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Small Arms Survey STRATEGY 2024–28

5 Mar 2024

The Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weap- Survey will therefore engage with relevant UN member ons in All Its Aspects (UN PoA); the UN Protocol against states and regional and international organizations the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, to accelerate the implementation of Agenda 2030, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition (Firearms measure their pro. [...] In the period 2024–28 we expect that UN member Intra-state conflicts are also intensifying, including, but states and regional and international organizations will not limited to, political violence and resource-driven continue to seek the Survey’s expertise in the devel- clashes across the Sahel and Gulf of Guinea, South-east opment, implementation, and monitoring of these Asia, and the Middle Ea. [...] The breadth and depth of systematically equip institutions and actors with knowl- support among interest groups and policy stakehold- edge, skills, and access in order to influence the design ers are key to influencing practice and bringing and implementation of small arms control initiatives. [...] Institutions and actors need knowledge that strategy, with a view to strengthening long-term enables them to recognize and understand prob- engagement and collaboration within and between lems linked to the illicit proliferation and misuse of formal and informal ‘allied voices’ in the field of small arms and to their ability to effectively address small arms control. [...] Depending on these partners’ needs and capacities, and the resources at their disposal, the Survey’s work may feature one or several of the following capabilities: qualitative and/or participatory research; quantitative research, global and project data sets and databases, and data analytics; population surveys in fragile environments; the analysis of small arms supply and demand dynamics at the c.
Pages
24
Published in
Switzerland