NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2020

NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2020

The Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons’ Newsletter is now out! Do you want to learn more about the Forum’s work in the past months, what is ongoing and what is planned for the upcoming period? Read it here: http://parliamentaryforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Newsletter-November-2020.pdf

Key highlights include:

– The Forum is one of the co-sponsors of the recently launched parliamentary handbook “Assuring our Common Future” supporting the implementation of the United Nations’ Secretary General’s Disarmament Agenda “Securing our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament”. The handbook, which provides examples and recommendations on parliamentary action for disarmament and sustainable development, can be found here: https://disarmamenthandbook.org/

– The Forum organised a webinar on October 29 “Realising the 2030 Agenda in a changing world affected by COVID-19: Parliamentary action on armed violence prevention to build back better for more peaceful and sustainably developed societies” highlighting the role of parliamentarians in achieving the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goal 16.4 on reducing illicit arms flows.

– Although the difficult global situation related to COVID-19 brings uncertainties affecting future operations, the Forum is busy planning several relevant international and regional activities to tentatively take place next year.

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