The Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weaponsis celebrating its 15 year Anniversary this year. We want to take this opportunity to highlight the problem with small arms and light weapons-related violence around the world. We are relaunching the campaign “Words over Bullets” this week on...
On Oct 11 2017, to mark our 15thAnniversary, the Forum, in cooperation with members from the Swedish Parliament, organised a seminar in the Swedish Parliament. The seminar highlighted the key achievements of the Forum during our 15 years of existence, as well as lessons learned...
The Parliamentary Forum is saddened by the news that Mr. Joseph Nkaissery, Minister of Interior of Kenya, earlier an MP, former dedicated member of the Forum, suddenly passed away on July 7. Mr. Joseph Nkaissery strongly advocated for the prevention and reduction of armed violence,...
On May 31 2017, the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons, in cooperation with its members from the Swedish Parliament, organised the seminar titled ’Armed violence in Sweden - the importance of building peaceful and inclusive societies’. The seminar gathered 41 participants including...
The Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons, in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Berlin and the FES Competence Centre for Peace and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa, successfully held the conference “Promoting Stakeholder and Parliamentary Dialogue on the Arms Trade Treaty” on the 13thand 14thof...
The Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weaponsis celebrating 15 year Anniversary since its creation this year. We want to take this opportunity to highlight the problem with small arms and light weapons-related violence around the world. The Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light...
El Seminario Regional “Conectando los puntos: Apoyando la implementación de la Agenda 2030, el TCA y el UNPOA, a través de un mayor compromiso y acción parlamentarios en procesos internacionales” del Foro Parlamentario sobre APAL se llevó a cabo de manera exitosa en la sede...
The Parliamentary Forum is recruiting a Programme Officer to join our team in Stockholm. Closing date is 18t of May but we review our applications on a rolling basis, so would recommend getting your application in as soon as possible. Please follow the link for more...
At the Board Meeting of the Parliamentary Forum, held on April 7th 2017, new relevant steering and policy documents were approved. The Forum is pleased to share with its members and the general public the following documentation: The Policy Statement on Youth, Peace and Security. The...