from the 2008 Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms
14-18 July 2008

Discussion and working papers

• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/CRP.1: Discussion paper on illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons (Submitted by the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/WP.1: Discussion paper on international cooperation, assistance and national capacity-building resource implications of States’ commitments under the Programme of Action and International Tracing Instrument
• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/WP.2: Discussion paper on illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons
• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/WP.3: Discussion paper on stockpile management and surplus disposal
• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/WP.4: Discussion Paper on the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons
• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/WP.8: Enhancing international assistance in the implementation of the Programme of Action (Working paper submitted by Indonesia on behalf of member States of the Non-Aligned Movement)
• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/WP.9: Working document of the Latin American and Caribbean region for the Third Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/WP.10: Working document of the member countries of the Central American Integration System and Associated States and Mexico for the Third Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
• Geneva Process Working Group on the BMS Working Paper: Combating the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons: Opportunities to strengthen implementation of the UN Programme of Action

Draft language for outcome document

• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/WP.5: Draft language for outcome document
• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/WP.6: Draft outcome paper on the implementation of the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons
• International Cooperation, Assistance, and National Capacity-Building: The way forward - draft language for outcome document
• Stockpile management and surplus disposal: The way forward - draft language for outcome document
• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/L.3/Rev.1: Draft report of the Third Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (includes Draft outcome on the implemention of the International Tracing Instrument)

Non-governmental papers

• Preventing gun violence against women in the home: International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) Women's Network

Other documents

• Letter dated 3 March 2008 from the Charge d'affaires of the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the UN Secretary-General
• Letter dated 23 May 2008 from the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the UN Secretary-General
• A/CONF.192/BMS/2008/WP.7: Note verbale dated 9 July 2008 from the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations addressed to the secretariat of the Third Biennial Meeting + Annex: Elements prepared by the Working Group on Firearms for the position of MERCOSUR and associated States at the third Biennial Meeting of States

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