PF-SALW seminar on: Connecting the dots: supporting the implementation of the Agenda 2020, the ATT and the UNPOA through a greater parliamentary engagement and action in international processes

07/11/2019
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08/11/2019
Activity description

On 7-8 November 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 is 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
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Uruguay
Implementers
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
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:  Fausto Brindis               
Phone: +46(0)86532543
E-mail:  brindis@parlforum.org