Tickets: 70 kr, sold at the entrance
from 18:45 on Monday March 2.
19:00 at Parkteatret
Small Arms -
Weapons of
Mass Destruction
There is one gun for every ten people on the planet
Yet 8 million small arms and light weapons are manufactured every year
Each year arms producers make enough bullets to kill every human twice
Yet 8 million small arms and light weapons are manufactured every year
Each year arms producers make enough bullets to kill every human twice
Film: Devil's Bargain
(Shelley Saywell, Canada 2008, 89 min)
Film and introduction in English.
UPDATE:
Introduction to the film by David Isenberg from The International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, PRIO.
David Isenberg is Project Leader and Researcher for NISAT (the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfer) with a focus on conventional arms trade and private military and security contracting. David will give a 10 minute introduction to the film.
Small Arms are weapons of mass destruction. Every year as much as half a million people are killed by small arms.
On Monday March 2 the work towards an international arms trade treaty starts in the UN Headquarters in New York. Hopefully this treaty will be accepted and influence on the extreme availablilty of small arms in the world.
Devil's Bargain exposes the international trade in small arms. Starting at an American weapon expo, director Shelley Saywell travels all over the world, from Somalia and South Africa to Bosnia and Moldavia, and from France back to the United States. We hear stories about how small weapons aren't destroyed after a war but rather channeled to other areas of conflict, how they're sometimes smuggled in the bodies of animals, and how they stand in the way of constructive economic development in third-world countries.
Norway is a large exporter of weapons and ammunition globally. We like to think that arms produced by Norwegian companies don't reach countries we do not want them to go to, but the signs that they do are many.
Monday March 2 also marks the ten year anniversary of the international ban on landmines. That process showed that it is possible to reach international agreement and have an impact on the military industry and use of arms in conflict.
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On Monday March 2 the work towards an international arms trade treaty starts in the UN Headquarters in New York. Hopefully this treaty will be accepted and influence on the extreme availablilty of small arms in the world.
Devil's Bargain exposes the international trade in small arms. Starting at an American weapon expo, director Shelley Saywell travels all over the world, from Somalia and South Africa to Bosnia and Moldavia, and from France back to the United States. We hear stories about how small weapons aren't destroyed after a war but rather channeled to other areas of conflict, how they're sometimes smuggled in the bodies of animals, and how they stand in the way of constructive economic development in third-world countries.
Norway is a large exporter of weapons and ammunition globally. We like to think that arms produced by Norwegian companies don't reach countries we do not want them to go to, but the signs that they do are many.
Monday March 2 also marks the ten year anniversary of the international ban on landmines. That process showed that it is possible to reach international agreement and have an impact on the military industry and use of arms in conflict.
Do you want to forward this email to someone else? send them this link:
http://dokumentarkino.no/andre/2009/small_arms.htm
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The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
Lisa Jackson, USA 2008, 76 min.
Major Munyole with rape victims in Olame center, DR Congo
Imakilee, 18 years, Bukavu, DR Congo
Tickets: 70 kr, sold at the entrance
This event is initiated by and organised in
colllaboration with Anette Bringedal Houge
and Randi Solhjell.
at Parkteatret
Rape in War.
How to Stop it.
Film and discussion
Film screening and discussion about sexual violence in war and how to stop it.
Thousands of women are raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). Rape has become a strategy of war. Norway is committed to UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 about women, peace and security. This event is an attempt to give policy advice to the Norwegian government about what to do to help prevent sexual violence in war.
Thousands of women are raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). Rape has become a strategy of war. Norway is committed to UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 about women, peace and security. This event is an attempt to give policy advice to the Norwegian government about what to do to help prevent sexual violence in war.
Film: The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
Introduced by film director Lisa Jackson
Interview with Leah Chishugi about her recent travels in the Eastern DR Congo and interviews of raped women.
Discussion about what the Norwegian government can and should do to help stop sexual violence in the DR Congo
Discussion about what the Norwegian government can and should do to help stop sexual violence in the DR Congo
Panel participants:
- Leah Chishugi (journalist/nurse DR Congo/Rwanda)
- Kristin Scharffscher (Norway, researcher)
- Anne Kristin Sydnes (Norwegian Church Aid)
- Bernard Kalume (UN worker, translator and liason between the UN and several militias in Eastern DR Congo)
- Statssekretær Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen (The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Morten Bøås (researcher Fafo - Norway)
Moderator: Giji Gya, Executive Director, International Security Information Service, Europe.
with support from The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Vennlig hilsen
Ketil Magnussen
og
Sarah Prosser
Oslo Dokumentarkino
Akersveien 20
0177 Oslo
Norway
Kontakt:
Ketil Magnussen
tel: +47 95 18 51 09
email: ketil@dokumentarkino.no
Sarah Prosser
tel: 99 01 34 03
email: sarah@dokumentarkino.no
www.dokumentarkino.no