A limited sponsorship programme is available for States wishing to attend the 2020 Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Working Group meetings, the informal preparatory meetings of the Sixth Conference of States Parties (CSP6) and CSP6 itself.
The dates and venue of the first series of Working Group meetings and 1st CSP6 Informal Preparatory meeting are as follows:
Meeting Working Group meetings and 1st CSP6 Informal Preparatory Meeting
Dates 04 – 07 February 2020
Venue Room V, Palais des Nations, Geneva
States wishing to apply for sponsorship to attend the Working Group meetings and 1st CSP6 Informal Preparatory Meeting from 04 – 07 February 2020 are invited to nominate one (1) representative and to submit the following documents to the ATT Secretariat at: info@thearmstradetreaty.org:
- Note Verbale signed by the relevant Government institution nominating the representative for sponsorship;
- Application form completed by the nominated representative;
- Copy of the applicant’s passport; and
- Copy of the applicant’s health insurance policy (if applicant has one).
The deadline for the submission of applications for the first series of meetings (04 – 07 February 2020) was 05 December 2019. Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.
Calls for applications for the second series of meetings (14 – 17 April 2020) and for CSP6 (17 – 21 August 2020) will be issued in 2020, subject to funding availability.
It is brought to the attention of States that the process to raise funds from donors to support the sponsorship programme is currently underway and as such no definite budget exists yet for the sponsorship programme. In view of this, the number of delegates to be sponsored to participate in any of the planned ATT meetings will be subject to the availability of funds.
The ATT Secretariat looks forward to receiving applications to the sponsorship programme and to welcoming sponsored delegates to the ATT meetings in 2020.
