5th Annual Meeting of the Arab National Focal Points for SALW

05/06/2012
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07/06/2012
Activity description

On 5-7 June 2012, LAS hosted the 5th Annual Meeting of the Arab National Focal Points for SALW. This closed door meeting, which is held periodically, addressed international and regional developments in SALW controls and also represented the occasion to coordinate the position of the Arab States ahead of the 2nd Review Conference of the UNPOA (held from 27 August to 7 September 2012 in New York) and the UN Conference on the drafting of an Arms Trade Treaty (held on 2-27/7/2012 in New York).

Type of Activity
Sensitization and outreach
Focus of Activity
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Partners
Algeria
Bahrain
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Sudan
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Implementers
League of Arab States (LAS)
Contact Details

League of Arab States
Tahrir Square 1, 11642 Cairo, Egypt
Tel.: +20 2 25750511
Fax: +20 2 25740331
Point of Contact: Fadi Achaia
Phone: ext. 3567
E-mail: fadi.achaia@las.int