Beirut Conference 2015 on ‘Arms Control Mechanisms in the Middle East’

11/02/2015
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13/02/2015
Descripción de la actividad

This regional conference on 'Arms Control Mechanisms in the Middle East' was organized by Permanent Peace Movement (PPM), with support from the German Federal Foreign Office. It focused on international instruments for the control of conventional weapons, such as the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UNPoA); the International Tracing Instrument (ITI) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). 41 participants from 15 Arab and 4 European states were briefed on the technical details of these international arms controls instruments. The conference participants included representatives from the security sector, such as the army, police, customs and internal security, the ministries of foreign affairs of the different countries, the respective national parliaments and civil society. The conference addressed the question of how national focal points could be established and collect data on arms imports and arms transfers. To this purpose during day 3 in interactive sessions the participants split into working groups according to their region and elaborated how national focal points, and national coalitions for arms control could be established in their respective countries.

Tipo de actividad
Institutional capacity-building
Sensitization and outreach
Enfoque de la Actividad
Diversion
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Reporting on arms transfers
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Tracing
Transfer controls
Socios
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Palestine
Qatar
Sudan
Tunisia
Yemen
Implementadores
Permanent Peace Movement (PPM)
Donantes
Germany
Contacto

Permanent Peace Movement (PPM)
Address: 3rd floor, Residence 424, Mar Roukoz – Dekwaneh, Beirut – Lebanon
Tel.: +961 1 696729
E-mail: info@ppm-lebanon.org
Point of Contact: Fadi Abi Allam, Director
E-mail: f.abiallam@ppm-lebanon.org