Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, Commonwealth Discuss Global Gun Trade Treaty
ABC Radio Australia (Pacific shortwave)
13 July 2008
The build up of small and light weapons in Papua New Guinea's autonomous island of Bougainville has raised some concerns for the national government. Pacnews reports... PNG Justice Minister Dr Allan Marat raised the issue with his Commonwealth colleagues during a meeting in Edinburgh. Dr Marat says he discussed the possibility of an arms trade treaty between Commonwealth nations. He said there was a heavy proliferation... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Global Gun Trade Treaty Should be Actively Supported by India
My News Network (India)
3 July 2008
NEW DELHI -- India should become an active member the International Arms Trade Treaty to put a check on the illegal trade of weapons which is helping in fuelling armed violence that takes around 3,50,000 lives across the world, an International Affairs expert said today. "India should sign the "United Nations global Arms Trade Treaty' and become its active member to create a legally binding agreement to regularise arms trade," said... ( gunpolicy.org )
Senegal
Oxfam America Pulls Out of Global Gun Trade Campaign in West Africa
Afrique en ligne (France) / PANA
3 July 2008
DAKAR, Senegal -- Less than two weeks to the third edition of the United Nations Biennial on small arms 14-18 July in New York, Oxfam America has ended its collaboration with the West African movement against small arms in the fight against the circulation of the small arms and light weapons (SALWs) in West Africa. The announcement was made by the executive director of the movement, Georges Ndiaye, at a workshop on the June2007/June... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Global Gun Trade Treaty Needed to Curb the Spread of Weapons
Statesman (Kolkata), Opinion
12 June 2008
The campaign to reduce small arms and to eliminate the use of landmines and cluster bombs can save millions of lives. In addition, animals and birds can also be protected. Although attention is generally focussed on heavy weapons, greater destruction is caused by "small arms and light weapons", a technical term (generally abbreviated to 'small arms') which covers revolvers, pistols, rifles, carbines, machine-guns, ammunition, shells,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan, Afghanistan
Pakistani Gun Control Groups Target US, Afghanistan for Weapon Flood
International News (Karachi)
10 June 2008
PESHAWAR -- Highlighting case of Pakistan Raza Shah Khan, executive director of Sustainable Peace and Development Organisation (Spado) claimed that the problem of arms proliferation in the region was the result of Afghanistan war wherein the US provided about $2 billion in arms aid. "We had the greatest number of guns per capita in the world," he told a seminar, jointly organised by Spado, Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme... ( gunpolicy.org )
Sierra Leone
Violence Prevention Groups in Sierra Leone Push Global Gun Trade Treaty
Concord Times (Freetown)
4 June 2008
FREETOWN -- National Chairman for Amnesty International Sierra Leone Tuesday disclosed that gun violence claims the lives of more than 350,000 people and injuring scores of others. Violet Kawa said the global trade that fuels the scourge of armed violence was yet to be internationally regularised. She said they would organise radio discussion programmes and quiz competitions in Bo and Kenema districts to observe the Global... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, United Nations
McCain on Gun Control, Gun Shows, Assault Weapons, the UN and the NRA
America's 1st Freedom / National Rifle Association of America
1 June 2008
To say that the 2008 elections will be crucial for the future of the Second Amendment would be an understatement. Future efforts to preserve our gun rights and our hunting heritage hinge on who will take the helm at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue next January. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox recently sat down with presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain. They asked him some direct... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, China, Southern Africa
Outrage Lingers Over Chinese Shipment of Guns, Ammunition to Zimbabwe
Arms Control Today (USA)
1 June 2008
In April, South African dockworkers refused to unload a Chinese cargo ship carrying more than 70 tons of small arms destined for Zimbabwe. The refusal set off international reactions that led to the recall of the shipment and calls for stronger international arms trade measures, such as a global arms trade treaty. The shipment, including three million rounds of ammunition for AK47s and 1,500 rocket-propelled grenades, was meant... ( gunpolicy.org )
Bahrain
Bahraini MPs Sign Petition To End Gun Violence, Support Global Gun Treaty
All Headline News (Florida)
30 May 2008
MANAMA, Bahrain -- Four Bahraini lawmakers have signed an international petition calling for an end to gun violence and urging the United Nations to push for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with all its members. Parliament member Jalal Fairooz, from Al Wefaq, the largest Shia bloc in the Bahrain parliament, is one of the signatories of the petition. He told AHN, "There have been several cases of shootings which are a matter of concern.... ( gunpolicy.org )
World
Global Gun Trade Treaty Next Step in Campaign to Curb Lethal Weapons
Scotsman (Edinburgh), Opinion
30 May 2008
