UNODC Firearms Champion Country Initiative for Combatting Illicit Arms Trafficking
The UNODC's Firearms Champion Country Initiative focuses on countering illicit arms trafficking by implementing UNTOC and the Firearms Protocol through international cooperation and information exchange. Efforts include monitoring illicit arms flows, supporting member states in preventing trafficking, and promoting evidence-based decision making through firearms data analysis. Interested parties can contact Ms. Simonetta Grassi to join the initiative.
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UNODCs Firearms Champion Country Initiative Side Event Best Practices in the Collection, Analysis, and Operational Use of Firearms Data to Monitor Illicit Arms Flows and Achieve SDG Target 16.4: UNODC s Firearms Champion Country Initiative 17 October, UNTOC COP 9 Vienna, Austria
Objective: Countering illicit arms trafficking and related crimes, through implementation of UNTOC and the Firearms Protocol and effective international cooperation and information exchange. Donors:
Cross-cutting elements (gender, civil society engagement, human rights, rule of law)
UNODCs Efforts to Monitor Illicit Arms Flows 2016 Res. 8/3 New mandate for collection and analysis of firearms data on regular basis, also taking into account target 16.4 of the SDGs October 2018 Launch of the Firearms Champion County Initiative June 2018 Launch of the Illicit Arms Flows Questionnaire (IAFQ) COP - 2010 UNODC mandated to develop Firearms Study Ongoing Technical assistance to enhance data generation, collection, recording and analysis capacities April 2017 Start of the EU-UNODC Project on Firearms Data 2015 Publication of the first UNODC Study on Firearms
The Firearms Champion Country Initiative Objective: Supporting Member States efforts in identifying and disseminating best practices along the chain of measures that States need to put in place in order to effectively prevent, detect and combat the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, P&C&A, address their links to other crimes and achieve and monitor SDG target 16.4. First focus area: Evidence-based decision making through the generation, collection, recording, analysis and operational use of firearms data Modalities: Flexible approach with a variety of outputs, such as o National studies on firearms trafficking and links to other forms of crime o Contribution to issue paper on good practices to detect, prevent and combat illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their P&C&A
Interested in joining the initiative? Please contact: Ms. Simonetta Grassi Head of the UNODC Global Firearms Programme Tel: +43-1-26060-5484 E-Mail: Simonetta.Grassi@un.org @UNODC_Firearms United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Global Firearms Programme Implementation Support Section Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch Division for Treaty Affairs Vienna International Centre PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
