The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
An excerpt from the United Nations Special Edition ASJ, 2008, vol. 10, issue 1
The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) is an ‘umbrella network’, which aims to ‘reduce firearms violence’ and openly opposes private firearms ownership. Well funded and staffed, IANSA assists like-minded anti-gun groups in promotions and funding and particularly assists developing countries in funding applications to the UN and Western benefactors. IANSA receives its funding from many countries and benefactors including billionaire George Soros, the 97th wealthiest person in the world.
At the UN meeting [Third Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects in July 2008], IANSA handed out various brochures, stickers and pins promoting their anti-gun attitude.
Rebecca Peters is the director of IANSA. An Australia, she is based in New York on a permanent basis and cut her teeth on the topic of gun control during the 1996 Port Arthur mass murders. Former chair of the elusive National Coalition for Gun Control, Ms Peters delivered a speech to the UNI meeting along with five or so other IANSA delegates.
For more information, visit the IANSA website.
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