The decision this week for a global treaty to ban cluster munitions in Dublin is a significant step towards reducing indiscriminate civilian deaths and making our world a safer place. But the world needs to do much more if we genuinely seek to stop civilians dying from weapons designed for war. This is because there is still a type of weaponry in the arsenals of every government on earth that continues to kill and maim... ( gunpolicy.org )
Malawi
Malawian MPs Ignorant of Global Gun Trade Treaty - But All Intend to Sign It
Africa News (Netherlands), Blog
19 May 2008
Most Malawian Members of Parliament (MP) are unaware about the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), two years after 153 member states of the United Nations voted in its favour for sustainable world peace in 2006. UN member states agreed during that year, at the UN General Assembly, on the need to have a plausible world treaty regulating the sale of small arms and light weapons. It was hoped that this would help control the proliferation of... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ghana, Gambia, West Africa
Gun Control Campaigners Aim to Curb War, Crime, Instability in West Africa
Chronicle (Ghana)
12 May 2008
The Mission Coordinator for the Ghana, Gambia and West Africa Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), Orji Dickson N., has said that bad governance and manipulation of democratic institutions, was a salient factor for the uncontrolled accumulation, and flow of small arms and light weapons (SALW), in West Africa Sub-region. He attributed the influx of these small and light weapons, to insecurity, political instability, wars and organized... ( gunpolicy.org )
World
China-Zimbabwe Gun Scandal Shows Need for World Treaty: Desmond Tutu
Australian (Sydney), Opinion
9 May 2008
In the present scandal of the attempt to ship tonnes of arms and ammunition to Zimbabwe, it is the Chinese who have spoken the most sense. China's foreign ministry said the country's shipment of mortar shells, rockets and bullets was perfectly normal trade. It certainly is. Shipping arms to African governments who could use them to abuse their own people is an abhorrent but almost daily occurrence. And at present there is nothing... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, Zambia, United Kingdom, Canada, China, World
Chinese Gun Shipment to Zimbabwe Shines Spotlight on Global Gun Trade
Toronto Star (Ontario)
24 April 2008
When the Chinese freighter An Yue Jiang pulled into the South African port of Durban last week loaded with weapons bound for crisis-ridden Zimbabwe, it seemed to be just one more day in the lucrative arms trade that has engulfed the continent with deadly results. Instead the ship ran into a storm of protest -- with dock workers joining union leaders, church officials and the High Court to block the shipment -- until the vessel left... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, Africa, Middle East, World
Arrest of Notorious Gun Runner Highlights Need for Global Arms Trade Treaty
Guardian (UK) / Comment is Free, Web Page
10 March 2008
Viktor Vassilyevich Bout began his career transporting flowers and frozen chickens across Africa. He quickly moved on to diamonds, mining equipment, Kalashnikov assault rifles, bullets and helicopter gunships. Having evaded an international arrest warrant for more than five years, the notorious Russian arms dealer was finally arrested this week in Thailand. Dubbed the "merchant of death", Bout is regarded as one of the most prolific arms... ( gunpolicy.org )
Thailand, United States, Colombia, World
If Viktor Bout Did Not Exist, a Thriller Writer Would Have Invented Him
Guardian (UK)
7 March 2008
BANGKOK -- If Viktor Bout did not exist, a thriller writer would have invented him. A former Russian lieutenant, he became one of the world's biggest arms dealers, flying his ancient Soviet planes into battlefields from Liberia to Afghanistan. His clients have included the Taliban and the US government, African warlords and the UN. He has as many aliases as an AK-47 has rounds, and has acquired the nicknames Merchant of Death and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Thailand, Colombia, World
'Lord of War' Gun Runner Viktor Bout Arrested in Thailand on US Charges
Times (UK) / Reuters
6 March 2008
A Russian arms dealer thought to have inspired the lead character in the blockbuster film Lord of War was arrested in Bangkok today. Viktor Bout, 41, was detained while allegedly attempting to buy weapons for Colombian rebels. Dubbed "the merchant of death", he has been accused of breaking UN embargoes since the early 1990s by selling arms to conflict-torn regions in Africa and around the world. Thai police said... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, World
After Voting No at UN, US Belatedly Joins Global Arms Trade Treaty Talks
Arms Control Today (USA)
5 March 2008
All 28 countries invited to do so, including the United States, sent representatives to a UN-sponsored experts meeting in February to explore a global arms trade treaty (ATT). The United States originally voted against starting the effort (see ACT, December 2006), prompting many to believe it would not participate in the process. The Feb. 11-15 governmental group of experts meeting is the first of three such meetings slated to take... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Global Arms Trade Treaty the Focus of Canada's Annual Mock UN Debate
Mississauga News (Ontario)
5 March 2008
Provocative Canadian journalist Gwynne Dyer will give the keynote address on the arms trade when Peel District School Board students gather on Friday for their 13th annual United Nations model assembly. Students from 24 schools will assume their chosen member nation's position and participate in a simulated UN debate. They'll debate a resolution that focuses on the creation of an international arms trade treaty that will... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Experts Meet at UN for First Talks on Possible Global Gun Trade Treaty
