More than 740,000 men, women, and children die each year as a result of armed violence

The Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development strives to achieve measurable reductions in the global burden of armed violence and improvements in human security by 2015.

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Global Burden of Armed Violence

The first Global Burden of Armed Violence report, released in 2008, provides comprehensive, reliable, and up-to-date data on international trends and patterns of armed violence.

News

A high-level conference on armed violence and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to be held on 21 - 22 April 2010 in Oslo.

AV Map

An interactive worldmap on armed violence will be available shortly.

Community of Practice

The NGO Working Group on Armed Violence and Development closely follows best practices and policy progress on armed violence reduction and prevention programmes.

Key Documents