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  1. “In conclusion, I wish to reiterate that in order to address successfully the challenges posed by small arms, a coordinated response at the global, regional, national and local levels is required, and that all delegations need to work together in a spirit of cooperation. This is not an affront to international trade in arms, but a question of being responsible traders and consumers. The safety of communities in regions awash with small arms is crucial, as is, ultimately, the achievement of the internationally agreed objectives, including the MDGs. Time is not on our side.”

    2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source

  2. “It is a matter of survival for the communities in our part of the world, and thus I implore other Member States to join in this noble cause. Further, Kenya reaffirms its support for the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects. In this connection, we support the work of the Governmental Group of Experts in their efforts to enhance international cooperation in preventing, combating and eradicating illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons. Kenya urges other Member States to remain actively engaged in efforts to combat the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.”

    2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source

  3. “At the global level, the international community must agree on practical measures to control the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, which continue to cause the death and destabilization of hundreds of thousands of civilians. As part of concrete measures to combat the proliferation of small arms, Kenya, with other like-minded countries, has been at the forefront in supporting the resolution on the arms trade treaty. We deem important that the international community put in place a mechanism for responsible trade in these weapons through a legally binding instrument establishing international standards for the import, export and transfer of small arms. Kenya is convinced that an arms trade treaty is feasible and timely.”

    2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source

  4. “It has also been successful in coordinating interaction with national focal points, regional and international agencies, civil society and research institutions, as well as in capacity-building and information sharing. The political will, ownership and partnership among member States have ensured concrete and practical achievements towards the Centre's noble objectives. At the national level, the Kenya National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons, which brings together government and civil society, is operational, with the assistance of RECSA. Its Secretariat has in the last five years improved its capacity and expanded its mandate to include peacebuilding, conflict management and implementation of the Conflict Early Warning Mechanism of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, well as promotion of community-based policing.”

    2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source

  5. “As part of the programme to combat the menace of small arms, the countries of the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa region issued the Nairobi Declaration in the year 2000, thereby establishing the Secretariat on Small Arms as a regional platform for containing the problem of proliferation of small arms and light weapons. In June 2005 the Third Ministerial Review Conference of the Nairobi Declaration adopted an agreement transforming the Secretariat into the Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons (RECSA). RECSA has done considerable work in coordinating and in assisting member States to implement the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons and relevant resolutions and instruments related to small arms and light weapons.”

    2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source

  6. “The circulation of and trafficking in small arms and light weapons in the Great Lakes region, the Horn of Africa and all the neighbouring States have played a significant role in undermining peace, intensifying violence and crime and fuelling regional wars. Consequently, all those factors have had harmful socio- economic effects, especially given that security and development are inextricably interlinked. Indeed, at this rate it is little wonder that the African continent may not achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), due in part to the challenges posed by the problems associated with small arms.”

    2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source

  7. “Thank you for giving me the floor, Mr. President, and for convening this important open debate on the agenda item on small arms. We also welcome the report of the Secretary- General containing his analysis, observations and recommendations. My delegation notes with great concern that the ready availability and easy handling of small arms continue to fuel conflicts and undermine development, human rights and security in the world, particularly in Africa. In the African continent small arms could be said to be weapons of mass destruction, judging by the number of deaths that they are directly and indirectly responsible for.”

    2008-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5881 (2008) · source