Islamic Republic News Agency
12 February 2008
Experts have gathered at United Nations headquarters in New York to begin talks on a possible treaty governing the trade in conventional arms. UN Information Center in Tehran said that the five-day meeting brings together nearly 30 countries that are members of the Group of Governmental Experts examining the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada, Saudi Arabia
Canada Pushes Global Gun Trade Treaty While Selling Arms to Saudi Arabia
Montreal Gazette (Quebec)
23 January 2008
Armed violence kills 1,000 people and injures another 3,000 people around the world every day. Unless steps are taken to bring the arms trade under control, the toll from armed violence is expected to surpass within a decade the devastation caused by diseases such as malaria and measles. Currently, 8 million new small arms flood the world market every year. According to a global movement against gun violence, the International Action... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda, United Nations, Myanmar
UN Gun Destruction Scheme Contributes to Human Rights Abuse in Uganda
America's 1st Freedom, Jan 2008 / National Rifle Association of America, Opinion
20 December 2007
While the United Nations works diligently to curb the Second Amendment rights of Americans, it is turning a blind eye to abused Karamojong tribesmen fighting a brutal government to keep their only means of self-defense. International gun prohibition groups are working hard and successfully to push an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) through the United Nations. They claim that the reason the treaty is needed is that arms are often used to... ( gunpolicy.org )
Papua New Guinea
PNG Coalition for Gun Control Calls on Govt to Ban Toy Guns for Christmas
Post-Courier (Port Moresby)
6 November 2007
The Government has been called on to stop the importation of toy guns and all forms of miniature weapons. The chairman of the Coalition To Stop Gun Violence (PNG), Oseah Philemon, told reporters yesterday that the body he heads and supported by many Papua New Guineans was trying to stop gun violence and yet children were encouraged to use toy guns which were available in shops through out the country. Mr Philemon appealed... ( gunpolicy.org )
Sierra Leone
Speaker of Sierra Leone Pledges Support to National Gun Control Campaign
Concord Times (Freetown)
2 November 2007
For being proactive in tackling the current threats and challenges Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) are posing to human security, the Speaker of Parliament, Justice Abel Strong, Monday assured executive members of the Sierra Leone Action Network on Small Speaker Arms (SLANSA) of Parliament's support. Justice Strong gave this assurance when SLANSA's executive members paid him a courtesy visit at the Parliament Building on Tower... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
UK Leads Surge in More Transparent UN Reporting of Gun Exports, Sales
Arms Control Today (USA)
1 November 2007
The number of countries voluntarily providing data to the United Nations on their small arms and light weapons trade has jumped substantially this year, shedding new light on the pervasiveness and complexity of this often murky commerce. As of early October, 30 states had declared their small arms and light weapons trade for 2006 to the voluntary UN Register of Conventional Arms, accounting for more than 535,000 weapons exported... ( gunpolicy.org )
Papua New Guinea, United Nations
I Watched a Gunman Shoot My Mother: PNG Survivor Lobbies at the UN
Age (Melbourne), Opinion
16 October 2007
My suitcase packed and airport taxi booked, I checked my wallet once again. I flicked through my passport with its newly stamped visa for the United States and the accompanying letter. It was addressed to Miss Vavine Gabi and invited me to attend the UN First Committee on Disarmament in New York. My task was to lobby diplomats from the Pacific region as they prepared to draft an international treaty on the arms trade. I would be... ( gunpolicy.org )
Africa, United Nations
An Arms Trade Treaty Is Needed, But African Nations Also Need More Guns
Arab News (Jeddah), Editorial
12 October 2007
Yesterday's release of a report by the highly regarded international aid organization Oxfam spelled out in detail how wars and insurgencies have cost African countries $18 billion a year since 1990. It compels us to pay attention, especially when the preface is by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the president of Liberia, a country that knows only too well the costs of civil war. The report makes sober reading. The money lost could have been... ( gunpolicy.org )
Papua New Guinea
At UN in New York, PNG Shooting Survivor Pushes Global Gun Trade Treaty
Post-Courier (Port Moresby)
12 October 2007
It was the Queens Birthday weekend in 1999 when they were on their way home to Gabagaba village, along the Magi Highway in the Central Province to enjoy the weekend with relatives when a terrible event happened. Just past Gaire village and as Vavine Gabi sat at the back of the vehicle, six armed men without masks attacked and robbed the family of everything in their possession. "They took everything from us," she said.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Papua New Guinea
Gun Violence Destroying Papua New Guinea: What Is Government Doing?
