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	IANSA the international voice against gun violence
		As thousands of people fled armed violence in Central Africa, a high level conference met this week to discuss the control of small arms in the region.
		Topics included the movement of small arms in the region, with a particular focus on problems caused by roadblocks and porous borders.
		Congolese refugee and IANSA campaigner Charles Nasibu gave the meeting an in-depth analysis on gun trafficking in the region.
	www.iansa.org (308 words)

	Arms industry - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The arms trade is the exchange of arms or weapons among two or more parties, generally but not exclusively sovereign nations.
		Amnesty International, Oxfam, and the International Network on Small Arms say that roughly 500,000 people are killed each year by the use of small arms, and that there are over 600 million of such arms in circulation.
		Ethically, the arms trade is problematic for many as they see supplying the weapons for a conflict as morally akin to becoming involved oneself, but at less risk to one's own nation or company.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /arms_trade.htm (685 words)

	Proliferation of Small Arms: A Menace That Must Be Controlled - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Small arms, especially firearms, are the primary tools used to kill, threaten and intimidate civilian populations around the world.
		Two years ago, the United Nations convened a "Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects." It was a time of tense negotiations and lengthy discussions on the complex issues raised by the small arms proliferation.
		Meanwhile, in Iraq and Afghanistan small arms are contributing to widespread destabilization.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/smallarms/articles/2003/0630menace.htm (714 words)

	A Gender Perspective on Small Arms Proliferation, Peace Building and Conflict Resolution
		The negative consequences of the proliferation and misuse of small arms are an impediment to economic development, provision of health and education services as well as the development of effective governance and democracy.
		While small arm casualties among women and children are significant both in war and in 'peace’, the vast majority of victims of gun violence world-wide are men.
		To finalize, ICRC believes it is of the utmost importance to ensure that the ‘human cost’ of the widespread proliferation of arms is clearly on the agenda of the 2001 UN Conference on small arms, and that it remains in the centre of debate prior to and after the Conference.
	www.reachingcriticalwill.org /social/genderdisarm/WILPFSMALLARMS.html (21008 words)

	Small arms -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The term small arms describes any (Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting) weapon that a person can easily transport and fire.
		Small arms find a variety of uses including (The force of policemen and officers) police and (The military forces of a nation) military uses, (The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport) hunting, personal protection, crime, civil war and sports shooting.
		See (additional info and facts about small arms proliferation issues) small arms proliferation issues for the international movement to restrict the sale of military-grade small arms in conflict zones.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sm/small_arms.htm (132 words)

	Nuclear proliferation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nuclear proliferation is the spread from nation to nation of nuclear technology, including nuclear power plants but especially nuclear weapons.
		It has one small (125 MWe) Canadian PHWR nuclear power reactor from 1971 which is under international safeguards, and a 300 MWe PWR supplied by China under safeguards, which started up in May 2000.
		The subsequent confrontation with IAEA on the issue of inspections and suspected violations, resulted in North Korea threatening to withdraw from the NPT in 1993.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Nuclear_proliferation (6176 words)

	The leader of the pack \| thebulletin.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Small arms--and assault rifles in particular--are a staple of war, but they are also the principal symbol of state repression, used by police, internal security forces, and allied militias to intimidate or eliminate dissidents pressing for minority rights and/or democracy.
		The determining factor for export of small arms should be the intended government's record of physical control and responsible use of past small-arms shipments.
		Curtailing the arms flow to all zones of conflict; embargoing small arms to repressive regimes (and including in this embargo all exports overseen by the Departments of Commerce, State, Defense, and by the intelligence agencies); and ending the covert supply of arms to insurgent forces.
	www.bullatomsci.org /issues/1999/jf99/jf99lumpe.html (3923 words)

	Small Arms -- they cause 90% of civilian casualties - Global Issues
		Small arms misuse means that instead of making investments in improving their well-being and economic development, the already poor are burdened with the cost of nursing the injured and paying for informal forms of security such as vigilantism and para-militaries.
		Small Arms, Wrong Hands from Oxfam examines the role of the UK as a supplier of small arms to zones of conflict.
		Small Arms Survey is an independent research project serving as the principal international source of public information on all aspects of small arms, and as a resource centre for governments, policy makers, researchers, and activists.
	www.globalissues.org /Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/SmallArms.asp (3855 words)

