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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Commission is set to play a central role in the UN conference aimed at looking into the issue of small arms and light weapons, although it will not take part in the talks on the formal documents.
Some countries have a political interest in implementing the Treaty but lack the resources to do so. We are therefore channelling all our efforts into supporting practical implementation. In 2005 alone, the Commission spent over EUR 16 million supporting countries and populations affected by small arms violence. With this support, we also helped implement joint EU actions in 2002 and the EU programme for the prevention and prohibition of the illicit trade in conventional arms, and contributed towards the implementation of the EU strategy on small arms and light weapons. This formed the political framework governing the work of the Council and the Commission on this issue.
The Commission’s contribution to the 2002 Annual Report on joint action in the area of small arms and light weapons includes more specific coordinating measures. The Commission’s ability to honour its commitments for 2007 will depend largely on the outcome of talks between the Council and Parliament on proposed instruments for funding Community actions. To this end, the Commission has tabled some sensible proposals. Whilst the Commission awaits a positive verdict on the main thrust of these proposals, its departments responsible for the policy on small arms and light weapons are working towards ensuring that awareness of the risks relating to illicit small arms and light weapons and of the preparedness of individual countries to address those risks forms part of the documents of their national and regional strategies.
The Commission’s departments continue to work towards introducing into national and regional programmes standards and measures aimed at stopping the spread and accumulation of illicit weapons. It is worth pointing out, however, that the proposed measures give recipient countries, to a greater or lesser extent, responsibility for defining aid and for specifying a number of key action areas."@en1
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