1. Making Global Public Policy: The Case of Small Arms and Light Weapons
- Author:
- Rachel Stohl and Edward Laurence
- Publication Date:
- 12-2002
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Small Arms Survey
- Abstract:
- In the Programme of Action, agreed at the July 2001 UN Small Arms Conference, national governments adopted a wide-ranging set of commitments which, if implemented, would aid greatly in preventing and reducing the negative impacts of these weapons. In an extensive review, this paper reveals that states, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have taken up this challenge in a broad series of meetings, programmes, and policies. Individual states are enacting new laws, building needed capacity, and funding projects in affected states. UN agencies are engaged in various activities in support of the Programme, while the UN Secretariat is carrying out the tasks assigned to it in this document. At the same time, regional IGOs are taking action loosely based on the Programme. And NGOs, both global and local, have embarked on specific programmes and awareness-raising initiatives, empowered by the mandate contained in the Programme.
- Topic:
- Conflict Resolution, International Relations, Arms Control and Proliferation, and War
- Political Geography:
- United Nations