National Awareness and Advocacy for Domestication of the ATT

 

Implementing agency: PGA – Parliamentarians for Global Action

Project timeframe: 01/01/2014 – 31/12/2014

Target countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Fiji, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and Tonga

Goal: Increased understanding of and support for the ATT in Asia Pacific region.

Activities and Outputs: 

Regional Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Workshop to Promote Signature and Ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 15-16 July 2014.

  • Workshop Summary [Read here]
  • Agenda of Seminar [Read here]
  • Siem Reap Plan of Action [Read here]
  • Road Map Towards Signature & Ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty [Read here]
  • Photo Gallery [View here]
  • Media Coverage:
    • 23 July 2014: Cambodian Workshop successful, says Labour MP/PGA President – Pacific Scoop [Read here]
    • 10 July 2014: PGA Workshop to promote ratification of Arms Trade Treaty – Voxy News [Read here]

 

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Participants in the PGA Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Workshop, in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Round-Table Discussion on Arms Trade Treaty in the National Assembly of Pakistan in Parliament House, Islamabad.
Round-Table Discussion on the ATT in the National Assembly of Pakistan in Parliament House.

Nepali MP Hon. Ramesh Lekhak
Nepali MP Hon. Ramesh Lekhak has tabled a proposal on ATT in the Legislature-Parliament.

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