'100 day countdown' to support arms campaign control

COLOMBO: South Asia Small Arms Network Sri Lanka launched a '100 Day countdown' yesterday in support of worldwide initiative to control the Arms campaign.

Launching the campaign yesterday, Chairman, South Asia Small Arms network-Sri Lanka Kingsley Rodrigo said: "The objective of the 100-day countdown is to Minister public support for the million Faces Photo Petition.

It is also to Mobilise Parliamentarians, deliver national photo petitions, organise events to create awareness about the menace of illegal weapons and the campaign itself."

According to Rodrigo, during the 100-Day countdown, the campaign activities will be accelerated in the run upto the UN review conference on Small Arms beginning June 26, in New York.