Armed Violence and Development

PDF International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF) / OECD. “Accelerating progress towards the MDGs in countries affected by conflict, violence and insecurity” (DCD/DAC/INCAF(2010)

PDF Geneva Declaration Secretariat. “Armed Violence Prevention and Reduction: A Challenge for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals”. Background paper (June 2008)

PDF Geneva Declaration Secretariat. “The Global Burden of Armed Violence” (Sept 2008)

PDF UNSG Report.
“The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009”

PDF UNSG Report. “Promoting development through the reduction and prevention of armed violence” (A/64/228)

PDF General Assembly.
“Promoting development through the reduction and prevention of armed violence” (A/RES/63/23)

PDF UNDP. “Securing Development: UNDP’s support for addressing small arms issues” (July 2005)

PDF “Second Armed Violence and Development Seminar” (Cartagena, Colombia - 20-23 April 2009)

PDF “Declaración Ministerial sobre Prevención de Violencia y Lesiones en las Américas” (Mérida, Yucatán, México – 14 March 2008)

PDF “Regional Declaration of Guatemala
on Armed Violence and Development” (April 2007)

2010

20-22 September

MDG Review by the UN General Assembly.
The High-Level Plenary Meeting of the sixty-fifth session of the UN General Assembly will be held at the UN Headquarters in New York.

21-24 September
Conference “Safety 2010”

Safety 2010 is a major world conference bringing stakeholders in the prevention of unintentional injuries and violence from around the world to debate, discuss and exchange information and experiences.

The conference will be co-sponsored by the World Health Organization. For more information, please go to: www.safety2010.org.uk

2011 – September

Review Summit of the Geneva Declaration on AV&D

Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development

Quaker United Nations Office

Igarapé – Social Cooperation Agency

Comunidad Segura

Action on Armed Violence

Violence Prevention Alliance

International Center for the Prevention of Crime

GPPAC – Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict

World Health Organization, UNDP and others – Armed Violence Prevention Program

Blog World Bank

The Working Group on Armed Violence and Development is facilitated by the Quaker United Nations Office Geneva (QUNO – Geneva). It draws on the strategic advice of Igarapé – Social Cooperation Agency.

The team is composed of:

David Atwood
Director QUNO - Geneva

David Jackman
Project Associate, QUNO - Geneva

Eduarda Hamann
Project Associate, Igarapé - Social Cooperation Agency

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho
Project Associate, Igarapé – Social Cooperation Agency

Working Group on
Armed Violence and Development

The Working Group on Armed Violence and Development (WG on AV&D) was created by civil society in 2007 to support the integration of armed violence and development (AV&D) policies and programmes from the local to the global levels. It was motivated by the opportunity generated with the launching of the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development. see more +

Communities of Practice

After the two global civil society consultations and regional meetings organized by the Quaker United Nations Office, the Working Group on Armed Violence and Development is facilitating the creation of regional communities of practice on AV&D. If you are a practitioner and want to take part in our communities of practice please send an email to contact@violenceanddevelopment.org see more +

Faces of Violence: A Non-Fiction Story

Armed violence is hard to define but easy to recognize. The short documentary Faces of Violence: A Non-Fiction Story examines the many dimensions of violence and its implications for the development sector. In focusing on key risk factors and impacts of armed violence, it shows how it is fundamentally a development challenge. Faces of Violence features the stories of a former drug trafficker from Brazil and an ex-combatant from war-torn Southern Sudan.

It highlights how both were once perpetrators of violence, then victims and ultimately, part of the solution to achieving lasting peace in their communities. Faces of Violence is a reminder of the poignant human stories behind the statistics, and a call to action for development practitioners around the world.