At the Board Meeting of the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons, held on November 30th 2018 in Brussels, the Board adopted a new Policy Statement on uncontrolled Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), Terrorism and Organised Crime. The statement attends to the nexus...
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Thank you once again for interesting and productive days in Brussels at the Thematic Seminar & General Assembly! The 20 parliamentarians from Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and North Africa, have adopted the - The Brussels Declaration – Parliamentary Action...
Today the Parliamentary Forum’s General Assembly, in collaboration with the Flemish Peace Institute, kicks off in Brussels. The upcoming two days, which in addition to the General Assembly, where a new Board will be elected for the period 2018 – 2020, will include a thematic...
Forumet utlyser en praktikanttjänst via Föreningen för Utvecklingsfrågor för vårterminen 2019. Vi söker dig som är intresserad av att använda och utveckla tidigare kunskaper inom freds- och konfliktfrågor och dess koppling till en hållbar global utveckling. Klicka HÄR för att läsa mer om praktikanttjänsten och göra din...
Thank you all for your vital commitment to raise awareness and take action to prevent and reduce SALW related violence! In the Forum’s most recent newsletter you can read about past and upcoming events. Here we would like to give you some highlights: The Third Review...
The Code of Conduct contains clarified guidelines on Parliamentary Forums' management of personal information, in accordance with the new EU legislation – General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR. The Code was approved by the Board in August 2018. ...
We are pleased to invite all members to the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons! It will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on the 28th and 29th of November, thanks to the generous collaboration with the Flemish Peace Institute...
On May 7-8, the Forum arranged the regional seminar “Connecting the Dots” in South-Eastern Asia in collaboration with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA). The seminar highlighted parliamentary actions and commitments towards the universalisation and implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the Arms...
Global Parliamentary Action Plan The Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons, in cooperation with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, successfully held a side-event, as part of its “Connecting the Dots” Project. The project is...