Statements from the 2010 UNPoA Biennial Meeting of States

Monday, 14 June 2010
Opening remarks

• High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Sergio Duarte
• Chair, Ambassador Pablo Macedo of Mexico
• Small Arms Survey, Ms. Sarah Parker

Agenda Item 6(a): Establishment, where appropriate, of subregional or regional mechanisms, with a view to preventing, combating and eradicating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons across borders, including trans-border Customs cooperation and networks for information-sharing among law enforcement, border and Customs control agencies

• Uruguay, Mr. Federico Perazza
• European Union
• SICA and Mexico, Ambassador Pablo Antonio Thalassinos of Panama
• Non-Aligned Movement, Ambassador Hasan Kleib of Indonesia
• Egypt
• Lithuania, Ambassador Dalius Cekuolis
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Camillo Gonsalves of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• African Group, Mr. Lawrence Olufemi Obisakin of Nigeria
• India, Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill
• Japan
• Pakistan
• Colombia
• France
• United States, Mr. Steven R. Costner
• Australia, Mr. Philip Kimpton
• Philippines
• Mexico, Mr. Roberto Dondisch
• Switzerland, Ambassadeur Jürg Lauber
• Algeria
• Israel
• MERCOSUR and Associated States, Ambassador Jorge Arguello
• Kenya
• Sierra Leone
• Cuba
• Morocco
• Peru
• Canada
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Dominican Republic
• Thailand
• Iran
• Senegal
• Nigeria
• Libya
• Bolivia
• Uganda
• China
• Jamaica

Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Agenda item 6(b): International cooperation and assistance

• Australia, Ms. Sarah deZoeten
• United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Ms. Kerry Maze
• European Union
• Montenegro, Ambassador Milorad Scepanovic
• Algeria
• Guatemala
• Austria
• MERCOSUR and Associated States
• Bangladesh, Ambassador A.K. Abdul Momen
• Armenia, Ambassador Garen Nazarian
• Japan
• CARICOM, Mr. Keith De Freitas of Trinidad and Tobago
• Gabon, Mr. Jean Francois Ndongou, Minister of the Interior, Public Security, Immigration, and Decentralisation
• Switzerland, Ambassador Jurg Lauber
• Iraq
• Iran
• United States
• Netherlands, Mr. Pieter van Donkersgoed
• India
• Germany
• Lebanon
• Norway
• Peru
• Philippines, Ambassador Libran N. Cabactulan
• Kenya
• El Salvador (also in Spanish)
• Australia, Ms. Neryl Lewis
• Venezuela
• Democratic Republic of Congo, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Viet Nam
• China
• Colombia
• Pakistan
• Morocco, Ms. Siham Mourabit
• Portugal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo, Colonel Toyi Assiah
• Djibouti
• Botswana, Mr. Kenny Kapinga
• Guyana
• Cuba
• Zambia
• Jamaica, Ambassador Raymond O. Wolfe
• South Africa
• Congo
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
• Burundi
• Guinea, Colonel Bambo Fofana
• Mali, Ms. Traore Ami Diallo

Agenda item 6(d): Other issues, and the identification of priority issues or topics of relevance in the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects and of their implementation challenges and opportunities

• Nigeria, Mr. Lawrence Olufemi Obisakin
• Mexico
• MERCOSUR and Associated States
• Peru
• India
• Australia, Ms. Gaia Puleston
• Guatemala
• Kenya
• Cuba
• Pakistan
• Botswana, Mr. Kenny Kapinga
• Colombia

Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Agenda item 6(c): Strengthening of the follow-up mechanism of the Programme of Action, and preparations for the 2011 Experts Group meeting and the 2012 Review Conference

• Mexico
• Colombia
• UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Daniel Prins
• Russian Federation
• European Union
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Japan
• Israel
• Australia, Professor Philip Alpers
• United States
• Papua New Guinea
• China
• Switzerland
• Canada
• India
• Cote d’Ivoire
• United Kingdom
• Ethiopia
• Pakistan
• Ireland
• Norway
• Colombia
• Poland
• France
• Cuba
• Arab Group
• Guatemala
• Nicaragua, Ambassador Maria Rubiales de Chamrro
• Tanzania
• Ghana, Lt-Col Seth Ohene-Asare (rtd.)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
• Angola, Ambassador Ismael A. Gaspar Martins

International, regional, and non-governmental organizations

• UN Coordinating Action on Small Arms (CASA), Mr. Daniel Prins
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mr. Fred C. Parker IV
• System for Integration in Central America (SICA)
• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ambassador James Victor Gbeho
• Southern African Development Community (SADC), Mr. Joaquim Bule
• Organization of American States (OAS)
• East African Community, Hon. Beatrice Kiraso
• International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
• Regional Centre on Small Arms (RECSA)
• International Physicans for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
• Defense Small Arms Advisory Council
• World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activites
• FAIR Trade Group
• National Firearms Association of Canada
• Safari Club International
• Second Amendment Foundation
• Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturing Institute
• Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia
• West African Action Network on Small arms/Réseau d’Action sur les armes Légères (Cote d’Ivoire), Michèle Pépé, "Collaboration entre la societe civile et les gouverments"
• Fundación Transiciones (Guatemala), Alex Gálvez, "Sobrevivientes de la violencia armada y el Programa de Acción"
• Institute for Security Studies (South Africa), Guy Lamb, "Cross Border Trafficking and the International Tracing Instrument"
• Philippines Action Network on Small Arms, Jasmin Nario-Galace, "International Cooperation and Assistance"
• Defend International, Widad Akrawi, "Culture of Peace"
• Peaceful Women of Colombia, Martha Quintero, "Desarmar la Violencia Doméstica"
• Network on Light Weapons in Togo/Reseau sur les armes légères de Togo, Kokou Aklavon, "Gun Free World Cup"
• International Action Network on Small Arms (Brazil), Ilona Carvalho, "Armed violence and the MDGs"
• International Action Network on Small Arms, Rebecca Peters, "Toward 2012"

Thursday, 17 June 2010
Agenda item 7: Consideration of the implementation of the International Tracing Instrument

• China
• Australia
• Argentina
• European Union
• Belgium
• Burkina Faso
• United States
• Japan
• Morocco
• CARICOM, Ambassador Raymond O. Wolfe of Jamaica
• Switzerland
• Algeria
• India
• France
• Kenya
• Canada
• Guatemala
• Thailand
• Chile
• Peru
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
• Interpol