PERU
Who: Amnesty International Peru, Red Peruana
en Desarme Civil
What: Community consultations, a film festival,
round table discussions (with students,
human rights activists, journalists and
experts), a web-action and collaboration
with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on
the ATT.
Where: Chiclayo, Huancayo, Lima
When: March-April 2007
Links: www.amnistia.org.pe
TANZANIA
Who: Tanzania Action Network on Small Arms
(TANSA), HUREPI-TRUST
What: National Consultation (involving women’s
groups, youth groups, parliamentarians,
lawyers, NGOs, and others), community
consultations, a press release, a “Day of
Action”, radio interviews, and a meeting
with the president.
Where: Dodoma, Arusha, Dar es Salaam
When: April-May 2007
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
Who: Women's Institute for Alternative
Development
What: Community and national consultations
and the formation of 2 sub-committees
for research and campaigning
Where: Port of Spain
When: April 2007
LESOTHO
Who: Transformation Resource Centre (TRC)
What: Community consultations (including public
meetings and radio talk shows)
Where: Maseru
When: April 2007
BANGLADESH
Who: SAP-International, SAAPE Bangladesh ,
Saferworld, NFASA and the Bangladesh
Development Partnership Centre (BDPC)
What: A Press Conference, a letter and a
memorandum sent to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (regarding the government's
submission to the UN SG), and the formation
of a South Asia Peace Commission
Where:Dhaka
When: March 2007
SRI LANKA
Who: SASA-Net Sri Lanka, Marga Institute
What: Community consultations, ATT workshop,
working with the Sri Lanka Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Permanent
Mission of Sri Lanka to UN, consultation
workgroup established
Where: Colombo
When: April 2007
ARGENTINA
Who: Amnesty International Argentina, Red
Argentina para el Desarme (RAD)
What: Meeting with the Mercosur Arms Group
(petition submitted by NGOs), a
seminar on the ATT and a national survey
on SALW and the ATT
Where: Buenos Aires
When: March 2007
COLUMBIA
Who: REDEPAZ (Columbian peace network),
CLAVE, CERAC, Plan desarme
What: Meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister,
meeting with senators and congressional
representatives, a public event and a
position document on the ATT sent to
the government
Where: Bogota
When: March / April 2007
GUATEMALA
Who: IEPADES, Oxfam
What: A meeting with the Minister of Foreign
Affairs and letters sent to the government
concerning the submission to the UN SG
Where: Guatemala
When: March / April 2007
HAITI
Who: Haitian Campaign on Gun Violence
(HCGV), Oxfam, OFAT
What: Meetings with government officials and a
position document sent to ministers and
other officials
Where: Port-au-Prince
When: March / April 2007
MEXICO
Who: Oxfam GB in Mexico
What: A meeting with Ulises Canchola (Director,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs), an ATT
document sent to the government, and a
seminar
Where: Mexico City
When: April 2007
PARAGUAY
Who: Amnesty International Paraguay
What: Community consultations and a
public music concert (with ATT
questionnaire)
Where: Asuncion
When: April 2007
BAHRAIN
Who: Amnesty International Bahrain
What: Advertisements in newspapers, SMS
campaign and media (press) coverage
Where: Manama
When: March / April 2007
SERBIA
Who: The Balkan Youth Union (BYU), EBCO
Balkans, House of Youth (HoY),
Zajecar Initiative
What: Regional and National consultations,
advocacy letters sent to the
government and media, flyers and
posters distributed, government
lobbied, a consultation with
government officials and CSOs
Where: Nis , Zajecar, Belgrade
When: March / April 2007
MACEDONIA
Who: The Journalists for Children and
Women's Rights and Protection of the
Environment in
Macedonia (JCWE)
What: Day of training and promotion of the
translation of an SALW dictionary into
Macedonian and
Albanian (with media coverage)
Where: Skopje
When: March 2007
LEBANON
Who: Permanent Peace Movement
What: Community consultations, events
(involving government and CSOs),
submission of ATT and consultation
documents to the government and a
press conference
Where: Ansarieh, Beirut , Mount Lebanon
When: March - April 2007
USA
Who: Amnesty International USA
What: A student petition to Secretary Rice, a
detailed NGO memo to Secretary Rice
and several lobbying meetings with
U.S. government officials.
Where: Washington D.C.
When: April-May 2007
VENEZUELA
Who: Amnesty International Venezuela
What: Awareness-raising events, a rock
concert and a signature collection for
PC and ATT.
Where: Caracas
When: April 2007
CHILE
Who: Amnesty International Chile
What: National consultation, a web-action,
a street action and community
consultations involving civil society
organisations, students and unions
Where: Santiago
When: March-May 2007
JORDAN
Who: Madaba for Supporting Development
(MSD)
What: People's Debate in 2 sessions (gathering
parliamentarians, CSOs, students,
academics and companies), a TV
interview and a radio interview
Where: Amman
When: April 2007
BURKINA FASO
Who: Amnesty International Burkina,
L'Association des Femmes Juristes
du Burkina Faso and IANSA
What: A workshop to launch the consultation,
radio programs and a civil society
government consultation
Where: Ouagadougou
When: March 2007
DR CONGO
Who: Congolese Action Network on Small Arms
(RECAAL), AVRA (Association for Victims
of Repression in Africa )
What: Community consultations, a National
Consultation, press conferences, “Days of
Reflection”, an SALW buy-back event, and
lobbying of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Where: Bukavu, Uvira, Matadi, Kinshasa, Maniema
When: April 2007
BRAZIL
Who: Sou da Paz (in collaboration with other
NGOs)
What: 12 People's Consultations in regions
across the country targeted at specific
groups (the reports of which were handed
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and a
national consultation (with media
coverage and a final report)
Where: Sao Paulo
When: March 2007
Links: www.soudapaz.org/controlarms
BURUNDI
Who: La Colonie des Pionniers de
Développement (CPD), La Bonne
Generation du Burundi (BGB), Youth for
Security Club
What: Community consultations, a national consultation
and other events including workshops, seminars,
a public march, public campaigns and petitions
(ControlArms tour and Million Faces), radio
programmes, a press conference and a theatre
performance
Where: Bubanza, Cibitoke, Ma Kamba, de
Bujumbura, Ngozi , Bujumbura, Kayanza
and Muramvya
When: March-April 2007
FIJI
Who: The Pacific Concerns Resource Centre
(PCRC), Pacific Foundation of the
Advancement of Women (PACFAW)
What: National Consultation, a report sent to the
government and to regional security
meetings, Global Week of Action used to
engage the government
Where: Suva
When: April 2007
FRANCE
Who: Institut de Relations Internationales et
Stratégiques (IRIS)
What: Consultation with government officials,
campaigners and industry
representatives
Where: Paris
When: March 2007
CANADA
Who: Amnesty International (French Canadian
Section), Oxfam-Quebec
What: Community consultations, a meeting with
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an e-action,
action cards distributed, publicity stunts (kiosk,
vox populi) and an event (cereal
boxes with fake guns and SALW info
distributed to schools)
Where: Ottawa , Montreal , Toronto
When: March-April 2007
