Enhancing the ATT and the UNPoA Implementation by South-South Parliamentary Exchange and Cooperation in Peru

21/05/2015
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22/05/2015
Activity description

The Parliamentary Forum on SALW, in cooperation with the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the Congress of Peru organised the conference, 'Enhancing ATT and UNPoA Implementation by South-South Parliamentary Exchange and Cooperation'. This seminar is one in a series of efforts to create spaces for dialogue and bring in the needs of all regions. The conference provided a space for parliamentarians to debate, join forces and contribute to the advancement of the small arms and armed violence reduction agenda.

Project description

The project 'Enhance ATT and UNPoA Implementation by South-South Parliamentary Exchange and Cooperation' provides support for the ratification of the ATT by organizing inter-regional exchanges for legislators from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. The project is funded by the UN Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR) a multi-donor funding mechanism designed to fund projects aimed at supporting the implementation of the ATT and the UNPoA.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Sensitization and outreach
Focus of Activity
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Transfer controls
Partners
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ghana
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Tanzania
Togo
Zimbabwe
Implementers
Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)
Donors
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
UN Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR)
Contact Details

Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Box 612, 101 32
Stockholm, Sweden
E:info@parlforum.org
T:+46 (0)8 653 2543
http://www.parliamentaryforum.org

Fausto Brindis, Programme Officer
brindis@parlforum.org