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UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small
Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
BASIC's News and Analysis of the Conference
BASIC analysts in New York will provide highlights
and updates on the Conference's negotiations. Press may contact
Michael Crowley, Christina Lindborg, or Christina Torsein
during the Conference at 1-202-487-4386.
The International Action Network on Small Arms
(IANSA), which includes over 300 NGOs, also will provide Conference coverage on its
website.
Full news coverage by Yahoo! offers the latest in wire
and print articles on the Conference's progress.
July 21
Opportunity Squandered
to Introduce Tougher Arms Controls
IANSA Closing Press Release, 21 July 2001
July 19
Press Conference
by United States on Small Arms Conference
Lincoln Bloomfield, United States Assistant Secretary of State
for Political-Military Affairs, 19 July 2001
July 18
No Progress on Gun Resolution at UN Conference
Jim Burns, CNSNews.com, 18 July 2001
July 16
Two Steps Forward, One
Step Back
IANSA Press Release, 16 July 2001
Convention on Gun-Runners
Launched at UN Conference
Fund for Peace Press Release, 16 July 2001
Presentations
by Non-Governmental Organizations
Press briefing by
U.S. Congressman Bob Barr
Press briefing
by Ambassador Camilo Reyes, President of the Conference
July 10
Putting Children First:
Building a Framework For International Action to Address the
Impact of Small Arms on Children
Launch of Report by Canadian Government and Biting the Bullet,
10 July 2001
"Small Arms, Big Problems"
Secretary General Kofi Annan on Small Arms. International
Herald Tribune, 10 July 2001
July 9
Governments Must
Wake up to Their Responsibility
IANSA Press Release, 9 July 2001
Small Arms Working Group
Condemns Bolton Statement at UN,
SAWG Press Release, 9 July 2001
Statement by John
Bolton - U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and
International Security Affairs, 9 July 2001
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