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Small Arms Policy and Practice: Bridging the Research-Policy Divide Wednesday, 8 January 2014 1500 1645 Auditorium A2, Maison de la Paix Chemin Eugne-Rigot 2, Geneva The Small Arms Survey is pleased to invite you or your representative to the seminar Small Arms Policy and Practice: Bridging the Research-Policy Divide. This event will mark the launch of a new book Controlling Small Arms: Consolidation, Innovation and Relevance in Research and Policy i (published November 2013, Routledge). We shall use the occasion to reflect both on the relationship between research and policy in meeting the challenges posed by small arms and light weapons over the last 15 years, and on the challenges for research and action for the coming period. It is fitting that this event is being held in Geneva, home to significant initiatives on small arms and light weapons and on armed violence, both in the area of research and in policy. Coming in the run-up to the 4th Biennial Meeting of States on the UN Programme of Action in June 2014, this event also presents an opportunity to look at the evolving nature of small arms-related issues, and what is required for an effective response. We sincerely hope that you will be able to join us for this seminar on 8 January. We would be grateful if you could let us know if you or your representative will be able to attend. Please confirm attendance on http://doodle.com/pbuzrcibtgs3bg4x. Thank you. Yours sincerely,

Professor Keith Krause Programme Director Small Arms Survey

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This volume of essays was commissioned in honour of Dr. Pablo Dreyfus, researcher at Viva Rio in Rio de Janeiro and close working colleague of the Small Arms Survey for a number of years, who was tragically killed along with his wife Ana Carolina in the air crash of Air France Flight 447 on 1 June 2009.

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Introduction to the seminar Professor Keith Krause, Programme Director, Small Arms Survey Presentation of Controlling Small Arms: Consolidation, Innovation and Relevance in Research and Policy Co-editors of the book: Dr. Peter Batchelor, Manager, UNDP Pacific Centre, Fiji; former Managing Director, Small Arms Survey Dr. Kai Michael Kenkel, Assistant Professor, Institute for International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Panel Discussion on the Seminar theme, followed by exchange with participants Chair: Professor Keith Krause Panelists: Dr. Owen Greene, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University, Bradford, UK; cofounder, International Action Network on Small Arms Ms. Adle Kirsten, founding member and former Director of Gun Free South Africa; armed violence reduction expert, Johannesburg, South Africa Professor Edward Laurance, Gordon Paul Smith Chair in International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, California, USA This event will be followed by an informal reception at 1700