International Day of Disarmament and Non-proliferation

The Small Arms Survey has a long history of supporting the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UN PoA) and the International Tracing Instrument (ITI). Key issues for this year’s series of meetings include: improving international cooperation and assistance in implementation of the UN PoA and ITI; the challenges and opportunities that innovations and new technology present to the UN PoA and ITI; integration of small arms and light weapons into national development processes; setting national and regional targets for implementation; the fellowship training programme; the Open-ended technical expert group on recent developments in small arms and light weapons manufacturing, technology, and design; the need for reviewing and updating MOSAIC; improvised and artisanal small arms; synergies with the Global Framework on Ammunition; demand factors and enablers of illicit small arms and light w...