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  1. “I thank you, Mr. President, for having each of the countries that took the floor address the issue of highlighting the Arms Trade Treaty and the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. We know that Mexico and all countries, especially in those regions affected by small arms and light weapons, will make strenuous efforts to combat, prevent and eradicate the illicit trafficking and diversion of weapons. I thank them and wish them every success in this task.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909Resumption1 (2021) · source

  2. “The Council has at its disposal the tools, knowledge and experience to combat illicit trafficking and diversion of small arms and light weapons — it is a matter of finding the political will to do so. Control Arms is hopeful that Mexico’s efforts to lead in this area of the Security Council’s work will be rewarded by meaningful action.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  3. “Control Arms calls on the Security Council to do more to support the work of panels of experts and to take action against those known to be actively undermining Security Council embargoes, including through the more regular application of secondary sanctions. To continue tackling the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, Control Arms urges the Security Council to prioritize the effective implementation of the established global framework and mechanisms regulating the international trade in conventional arms and to encourage others to do likewise; to promote and seek synergies between international and regional efforts to detect, combat and prevent the illicit trafficking and diversion of arms; and to review, revitalize and develop its commitment to resolution 2220 (2015).”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  4. “It is encouraging that, with the recent accession of China, three of the five permanent members of the Security Council and six of the current elected members are States parties to the ATT. Control Arms calls on all United Nations Member States to join the Treaty as a matter of urgency. Mandatory Security Council arms embargoes are undermined by violations by Members of the United Nations and non-State actors. The United Nations panels or groups of experts in charge of monitoring compliance with arms embargoes have systematically highlighted problems associated with their application and made recommendations to address them. The most egregious recent example is the Libyan embargo, which in March this year was described by the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1973 (2011) as “totally ineffective”.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  5. “According to Security Council resolution 2220 (2015), recognizing the synergies among those instruments and taking measures for their implementation would have a positive impact on reducing illicit traffic and the diversion of small arms and light weapons. The Arms Trade Treaty, for example, requires States parties to develop national control systems to address diversion, among other measures. Recent work under the Treaty includes a specific focus on the diversion of conventional arms, including stockpile management, with mechanisms that are explicitly tasked with addressing diversion — for example, the Diversion Information Exchange Forum — to share information and consult on real cases of diversion. The ATT also specifically enforces Security Council arms embargoes.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  6. “Among them are the Arms Trade Treaty, the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects; the International Tracing Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons; the Firearms Protocol to the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime; the Modular Small- arms-control Implementation Compendium; and the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines. Regional instruments and initiatives that support small arms regulation, such as the African Union Silencing Guns by 2020 initiative, are also vital to that effort.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  7. “For these reasons, it is in the interest of all States that seek to promote human security, as well as national, regional and international security and stability, to do everything possible to address the problem of illicit trafficking and the diversion of small arms. States have various instruments, agreements and mechanisms at their disposal to detect, combat and prevent illicit trafficking and diversion of small arms and light weapons.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  8. “The Treaty plays a leading role in preventing the illicit trade in and diversion of conventional arms, including small arms and light weapons. The devastating impact of the illicit trafficking and misuse of small arms by State and non-State actors is felt most acutely among communities in conflict-affected regions, where those weapons perpetuate a vicious cycle of violence and insecurity and fuel violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, intracommunity tensions, gender-based violence and forced displacement. In other contexts, the illicit trafficking and diversion of small arms and the retransfer of those weapons to unauthorized end users generate high levels of armed violence and fuel crime and terrorism.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source

  9. “On behalf of the Control Arms Governance Board, I want to express my deep appreciation to you, Mr. President, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Mexico, and to your colleagues for leading this debate on a fundamental issue for international peace and security. I would also like to highlight Mexico’s strong support for and alliance with civil society. Control Arms, which today has 150 civil society member organizations, was created to influence the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The ATT is the first global treaty to regulate the international arms trade and to incorporate international human rights law and international humanitarian law as standards to restrict its use.”

    2021-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8909 (2021) · source