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#BSM7 #UNPoA MAG will be participating in a side event supported by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 looking at ArmsTracker as a tool to reduce the impact of small arms and light weapons on people’s lives. ⦿ Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) ⦿ Rachel Stohl ⦿ And more 📆30.7.2021 ⏰2PM (CEST) 🖱️us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

#BMS7 In decades of discussion on small arms control, expert assistance with effective record-keeping has been among most persistent requests from those whose need is greatest. ArmsTracker is a practical solution. More about our work w/ Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) ⤵️ maginternational.org/whats-happenin…

A new, digital solution for national arms control systems vimeo.com/580553140

🔜 #CSP7 | MAG will be participating in the 7th Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty which is now just a few days away. The treaty seeks to regulate the international trades in and prevent and eradicate the illicit proliferation of conventional arms. THREAD 🧵

#CSP7 MAG is hosting a side event looking at the role of effective stockpile management in preventing illicit trade and diversion—with lessons from #SierraLeone🇸🇱. ⦿ Lansana Gberie ⦿ GermanForeignOffice ⦿ SLANSA ⦿ And more 📆31.8.2021 ⏰1630 (CEST) 🖱️us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Armed violence deprives citizens of their fundamental human rights and the dividends of peace; employment, education, healthcare and safety. But vital progress is being made. MAG released a new report today to highlight the success of #SierraLeone’s 🇸🇱 approach to arms control.

commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/v… Our latest journal article on a pressing need in arms control and what we're doing about it with MAG (Mines Advisory Group)

"To those of us who live in culturally similar nations, but where the availability of lethal weapons is limited, Americans' increasing reliance on guns even in the face of escalating horrors is unfathomable" writes Philip Alpers | Opinion cnn.it/3NMTcCi

During the session on Universalisation & Implementation of the #ArmsTradeTreaty in #Asia - Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) & UN Office on Drugs & Crime shared vital insights on both the ATT, it’s benefits & synergies in relation to the #FirearmsProtocol #ParliamentaryActionAsia

🇧🇫 How could #JNIM facilitate more #smuggling and #trafficking through #BurkinaFaso’s national parks in the future? 📍 Expand control of the routes through the parks 💰 Formalize taxation from smugglers Read more 👇 globalinitiative.net/analysis/jnim-…

For more on West African illicit hub mapping project, read this report by lucia and Lyes Tagziria globalinitiative.net/wp-content/upl…

Arms trafficking hotspots in West Africa - interesting new site from GI-TOC

Illicit arms & ammunition are key enablers of armed conflict & organized crime activities. United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research & Global Firearms Programme new joint publication explores how illicit arms connects crime & conflict & shows the key linkages between these security challenges ➡️ bit.ly/3DoBgf3

The end of transparency in international arms transfers? 📉🔎📦 Our latest commentary, by paul holtom and Anna Mensah from UNIDIR's Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme, explores the issues 👇 🔗 unidir.org/commentary/end…

This is why we are developing AIM (Armed Incidents Management) to increase reporting of and response to arms trafficking

Short, useful video explaining arms trafficking (and other) hubs in West Af. and the role they play fueling conflict. youtube.com/watch?v=1agcSa…

🔴 #ArmsTrafficking is a key market in more than half of all illicit hubs classified as ‘high’ and ‘very high’ by the Illicit Economies and Instability Monitor. 📍 This highlights the strong connection between arms trafficking and #instability in #WestAfrica.

Sorry to see that University of Sydney's Philip Alpers has had to close down gunpolicy.org, a site that provided a wealth of international data on firearms (screenshot from the internet wayback archive).

📣 The Lancet announced a new Commission on Global Gun Violence and Health that will consist of an interdisciplinary group of international experts. Read more: thelancet.com/journals/lance…

We are delighted that our co-founder, Philip Alpers, has been appointed to this important Commission. Please support the Commission with any relevant research that you have.