SALW Events Calendar: Oct - Dec 2005: Jan - Jul 2006

as of 9 Jan 2006

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.

Date Event Title Venue Organizer Contact
Information
Documents
City/Country Region/
Subregion
Name
e-mail/Phone
Agenda/List of Parti./
Summary/Website
             
JANUARY            
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
  UN    
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
 
18-Jan-06
19-Jan-06
RACVIAC/ OSCE Arms Brokering Workshop Zagreb
Croatia
  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

      To approve the African Common Position
23-Jan-06
27-Jan-06
DDR Course Norwegian Defense
International Centre
Stockholm
Sweden
    Mr. Kees Stenken,
Cornelis.steenken
@fhs.mil.se
www.seesac.org
/calendar.htm
FEBRUARY            
13-Feb-06 17-Feb-06 Working Group on the use of mercenaries Geneva Switzerland        
14-Feb-06 23-Feb-06 World Council of Churches general assembly Porto Alegre Brazil        
21-Feb-06
23-Feb-06
International Firearm Safety Seminar Christchurch
New Zealand
Oceania New Zealand
Police
  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   Parliamentarians for Global Action

Peter Barcroft peter.barcroft@pgaction.org

 
MARCH            
14-Mar-06 15-Mar-06 Workshop for national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on arms availability and small Geneva Switzerland        
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
  ISS:  Institute for Security Studies Noel Stott
noel@iss.org.za
www.issafrica.org/
SEMINARS/future.htm
APRIL            
02-Apr-06
05-Apr-06
8th World Conference on
Injury Prevention and Safety
Durban
South Africa
  UNDP/BCPR    
TBD AVPP Regional Consultation on Injury Prevention     UNDP/BCPR    
MAY            
02-May-06 05-May-06 SALW Meeting La Antigua Guatemala   UN-LiREC Hugo Corrales, UN-LiREC corrales@unlirec.org  
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
  IPU Anda Filip
af@mail.ipu.org
 
late May -
early June
Geneva Summit     UNDP
WHO
   
TBD Human Security Network ministerial meeting Bangkok Thailand        
JUNE            
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
  UN    
             
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

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