Seventh Conference of States
Parties (CSP7 2021)
Geneva, Switzerland – Ambassador Lansana GBERIE of Sierra Leone presided over the Seventh Conference of States Parties (CSP 2021) of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
Timeline
Seventh Conference of States Parties (CSP7)
Control Arms Reports and Statements
Statements on Behalf of the Control Arms Coalition
- CSP7 High Level Opening Panel Statement – 30 August – as delivered by Eugene Ngalim, Cameroon Youths and Students Forum for Peace (CAMYOSFOP)
- Treaty Universalization – 31 August – as delivered by Shobha Shresta, Women for Peace and Democracy Nepal
- Treaty Implementation – 31 August – delivered by Frank Slijper, PAX
- Transparency and Reporting – 01 September – delivered by Hine-Wai Loose, Control Arms
- CSP7 Thematic Focus – 01 September delivered by Ivan Marques, Control Arms
Summary Reports
Side Events
Conference Documents
AGENDA AND PROGRAMME OF WORK
att working groups
Working Group on Effective Treaty Implementation – Chair’s Draft Report to CSP7 – English Arabic Chinese French Russian Spanish
Working Group on Treaty Universalization – Co-chairs’ Draft Report to CSP7 – English Arabic Chinese French Russian Spanish
Working Group on Transparency and Reporting – Co-chairs’ Draft Report to CSP7 – English Arabic Chinese French Russian Spanish
CSP7 President
Diversion Information Exchange Forum
Voluntary Trust Fund
CSP6 President's Working Paper
CSP7 President’s revised Working Paper
Provisional Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2022 – English Arabic Chinese French Russian Spanish
Report on the ATT Secretariat’s Work for the Period 2020/2021 – English Arabic Chinese French Russian Spanish
Report on the ATT Sponsorship Programme for the Period 2020/2021 – English Arabic Chinese French Russian Spanish
Management Committee
Report on the ATT Management Committee’s Activities for the Period 2020/2021
Revised draft elements for a Secretariat’s procedure regarding Rule 8(1)d (Guidelines for Financial Arrangements)
ATT Working GroupS and CSP8 Informal Preparatory MeetingS
First ATT Working Groups and CSP7 Informal Preparatory Meetings
26-30 April 2021
Summary Reports
Statements on Behalf of the Control Arms Coalition
- Statement on CSP7 Thematic focus – delivered by Stephen Singo, Security Research & Information Centre (SRIC)
- Statement on Article 6 and 7 – delivered by Ivan Marques, Chairperson of the Board of Control Arms
- Statement on Article 9 – delivered by Cindy Ebbs, Control Arms
- Statement on Treaty Universalization – delivered by Hine-Wai Loose, Control Arms
- Statement on Article 11 – delivered Daniel Mata, Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (also available in Spanish)
- Statement on Transparency and Reporting (State of Play of Reporting)- delivered by Katherine Young, ATT Monitor
- Statement on Transparency and Reporting (Reporting templates) – delivered by Carina Solmirano, ATT Monitor
- Statement on Transparency and Reporting (Organizational means for information exchange/DIEF) – delivered by Bianca Pabotoy, Center for Peace Education – Miriam College
- Statement of CSP7 Agenda – delivered by Ms. Shirine Jurdi, Permanent Peace Movement (also available in Arabic
Conference Documents
CSP7 Documents
Working Group on Effective Treaty Implementation (WGETI)
Working Group on Transparency and Reporting (WGTR)
Working Group on Treaty Universalization (WGTU)
CSP7 Informal Preparatory Meeting
Daily Recordings
Side Events
April 26: A Comprehensive Approach to Prevent & Mitigate Risk of Diversion (Organized by Stimson Center, Conflict Armament Research, Small Arms Survey, UNIDIR and Co-Sponsored by Sierra Leone)
April 27: Taking stock of Arms Trade Treaty’s implementation assistance: challenges and lessons learned (Organized by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
April 28: The Situation in Myanmar: How Irresponsible Arms Flows Fuel the Crisis (Organized by Control Arms, Amnesty International)
April 29: Implementing the GBV, terrorism and transnational organised crime provisions of Article 7: Tools for effective export risk assessment (Organized by Saferworld, Stimson Center, Security Research & Information Centre, Harvard University International Human Rights Clinic and Co-Sponsored by Switzerland, Ireland and Panama)
CSP7 Informal consultations
28 – 30 June 2021
CSP7 President’s revised Working Paper
Monday, 28 June – 13:30 – 15:00
Document: Draft Working Paper presented by the CSP7 President: Strengthening efforts to eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and ensure efficient stockpile management
Recording: Original (as delivered)
CSP6 President's Revised Working Paper
Tuesday, 29 June – 11:00 -12:00
Document: Working Paper presented by Argentina, (the President of the Sixth Conference of States Parties to the ATT) titled: ‘Transparency and Exchange of Information: Its Roles in the Prevention of Diversion’
WGTR draft Initial Reporting template and the Annual Reporting template
29 -30 June – 12:00 – 14:00
Documents:
The current version of the Initial and Annual Reporting templates (Annexes A and B to the WGTR Co-chairs Summary Report of the WGTR meeting on 28 – 29 April 2021 (ATT/CSP7.WGTR/2021/CHAIR/711/M.Rep)); and
The explanations for the proposed adjustments to the Initial and reporting templates (Annexes A and B to the WGTR Co-chairs Draft Introductory Paper for 28 – 29 April 2021 (ATT/CSP7.WGTR/2021/CHAIR/657/M.IntroPaper))
Recording:
