---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Small Arms Survey <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 6:23 PM Subject: New Research Note: The PoA: Review of National Reports To: [email protected]
Since the adoption of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA) in 2001, more than 80 per cent of UN member states have submitted at least one PoA national report on their implementation of the instrument. But many of these reports leave much to be desired. A new *Research Note* from the Small Arms Survey, *The PoA: Review of National Reports*, gives a brief synopsis of the state of play regarding PoA national reports until December 2010, and discusses the need to improve on current practice as states prepare for the Second UN Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the PoA (Second Review Conference). The *Research Note* explains the importance of the PoA in monitoring and addressing small arms and light weapons proliferation, and notes that in many cases countries’ efforts to meet PoA objectives go unacknowledged because of deficiencies in reporting. Recognizing the need for improved PoA implementation and reporting, the Small Arms Survey launched the PoA Implementation (PoAIM) project in March 2011, which will assess the implementation of the PoA by looking at national reports and other primary sources of information, and evaluate the PoA’s effectiveness and impact. - *Download **Research Note 10*: *The PoA: Review of National Reports*: http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/H-Research_Notes/SAS-Research-Note-10.pdf - *See also: **Fact or Fiction? The UN Small Arms Process *in* Small Arms Survey 2011: States of Security: * http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/de/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2011.html * * - *See also: **Analysis of National Reports: Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and the International Tracing Instrument in 2009–10: * http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP28-Analysis-of-National-Reports.pdf - *More *on international measures: http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/de/regulations-and-controls/levels-of-action/international.html *Disclaimer: *If you do not wish to receive further news/releases from Small Arms Survey, please click the following link: [Remove Me]<http://app.meltwaterpress.com/mpress/removeme.html?cId=686771&sId=69194&cT=imported>. Requests will take a maximum of 2 business days to process. Contact information: Small Arms Survey , Small Arms Survey, Avenue Blanc 47, Geneva, 1202 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
