The United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects was held in New York

New York

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 from 9 -20 July 2001 as decided in United Nations General Assembly

United Nations General Assembly

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 Resolution 54/54 V. Preceded by three preparatory committee sessions, the two-week Conference resulted in the adoption of the 'Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.' States are required to report to the United Nations on the progress of their implementation of the UN Programme of Action, commonly known as the PoA.

The United Nations General Assembly scheduled a review conference in New York which was held from 26 June to 7 July 2006. The Review Conference was plagued by disagreements and states were unable to agree on a substantive outcome document. There have also been four Biennial Meetings of States to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action, in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010. The 2008 Biennial Meeting of States resulted in the adoption, by vote, of an Outcome Document focusing on three main issues: international assistance, cooperation and capacity-building, stockpile management and surplus disposal and illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons. A review conference of the Programme of Action is scheduled for 2012.

See also

• Small arms proliferation
  Small arms proliferation
  Small arms proliferation is a term used by organizations and individuals advocating the control of small arms and their trade; the term has no precise definition...
  
  
• SALW
  SALW
  SALW is an acronym, meaning Small Arms and Light Weapons, a term used in arms control protocols to refer to two main classes of weapons:...
  
  
• Small Arms
  Small arms
  Small arms is a term of art used by armed forces to denote infantry weapons an individual soldier may carry. The description is usually limited to revolvers, pistols, submachine guns, carbines, assault rifles, battle rifles, multiple barrel firearms, sniper rifles, squad automatic weapons, light...
  
  
• Gun Politics
  Gun politics
  Gun politics addresses safety issues and ideologies related to firearms through criminal and noncriminal use. Gun politics deals with rules, regulations, and restrictions on the use, ownership, and distribution of firearms.-National sovereignty:...
  
  
• Arms trafficking
• Small Arms Survey
  Small Arms Survey
  The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland...
  
  

External links

• United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, 9 - 20 July 2001
• United Nations Small Arms Review Conference 2006
• Third Biennial Meeting of States to Consider 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
• Small Arms and Light Weapons/Armed Violence, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
• United Nations Programme of Action Implementation Support System
• IANSA: Small Arms at the UN
• Text of the Programme of Action at the Center for a World in Balance