Quick Guide: Results of the Seventh Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) (October 2021)

This Quick Guide provides an overview of key outcomes of the Seventh Biennial Meeting of States (BMS7) 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 (PoA). It includes suggested follow-up actions, primarily focused on analysts, activists, and diplomats. This guide supplements other IANSA resources prepared for BMS7, including:

• “Five Key Issues for the Seventh Biennial Meeting of States (BMS7) on the UN Programme of Action (PoA)”;
• “The Programme of Action on Small Arms: Why Ammunition Must be Included”;
• “IANSA Call to Action on Gender and Small Arms Control”;
• “Towards BMS7: Marking and Tracing”;
• “Towards BMS7: Stockpile management”.

For each of these five issues, this Quick Guide gives a summary of what happened at the Conference and why the results are important, with suggestions for next steps.