Conventional weapons killed 51% of civilians in 12 armed conflicts from 2015 to 2020, with 27% killed by small arms and light weapons. Every day, a thousand people die because of firearms. Illicit transfer and diversion of these weapons leads…
A petition addressed to the representatives of the States Parties and the countries holding the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament (CD): Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, and Hungary. Gentlemen, representatives of the States Parties, Weapons of all kinds pose…
Preamble Millions of landmines were planted decades ago all over the world in various places, including Cambodia, Mozambique, Angola and Afghanistan. These landmines have killed thousands and changed the lives of thousands of others forever. Mines, explosive remnants of war…
Introduction The international community has recognized the importance of women’s participation in peace and security-related issues and the benefits of applying a gender perspective in policy development. The unanimous adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, and the…
Maat and the Global Coalition for the Limitation of Armaments are organizing a side event on the impact of illicit manufacturing of firearms on human rights Mark Vinod: We recommend concerned parties to pay attention to the Global Initiative Against…
The Global Coalition for Limitation of Armaments (GCLA), in cooperation with Elizka Relief Foundation, the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP), Centre de recherche et d’Information pour le Desarmement et Securite (CRIDS), the Geneva Peacebuilding Initiative and Nonviolence International Southeast…
Permeable The acquisition and proliferation of nuclear weapons is at the center of the world’s attention because it is closely linked to international peace and security. This means that the continued increase of the number of States having the expertise,…
Improving women’s participation in peace and security is one of the main objectives of the Women, Peace, and Security agenda and this is certainly closely related to arms control and disarmament. Although participation in decision-making mechanisms in the field of…
Okeil: We call on civil society to unify efforts globally to stop the illicit proliferation of light weapons Nourhan Mustafa: Youth and women’s civil society institutions must be empowered to participate in disarmament processes From New York, and during…
Global Coalition for Limitation of Armaments participated with an oral intervention on “the effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty in accordance with Articles 6, 7, 9, and 11 in the 2nd Preparatory process for the Eighth Conference of States…
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