First Biennial Meeting on the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons In All Its Aspects

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	Agenda
	Programme of work
	Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in SALW in All Its Aspects
	Information for media
	Opening statements
	Statements by Member States
	Statements by Regional and International Organizations
	Statements by NGOs
	Statements from the Thematic debate
	National Reports on the Implementation of the PoA
	Exchange of Information from Regional Organizations, UN agencies, NGO and other entities
	Press Releases
	Schedule of NGO side-events
	Schedule of Side events organized by States, regional and international organizations and United Nations agencies and departments
	National Points of Contact on the Implementation of the PoA
	July 2001 UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in SALW in All Its Aspects
	UN Regional Conferences on SALW: Asia, South Eastern Europe, Central Africa

For more information, please contact:

Conventional Arms Branch
Department for Disarmament Affairs
UNITED NATIONS
Room S-3170-H
New York, N.Y. 10017
email: salw2003@un.org

Press Releases and Press Conferences

3 July: DC/2871: FIRST BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE OPENS IN NEW YORK ON 7 JULY
3 July: PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS MEETING
7 July: DC 2873: SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO ASSISTING WORLD COMMUNITY IN COMBATING ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE
8 July: DC/2872: SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDOUBLED EFFORTS TO CURB ‘GLOBAL SCOURGE’ THAT KILLS 60 PEOPLE AN HOUR, AS BIENNIAL MEETING OPENS ON SMALL ARM
8 July: DC/2874: Summary of Meeting
8 July: PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS SURVEY 2003
9 July: DC/2875: BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF NATIONAL PLANS TO CURB ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE, HEARS PROPOSALS FROM CIVIL SOCIETY
10 July: DC/2876: REGIONAL GROUPS, INCLUDING FROM AFRICA, EXPLORE DELAYS IN AND SOLUTIONS TO IMPLEMENTING SMALL ARMS ACTION PLAN, IN BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES
11 July: DC/2877: Summary of Meeting