{"id":4098,"date":"2024-03-05T04:11:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T04:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=4098"},"modified":"2024-03-05T04:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T04:11:06","slug":"the-regional-preparatory-meeting-for-east-andsouthern-africa-states-revcon-4-on-small-arms-andlight-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/the-regional-preparatory-meeting-for-east-andsouthern-africa-states-revcon-4-on-small-arms-andlight-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"THE REGIONAL PREPARATORY MEETING FOR EAST ANDSOUTHERN AFRICA STATES REVCON 4 ON SMALL ARMS ANDLIGHT WEAPONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-05-at-7.03.20-AM-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-05-at-7.03.20-AM-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-05-at-7.03.20-AM-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-05-at-7.03.20-AM-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-05-at-7.03.20-AM.jpeg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Musyoka<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Fourth Review Conference on the United<br>Nations Programme of Action is to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms<br>and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UN PoA) and its International Tracing Instrument (ITI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during the event principal secretary ministry of interior Raymond Omollo stated Small arms and light weapons continue to wreak havoc in<br>communities, fuel conflicts, undermine peace and stability,<br>and hinder socio-economic development across East and<br>Southern Africa and the continent at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This Regional Preparatory Meeting presents a valuable<br>opportunity for us to take stock of our achievements,<br>assess the challenges that lie ahead, and chart a courseof action that will enable us to effectively address the root<br>causes of SALW proliferation.<br>Kenya stands firm in its commitment to fully implement the<br>Program of Action and the International Tracin instrument.&#8221; Said Omollo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High Representative to the Regional Preparatory remarks stated<br>Meeting for the Fourth Review Conference on the Programme of Action on The objective of the gathering is to create a platform to enable exchange of<br>views on the challenges and opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will also allow to discuss the<br>lessons you have learned in the implementation of the PoA\/ITI since the last<br>RevCon3 in 2018. It is also an opportunity for you to acquaint yourselves with the<br>global developments and dynamics in the small arms and light weapons (SALW)<br>domain, including new technologies, development of national targets and action<br>plans, and the recent adoption of the New Global Framework for Through-life<br>Conventional Ammunition Management. Finally, it is an opportunity for us to<br>assist you in the preparation for the deliberations at RevCon4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Musyoka The Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Fourth Review Conference on the UnitedNations Programme&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4100,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}