TOPICS

• Action against antipersonnel mines

• Combating illicit arms trafficking

• Confidence- and security-building measures

• Dealing with gangs involved in criminal activities

• Fight against transnational organized crime

• Fighting trafficking in persons

• Follow-up to the Special Conference on Security

• Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapon Acquisition (CITAAC)

• Inter-American Defense Board (IADB)

• Natural disaster reduction

• Non-proliferation nuclear weapons and non-proliferation education

• Meetings of Ministers of Public Security of the Americas (MISPA)

• Prevention of crime and violence

• Special Security concerns of small island states

• Other topics

BACKGROUND, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, AND OTHER TOPICS

• Catalogue of Member States reports presented in compliance with
  General Assembly resolutions on Hemispheric Security Issues

• Mandates Assigned to the Committee on Hemispheric Security

• Key OAS Security Documents

• Concepts for hemispheric security

• Cooperation for hemispheric security

• Conventions and Treaties related to Hemispheric Security

• Topics considered by the Committee on Hemispheric Security

• Working groups that have concluded their activities

• Reports of the Chair of the Committee on Hemispheric Security

SPECIAL EVENTS