In its resolution 5/4, entitled "Illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition", the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group on firearms.
In its resolution 7/1, entitled "Strengthening the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto", the Conference decided, inter alia, that the Working Group on Firearms will be a constant element of the Conference of the Parties, forwarding its reports and recommendations to the Conference, and encouraged the working group to consider meeting on an annual basis, as needed.
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VIC Meeting Guidelines for Participants: COVID-19 (Please note that these are basic guidelines prepared by the VIC Medical Service and they need to be read in conjunction with the host country’s latest recommendations, in particular on the use of the FFP2 masks and maintaining the 2 meters distance).
COVID-19 FAQs Wearing masks at the VIC (Update 25 January)
Latest info on COVID-19 from Austrian and Viennese authoritiesWhile there is no requirement to present a negative PCR or antigen test results in order to enter the VIC, delegations attending the Working Group on Firearms are strongly encouraged to present a negative 72h PCR and/or 48h antigen test result, as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of the virus.
Participants can take a COVID-19 rapid test at Austria Center (U1 Kaisermuehlen and Drive-In) before entering the VIC. Tests are free of charge and available for everybody, including persons without health insurance in Austria. Please register and make an appointment online https://www.acv.at/en/rapid-testing/ and bring a photo ID.
More information on how and where you can test yourself here.
Annotated provisional agenda
Reducing illicit financial and arms flows to achieve target 16.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Background paper prepared by the Secretariat
From arms transfers to firearms trafficking: application of the Firearms Protocol in the context of diversion. Background paper prepared by the Secretariat
List of Participants
Report on the meeting of the Working Group on Firearms held in Vienna on 10 to 12 May 2021
Mireya Valverde Okón (Mexico)
Miguel Angel Fuentes Peniza (Spain)
Adam Mohammed (Nigeria)
Karen Lizeth Chávez Quintero (Colombia)
Jasmina ROSKIĆ (Serbia)
Adam Mohammed (Nigeria)
Christian Ponti (Italy)
Rúben Dario Rojas Barrera (Colombia)
Reducing illicit financial and arms flows to achieve target 16.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Reducing illicit financial and arms flows to achieve target 16.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Illicit firearms trafficking and the use cryptocurrencies.
Reducing illicit financial and arms flows to achieve target 16.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Perspectives from Nigeria and the West African States.
Reducing illicit financial and arms flows to achieve target 16.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
From arms transfers to firearms trafficking: application of the Firearms Protocol in the context of diversion.
From arms transfers to firearms trafficking: application of the Firearms Protocol in the context of diversion. Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Perspective
From arms transfers to firearms trafficking: application of the Firearms Protocol in the context of diversion. Italian best practices.
From arms transfers to firearms trafficking: application of the Firearms Protocol in the context of diversion.
