SIPRI Session, Stockholm Forum on Development and Security, 12-13 May
The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) entered into force on 24 December 2014. It is the first international legally binding agreement to establish standards for regulating the trade in conventional arms and preventing the illicit trade in weapons. It highlights the ‘security, social, economic and humanitarian consequences of the illicit and unregulated trade in conventional arms'. Moderated by SIPRI, representatives from the National Commission on Small Arms in Ghana, the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Development in Africa, the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society among others, explored how future Arms Trade Treaty-related outreach and assistance efforts can be structured and implemented to meet partner state needs, and strengthen security and development. In particular, participants explored the important role of states, regional organisations and NGOs in this integrative process, as well as the need to build links with existing capacity building efforts.
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