Geneva Forum

"Options for the 2nd Open-ended Meeting of Governmental Experts of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms", 18 March 2015 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva (Room IX). For more information, please write to [email protected]

Fin du deuxième cours pilote de formation professionnelle sur la mise en œuvre du Traité sur le Commerce des Armes (TCA)
http://www.genevaforum.ch/gf/

Upcoming event:" Where next for the Biological Weapons Convention?" 3 December 2014, Palais des Nations, Room XXV. More information at http://www.genevaforum.ch/gf/

The ATT Network concluded its first Professional Training Course on Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty. More details at http://www.genevaforum.ch/gf/index.php?id=1069

What could an Arms Trade Treaty Secretariat look like? Dr. David Atwood lays out relevant issues to be considered in a background paper that was discussed at the ATT Network event on "Options for an ATT Secretariat: A Preliminary Exchange of Views", held on 27 August 2014 in Geneva. More information available at http://www.genevaforum.ch/gf/index.php?id=1069

Geneva Forum A Joint Initiative of: Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research Centre on Conflict, Development and Peace building of the Graduate Institute

Join us next week for the 2nd ATT Network Regular Meeting. 19 June 2014, 13:00-14:45 at the WMO (Sergio Vieira de Mello Auditorium). Registration and more information: [email protected]

On 3 June 2014, one year since the ATT opened for signature, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Samoa ratified the treaty. This brings the total number to 40, very close to the 50 ratifications needed for its entry into force.

For more info check Control Arms press release:http://controlarms.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/06/Control-Arms-3-June-Anniversary-Press-Release.pdf

controlarms.org

Action on Armed Violence's infographic on combat drones systems, their use and their spread around the world.

Infographic: current combat drones & their proliferation This infographic seeks to shed some light on current combat drones, their use and their spread around the world.

"Documenting the find as quickly as possible in situ is imperative. Armed groups and national armies, more often than not, share the same fi****ms. After military positions are captured, any weaponry and ammunition is often distributed among the victors and a link lost in piecing together the supply chain."

Chasing bullets in the DRC Her job is to track and trace small arms and ammunition in Africa’s conflict zones.

"A killer robot is a fully autonomous weapon that can select and engage targets without any human intervention. They do not currently exist but advances in technology are bringing them closer to reality."


http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27343076

'Killer robots' to be debated at UN The use of killer robots will be debated for the first time at the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.

"(T)he Republic of the Marshall Islands accuses the nuclear weapons states of a "flagrant denial of human justice". It argues it is justified in taking the action because of the harm it suffered as a result of the nuclear arms race.

The Pacific chain of islands, including Bikini Atoll and Enewetak, was the site of 67 nuclear tests from 1946 to 1958, including the "Bravo shot", a 15-megaton device equivalent to a thousand Hiroshima blasts, detonated in 1954. The Marshallese islanders say they have been suffering serious health and environmental effects ever since."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/24/marshall-islands-sues-nine-nuclear-powers-failure-disarm?CMP=twt_gu

Marshall Islands sues nine nuclear powers over failure to disarm Pacific nation that was site of 67 nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958 accuses states of 'flagrant denial of human justice'

Join us for "Working on Disarmament and Arms Control in Geneva", the Geneva Forum's annual orientation for newly arrived or appointed diplomats. 14-15 April 2014, 15:00-18:00, at the Palais des Nations (Room XXVII). For more information: [email protected]