created through armed violence and the proliferation of SALW. Experts and civil society representatives from Conflict Armament Research, PAX, International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), Permanent Peace Movement and Saferworld delivered presentations during the various sessions. The General Assembly adopted a policy statement on armed violence and health and elected a new board for the Forum.

Tipo de actividad
Sensitization and outreach
Enfoque de la Actividad
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Socios
Albania
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Costa Rica
Ghana
Iraq
Jordan
Kenya
Lebanon
Malawi
Morocco
Nicaragua
Oman
Palestine
Peru
Republic of the Congo
Serbia
Seychelles
Somalia
Togo
Uganda
Uruguay
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
Implementadores
Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons
Donantes
Jordan
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Contacto

Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons
Hammarby Fabriksväg 23
120 30 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)8 653 2543
E-mail: secretariat@parlforum.org
www.parliamentaryforum.org
Point of Contact: Karin Olofsson, General Secretary
Phone: +46 (0)8 653 2543
E-mail: olofsson@parlforum.org