	G1754 - The humanitarian Challenge of Small Arms Proliferation
		With political awareness aroused by the human toll of illicit small arms in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Western Hemisphere, denoting the issue's global dimension, the UN is embarking on the important task to convene, by 2001, an international conference on the illicit trade in small arms in all its aspects.
		Small arms are the weapon of choice in most conflicts and responsible for 90% of casualties; they are the weapons that kill most people in most wars.
		Given that small arms are produced, acquired and exported for legitimate purposes it is not, as opposed to the global campaign to ban landmines, appropriate to seek a ban.
	www.grip.org /bdg/g1754.html (5715 words)

	The problem of proliferation, by Philippe Rivière
		Small arms contracts are considered to be of minor importance and are less rigorously examined.
		Many observers see a sudden influx of small arms as one of the early warning signs of an impending crisis in the country concerned (8).
		Reliable and rapid information on transfers of small arms may also be an effective way to prevent clashes and carnage, by drawing attention to incipient conflicts before they flare up.
	mondediplo.com /2001/01/03arms2 (1465 words)

	[24 Sep 1999] SG/SM/7145 SC/6733: ADDRESSING THE SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ...
		Small arms and light weapons are primary tools of violence in many conflicts taking place in the world.
		Unlike their victims, small arms survive from conflict to conflict, perpetuating the cycle of violence by their mere presence.
		Since then, in the context of Angola, as well as those of children in armed conflict and the protection of civilians in armed conflict, the Council has shown wisdom in focusing on the need to reverse the proliferation of small arms if any of these issues is to be successfully resolved.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/1999/19990924.sgsm7145.doc.html (953 words)

	The Terror Trade Times 2001 - Proliferation: global growth in small arms - Amnesty International
		Estimates of the number of companies producing small arms around the world vary greatly, mainly because of the scarcity of information and the differences in definitions of what constitute ''small arms''.
		Between 1960 and 1999, the number of countries producing small arms doubled and there was an almost six-fold increase in the number of companies making these weapons.
		The global spread of small arms production facilities coupled with poor state controls on small arms in most countries is contributing to the massive proliferation and misuse of such weapons for human rights abuses.
	web.amnesty.org /web/ttt.nsf/june2001/proliferation (1143 words)

	Small Arms Proliferation Jeopardises Global Development - New Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Small arms proliferation and misuse jeopardise human development in many of the world's most underdeveloped nations, a new report finds.
		The report documents a range of development-related impacts of small arms availability, including a rise in the incidence and lethality of criminality; the collapse or erosion of social services; a decline in economic activities; and threats to development interventions.
		The Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied, the third annual global analysis of small arms issues (published by Oxford University Press), was released today at the United Nations, during the Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms (July 7-11).
	www.jointogether.org /gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,564954,00.html (481 words)

	US Plays Key Role in Small Arms Proliferation - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The study, 'Small Arms Survey, 2003' published by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies, points out that the United States, with roughly 83 to 96 guns per 100 people, is approaching the statistical level of one gun per man, woman and child.
		However, the 'Small Arms Survey' demonstrates once again that the United States is awash in guns, she said.
		The study also said that illicit small arms production is widespread in many parts of the world, and although economically insignificant, it is an important source of weapons in many places.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/smallarms/articles/2003/0710keyrole.htm (1011 words)

	Small arms proliferation issues
		They claim that roughly 500,000 people are killed each year by the use of small arms and that there are over 600 million of such arms in circulation.
		Gun owners organisations including ProTell, COLFO and the National Rifle Association claim that the small arms problem does not arrise from privately and legaly owned pistols, revolvers, hunting and precision rifles, but mainly from the military type small arms like assault rifles, mortars and grenades in the hands of criminals.
		In the 2003 Small Arms Survey [1] they claim that there are at least 639 million firearms in the world today, of which 59% are legally held by civilians.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/small_arms_proliferation_issues (544 words)

	UNDP - United Nations Development Programme — Bureau for Crisis Prevention & Recovery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On the basis of the complexity and scope of the problems created by small arms, interventions must be focused in a number of development areas; small arms represent a very tangible and destructive element of violent conflict.
		However, arms are directly associated with complementary issues of human security and sustainable livelihoods, transitional societies, criminality, weak rule of law, governance, and cultures and cycles of violence.
		Mandated by the United Nations Policy on Small Arms to address the socio-economic consequences of weapons proliferation, UNDP is strengthening its role in supporting governments and civil society in the formulation and implementation of weapons and ex-combatants' demobilization and reintegration initiatives which aim to reform governance institutions and systems.
	www.undp.org /bcpr/smallarms/undp3_prim.htm (980 words)

	FI Issues / Small Arms
		Small arms are weapons designed for use by an individual.
		Indirect impacts of small arms and light weapons (such as displacement), result in limited or no access to basic education and healthcare, which causes long-term socio-economic stagnation.
		The presence and use of small arms and light weapons hinder the prevention of conflicts and post-conflict reconciliation.
	www.franciscansinternational.org /issues/smallarms.php (646 words)

