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Westdal

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2002-10-11
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  1. “Canada's view is that the Secretary-General's report enhances our comprehension and our prospects for effective action against the cruel contagion of small arms and light weapons proliferation. We think the report will enrich our debate and deepen our commitment for years to come.”

    2002-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4623Resumption1 (2002) · source

  2. “Several, noteworthy, warrant our robust support: the establishment of an international instrument to enable States to identify and trace illicit small arms and light weapons; legislative, administrative and related measures to ensure effective control over the export and transit of small arms and light weapons, a critical responsibility of all States; the effective monitoring and enforcement of United Nations arms embargoes, including coercive measures applied as needed to regimes and individuals; enhanced transparency in arms transactions, which is particularly timely, given the tenth anniversary this month of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms; and recognition of the link between the spread of illicit small arms and human rights violations, which is essential to any comprehensive understanding of the impact of small arms on human security.”

    2002-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4623Resumption1 (2002) · source

  3. “We have also been proud to support the truly outstanding work of the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey, producing global baseline data for policy formulation and results measurement, emphasizing the devastating human impact of small arms proliferation. While we are pleased to cite significant early success in implementing the Programme of Action, we must not forget that the United Nations Conference was unable to address several key dimensions of the problems we confront, including the regulation of civilian possession and transfers to non-State actors. We thus believe policy and action against small arms proliferation should be based on, but not limited to, the Programme of Action. In that context, we particularly welcome those elements of the Secretary-General's report that re-energize debate and transcend the Conference agenda.”

    2002-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4623Resumption1 (2002) · source

  4. “Presiding over the G-8, we promoted local, national and regional security sector reform in the G-8 Africa Action Plan. We underwrote the Canada/West Africa Peace and Security Initiative to professionalize institutions responsible for the protection of public safety. We supported small arms and human security projects in South and South-East Asia and helped study the socio-economic impact of small arms availability and use in Pacific Island States and the links between foreign direct investment and small arms-related crime and violence. Through the Biting the Bullet series, we supported essential public briefings on arms embargoes.”

    2002-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4623Resumption1 (2002) · source

  5. “We think that that necessitates international conviction and action to contend with the problems of all small arms trade, not just its illicit dimensions. There has been heartening progress over the last year, notably in developing legislation, in promoting technology for marking and tracing, in coming to grips with harmful brokering and in weapon collection and destruction. We want the meeting next year to swell that momentum by fostering productive cooperation between States, regional organizations and non- governmental organizations. For our part, Canada has been active. With host countries and partners, we sponsored seminars and encouraged non-governmental organizations in San Jose, Pretoria, Manila and several Central Asian centres.”

    2002-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4623Resumption1 (2002) · source

  6. “We also wanted funded provisions for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) in Security Council peacekeeping mandates and protection for children in peace agreements. We had also emphasized that control of natural resources like oil and diamonds could fuel deadly violence. We also commended Interpol's Weapons and Explosives Tracking System, which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police helped develop. In all those respects, we think we've been heard. (spoke in English) The priority now, a year after the United Nations Conference, is to implement the Programme of Action. We want the biennial meetings in 2003 and 2005 and the next full conference in 2006 to have real impact worldwide against small arms proliferation.”

    2002-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4623Resumption1 (2002) · source

  7. “Mr. Westdal (Canada) (spoke in French): Canada welcomes the Secretary-General's report on small arms and the action it recommends to curb their proliferation. We especially value its recognition that human security, the safety of people and their communities, is the central goal of small arms policy and action; it is the point of controlling licit flows of those arms, curbing illicit trafficking and destroying excess weapons. That is why, to make them effective, embargoes against weapons must be respected and truly imposed. We are gratified that several of the recommendations we made in the Security Council debate on small arms last year have been incorporated in the report's recommendations.”

    2002-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4623Resumption1 (2002) · source