The 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
New York, 26 June – 7 July 2006
Conference Side Events (indicative and subject to change)
Member States, International and Regional Organizations, UN Agencies and
Departments, Non-Governmental Organizations
Monday 26 June
Time
Organization
1:15 –
2:45
The Netherlands, United
Kingdom
1:15 –
2:45
UN - LiREC
1:15 –
IANSA
2:45
1:15 –
Small Arms Survey
2:45
6:00 - 8:00 IANSA/CHD/UNDP
Tuesday 27 June
Time
Organization
1:15 –
QUNO
2:45
1:15 –
IANSA
2:45
1:15 –
UNIDIR
2:45
1:15 –
2:45
1:15 –
2:45
6:30 –
9:00
Biting the Bullet
Consortium (International
Alert, SaferWorld, Univ. of
Bradford)
World Council of Churches
The Netherlands
Event Title
Ministerial Event:
Securing Development
Through Small Arms
Control
Illicit Firearms and
Public Security: A
Round Table
Intro Meeting
2006 Book Launch
Reception & Photo
exhibition
Event Title
Demand
Women’s Network
Presentation on
European Action on
SALW & Explosive
Remnants of War
Launch of the Red Book
Conference Room
/ Venue
4
E
6
Dag Hammarskjöld
Library Auditorium
42nd Main Cafeteria
Lobby (42nd St.
entrance)
Conference Room
C
4 Plenary Room
6
9
The Lethal Trade: A
Spiritual Perspective
Film & Reception:
“Dealing and Wheeling
in Small Arms ”
Dag Hammarskjöld
Library Auditorium
Dag Hammarskjöld
Library Auditorium
The 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
New York, 26 June – 7 July 2006
Wednesday 28 June
Time
Organization
1:15 –
IANSA
2:25
1:15 –
SEESAC
2:45
USA State Department
and SEESAC
Event Title
Survivors
C
Operational Support
Tools
4 Plenary Room
‘TRACKER’ and Arms
Export Reporting
Making a Difference NATO/Partnership for
Peace Trust Fund
SaferAfrica/Saferworld
Reference & Operations
Manual for National
Focal Points on SALW
1:15 –
2:45
NATO
1:15 –
2:45
SaferAfrica
1:15 –
2:45
6:30 8:30
World Vision
Children
The Netherlands
Film: “Dealing and
Wheeling in Small
Arms ”
Reception on the PoA
reporting
6:00 UNDP/UNIDIR/DDA/SAS
8:00
Thursday 29 June
Time
Organization
8:30 –
UNIDIR
10:00 am
Conference Room
1:15 –
2:15
UN Regional Centre for
Peace and Disarmament in
Africa
Event Title
International Small
Arms Assistance:
Observations and
Findings of a Global
Survey
Launching of the
SATCRA Database and
SALW Register in Africa
1:15 –
2:45
1:15 –
2:45
1:15 –
2:45
Small Arms Survey
Targeting Ammunition
ECOWAS
SALW
IANSA
Development
6
7
Dag Hammarskjöld
Library Auditorium
Dag Hammarskjöld
Library Auditorium
Express Bar
Conference Room
6
DDA Conference
Room S-3170B (31st
Floor of the
Secretariat Building)
C
4 Plenary Room
6
The 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
New York, 26 June – 7 July 2006
Friday 30 June
Time
Organization
10am –
1pm
Parliamentarians for
Global Action
1:15 –
2:45
Coalición
Latinoamericana para la
Prevención de la
Violencia
Armada
IANSA
1:15 –
2:45
1:15 –
2:45
1:15 –
2:45
European
Council/EU
SaferAfrica
Event Title
Conference
Room
Realizing the full
potential of the UN
Peacebuilding
Commission: The Role
of Parliamentarians
6
C
Transfers
EU Action in the Area
of SALW (EU
Institutional
presentation)
The African Union and
SaferAfrica
Compendium on
SALW: Launch
4 Plenary Room
6
7
The 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
New York, 26 June – 7 July 2006
Monday 3 July
Time
Organization
9–
10:00
am
1:15 –
2:45
Geneva Forum
(UNIDIR. PSIS/HEI,
QUNO)
WFSA
1:15 –
2:30
EU Stability Pact,
Albania, The former
Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Saferworld
CLAVE
1:15 –
2:45
1:15 –
2:45
OSCE
6:15 8:00
France
Event Title
6
In the Right Hands: A
Report on Firearms
Safety (Proceedings of
C
the 2006 Firearms
Safety Seminar held
in New Zealand)
Supporting
implementation of the
E
UNPoA – South East
European experiences
Challenges for Latin
America: Civilian
4 Plenary Room
Possession, Youth and
Women's Rights
From Norm-Setting to
the Implementation of
Commitments: The
9
OSCE Contribution to
the UN PoA on SALW
Film &
Reception: “Les
Dag Hammarskjöld
petits soldats” by
Library Auditorium
Francois Margolin
www.lespetitsoldats.fr.st DVD
Tuesday 4 July
UN Holiday
Wednesday 5 July
Conference
Room
The 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
New York, 26 June – 7 July 2006
Time
Organization
9–
Geneva Forum
10:00am (UNIDIR. PSIS/HEI,
QUNO)
1:15 –
IANSA
2:45
1:15 –
Small Arms Survey,
2:45
BICC
1:15 –
2:45
CLAVE
1:15 –
2:45
DDA/UNIDIR/SAS
1:15 –
CARITAS Internationalis
2:45
Thursday 6 July
Time
Organization
9–
Geneva Forum
10:00am (UNIDIR, PSIS/HEI,
QUNO)
1:15 –
IANSA
2:45
1:15 –
United Kingdom,
2:45
Switzerland
1:15 –
2:25
Parliamentary Forum
1:15 –
2:25
BICC
Event Title
Conference
Room
6
National Firearms
Legislation
No Refuge: The Crisis
of Refugee
Militarization in Africa
Lessons-learned: The
Latin American
Context
The Scope &
Implications of
Developing a
Mechanism to Prevent
Illicit Brokering
Meeting of French
Speaking Delegations
Event Title
C
E
4 Plenary Room
6
Dag Hammarskjöld
Library Auditorium
Conference
Room
6
Follow-on Mechanisms
OECD DAC Guidance
on Small Arms and
Armed Violence
A study of
Parliamentary SALW
engagement
Beyond the PoA:
Addressing Gun
Control in Fragile
States
C
E
4 Plenary Room
6
Friday July 7
Time
Organization
9–
Geneva Forum
10:00am (UNIDIR, PSIS/HEI,
QUNO)
Event Title
Conference
Room
6