08 maj UPCOMING REGIONAL SEMINAR IN EAST AFRICA!
On 6-7 June 2024, the @Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PFSALW) in collaboration with the Parliament of Uganda, is hosting a regional seminar in East Africa, Kampala, Uganda, with focus on the topic of parliamentary action for the prevention of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). The seminar is entitled “Enhancing parliamentary capacity and action in East Africa for advanced implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UN PoA) and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda”.
The seminar will contribute to advance the prevention and reduction of SALW- related violence by enhancing parliamentary capacity action and leverage in the work on conventional arms control instruments, concretely the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UN PoA) and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda as well as synergies to other relevant international frameworks. Specific consideration will be made to the equal inclusion of women parliamentarians in the seminar as to enhance women’s active role and participation in peace and security processes.
To guide and support parliamentary action for the universalisation and implementation of the aforementioned instruments, parliamentary priorities and recommendations will be identified and condensed into a gender equality focused regional Parliamentary Action Plan (PAP), based on a follow-up review of PFSALW’s previously elaborated PAP in the region. The seminar is welcoming and aims to engage parliamentarians from the focus countries in East Africa: Comoros, Madagascar, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. The conclusions from the seminar are planned to be presented at an international side event during the Fourth United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (RevCon4), end of June 2024.
Kindly note that parliamentarians interested in participating should reach out to PFSALW by May 10, 2024, at the latest. For further information, please contact: secretariat@parlforum.org.
