Statements from the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty

Monday, 26 August 2019

High-level segment

•  President of the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the ATT, Ambassador Mr. Janis Karklins, Latvia
• Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, H.E. Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
• Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Republic of Namibia, H.E. Ms. Christine Hoebes
• Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr. Gilles Carbonnier
• Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, H.E. Mr. Andris Pelss
• Deputy Minister of Public Security, Costa Rica, H.E. Ms. Fiorella Salazar Rojas
•  Director of the Center for Peace Security and Armed Violence Prevention (CPS-AVIP), Ms. Nounou Booto Meeti

Opening remarks, adoption of the agenda, and organisation of work

• President of the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the ATT, Ambassador Mr. Janis Karklins, Latvia

Thematic discussion on gender and gender-based violence

•  President of the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the ATT, Ambassador Mr. Janis Karklins, Latvia
• Former president of Latvia, H.E. Ms. Vaira Vike-Freiberga
• Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Republic of Namibia, Ms. Christine Hoebes
• Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr. Gilles Carbonnier
• Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, H.E. Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
• President of the Women's League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ms. Annie Matundu-Mbambi
• Latin America and Caribbean Group (GRULAC), delivered by Uruguay (Ms.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• New Zealand (Ms.)
• South Africa (Ms.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• Paraguay (Ms.)
• Germany (Ms.)
• United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Palestine (Ms.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Mozambique (Mr.)
• Peru (Ms.)
• Austria (Ms.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Sweden (Ms.)
• Montengero (Mr.)
• Guatemala (Ms.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Ms.)
• Joint statement, delivered by Argentina (Mr.)
• Belgium (Mr.)
• Ghana (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• Control Arms Coalition (Ms.)
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Ms.)
• Small Arms Survey (Ms.)
• International Action Network on Small Arms (Ms.)

General debate

• Lima Group statement, delivered by Peru (Mr.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• South Africa (Ms.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• North Macedonia (Ms.)
• Germany (Ms.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Mali (Mr.)

Tuesday, 27 August 

International Assistance 

• Presentation of the draft report from the Chair of the Voluntary Trust Fund (VTF) by Germany, as Chair
• Presentation by the Head of the ATT Secretariat 
• Paraguay (Ms.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Belgium (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Ms.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Ms.)
• Finland (Ms.)
• Japan (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Ms.)
• Norway (Ms.)
• Control Arms (Mr.)

General Debate continued

• African Group, delivered by Namibia (Mr.)
• Finland (Ms.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Norway (Ms.)
• Sweden (Ms.)
• Paraguay (Ms.)
• Peru (Mr.)
• Bulgaria (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Czech Republic (Mr.)
• Montenegro (Mr.)
• Lebanon (Mr.)
• Guatemala (Mr.)
• Palestine (Mr.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Luxembourg (Mr.)
• Burkina Faso (Ms.)
• Cote d'Ivôire (Mr.)
• Belgium (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Serbia (Mr.)
• Togo (Mr.)
• Slovenia (Ms.)
• Mozambique (Mr.)
• Chile (Ms.)
• Honduras (Mr.)
• Samoa (Ms.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Senegal (Mr.)
• Jamaica (Ms.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• Nigeria (Ms.)
• Poland (Ms.) 
• Romania (Ms.)
• Barbados (Mr.)
• Iceland (Mr.)
• France (Mr.)
• Benin (Mr.)
• Antigua and Barbuda (Ms.)
• Canada (Ms.)
• Botswana (Ms.)
• Thailand (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Singapore (Ms.)
• Ireland (Ms.)
• China (Mr.)
• Tonga (Ms.)
• Secretariat of Wassenaar Arrangement (Mr.)
• Interpol (Mr.)
• Control Arms (Mr.)
• International Action on Small Arms (IANSA), (Ms.)
• National Firearms Associations (Mr.)
• ASER (Mr.)

Right of reply

• Palestine (Mr.)

Treaty Implementation

• Presentation of the draft report of the Working Group on Effective Treaty Implementation (WGETI) by Switzerland, as Chair
  
• Presentation on the progress under the sub-Working Group of Article 5 by Ghana, as Facilitator
• Presentation on the progress under the sub-Working Group of Articles 6 and 7 by Sweden, as Facilitator
• Presentation on the progress under the sub-Working Group of Article 11 by Jamaica, as Facilitator
• Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), delivered by Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Norway (Ms.)
• South Africa (Mr.)

Wednesday, 28 August 

Treaty Implementation

• European Union (Ms.)
•  Latvia (Ms.)
• United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Palestine (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Belgium (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Peru (Ms.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Ms.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Georgia (Ms.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• China (Mr.)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (Ms.)
• Control Arms (Mr.)
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) (Ms.) (ENG)
• ASER (Mr.)
• Control Arms Foundation of India (Mr.)
• Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) (Mr.)

Right of Reply

• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)

Transparency and Reporting

• Presentation by the ATT Secretariat on the status of reporting 
• Presentation of the draft report of the Working Group on Transparency and Reporting (WGTR) by Belgium and Mexico, as Co-chairs
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• Belgium (Mr.)
• Latvia (Ms.)
• United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Italy (Ms.)
• Australia (Ms.) 
• Netherlands (Ms.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• Argentina (Ms.)
• Germany (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Mr.)
• Benin (Mr.)
• Nigeria (Ms.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• International Commitee of the Red Cross (Ms.)
• Control Arms (Mr.)

 Treaty Universalisation

• Presentation of the draft report of the Working Group on Treaty Universalisation (WGTU) by Japan and Latvia, as Co-chairs
• Latvia (Mr.)
• Japan (Ms.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Mozambique (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Ms.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• France (Mr.) 
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.) 
• New Zealand (Ms.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Lebanon (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (Ms.)
• Control Arms (Ms.)
• ASER (Mr.)
• Control Arms Foundation of India (Mr.)

Thursday, 29 August 2019

International Assistance

• Report on the ATT Sponsorship Programme for the period 2018/19, delivered by Mr. Dumisani Dladla, ATT Secretariat
• Jamaica (Ms.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• Benin (Mr.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Sierra Leone (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Ms.)
• Ghana (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Vanuatu (Ms.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Tonga (Ms.)
• Control Arms (Mr.)
• ASER (Mr.)
• IANSA (Mr.)
• Guatemala (Ms.)

Matters relating to the ATT Secretariat

• Report on the ATT Secretariat's work in the period 2018/19, delivered by Mr. Dumisani Dladla, ATT Secretariat 
• Report on the Management Committee's work in the period 2018/19, delivered by Cote d'Ivoire (Mr.)
• Presentation of the budget estimates for 2020 (section pertaining to the ATT Secretariat), delivered by Mr. Dumisani Dladla, ATT Secretariat
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)

 Matters pertaining to the Financial Contributions 

• Presentation from Mr. Dumisani Dladla, ATT Secretariat 
• Presentation from the Management Committee on financial liquidity issues, delivered by the Netherlands (Ms.)
• Guatemala (Ms.)
• Namibia (Mr.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Belgium (Ms.) 
• Republic of Korea (Ms.)
• South Africa (Ms.)
• Germany (Mr.)
• Ireland (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.) 
• France (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Sweden (Mr.)
• Ghana (Mr.)
• Japan (Ms.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Finland (Ms.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Control Arms (Mr.)

Matters pertaining to the Sixth Conference of States Parties (CSP6)

• Presentation from Mr. Dumisani Dladla, ATT Secretariat 

Any other business

Friday, 30 August 

Adoption of the draft report

Informal discussion