POLICY STATEMENT ON AID AND SECURITY

PARLIAMENTARY FORUMON SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS

Policy statement on aid and security

Board of the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons, meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, March 16, 2008Security and development are often said to be two sides of the same coin. Development without security is impossible; security without development is only temporary, and so forth. Before the UN Summit during the General Assembly in 2005 the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan stated in his report „In larger freedom‟ that:"The world must advance the causes of security, development and human rights together, otherwise none will succeed. Humanity will not enjoy security without development, it will not enjoy development without security, and it will not enjoy either without respect for human rights."

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