May 18-19, 2015 | Nukuʻalofa | Tonga

From 18-19 May, 2015, PGA, with the kind cooperation of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, organized and hosted a Regional Parliamentary Workshop to promote Universality and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty in the Pacific Islands Region.

The Workshop brought together MPs from 8 countries in the region together for two days in Tonga in order to identify hurdles, challenges and solutions in terms of moving the ATT ratification/accession and implementation processes forward across the region. 

The Workshop benefited from the presence of a regional expert and PGA expert staff who briefed more fully on the technical/legal aspects of the ATT, as well as shared and discussed the PGA Parliamentary Handbook and PGA Parliamentary Tool Kit on the Arms Trade Treaty.

A specific Panel Discussion was dedicated exclusively to reviewing the important gender component of the ATT and how it may be most effectively enforced in implementing the ATT in the region.

The Workshop was kindly supported by the United Nations Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation (UNSCAR).

For further information on this Regional Pacific Islands Parliamentary Workshop and/or on PGA's Global Parliamentary Campaign for Universality and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, please contact any member of the PGA ATT Campaign Team

Peter Barcroft, Director of Program ( ) (English/Spanish)

Robert Falay, Program Associate ( ) (French/English)

Grazia Mazza, Events and Liason Officer ( ) (Italian/English)

Thiago Carvalho, Executive Officer ( ) (Portuguese/English)