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Here is the latest newsletter from IANSA (Intenational Action Network on
Small Arms) the international anti-firearm NGO. For those of you who have
been following this much will be familiar. IANSA is very active and their
support is growing. WFSA must work even harder to make sure the voices of
hunters and shooters are also heard in this debate.
______________________________________________________________________
Inaugural Edition: Amended
November 10, 1999
by Dan Budihardjo
IANSA Webmaster
Contents:
I. News from IANSA
II. News from Participants
III. Other activities
IV. Documents available from the IANSA Website
V. Web Corner
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I. NEWS FROM IANSA
Announcements
Welcome! This is our first newsletter sent to participants by the IANSA
Staff. First of all, we apologize for the length of the premier issue of the
IANSA newsletter. We want to update you on the events and activities that
have been happening since our inaugural launch at the Hague Appeal for Peace
in May of this year.
As you can see, our website has gone through significant reorganization and
redesign since the launch of IANSA in May. Please refer to the Web Corner
section of this newsletter, where we will show you the latest exciting
features of the IANSA website.
Don't forget! November 14 - 16, 1999 is the Facilitation Committee Meeting in
Durban, South Africa, where the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is
being held.
A public destruction of weapons is being planned for 11 November by IANSA
participants in cooperation with the South African government. Please contact
Geraldine O'Callaghan at BASIC or Adele Kirsten at Gun Free South Africa for
more information.
You can also email the webmaster and we'll make sure that the question will
be routed to the appropriate people.
Get your copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0
Many of the documents posted on the IANSA website is in the Adobe Acrobat
format (or .pdf). Already a standard electronic distribution format for the
UN, Adobe Acrobat is the preferred method of document distribution for most
government and NGOs. You can download the reader at: http://www.adobe.com
...and on with the news:
1. IANSA Launch at Hague Appeal for Peace: 11 May 1999 - 15 May 1999
IANSA was formally launched on 11 May 1999 at the Hague Appeal for Peace. A
bonfire of small arms was lit in the main square of The Hague by Ambassador
Bethuel Kiplagat from Kenya, one of IANSA's founders. The bonfire was
followed by a press conference where Ambassador Kiplagat, along with José
Ramos Horta, the East Timorese Nobel Prize winner, Dr Michael North, from the
Gun Control Network in Scotland and Eugenia Piza-Lopez, representing IANSA,
spoke about the need for civil society to grasp the issue of small arms
control.
Throughout the 11th - 15th May week, IANSA participants held a series of
workshops on various issues relating to controlling proliferation and misuse
of small arms.
A special report on the launch of IANSA can be found at: http://www.iansa.org/mission/newspub/launch/hap.htm
2. The Temporary Coordinator for IANSA Secretariat Position has been filled
Sally Joss, former Head of the Cut Conflict Campaign at Oxfam, has been
appointed temporary Coordinator of the IANSA Secretariat and will be in
position by the end of this year. The IANSA Secretariat will be based in
London at the offices of Christian Aid. Look for an email from Sally soon!
3. IANSA press briefing in advance of the United Nations Security Council's
debate on small arms
On September 23, 1999, Loretta Bondi from Human Rights Watch delivered a
statement at a press briefing organized the day before the UN Security
Council met to discuss small arms proliferation. Ms. Bondi introduced and
announced the formation of IANSA and how about 200 NGOs, from the North and
the South of the world, were working together for the purpose of establishing
a global campaign in curbing the proliferation and misuse of small arms. The
briefing was chaired by Eugenia Piza-Lopez from International Alert. The full
statement, along with several other remarks and reports, can be accessed at: http://www.iansa.org/news/1999/sept_99/loretta_hrw_statement.htm
4. IANSA Profiled by ABC News!
On October 7, 1999, ABC News profiled IANSA as the premier movement in
curbing the proliferation and misuse of small arms. As part of its millennium
series, the article examines the grim trend of a world awash with small arms.
Loretta Bondi was interviewed for this article.
This article can be accessed at: http://www.iansa.org/news/1999/oct_99/d_ruppe.htm
Or directly at ABC News: http://www.abcnews.go.com/ABC2000/DailyNews/weapons_991007.html
[back to top]
II. NEWS FROM PARTICIPANTS
1. Viva Rio Closed its Signature Campaign -- over 1.4 million signatures
collected!
Viva Rio recently closed its signature campaign, which seeks to prohibit the
sale of guns in Brazil with 1,4 million signatures. The signatures were
collected in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro between May 11th and
Oct 16th. The number of signatures collected represents 17% of the population
above 12 years of age. Viva Rio also launched a virtual signature collection
campaign via the Internet, which brought in about 14,000 signatures, in
solidarity, from other cities and countries. The 1,4 million signatures will
be brought to the President of the Republic, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, with
the plea for stricter domestic gun control policy.
