Statements from the 2015 UNPoA Meeting of Government Experts

Monday, 1 June 2015

Opening

• Acting High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Kim Won-soo
• Chair, Ambassador Vlad Lupan of the Republic of Moldova
• UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Daniel Prins

Recent developments in small arms and light weapons manufacturing, technology, and design for effective marking, record-keeping, and tracing

• Presentation: Australia
• Presentation: Small Arms Survey
• Costa Rica
• Venezuela
• Colombia
• Republic of Korea
• United States
• Sudan
• Kenya
• Mali
• Iraq
• Kuwait
• Sierra Leone
• Japan

Tuesday, 2 June 2015

• India
• Belgium
• Israel
• Cuba
• China
• Iran
• Jordan
• Australia
• Iraq
• CARICOM
• Brazil

Practical steps to ensure the continued and enhanced effectiveness of national marking, record-keeping and tracing systems in the light of such developments, including ways to support the transfer, uptake and effective utilization of relevant tools and technologies

• Presentation: Japan
• Venezuela
• Belgium
• Jamaica
• Belize
• Spain
• China
• India
• Mexico