MISSING PIECES - Inter-Parliamentary Union
MISSING PIECES - Inter-Parliamentary Union
MISSING PIECES - Inter-Parliamentary Union
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<strong>MISSING</strong> <strong>PIECES</strong><br />
mentary networks, parliamentarians can exchange information on good<br />
practices and help harmonise policies and legislation at national and regional<br />
levels.<br />
Our understanding of the complex phenomena of gun violence and<br />
the lack of control of the arms trade has greatly increased over the past<br />
decade. It is now time to translate these lessons into action at national,<br />
regional and global levels of decision making and responsibility. In rising<br />
to the challenge, the dividends reaped will reach beyond the lives spared<br />
from gun violence, extending to collective and individual violence prevention,<br />
poverty reduction, and sustainable development. The prize seems<br />
well worth the effort.<br />
ENDNOTES<br />
1 Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at risk, p. 9<br />
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