2. Tools for Arms Project Update
The Tools for Arms Project, which is an initiative of the Christian Council
of Mozambique (CCM) Justice, Peace and Reconciliation Unit, has released new
figures on their weapons collections effort. The report together with a
collection of artworks based on destroyed guns is available at the IANSA's
website at: http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/TAE/index.htm
3. New French Campaign: "SMALL ARMS: IT'S TIME FOR US TO CALL THE SHOTS!"
A small arms campaign, jointly managed by Agir Ici pour un Monde Solidaire
and the French Section of Amnesty International, was launched in September.
The campaign is asking the French Government to take steps to prevent the
proliferation and misuse of small arms.
4. New Spanish Campaign: "FAREWELL TO ARMS: CAMPAIGN TO CONTROL SMALL ARMS"
This campaign, launched in Spain in February 1999, aims to improve
regulations and promote full transparency and prior parliamentary scrutiny of
arms exports in Spain. It also seeks to identify buy-back schemes and other
weapons collection projects, which could be supported by the Spanish
government and development agencies. The campaign is led by Amnesty
International - Spanish Section, Greenpeace, Intermón and Médecins Sans
Frontières, and is coordinated by Vicenç Fisas.
5. Belgian NGOs join in small arms campaign
A small arms campaign was launched in Belgium on 27 October. The campaign
will focus on introducing stricter normative controls and participation in
regional and international initiatives to tackle the proliferation of small
arms (the coalition has a steering committee which comprises of Amnesty
International Francophone Belgian Section, Justice et Paix, the Belgian Red
Cross and GRIP)
[back to top]
III. OTHER ACTIVITIES
1. UN Welcomes IANSA during Child Rights Exhibit - July 20, 1999
In the UN Press Release which opened the Child Rights Exhibit in New York,
the UN welcomed the formation of the IANSA, stating: "The UN fully supports
the establishment of international and regional codes of conduct to regulate
the legal and illicit trade in light and heavy weapons and welcomes the
recently-launched international NGO campaign against small arms" More
information can be found at: http://www.iansa.org/news/1999/july_99/un_welcome.htm
2. UNDP Weapons Exchange Program in Gramsh, Albania, Update
The Pilot Programme of "Weapons in Exchange for Development was conceived by
the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs (UNDDA) following a mission to
Albania in June 1998. They agreed to develop an innovative approach based on
advocacy and provision of development incentives to people at the community
level to encourage them to voluntarily return the arms in their possession.
Here is an update of some to the activities undertaken to date:
The weapons collection process began 26th January 1999 and some 2600 weapons
and 60 tons of ammunition have been surrendered even after two months
suspension of weapons collection due to the Kosovo Refugees influx in the
country.
A national network of Albanian NGOs has been established to campaign on the
need for voluntary surrender of weapons and ammunition;
A major concert was held in Gramsh town, to encourage weapons surrender and
another one will take place very soon.
For more information on the Gramsh Programme visit the IANSA website at: http://www.iansa.org/documents/un/gramsh/index.htm
3. First Annual Review of EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports
On 21 September EU Member States met to carry out the first Annual Review of
the Code of Conduct on Arms Exports which was adopted in June 1998. In a
positive move, officials agreed at the meeting to publish the Consolidated
Report, which was to emerge from the review process, and on 11 October the
Council of Ministers approved its publication.
Reaction to the report amongst NGOs was mixed. Whilst welcoming the decision
to publish the Consolidated Report, it was felt that the report in fact
contains insufficient information to allow assessment of how the Code has
worked in practice.
The full Consolidated Report can be found by clicking here.
