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On 30 October 2006, UNIC Pretoria opened a photo-exhibition on Small Arms and the former Secretaries General. The exhibition is hosted by the University of Pretoria Library, Department of International Relations and will be displayed until the end of November 2006. Opening remarks were made by Mr Robert Morape, Director of the Academic Information Centre of the University of Pretoria, Professor Anton Du Plessis, acting head of the department for international relations studies and the UNIC Pretoria Director. Top	UNIC Pretoria
UNIC Rio de Janeiro organized, on 3 July, a one-day seminar entitled “National and International Consequences of the Illicit Traffic of Small Arms”, to coincide with the Review Conference of Small Arms taking place at UN Headquarters, in New York. Local authorities, NGO’s representatives, experts on the subject, university students participated in the event which gathered approximately 100 persons Top	UNIC Rio de Janeiro
UNIC Pretoria organized a panel discussion on small arms. Approximately 55 representatives of civil society were present including NGO’s, academic institutions and lobby groups were present. Speaking on the panel were representatives from the Ceasefire Campaign, the SaferAfrica programme, the Institute for Security Studies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The focus of the discussion was on South Africa’s high crime rate and the contribution of illegal small arms to this. Top	UNIC Pretoria
UNIC Lagos, Nigeria, held a seminar on small arms on June 27, 2006. It was called “Small Arms as Conflict Boosters in West Africa”. It brought together around 80 participants from a cross section of the Nigerian professional and civil society organizations, and from the military. The event was chaired by Dr. Shambavhi Golpa Kkirshna, a prominent Indian resident, Political Science lecturer and human rights campaigner at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. It was opened with a keynote address by a former Nigerian Ambassador, Segun Olushola, who now serves as national chair of the Nigerian Commission on Refugees. Top	UNIC Lagos
Friday 7th July 2006, UNIC Antananarivo organized a conference on proliferation of small arms for the media network. UNIC NIO explained the objective of the conference in New York during the workshop. UNIC invited two police officers from the ministry of public security in order to explain the situation in Madagascar. According to their explanation, there is an increasing level of violence and robbery in the country. The danger is that Madagascar is a big Island and it is too difficult for the migration police to control the coast because of the lack of resources. The Ministry of Public Security works with Interpol to fight against terrorists in Madagascar. The journalists asked the UNIC NIO to organize other conferences about the security in Antananarivo following this debate. Top	UNIC Antananarivo
As part of a general outreach communication strategy on the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms, UNIC Pretoria organised 100 full colour A1-placards to be mounted along the major streets leading into the city of Pretoria between 27 June 2006 and 03 July 2006. The major aim is to highlight the illicit trade in small weapons and the impact they have on the South African society. UNIC Pretoria also secured coverage in daily local and national newspapers and supports a panel discussion on the topic of small arms to be held on Monday 03 July 2006 in the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg, in cooperation with the Institute for Security Studies and Ceasefire Campaign. Top	UNIC Pretoria
On 3 August 2005, UNIC Moscow held a press briefing with Mr. Pyotr Litavrin, Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry Department for Security and Disarmament Issues. He was the head of the Russian delegation to the Second Biennial Meeting of States 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." The Meeting was held on in New York City at the UN Headquarters on 11-15 July 2005. The interest to the theme displayed by the media and the local expert community was palpable. Among the guests were reporters from the major news agencies. 20 people attended the briefing. Prior to the Briefing with Mr. Litavrin, UNIC Moscow had publicized the Meeting by translating into Russian and issuing four press releases. Please click here for more information on Small Arms and Light Weapons Convention. Top	UNIC Moscow