NISAT - Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers

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height="10"><hr noshade size="1" color="#808080"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="8" valign="middle"></td> <td width="153" valign="middle"> :</td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top" style="background: url(images/bg_blank.gif)"><img src="images/banner_ruler.gif" alt=" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ " WIDTH="500" HEIGHT="8"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500"> <tr> <td width="20" height="20"></td> <td width="323" valign="bottom"><img src="images/front_logopict01.gif" alt="NISAT" WIDTH="323" HEIGHT="120"></td> <td width="8"></td> <td width="1" bgcolor="#999999" rowspan="3"><img src="images/hlp_1pix_blank.gif" ALT=" " WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1"></td> <td width="8"></td> <td width="140" valign="top" rowspan="2"><strong><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#999999">Partner Organisations:<br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#FFFFFF"> </font></strong><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="279"> <tr> <td valign="top" height="56" align="right"><img src="images/logo_redcross.gif" border="0" hspace="7" ALT="*" WIDTH="33" HEIGHT="34"></td> <td valign="top" height="56"><a href="http://www.redcross.no" target="_top"><font face="Verdana" size="1">The Norwegian Red Cross</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="53" align="right"><img src="images/logo_nca.gif" hspace="3" ALT="*" WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="41"></td> <td valign="top" height="53"><a href="http://www.nca.no" target="_top"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Norwegian Church Aid</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="91" align="right"><img src="images/logo_prio.gif" hspace="3" ALT="*" WIDTH="42" HEIGHT="39"></td> <td valign="top" height="91"><a href="http://www.prio.no" target="_top"><font face="Verdana" size="1">The International Peace Research Institute, Oslo</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" height="79" align="right"><img src="images/logo_nupi.gif" alt="NUPI" border="0" ALT="*" WIDTH="58" HEIGHT="43"></td> <td valign="top" height="79"><a href="http://www.nupi.no" target="_top"><font face="Verdana" size="1">The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs</font></a></td> </tr> </table> <p><font color="#000000" size="1" face="Arial"><a href="mailto:jan.egeland@redcross.no">Jan Egeland</a> heads up the NISAT project.</font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Arial">For more information, contact <a href="mailto:ole.sunde@redcross.no">Ole Petter Sunde</a> in the International Department of the Norwegian Red Cross<br> Hausmannsgate 7<br> N-0133 Oslo<br> phone +47 22 05 41 56<br> fax +47 22 05 40 40</font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Arial"><a href="mailto:lora@prio.no">Lora Lumpe</a> at the </font><font color="#000000" size="1" face="Arial">International Peace Research Institute, Oslo       </font><font size="1" face="Arial">Fuglehauggata 11<br> N-0260 Oslo<br> phone +47 22 54 77 58<br> fax +47 22 54 77 01 </font></p> <p><font size="1" face="Arial">NISAT is a participant in the <a href="http://www.iansa.org">International Action Network on Small Arms</a></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Verdana"><small><small>You are visitor number </small></small><img src="_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=Default.asp|Image=1|Digits=5" alt="Hit Counter"></font></p> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" height="20"></td> <td width="323" valign="top"><img src="images/front_logopict02.gif" align="right" border="0" ALT=" [Illustration] " WIDTH="173" HEIGHT="92"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Throughout the 1990s, millions of people have been killed in conflict or post-conflict zones around the world. The   vast majority of the victims have been civilians. Most commonly used in conflict, as well as repression and crime, are small armsautomatic rifles, grenades, submachine guns, high powered pistols and other weapons that a single person can easily transport and fire.</font><p><font face="Verdana" size="2">These arms are readily available today. The end of the Cold War freed up massive surplus arsenals in many states, and the black-market trade thrives. The global surplus of military guns transforms group tensions into major wars, minor incidents into massacres and tranquil societies into battlegrounds of criminal gangs. Even after conflicts end, demobilization and reconciliation efforts are frustrated by the flow of these inexpensive and sturdy weapons into the wrong hands at the wrong time. <br> There will be little progress in settling or avoiding wars and humanitarian emergencies if there is not a concerted effort to control and limit production and transfer of small arms.<br> <br> On 17 December 1997 four Norwegian organisations banded together to launch the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT). NISAT partners belong to two of the worlds largest movements (the Red Cross/Crescent and the churches) and include two major research and foreign policy institutions. In addition, the initiative has the political and financial backing of the Norwegian government.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">NISATs aim is to combine the resources and networks of its partner organizations to help block the spread of small arms to areas where they are likely to produce conflict, violence and human rights abuses.</font></td> <td width="8"></td> <td width="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" height="21"></td> <td width="323">   </td> <td width="8"></td> <td width="8"></td> <td width="140"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body>