World Forum on Shooting Activities explained

The World Forum on Shooting Activities (WFSA) is an association of several national and international associations for shooters, hunters and arms collectors, as well as various arms trading and industry groups. WFSA is one of the few recognized non-governmental organizations[1] to be invited to speak at all five United Nations Small Arms Conferences. The main objective of the association is to support scientific studies, preservation, promotion and protection of shooting related activities on all continents.

History

In 1996 at the IWA & OutdoorClassics in Nuremberg, several hunting and shooting associations, manufacturers of hunting and sporting firearms, firearm rights organizationsand dealer organizations met and founded WFSA as an umbrella association. The WFSA has become the international arms lobby for privately held firearms, and has over 100 million members in affiliated organizations.[2]

Since 2001 WFSA has, together with the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), been invited to speak at all UN Small Arms Conferences, and participates in national and international preparations (PrepCom) for the upcoming conferences.[3] [4] [5]

Since 2002 WFSA has been a non-governmental organization with consultative status in the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

The WFSA is seeking a separation of privately held firearms from the UN definitions on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW).

Committees

WFSA consists of four sub-committees.

Legislative Committee:The Legislative Committee has been involved and contributed to all five United Nations Conferences on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons. It develops solutions for the marking and identification of firearms in order to prevent illegal arms trade. It also tries to create international definitions of firearms and antique firearms, and on how to identify legal and illegal firearms separately.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Image Committee:The Image Committee is intended to convey and publicize the positive aspect of shooting, and for this reason a new ambassador for the committee is elected annually. Previous ambassadors include, amongst others, Chiara Cainero, Superintendent Colin Greenwood, Wilbur Smith, Sir Jackie Stewart, Garry Breitkreuz and Ugo Gussali Beretta.[12] [13] [14]
Environment Committee:The Environment Committee is concerned with protection of the environment, the conservation of biodiversity, the study of the consequences of shooting with lead ammunition in nature and on shooting ranges, and monitors international treaties that may affect hunting and shooting sports and biodiversity.[15] [16] [17] [18]
Statistics Committee:The Statistics Committee gathers information to counter myths and pseudo scientific facts used against hunters and shooters. They also collect data and statistics on the number of hunters and shooters, as well as statistics proving the economic advantage of hunters and shooters on society.

Member associations

Literature

References

  1. Web site: World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities (WFSA). https://web.archive.org/web/20071215065224/http://www.unodc.org/ngo/showSingleDetailed.do?req_org_uid=15352 . 2007-12-15. www.unodc.org.
  2. Web site: IWA 2017: Torbjörn Lindskog appointed as new President of WFSA . all4shooters.com.
  3. http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/p.willetts/NGOS/NGO-2003.HTM#A2 List NGO in Consultative Status with ECOSOC
  4. Web site: Prep-Com 2006 . November 9, 2018 . October 30, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101030052056/http://www.iansa.org/un/review2006/documents/PrepCom-report.pdf . bot: unknown . einseitige Kurzfassung auf IANSA.org, PDF-Datei, Seite 6 (338 KB)
  5. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/DC2792.doc.htm Press Release DC/2792 der UN (2001) - eingesehen am 17. September 2010
  6. http://www.wfsa.net/legislative.html Legislative Sub-Committee auf der WFSA Homepage - eingesehen am 12. September 2010
  7. Web site: Marking, Record-keeping, and Tracing . November 9, 2018 . July 4, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100704225822/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/issueareas/measures/mark.html . dead . auf Small Arms Survey Webseite - eingesehen am 14. September 2010
  8. Web site: Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons . November 9, 2018 . October 15, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091015092610/http://www.osce.org/publications/fsc/2003/12/13550_31_en.pdf . bot: unknown . auf osce.org PDF-Datei (109 KB)
  9. http://search.un.org/search?q=wfsa&btnG=Search+the+UN&ie=utf8&output=xml_no_dtd&client=UN_Website_English&num=10&lr=lang_en&proxystylesheet=UN_Website_en&oe=UTF-8&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&entqr=0&ud=1&site=un_org WFSA in den Dokumenten der UN auf der UN Homepage - eingesehen am 12. September 2010
  10. http://www.wfsa.net/leg_01.html WFSA auf den UN-Kleinwaffenkonferenz 2010. Redebeiträge in Englisch auf der WFSA Homepage - eingesehen am 12. September 2010
  11. Web site: WFSA auf den UN-Kleinwaffenkonferenz 2010 . November 9, 2018 . September 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100922053736/http://www.fwr.de/index.php?id=129 . dead . Forum Waffenrecht: Kurzfassung in Deutsch - eingesehen am 12. September 2010
  12. http://www.wfsa.net/image.html Image Sub-Committee auf der WFSA Homepage - eingesehen am 12. September 2010
  13. Web site: Colin Greenwood Expertsearch - eingesehen am 12. September 2010 . 2018-11-09 . 2014-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222061019/http://www.expertsearch.co.uk/cgi-bin/find_expert?2259 . dead .
  14. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmhaff/95/95ap25.htm Colin Greenwoods Memorandum auf UK Parliament - eingesehen am 12. September 2010
  15. http://www.wfsa.net/environment.html Environment Sub-Committee auf der WFSA Homepage - eingesehen am 12. September 2010
  16. auf New ERA (namibische Zeitung) anlässlich des WFSA Symposiums 2009 in Namibia - eingesehen am 12. September 2010
  17. http://www.cic-wildlife.org/index.php?id=552 Zur Erhaltung der Biodiversität sind vereinte Kräfte nötig 57. Generalversammlung des Internationalen Rats zur Erhaltung des Wildes und der Jagd (CIC) im Mai 2010 - eingesehen am 12. September 2010
  18. http://www.face.eu/diaries/2010/022010-de.html#9 Strategieplan für Jagdmunition in Rom 2010 auf FACE Homepage - eingesehen am 12. September 2010

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