Fact Sheets and Other Releases

--07/31/08  MANPADS: Combating the Threat to Global Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (Second Edition)
--01/24/08  President Accords Personal Rank of Ambassador to Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. as Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction and Lead for United States Efforts to Protect International Aviation from Shoulder-Fired Anti-Aircraft Missiles
--01/24/08  United States Efforts to Protect International Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems Attacks
--01/16/08  U.S. Statement on Humanitarians Aspects of Cluster Munitions
--12/03/07  CARICOM-U.S. Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking In Small Arms and Light Weapons
--12/03/07  CARICOM-U.S. Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons
--11/07/07  Request for Applications for Grants to Deal with Landmines, Explosive Remnants of War, and At-Risk Small Arms, Light Weapons, and Munitions Stockpiles
--07/09/07  United States Celebrates Destruction of One Million Weapons Worldwide
--07/09/07  Update on U.S. Efforts to Destroy Excess Small Arms/Light Weapons Worldwide
--07/05/07  United States Commemorates Small Arms Destruction Day with "Millionth Weapon Destruction" Events
--07/03/06  U.S. Arms Export Control Compliance and Enforcement and the UN Program of Action for Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW)
--06/29/06  Measuring United States Implementation of the UN Program of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons
--06/27/06  "To Walk the Earth in Safety": U.S. Actions to Clear Landmines and Stem Illicit Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons
--06/19/06  Stemming the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
--06/09/06  Actions by the United States to Stem the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
--06/05/06  Media Note : Georgia Hosts Workshop on Small Arms and Light Weapons Controls for International Parliamentarians
--04/21/06  Joint United States-Russian Federation Statement on the U.S.-Russia MANPADS Arrangement on Cooperation in Enhancing Control of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
--03/29/06  Decision No. 3/06: Annex C to the Best Practice Guide on National Procedures for Stockpile Management and Security of the OSCE Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons; Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Forum for Security Co-operation; Vienna, Austria
--01/11/06  United Nations General Assembly: Resolution on Prevention of the Illicit Transfer and Unauthorized Access to and Use of Man-portable Air Defence Systems; United Nations; New York City
--09/20/05  The MANPADS Menace: Combating the Threat to Global Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
--06/07/05  AG/RES. 2145 (XXXV-O/05): Denying MANPADS to Terrorists: Control and Security of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS); Organization of American States; Washington, DC
--02/16/05  Best Practices for Control, Security, and Transfer of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS); Organization of American States, Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE); Washington, DC
--02/16/05  MANPADS: A Threat to Civil Aviation; Organization of American States, Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE); Washington, DC
--11/17/04  Sharing Benefits Through Better Practices: Enhancing Human Security: Counter-Terrorism and Secure Trade; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); Santiago, Chile
--07/28/04  ICAO Resolution A-35-WP/50: Threat to Civil Aviation Posed by Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) [PDF]; International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); Montreal, Canada
--06/09/04   G-8 Secure and Facilitated International Travel Initiative (SAFTI)
--12/01/03  Elements for Export Controls of Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS); Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies; Vienna, Austria
--06/02/03  Aviation Security
--06/02/03  Enhance Transport Security and Control of Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS): A G8 Action Plan; 2003 G8 Summit; Evian, France