	BASIC Reports
		After struggling to find common ground on weapons proliferation issues in its negotiations, the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms issued a report in September for approval by the General Assembly.
		Eventually, the Group was able to consensually issue recommendations covering several aspects of the small arms problem.
		Savitri Kunadi, India’s representative to the UN Conference on Disarmament, emphasized that it was a preliminary text that was issued for public discussion in conjunction with the Indian government’s commitment to greater transparency in its decision-making processes.
	www.basicint.org /pubs/BReports/BR71.htm (1623 words)

	Small arms
		The term small arms is used to describe any weapon that a person can easily transport and fire.
		Small arms find a variety of uses including police and military uses, hunting, personal protection, crime, civil war and sports shooting.
		See Small arms proliferation issues for the international movement to restrict the illegal sale of military-grade small arms in conflict zones.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sm/small_arms.html (122 words)

	Arms industry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The arms trade is the exchange of arms or weapons among two or more parties, except for exclusively sovereign nations.
		Illegal trade in small arms is prevalent almost everywhere, especially where civilian ownership is banned.
		Massive contracts for weapons are awarded by governments, making arms contracts of substantial political importance for the politician and firm in question.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arms_dealing (567 words)

	Assessing small arms control initiatives: the Nairobi Declaration
		In recognition of the devastating impact of small arms and light weapons (SALW) on a swath of Africa ranging across the Great Lakes, East Africa and the Horn, 10 countries agreed to the Nairobi Declaration in March 2000.
		The Declaration dealt with the problem of the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in the Great Lakes region and the Horn of Africa.
		Although the Declaration correctly points out the regional magnitude and impact of arms proliferation in the sub-region and locates emphasis and action at that level, there are two critical problems emanating from too much reliance on this approach.
	www.eldis.org /static/DOC17177.htm (401 words)

	Small Arms Campaign - Obstacles to Progress (Human Rights Watch, 19-7-2001)
		It is also imperative that governments muster the political will and bolster their ability to bring to justice those who by misusing small arms, or facilitating their illicit flows, have been either instrumental in perpetrating human rights abuses or have acted in contempt of international humanitarian law.
		A lack of data on small arms movements hampers efforts to track the flow of such weapons, monitor possible diversions, and sound early warnings.
		Therefore, states should compile and make public annual reports on the import and export of small arms, as well as their procurement by government agencies from domestic manufacturers.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/small-arms (1103 words)

	IANSA: West Africa
		Small arms remain the primary weapons of intra- and inter-communal feuds, local wars, armed insurrections, armed rebel activities and terrorism throughout the region.
		In addition, small arms have been used to grossly violate human rights, to facilitate the practice of bad governance, to subvert constitutions, to carry out coup d’états and to create and maintain a general state of fear, insecurity and instability.
		WAANSA serves as a forum for the exchange of information, views, experiences and strategies in combating the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in West Africa; works for the reduction of demand for small arms and light weapons in the region; and provides solidarity to all those who work on small arms issues.
	www.iansa.org /regions/wafrica/wafrica.htm (874 words)

	Small Arms - Global Issues - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		The destabilising accumulation, spread and misuse of small arms and light weapons contributes to the breakdown of law and order in many regions, including in the Asia Pacific, which, in turn, adversely affects the prospects for good governance, human rights and socio-economic development in many countries.
		Australia’s national report on its implementation of the UN Programme of Action outlines all aspects of Australia’s small arms policy including national controls, the new handgun reform measures and the firearm trafficking agreement; export controls; transparency measures; regional initiatives and capacity building projects.
		Australia is committed to working with regional partners and civil society to address the challenge of small arms proliferation in the Asia Pacific and has been active in promoting the aims of the UN Programme of Action in the region.
	www.dfat.gov.au /security/small_arms.html (598 words)

	The Small Arms Monitoring Page
		These wars are being fought primarily with small arms and light weapons carried by individual soldiers or on light vehicles.
		Statistics on light weapons trafficking are hard to come by (none of the standard sources of information on the arms trade, such as the SIPRI Yearbook, provide such data), but the available evidence suggests that this trade is flourishing in the post-Cold War era.
		The widespread availability of small arms and light weapons compounds the difficulty of alleviating civil crises, and it may actually encourage the resort to warfare (as opposed to non-military means of conflict resolution and state formation).
	www.fas.org /asmp/campaigns/smallarm.html (914 words)

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