Arms Control

The first multisectorial forum called “Towards a new national law on weapons” took place in the premises of the Uruguayan Parliament. 

The Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development received a major boost on 12 September when high-level representatives from 85 of the 94 of the endorsing states met in Geneva for a Review Summit. Along with the foreign and development ministers and other governmental officials were representatives from 16 international organizations and 35 NGOs from around the world.

Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration programs were designed to defuse conflict, restore confidence and free human potential for development. Active in over a dozen countries and financed by the World Bank, EU, Japan and the United States, the question is: Does it work?

Colombia's internal conflict has lasted for over 40 years, displacing over 2.5 million and an estimated 14 thousand boys and girls recruited by so-called irregular groups.

The Tinker Foundation was created in 1959 by Dr. Edward Larocque Tinker to promote the interchange and exchange of information within the community of those concerned with the affairs of Spain, Portugal, Ibero-America and Antarctica