The Sixth Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons In All Its Aspects will meet at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City from 6–10 June 2016. The Chair-designate is Ambassador E. Courtenay Rattray of Jamaica.
Reaching Critical Will resources
- The Small Arms Monitor will be published daily during BMS6. Subcribe today!
- Preventing gender-based violence through arms control (April 2016)
- Women, weapons, and war: a gendered critique of multilateral instruments (October 2015)
- Small arms, big picture (September 2014)
- An assessment of the PoA (June 2014)
BMS6 documents
Background information
- 2015 Meeting of Government Experts (MGE2)
- 2014 Biennial Meeting of States (BMS5)
- 2012 Review Conference
- 2012 Preparatory Committee for the Review Conference
- 2011 Meeting of Governmental Experts (MGE1)
- 2010 Biennial Meeting of States (BMS4)
- 2008 Biennial Meeting of States (BMS3)
- UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons
- International Tracing Instrument
Other resources
