8 October 2018 ‘Pacific Mornings’ ABC Radio Australia [Gun safety] has been in focus in the Pacific region, and Samoa is in the middle of its third gun amnesty in three years. Now, more Pacific Island nations are considering joining up to an Arms Trade Treaty in order to prevent weapon trafficking in the region. […]
We are half-way through the Third Review Conference (RevCon3) of the UN Program of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons celebrated at the UN Headquarters in New York 18-29 June 2018. During the first week, member states provided their views and gave statements on their priorities and commitments to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit […]
The Pacific Small Arms Action Group (PSAAG) carried out a regional workshop in Vanuatu in November 2017 on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (UNPoA). The workshop was funded by the UN Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR), and the Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) […]
As part of its work on strengthening national coordination for the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (UNPoA), PSAAG carried out a national workshop in Vanuatu in November 2017. The workshop was funded by the UN Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms […]
From 11th – 15th September 2017, the Centre for Armed Violence Reduction and PSAAG attended the Third Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP3) in Geneva. The Conference of States Parties is an annual event, bringing together States Parties to the ATT, signatories to the ATT, UN bodies and civil society, including […]
We are delighted to announce modular Training Toolkits for the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the UN small arms Programme of Action (UNPoA). Supported by UNSCAR, these global implementation aids are designed to identify gaps in national arms control systems, while encouraging governments to take powerful steps towards building comprehensive trading and internal arms controls. […]
Former PSAAG intern Shmuel Levin has published an article on the Pacific and the Caribbean’s diverging strategies, and what they can teach the world. Published in The Diplomat (15 July, 2016) Shmuel Levin worked with the Pacific Small Arms Action Group in 2015 analyzing and identifying gaps in Asia-Pacific arms control legislation. Shmuel has previously worked […]
The government of Fiji has over the past year, with the assistance of the Pacific Small Arms Action Group (PSAAG), been actively reviewing their current arms control system – including their position on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). On May 11 – 13, Fiji’s Ministry of Defence and PSAAG held a three-day national workshop in […]
PSAAG was founded in 2009. In this year, founding member Philip Alpers addressed the Amnesty International Parliamentary group on Australia’s leading role in protecting human rights by curbing the global proliferation of illicit small arms. The same year, our members help organise a United Nations gathering of Pacific officials and civil society stakeholders held […]
