QUNO Geneva's newsletter from November 2008 to January 2009. Featured stories:
Geneva Reporter, Nov 2008 - Jan 2009 269.5 KB QUNO New York newsletter from January 2009.
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In & Around the UN, Jan 2009 263.04 KB QUNO Geneva's newsletter from August to October 2008. Featured articles:
Geneva Reporter, Aug 2008 - Oct 2008 346.02 KB This Briefing presents QUNO's work relating to demand for small arms, and how this led to the creation of the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development. The Declaration’s unique approach will be of interest to Quaker service organizations and other partners working in fields such as arms control, public health, development and poverty eradication. This report aims to consolidate understanding of the links between armed violence and development across these various communities.
This background paper aims to give Friends an overview of the “Geneva Declaration” process, and of QUNO’s involvement in it. This process seeks to highlight the links between armed violence and development, and to focus international attention on the reasons for which there is a demand for small arms and light weapons, rather than focusing, as is traditionally the case, on controlling the supply and transfer of small arms and light weapons.
QUNO New York newsletter from June 2008.
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In & Around the UN, Jun 2008 494.79 KB This Briefing Paper introduces the problems that led to the adoption of the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.
This leaflet provides an introduction to the Geneva Declaration process, which highlights the links between demand for arms to crucial development questions.
This is a joint publication by QUNO and the Small Arms Survey. It summarizes the findings of a multi-year project that included research in Brazil, Colombia, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. The paper aimed to inform the debates at the 2006 Review Conference (reviewing implementation of the 2001 UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects). Most international debates focus on the supply-related dimensions of small arms problems, which include, for instance, regulating arms brokers, establishing controls on arms transfers etc. This paper brings a necessary, complementary view, to broaden the international community’s understanding of those demand factors that underpin and drive small arms dynamics. The paper provides some practical suggestions about how demand issues may be taken up in the future.
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