Comprehensive sanctions cannot and must not be used as a way of doing peace and security on the cheap. Sanctions are a blunt instrument. And as we know, blunt instruments hurt but not always the ones they are intended to hurt. We need to make sanctions razor sharp. They should be pointed at the perpetrators of conflict they are the ones who should suffer, not innocent people.
Small arms are a big problem.
We should pledge here to achieve a global division of labour to fight on all fronts from the Security Council to individual governments to the level of community organizations to address the menace of small arms. If we work together, with determination, I believe we may succeed. This site is part of the Hague Appeal for Peace webring.