You can also download the report at the IANSA site by visiting: http://www.iansa.org/documents/regional/regindex.htm
[back to top]
IV. DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FROM THE IANSA WEBSITE
1. NGO Documents
Lora Lumpe has written an article titled "Gun Control for the World" for the
Christian Science Monitor,
Published on August 30, 1999. The article can be found at: http://www.iansa.org/news/1999/aug_99/lumpe_gun_control.htm
Light Weapons the Question of International Regulations, and the Role of both
Global and Regional Institutions, by Paul Lansu. [Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader
required]. http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/Reindex.htm
One Size Fits All? Prospects for a Global Convention on Illicit Trafficking
by 2000, Susannah Dyer and Geraldine O'Callaghan, BASIC. http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/Reindex.htm
Comprehensive Measures to Reduce Illicit Small Arms Availability, by Peter
Lock. Prepared for Working Group 3: Security, Peace and Stability in Africa
of the 49th Pugwash Conference in Rustenberg, South Africa
[Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader required]. http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/Reindex.htm
A Paper titled "DOMESTIC GUN CONTROL POLICY IN TEN SADC COUNTRIES" by
Katharine McKenzie is now available. Commissioned by Gun Free South Africa. http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/Reindex.htm
A series of documents dealing with Bulgaria and NATO presented by the Human
Rights Watch are now available. http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/Reindex.htm
2. UN Documents
All of the documents below can be found at http://www.iansa.org/documents/un/unindex.htm
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Calls for Global Effort to Limit Trade. UN
Press Wire.
Security Council Meets at Ministerial Level to Consider Issue of Small Arms
[in .pdf format]
Security Council Presidential Statement on Small Arms (S/PRST/1999/28)
[in .pdf format]
Press Conference By Foreign Minister of Netherlands [in .pdf format]
UN Press Release: Workshop on Arms Register in Africa Opens in Accra (Press
Release AFR/175 DC/2661) [in .pdf format]
Small Arms Destroyed at Public Ceremony in Albania as part of UN 'Weapons for
Development' Pilot Project. Press Release DC/2659/Rev.1- UN-DDA
[back to top]
V. WEB CORNER
New Features
There are two features that we would like to introduce:
1) Participants Profile now on Database
We have migrated all of the available Participants Profile into a database,
which is subsequently tied to our website. Unfortunately, many of the
profiles are in dire need for an update. If you feel that the profile of your
organization is no longer accurate (or if you can't find it), please let us
know! You can email us at webmaster@iansa.org
The advantages of having a database-driven Participants list are twofold:
a) it is easier to maintain and update Participants Profile
b) the list is now searchable
The Participants list is searchable in the following ways:
- by key words
Use "equal to" as the search option if you have the exact spelling/ word
order of the organization;
Use "begins with" as the search option if you know the first word(s) of the
organization;
Use "contains" as the search options if you know any words (if more than one
word, then they must be in sequential order) of the organizations
- by country name
- by region
- by type
2) IANSA Site now searchable by keywords
------------------
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
________________________________________
Here is the latest newsletter from IANSA (Intenational Action Network on
Small Arms) the international anti-firearm NGO. For those of you who have
been following this much will be familiar. IANSA is very active and their
support is growing. WFSA must work even harder to make sure the voices of
hunters and shooters are also heard in this debate.
______________________________________________________________________
Inaugural Edition: Amended
November 10, 1999
by Dan Budihardjo
IANSA Webmaster
Contents:
I. News from IANSA
II. News from Participants
III. Other activities
IV. Documents available from the IANSA Website
V. Web Corner
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
I. NEWS FROM IANSA
Announcements
Welcome! This is our first newsletter sent to participants by the IANSA
Staff. First of all, we apologize for the length of the premier issue of the
IANSA newsletter. We want to update you on the events and activities that
have been happening since our inaugural launch at the Hague Appeal for Peace
in May of this year.
As you can see, our website has gone through significant reorganization and
redesign since the launch of IANSA in May. Please refer to the Web Corner
section of this newsletter, where we will show you the latest exciting
features of the IANSA website.
Don't forget! November 14 - 16, 1999 is the Facilitation Committee Meeting in
Durban, South Africa, where the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is
being held.
A public destruction of weapons is being planned for 11 November by IANSA
participants in cooperation with the South African government. Please contact
Geraldine O'Callaghan at BASIC or Adele Kirsten at Gun Free South Africa for
more information.
You can also email the webmaster and we'll make sure that the question will
be routed to the appropriate people.
Get your copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0
Many of the documents posted on the IANSA website is in the Adobe Acrobat
format (or .pdf). Already a standard electronic distribution format for the
UN, Adobe Acrobat is the preferred method of document distribution for most
government and NGOs. You can download the reader at: http://www.adobe.com
...and on with the news:
1. IANSA Launch at Hague Appeal for Peace: 11 May 1999 - 15 May 1999
IANSA was formally launched on 11 May 1999 at the Hague Appeal for Peace. A
bonfire of small arms was lit in the main square of The Hague by Ambassador
Bethuel Kiplagat from Kenya, one of IANSA's founders. The bonfire was
followed by a press conference where Ambassador Kiplagat, along with José
Ramos Horta, the East Timorese Nobel Prize winner, Dr Michael North, from the
Gun Control Network in Scotland and Eugenia Piza-Lopez, representing IANSA,
spoke about the need for civil society to grasp the issue of small arms
control.
