This SALW Event Calendar is aimed at providing information on forthcoming regional and sub-regional meetings which may contribute to the preparations for the 2006 Review Conference. The United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs (DDA) is not liable for the accuracy of information posted in this Calendar. The details of each event shall be verified by organizers. Please forward any corrections, updates or contributions to mashiko@un.org. It remains the prerogative of DDA to add events to the list.
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Venue |
Organizer |
Contact
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Documents |
City/Country |
Region/
Subregion |
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e-mail/Phone |
Agenda/List of Parti./
Summary/Website |
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JANUARY |
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09-Jan-06
20-Jan-06 |
Preparatory Committee for the Review Conference
UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons |
New York
USA |
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UN |
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10-Jan-06 (tbc - definitely mid-January) |
Official Public Launch of the SALW Survey of Albania |
Albania |
South Eastern Europe |
Co-hosted by the Government of Albania and Saferworld |
Simon Rynn,
+44-207-324-4668 |
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18-Jan-06
19-Jan-06 |
RACVIAC/ OSCE Arms Brokering Workshop |
Zagreb
Croatia |
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RACIVIAC
OSCE |
Ms. Ruzica Spajic
rspajic@racviac.org |
www.seesac.org/
calendar.htm |
20-Jan-06 21-Jan-06 |
8th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union |
Khartoum Sudan |
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To approve the African Common Position |
23-Jan-06
27-Jan-06 |
DDR Course Norwegian Defense
International Centre |
Stockholm
Sweden |
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Mr. Kees Stenken,
Cornelis.steenken
@fhs.mil.se |
www.seesac.org
/calendar.htm |
FEBRUARY |
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13-Feb-06 17-Feb-06 |
Working Group on the use of mercenaries |
Geneva Switzerland |
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14-Feb-06 23-Feb-06 |
World Council of Churches general assembly |
Porto Alegre Brazil |
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21-Feb-06
23-Feb-06 |
International Firearm Safety Seminar |
Christchurch
New Zealand |
Oceania |
New Zealand
Police |
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www.firearmsafetyseminar.
org.nz/index.htm |
20-Feb-06
25-Feb-06 |
Small Arms Issues: View from Europe, |
St. Petersburg Russian Federation |
Eastern Europe |
Saferworld |
Bernardo Mariani bmariani
@saferworld.org.uk |
Public Meetings, Lectures and civil society training on regional SALW issues. |
27-Feb-06 01-Mar-06 |
Regional
Parliamentary Seminar on Small Arms, Conflict Prevention and Transitional
Democracy and Justice in Africa |
Dakar Senegal |
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Parliamentarians for Global Action |
Peter Barcroft peter.barcroft@pgaction.org
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MARCH |
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14-Mar-06 15-Mar-06 |
Workshop for national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on arms availability and small |
Geneva Switzerland |
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31-Mar-06
01-Apr-06 |
Call for Papers: 8th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Pre-conference on Reducing Firearm-Related Mortality and Morbidity: Data to Action |
Durban
South Africa |
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ISS: Institute for
Security Studies |
Noel Stott
noel@iss.org.za |
www.issafrica.org/
SEMINARS/future.htm |
APRIL |
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02-Apr-06
05-Apr-06 |
8th World Conference on
Injury Prevention and Safety |
Durban
South Africa |
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UNDP/BCPR |
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TBD |
AVPP Regional Consultation on Injury Prevention |
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UNDP/BCPR |
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MAY |
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02-May-06 05-May-06 |
SALW Meeting |
La Antigua Guatemala |
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UN-LiREC |
Hugo Corrales, UN-LiREC corrales@unlirec.org |
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04-May-06
12-May-06 |
114th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly
Agenda Item: The role of parliaments in strengthening the control of trafficking in small arms and light weapons and their ammunition |
Nairobi
Kenya |
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IPU |
Anda Filip
af@mail.ipu.org |
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late May -
early June |
Geneva Summit |
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UNDP
WHO |
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TBD |
Human Security Network ministerial meeting |
Bangkok Thailand |
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JUNE |
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26-Jun-06
07-Jul-06 |
The 2006 Review Conference: 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
USA |
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UN |
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JULY |
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* This SALW Event Calendar attaches primary importance to forthcoming regional and sub-regional meetings, which provide opportunities for participating Member States to exchange views and to formulate common positions in the preparations for the 2006 Review Conference