Small Arms and Light
Weapons
The issue of small arms and light weapons (SALWs) has only come onto the UN agenda in recent years, but there is a growing awareness of the deadly threat to human security posed by these weapons. Up to 90% of direct deaths in areas of conflict are caused by small arms, while the use of small arms to deny access to food and healthcare is responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of people each year. In peaceful societies small arms continue to be used to maim and kill, causing 250,000 homicides and suicides each year and leaving thousands more people injured or permanently disabled. QUNO strives to support the United Nations in its efforts to address the proliferation of small arms and its effects, with a particular emphasis on the cross-cutting nature of this issue.
Expert Meeting on Small Arms Demand, Geneva.
On 17th January, QUNO Geneva hosted an experts meeting on "Setting a new
agenda for Demand Work". This event brought together close to thirty
experienced experts on various aspects of small arms demand, including
political advocacy, research, policy development and field implementation.
The aim of the one-day session was to review the development of small arms
demand theory, policy and practice; to assess its areas of success; to
identify gaps that need attention and to outline steps for further
development and consolidation of programming. A report that summarizes and
extends some of the ideas presented at the meeting, along with some relevant
documents are available below.
Review Conference on Small Arms action, July 2006
Click here to read QUNO dispatches from 26 June to 7 July 2006 United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the "Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects”, July 2006.
Click on the links below for more information about QUNO’s work on this
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