Post-Courier (Port Moresby), Editorial
12 October 2007
The Queen's Birthday weekend of June 1999 was a weekend the Gabi family of Gabagaba village in the Central Province looked forward to enjoying with relatives and friends. It was midday when they were on their way to the village. Just past Gaire village along the Magi Highway, criminals attacked and robbed them of everything they had. Six men were involved. Having robbed the family of everything, they then asked the mother... ( gunpolicy.org )
Africa, United Nations, World
Africa Needs Global Gun Trade Treaty to Curb War, Massive Economic Loss
Bloomberg (USA)
11 October 2007
Armed conflict has cost sub-Saharan Africa about $284 billion over 15 years, equal to the amount of international aid the world's poorest continent has received in the same period, Oxfam International said. Oxfam, in a report it published today with two groups that promote non-violence, said Africa is losing more than $18 billion a year on conflict. The average war shrinks an African nation's economy by 15 percent, according to... ( gunpolicy.org )
World, Kenya, Africa, United Nations, United Kingdom
Baby's Gun Death Sparks Family's Campaign to Curb Global Gun Violence
Scotsman (Edinburgh)
11 October 2007
Four years ago, on a warm summer evening in July 2003, a young Turkish woman was relaxing in a café in the fishing resort of Foca in south-west Turkey, her young son asleep in his pram beside her. Ozlem Grimason had been enjoying a family holiday in her native country with her Scottish husband, David, and their two-year-old son, Alistair. David had just gone back to the couple's home in East Kilbride -- a couple of days early,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Africa, United Nations, World
Devastating Cost of Africa's Gun Violence: £150bn and Millions of Lives
Guardian (UK)
11 October 2007
Conflicts in Africa since the end of the cold war have cost the continent £150bn, equivalent to all the foreign aid it has received over the same period, according to a report released by Oxfam today. The study, Africa's Missing Billions, says that almost half of the countries on the continent have been involved in some form of conflict since 1990 at a substantial cost to lives and development. The report compares African... ( gunpolicy.org )
Africa, United Nations, World
First Global Gun Trade Treaty Would Particularly Benefit Africa, Experts Say
IRIN (UN News)
11 October 2007
DAKAR -- The creation of a global Arms Trade Treaty currently being debated by the United Nations' first committee would particularly benefit Africa according to various arms control experts. "Arms don't necessary cause conflicts in Africa but they do fuel them and make them bloodier and more costly," Oxfam's Debbie Hillier, a policy advisor on small arms who spoke to IRIN. She is the lead author of a study released on... ( gunpolicy.org )
Africa, United Nations
Global Gun Trade a Big Contributor to Death, Poverty of Millions of Africans
Reuters
11 October 2007
JOHANNESBURG -- Wars stripped about $284 billion from Africa's economies between 1990 and 2005, roughly equal to the amount of aid money given to the world's poorest continent, according to a report on Thursday by Oxfam International. In the study "Africa's Missing Billions," the British aid group said the 23 conflicts engulfing Africa in the period had shrunk economies by an average 15 percent per year at a cost of almost $18 billion... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ghana, Africa, United Nations
Global Gun Trade Treaty: 15 Years of Gun Violence Have Cost Africa $300bn
Accra Daily Mail (Ghana)
11 October 2007
The cost of conflict on African development was approximately $300bn between 1990 and 2005, according to new research by Oxfam International, IANSA and Saferworld. This is equal to the amount of money received in international aid during the same period. The study "Africa's Missing Billions" is the first time analysts have estimated the overall effects of conflict on GDP across the continent and comes as diplomats from around the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, Africa, United Nations
Kenyan Tribal Elder Asks the Question: How Do All These Guns Get Here?
