Overview
The Fourth Review Conference (RevCon4) of the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade of Small and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects took place from 18 - 28 June 2024 in New York. Review Conferences have the mandate to review progress made in the implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects and its International Tracing Instrument (ITI).
Final report of RevCon4 (Outcome Document in Annex) – A/CONF.192/2024/RC/3
Agenda - A/CONF.192/2024/RC/L.1
Programme of Work - A/CONF.192/2024/RC/L.2
Rules of Procedure - A/CONF.192/2024/RC/L.3
List of Participants - A/CONF.192/2024/RC/INF/3 - coming soon
List of Speakers High Level Segment
Report of PrepCom - A/CONF.192/2024/RC/1
Officers
The President of the Fourth Review Conference was Ambassador Maritza Chan is a Costa Rican career diplomat, academic, and activist. She was appointed Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations on 15 August 2022. Ambassador Maritza Chan is the first Costa Rican woman to occupy the role since Costa Rica signed the UN Charter in 1945. Before her appointment, Ambassador Maritza Chan served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations from March 2020 to August 14, 2022.
Ambassador Maritza Chan has twenty-five years of professional experience at the highest political level. She has represented Costa Rica before the United States and multilateral organizations in both Washington, D.C. and New York. She is an international peace and security expert and an advocate for the Women, Peace, and Security agenda.Ambassador Maritza Chan was Vice-Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group on Conventional Ammunition, which established a new global framework for the lifetime management of ammunition (2022-2023). She was Costa Rica's lead negotiator on the Arms Trade Treaty (2010-2015).
The Bureau was composed of Vice-chairs from Argentina, Australia, Croatia, Egypt, El Salvador, Ghana, Indonesia, Latvia, Nepal, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, and Switzerland
The Secretary-General of the Conference was Mr. Ivor Fung, Chief of the Conventional Arms Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs.
Statements and Letters by the President:
Side Events
Information for Participants
Sponsorship Programme
To ensure inclusive and broad participation of States in the Fourth Review Conference, especially those most affected by illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, the European Union is sponsoring up to ten (10) participants to attend the two-week Conference. The Sponsorship Programme is managed by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and is open to countries classified among Least Developed Countries by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD or/and those most affected by illicit small arms and light weapons.
Interested eligible Member States are invited to apply for sponsorship by sending an official letter or note verbale to the Office for Disarmament Affairs (conventionalarms-unoda@un.org) no later than 15 March 2024, providing the full name, official title and passport copy of the nominated participant. Additional criteria for the selection of sponsored participants are regional representation and gender equity. Sponsorship will be provided to one person per country, and nominations are encouraged to be from a member of small arms national coordinating body, designated PoA national points of contact or an official directly involved in the national implementation of the Programme of Action.
Information for the Media
For media accreditation please contact Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit malu@un.org.
Press release English | French
Media Briefings with President of RevCon4 and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs held on 19 June (opening): UN WebTV and on 1 July (closing): UN Web TV
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