The Small Arms Survey has a long history of supporting 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 International Tracing Instrument (ITI).
Key issues for this year’s series of meetings include:
- improving international cooperation and assistance in implementation of the UN PoA and ITI;
- the challenges and opportunities that innovations and new technology present to the UN PoA and ITI;
- integration of small arms and light weapons into national development processes;
- setting national and regional targets for implementation;
- the fellowship training programme;
- the Open-ended technical expert group on recent developments in small arms and light weapons manufacturing, technology, and design;
- the need for reviewing and updating MOSAIC;
- improvised and artisanal small arms;
- synergies with the Global Framework on Ammunition;
- demand factors and enablers of illicit small arms and light weapons; and
- broadening gender-responsive small arms control.
The Survey will engage with partners and stakeholders on a number of key thematic areas throughout preparatory meetings leading up to RevCon4 and during the conference itself. Official documents for RevCon4 can be found here. Also listen to our Road to RevCon4 podcast series, featuring expert speakers on several key issues being discussed at the RevCon.
Find out more about the Survey’s latest work on these thematic areas below:
Integration of small arms and light weapons into national development frameworks
Integrating gender and demand perspectives in small arms control processes
Privately made firearms and other non-industrial small arms and light weapons
New technologies and ammunition profiling
