The impact of poorly regulated arms transfer on the work of the United Nations United Nations coordination action on small arms (CASA), 2013.
The poorly regulated arms trade has devastating, multifaceted effects. These include fuelling violence and armed conflict, hindering efforts to promote socioeconomic development and creating a permanent atmosphere of fear and instability in conflict settings. While millions of civilians have paid th...
| Автор-организации: | United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs, (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
United Nations,
℗♭2013.
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| Серия: |
UNODA occasional papers ;
no. 23. |
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Impact of poorly regulated arms transfer on the work of the United Nations. |
Съдържание:
- Abstract
- Defining the problem
- a).
- Conflict and regional instability
- b).
- Misuse of weapons
- c).
- Diversion of arms and ammunition
- Why does an Arms Trade Treaty matter?
- How weapons misuse and diversion impact the work of the United Nations and the States and citizens it serves
- a.
- Exacerbating conflict, hindering peacekeeping and peacebuilding
- b.
- Violating international humanitarian law and human rights law
- c.
- Obstructing humanitarian action
- Arms used in violence against humanitarian staff and property
- Displacement of people
- Threats to United Nations personnel
- d.
- Denying development
- e.
- Impact on health
- f.
- Fuelling crime, organized crime and terrorism
- Use of firearms in homicides
- firearms as a tool of violence
- Impact of firearms on organized crime and gang criminality
- Firearms as illegal trafficking commodity and its links to other crimes
- Piracy
- g.
- Impact on children
- Impact on children living in armed conflict situations
- Impact on children outside armed conflict contexts
- h.
- Impacts on women and girls
- Armed conflict and its consequences for women
- Sexual and gender-based violence
- Armed violence and masculinity
- i.
- Impact on indigenous and tribal peoples
- Conclusion.