Small Arms

  • Tomorrow afternoon (22 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution proposed by Mexico addressing the illicit transfer, destabilising accumulation and diversion of arms and related materials in violation of Council-mandated arms embargoes. The draft text...

  • 21 November 2021

    Small Arms: Ministerial-Level Open Debate

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    Tomorrow (22 November), the Security Council will hold a ministerial-level open debate on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard will chair the meeting, which is one of the signature events of Mexico’s November presidency. The...

  • November 2021

    Small Arms and Light Weapons

    Monthly Forecast

    In November, the Security Council will hold a ministerial-level open debate on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). This is one of the signature events of Mexico’s November presidency.

  • October 2021

    Small Arms and Light Weapons

    Monthly Forecast

    In October, the Security Council will hold a briefing to consider the Secretary-General’s seventh biennial report on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), to be submitted in accordance with the presidential statement adopted on 29 June 2007.

  • Tomorrow (16 September), Security Council members will convene for a virtual Arria-formula meeting on “The threat to international peace and security posed by the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons”. The meeting is being organised by Mexico. The...

  • Tomorrow morning (8 April), the Security Council is expected to hold a ministerial-level debate via videoconference on “Mine action and sustaining peace: Stronger partnerships for better delivery”, under the maintenance of international peace and security agenda item. Viet Nam’s incoming...

  • February 2020

    Small Arms

    Monthly Forecast

    In February, the Council will hold a briefing to consider the Secretary-General’s sixth biennial report on small arms, submitted in accordance with the presidential statement adopted on 29 June 2007, which requested a biennial report to the Council, beginning in 2008.

  • 15 December 2017

    Small Arms: Briefing

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    On Monday (18 December), the Security Council will be briefed on small arms by High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu. It will consider the Secretary-General’s fifth biennial report on small arms (S/2017/1025). No outcome is expected. The Secretary-General’s report...

  • December 2017

    Small Arms

    Monthly Forecast

    In December, the Council will hold a briefing at the initiative of Japan to consider the Secretary-General’s biennial report on small arms, which is expected by mid-December. At press time, no outcome was planned.

  • Tomorrow (2 August), the Council will hold a briefing on “threats to international peace and security: Preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons”. The briefers are expected to be Deputy Director of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)...

  • On Monday morning (30 November), Angola and Lithuania will co-host an Arria-formula meeting on the impact of the illicit transfer of small arms and light weapons and poaching in Africa. The meeting will be open to all UN member states...

  • 21 May 2015

    Small Arms: Vote on Resolution

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    Tomorrow morning (22 May), the Council is expected to vote on the draft resolution on small arms that Lithuania had initially planned to present to the Council for action at the 13 May open debate (S/PV.7442). The draft was put...

  • Tomorrow (13 May), the Council will hold an open debate to discuss the Secretary-General’s 27 April report on small arms (S/2015/289). Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein will brief, and there will also...

  • May 2015

    Small Arms

    Monthly Forecast

    In May, the Council will hold an open debate at the initiative of Lithuania to consider the Secretary-General’s biennial report on small arms. Lithuania has circulated a concept note highlighting the human cost of illicit small arms as a key focus for the debate and has proposed a resolution as an outcome.

  • 25 September 2013

    Council to Adopt First Resolution on Small Arms

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    Tomorrow afternoon (26 September), the Security Council will hold a high-level meeting on small arms to be chaired by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop of Australia. A draft resolution was put in blue yesterday evening (24 September) and is expected to...