Publication

This paper provides a summary of the expert seminar ‘Integrating Development into the UN Programme of Action Process’, which was held at the headquarters of the Norwegian Red Cross in Oslo on 22–23 March 2006. The seminar was a collaborative effort between the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway and the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers. The purpose of the expert seminar was to elaborate concrete proposals on how to address the negative impacts of small-arms proliferation and violence on sustainable development within the implementation process of the UN Programme of Action to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects.