Recent Activities

25 April 2012, Stockholm, Sweden

Chinese preparations for the 2012 UN Conference on an Arms Trade Treaty

On 25 April 2012 the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme and China and Global Security Programme organized a public event entitled 'Chinese preparations for the 2012 UN Conference on an Arms Trade Treaty'. The event provided an opportunity to gain an insight into China's views on the upcoming Arms Trade Treaty negotiations and China's national arms export control system. Li Hong General Secretary, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) presented  'China and an Arms Trade Treaty' and Zhi Yulin, vice-president and president of the Internal Compliance Committee, NORINCO presented on 'China's arms export control system, with a particular focus on NORINCO. Arms Transfers Programme director, Paul Holtom, was a discussant. Contact Paul Holtom for more information. For more information on the China and SALW project, click here.
The SIPRI Arms Transfers and China and Global Security Programmes, in cooperation with the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) organised a seminar at SIPRI entitled 'Understanding Chinese and European efforts to prevent illicit SALW transfers' on 24-25 April 2012. Participants included representatives of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese Ministry of Defence / PLA, SASTIND, Norinco, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, ISP (Sweden) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The seminar addressed a range of issues including risk assessments to prevent diversion, internal compliance programmes, SALW marking and tracing and preparations for the UN Conference on an ATT and the PoA RevCon. Contact Paul Holtom for more information. For more information on the China and SALW project, click here.
SIPRI Senior Researcher, Mark Bromley, attended a regional seminar for countries in the Middle East organised by UNIDIR in cooperation with the European Union (EU) and the government of Lebanon. The seminar was one of a series of such events aimed at supporting the preparatory process leading up to the UN Conference on the arms trade treaty (ATT) in 2012. Mark gave a presentation on issues relating to the future implementation of an ATT. Contact Mark Bromley for more information. For more information on the seminar series, click here. For more information on SIPRI's work towards an ATT, click here.
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, presented SIPRI's new data on international arms transfers at a roundtable discussion organized by SIPRI North America in Washington DC exploring current trends in international arms transfers, the Arms Trade Treaty and the impact of weapons proliferation upon regional peace and stability. The round table was chaired by Dr Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, executive director of SIPRI North America. The other speakers included Bill Malzahn of the US State Department, Rachel Stohl of the Stimson Center and Matt Schroeder of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). You can watch a video stream of the event on C-Span here. Contact Paul Holtom for more information.
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, presented SIPRI's new data on international arms transfers at a policy forum organized by SIPRI North America and the International Peace Institute. The forum was chaired by Maureen Quinn of the International Peace Institute. The other speakers on the panel included Tsutomu (Tom) Kono of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and ambassador Abdullah Alsaidi of the International Peace Institute. You can watch a video stream of the event here. Paul also gave an interview for the International Peace Institute's Global Observatory which can be accessed here. Contact Paul Holtom for more information.
SIPRI Senior Researcher, Mark Bromley, spoke at a seminar in the Swedish  Parliament organized by the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, the Green Party and the Liberal Party. Mark gave a presentation on the different types of criteria that states use to assess their arms transfers. For more information on the conference, click here. Contact Mark Bromley for other information.
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, attended a regional seminar for countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa organised by UNIDIR in cooperation with the European Union (EU) and the government of the Republic of Kenya. The seminar was one of a series of such events aimed at supporting the preparatory process leading up to the UN Conference on the arms trade treaty (ATT) in 2012. Paul gave a presentation on controlling arms transfers to non-state actors and a future ATT. Read more about the series of seminars here. Contact Paul Holtom for more information. For more information on the seminar series, click here. For more information on SIPRI's work towards an ATT, click here.

16 February 2012, New York, USA

Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme, Paul Holtom, participated in the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) workshop on Key Issues for the Negotiation of the Arms Trade Treaty. The workshop was hosted by the Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations and the Australian government. Paul gave a presentation on interactions between existing UN instruments which place a range of obligations and commitments on states relating to conventional arms transfer controls and transparency in international arms transfers, and a proposed ATT. Contact Paul Holtom for more information. For more information on the workshop, click here. For more information on SIPRI's work towards an ATT, click here.
Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme Paul Holtom and senior researcher Mark Bromley participated in the seminar 'Implementing the Arms Trade Treaty: Options for Reporting', which was organized by Saferworld and SIPRI in co-operation with the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The workshop considered possible approaches for reporting under an ATT, as well as elements for a reporting template and measures for states to overcome challenges to reporting. Contact Paul Holtom or Mark Bromley for more information. For more information on SIPRI's research on reporting under an ATT, click here.
SIPRI Senior Researcher, Mark Bromley, spoke at a seminar organized by the Parliamentary  Forum  on  Small  Arms  and  Light  Weapons  on  'Parliamentary  Response  to  Armed  Violence',  organized  in  cooperation  with  the  Swedish  Parliament.  Mark gave a presentation during a panel on 'Democracy  as  a  Criteria  for  Arms  Export', focussing on the different types of criteria that states use to assess their arms transfers. For more information on the conference, click here. Contact Mark Bromley for other information.

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