Attachments
Providing an overview of issues associated with
the human cost of proliferation and misuse of small arms, this report contains
presentations from a meeting held in 2001 entitled 'Small Arms and the
Humanitarian Community: Developing a Strategy for Action'. For this purpose,
chapters consider the following issues:
- Development, health, humanitarian and
human rights impacts of the small arms trade
- Lessons learnt from other campaigns: Landmines,
child soldiers and the International Criminal Court
- Framework for action
Bringing together 120 people of diverse backgrounds
and experiences, the meeting was attended by Amnesty International, the
ARIAS Foundation, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Human Rights Watch,
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Norwegian Church
Aid, and Oxfam GB,