Throughout the 11th - 15th May week, IANSA participants held a series of
workshops on various issues relating to controlling proliferation and misuse
of small arms.
A special report on the launch of IANSA can be found at: http://www.iansa.org/mission/newspub/launch/hap.htm
2. The Temporary Coordinator for IANSA Secretariat Position has been filled
Sally Joss, former Head of the Cut Conflict Campaign at Oxfam, has been
appointed temporary Coordinator of the IANSA Secretariat and will be in
position by the end of this year. The IANSA Secretariat will be based in
London at the offices of Christian Aid. Look for an email from Sally soon!
3. IANSA press briefing in advance of the United Nations Security Council's
debate on small arms
On September 23, 1999, Loretta Bondi from Human Rights Watch delivered a
statement at a press briefing organized the day before the UN Security
Council met to discuss small arms proliferation. Ms. Bondi introduced and
announced the formation of IANSA and how about 200 NGOs, from the North and
the South of the world, were working together for the purpose of establishing
a global campaign in curbing the proliferation and misuse of small arms. The
briefing was chaired by Eugenia Piza-Lopez from International Alert. The full
statement, along with several other remarks and reports, can be accessed at: http://www.iansa.org/news/1999/sept_99/loretta_hrw_statement.htm
4. IANSA Profiled by ABC News!
On October 7, 1999, ABC News profiled IANSA as the premier movement in
curbing the proliferation and misuse of small arms. As part of its millennium
series, the article examines the grim trend of a world awash with small arms.
Loretta Bondi was interviewed for this article.
This article can be accessed at: http://www.iansa.org/news/1999/oct_99/d_ruppe.htm
Or directly at ABC News: http://www.abcnews.go.com/ABC2000/DailyNews/weapons_991007.html
[back to top]
II. NEWS FROM PARTICIPANTS
1. Viva Rio Closed its Signature Campaign -- over 1.4 million signatures
collected!
Viva Rio recently closed its signature campaign, which seeks to prohibit the
sale of guns in Brazil with 1,4 million signatures. The signatures were
collected in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro between May 11th and
Oct 16th. The number of signatures collected represents 17% of the population
above 12 years of age. Viva Rio also launched a virtual signature collection
campaign via the Internet, which brought in about 14,000 signatures, in
solidarity, from other cities and countries. The 1,4 million signatures will
be brought to the President of the Republic, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, with
the plea for stricter domestic gun control policy.
2. Tools for Arms Project Update
The Tools for Arms Project, which is an initiative of the Christian Council
of Mozambique (CCM) Justice, Peace and Reconciliation Unit, has released new
figures on their weapons collections effort. The report together with a
collection of artworks based on destroyed guns is available at the IANSA's
website at: http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/TAE/index.htm
3. New French Campaign: "SMALL ARMS: IT'S TIME FOR US TO CALL THE SHOTS!"
A small arms campaign, jointly managed by Agir Ici pour un Monde Solidaire
and the French Section of Amnesty International, was launched in September.
The campaign is asking the French Government to take steps to prevent the
proliferation and misuse of small arms.
4. New Spanish Campaign: "FAREWELL TO ARMS: CAMPAIGN TO CONTROL SMALL ARMS"
This campaign, launched in Spain in February 1999, aims to improve
regulations and promote full transparency and prior parliamentary scrutiny of
arms exports in Spain. It also seeks to identify buy-back schemes and other
weapons collection projects, which could be supported by the Spanish
government and development agencies. The campaign is led by Amnesty
International - Spanish Section, Greenpeace, Intermón and Médecins Sans
Frontières, and is coordinated by Vicenç Fisas.
5. Belgian NGOs join in small arms campaign
A small arms campaign was launched in Belgium on 27 October. The campaign
will focus on introducing stricter normative controls and participation in
regional and international initiatives to tackle the proliferation of small
arms (the coalition has a steering committee which comprises of Amnesty
International Francophone Belgian Section, Justice et Paix, the Belgian Red
Cross and GRIP)
[back to top]
III. OTHER ACTIVITIES
1. UN Welcomes IANSA during Child Rights Exhibit - July 20, 1999
In the UN Press Release which opened the Child Rights Exhibit in New York,
the UN welcomed the formation of the IANSA, stating: "The UN fully supports
the establishment of international and regional codes of conduct to regulate
the legal and illicit trade in light and heavy weapons and welcomes the
recently-launched international NGO campaign against small arms" More
information can be found at: http://www.iansa.org/news/1999/july_99/un_welcome.htm
2. UNDP Weapons Exchange Program in Gramsh, Albania, Update
The Pilot Programme of "Weapons in Exchange for Development was conceived by
the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs (UNDDA) following a mission to
Albania in June 1998. They agreed to develop an innovative approach based on
advocacy and provision of development incentives to people at the community
level to encourage them to voluntarily return the arms in their possession.
