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Our Common Agenda is an agenda of action, designed to strengthen and accelerate multilateral agreements – particularly the 2030 Agenda – and make a tangible difference in people’s lives. Our Common Agenda contains recommendations across 4 broad areas for renewed solidarity between peoples and future generations, a new social contract anchored in human rights, better management […]

The 2023 Constructive Dialogues for the Review Mechanism of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and the Protocols will take place in hybrid format (in Vienna and online) following the conclusion of the Working Groups on (i) Firearms, (ii) Technical Assistance, (iii) International Cooperation, (iv) Trafficking in Persons, and (v) Smuggling of Migrants. The […]

On 24 December 2021, the General Assembly adopted resolution 76/233 establishing an Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) to elaborate a set of political commitments as a new global framework that will address existing gaps in through-life ammunition management. The fourth substantive session of the OEWG on conventional ammunition will be held in person at the United Nations headquarters in […]

The Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA) is the region’s main tool to address the issue of the illicit proliferation and trafficking of firearms from a coordinated and transnational perspective. CIFTA is a binding multilateral agreement to promote the establishment of controls and […]

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) has published the Training Manual on Mainstreaming Gender in Small Arms Control within the framework of its global gender and small arms project. The training manual contains the following units: Unit 1: Planning and designing Unit 2: Introduction to gender and small arms control Unit 3: Data collection, surveys and […]

On 24 December 2021, the General Assembly adopted resolution 76/233 establishing an Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) to elaborate a set of political commitments as a new global framework that will address existing gaps in through-life ammunition management. The third substantive session of the OEWG on conventional ammunition will be held in person at the United Nations headquarters in […]

The 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) First Committee on Disarmament and International Security took place from 3 October to 4 November 2022 in New York City. First Committee deals with all disarmament and security matters that affect the international community. It provides space for member states to exchange their views on […]

The second substantive session of the OEWG on conventional ammunition will be held in person at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 15 to 19 August 2022. The Chair-designate is Albrecht von Wittke. IANSA will be coordinating civil society participation. The aide-memoire (memorandum) containing information about logistics and modalities is accessible below. Information and updates related […]

The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by ECOSOC resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946. The CSW is instrumental in promoting […]

The Eighth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS8) 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) was convened at the United Nations in New York City from 27 June to 1 July 2022. BMS8 took place […]