Here is an update of some to the activities undertaken to date:
The weapons collection process began 26th January 1999 and some 2600 weapons
and 60 tons of ammunition have been surrendered even after two months
suspension of weapons collection due to the Kosovo Refugees influx in the
country.
A national network of Albanian NGOs has been established to campaign on the
need for voluntary surrender of weapons and ammunition;
A major concert was held in Gramsh town, to encourage weapons surrender and
another one will take place very soon.
For more information on the Gramsh Programme visit the IANSA website at: http://www.iansa.org/documents/un/gramsh/index.htm
3. First Annual Review of EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports
On 21 September EU Member States met to carry out the first Annual Review of
the Code of Conduct on Arms Exports which was adopted in June 1998. In a
positive move, officials agreed at the meeting to publish the Consolidated
Report, which was to emerge from the review process, and on 11 October the
Council of Ministers approved its publication.
Reaction to the report amongst NGOs was mixed. Whilst welcoming the decision
to publish the Consolidated Report, it was felt that the report in fact
contains insufficient information to allow assessment of how the Code has
worked in practice.
The full Consolidated Report can be found by clicking here.
You can also download the report at the IANSA site by visiting: http://www.iansa.org/documents/regional/regindex.htm
[back to top]
IV. DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FROM THE IANSA WEBSITE
1. NGO Documents
Lora Lumpe has written an article titled "Gun Control for the World" for the
Christian Science Monitor,
Published on August 30, 1999. The article can be found at: http://www.iansa.org/news/1999/aug_99/lumpe_gun_control.htm
Light Weapons the Question of International Regulations, and the Role of both
Global and Regional Institutions, by Paul Lansu. [Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader
required]. http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/Reindex.htm
One Size Fits All? Prospects for a Global Convention on Illicit Trafficking
by 2000, Susannah Dyer and Geraldine O'Callaghan, BASIC. http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/Reindex.htm
Comprehensive Measures to Reduce Illicit Small Arms Availability, by Peter
Lock. Prepared for Working Group 3: Security, Peace and Stability in Africa
of the 49th Pugwash Conference in Rustenberg, South Africa
[Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader required]. http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/Reindex.htm
A Paper titled "DOMESTIC GUN CONTROL POLICY IN TEN SADC COUNTRIES" by
Katharine McKenzie is now available. Commissioned by Gun Free South Africa. http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/Reindex.htm
A series of documents dealing with Bulgaria and NATO presented by the Human
Rights Watch are now available. http://www.iansa.org/documents/research/Reindex.htm
2. UN Documents
All of the documents below can be found at http://www.iansa.org/documents/un/unindex.htm
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Calls for Global Effort to Limit Trade. UN
Press Wire.
Security Council Meets at Ministerial Level to Consider Issue of Small Arms
[in .pdf format]
Security Council Presidential Statement on Small Arms (S/PRST/1999/28)
[in .pdf format]
Press Conference By Foreign Minister of Netherlands [in .pdf format]
UN Press Release: Workshop on Arms Register in Africa Opens in Accra (Press
Release AFR/175 DC/2661) [in .pdf format]
Small Arms Destroyed at Public Ceremony in Albania as part of UN 'Weapons for
Development' Pilot Project. Press Release DC/2659/Rev.1- UN-DDA
[back to top]
V. WEB CORNER
New Features
There are two features that we would like to introduce:
1) Participants Profile now on Database
We have migrated all of the available Participants Profile into a database,
which is subsequently tied to our website. Unfortunately, many of the
profiles are in dire need for an update. If you feel that the profile of your
organization is no longer accurate (or if you can't find it), please let us
know! You can email us at webmaster@iansa.org
The advantages of having a database-driven Participants list are twofold:
a) it is easier to maintain and update Participants Profile
b) the list is now searchable
The Participants list is searchable in the following ways:
- by key words
Use "equal to" as the search option if you have the exact spelling/ word
order of the organization;
Use "begins with" as the search option if you know the first word(s) of the
organization;
Use "contains" as the search options if you know any words (if more than one
word, then they must be in sequential order) of the organizations
- by country name
- by region
- by type
2) IANSA Site now searchable by keywords
------------------
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!