BBC News (Scotland)
11 October 2007
Eileen Clarkson of Oxfam Scotland travelled to Kenya as part of the Control Arms campaign with David and Ozlem Grimason, whose son was killed by a gunman in Turkey. On the day a new report reveals the cost of conflict on African development, she tells the BBC Scotland news website why there should be an Arms Trade Treaty. When I was pregnant with my first child, the midwife told my group of first-time mothers that such... ( gunpolicy.org )
Africa, United Nations, World
Nations, NGOs Promote 153-Country Push for UN Global Gun Trade Treaty
Reuters
10 October 2007
UNITED NATIONS -- Former U.N. military commanders, pressure groups and diplomats urged the United Nations on Tuesday to pass more stringent controls on the global arms trade. At a news conference organized by aid group Oxfam International, they called for a framework to prevent arms transfers in cases where they are likely to be used in violation of international law, to fuel conflict or undermine development. There is... ( gunpolicy.org )
Africa, United Nations
Wars Cost Africa US$18 Billion Annually: Global Gun Trade Treaty Needed
Africa Focus / allAfrica.com (Washington)
10 October 2007
WASHINGTON, DC -- A new study shows that conflicts in Africa cost the continent over 300 billion U.S. dollars between 1990 and 2005 -- an amount equivalent to all the international aid received by sub-Saharan Africa in the same period. The results of the study were released Thursday in a report by Oxfam International, the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and Saferworld. The report is the first to show, on a large... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, United Nations, World
US Only UN Member State to Vote Against Arms Trade Treaty Talks
Newsweek (USA) / International Edition, 15 Oct
7 October 2007
About half a million people worldwide are killed every year by small arms. That's far more victims than are slain by missiles or WMD, yet they get all the attention of international arms-control agreements. Now nearly 100 countries are trying to change that, by pushing for the creation of a new treaty that would finally regulate the highly lethal international trade in smaller arms. The initiative, which is being pushed by Britain,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, United States, World
100 Governments Push for UN Global Gun Trade Treaty: Only America Stalls
Associated Press
1 October 2007
UNITED NATIONS -- Britain, Japan, Australia and others are pushing for an unprecedented treaty regulating the arms trade worldwide, in a campaign sure to last years and to pit them against a determined American foe, the National Rifle Association. In what U.N. officials say is an "overwhelming" response, almost 100 governments have submitted ideas for such a treaty, to be reviewed over the next year. There's an "extremely urgent"... ( gunpolicy.org )
Burundi, Congo (DRC), United Nations, World
Burundi Massacre Reminds World of the Need for a Global Gun Trade Treaty
Nation (Nairobi), Opinion
17 August 2007
The events that happened exactly three years ago on that date will always haunt me. I was accustomed to starting the day with the morning radio bulletin -- which rarely bore good tidings in Burundi where I was working at the time -- but nothing prepared me for the bloody events that had occurred during the night. One hundred and fifty six refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly women and children, including a three-month-old... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nigeria, West Africa
West African NGOs Call for Govt Collaboration on Global Gun Trade Treaty
This Day (Lagos)
3 July 2007
LAGOS -- Various stakeholders have called on the Federal Government to set up a Small Arms Working Group (SAWG) to meet on ways to check proliferation in the country. The committee, when convened, is also to discus a cross-regional methodology for data collection; information sharing between members, network and the Government without endangering the lives of members of the Working Group and other interested parties. Above... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nigeria, West Africa
Guns Prolong Nigerian Conflicts, Govt Should Push Global Gun Trade Treaty
Vanguard (Lagos)
29 June 2007
The West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), has called on the Federal government to address the issues that have given rise to the increase in demand for small arms in Nigeria, noting that it has fueled and prolonged conflicts in the country. WAANSA, a members of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), the global movement against gun violence, is a network of 700 civil society organisations working in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, United Nations, World
A Death by Gunshot Every Minute: UK Govt Pushes Global Gun Trade Treaty
Guardian (UK), Opinion
19 June 2007
Small arms kill one person every minute. I believe this is neither inevitable nor acceptable. So today I am calling on the world to take action to stop weapons getting into the wrong hands and to prevent thousands of brutal, unnecessary and unjust deaths. There is an opportunity -- for the first time -- for a global deal to control the movement of small arms, such as AK47s and anti-aircraft rocket launchers, as well as heavier weapons... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, United Nations, World
Britain Urges World to Make UN Global Gun Trade Treaty a Top Priority
Khaleej Times (Dubai) / Agence France Presse
19 June 2007
LONDON -- Britain's International Development Secretary Hilary Benn on Tuesday called on world leaders to make a priorty the concluding of a treaty regulating the trade of weapons. Writing a comment piece in The Guardian daily, Benn said that there "is an opportunity -- for the first time -- for a global deal to control the movement of small arms, such as AK-47s and anti-aircraft rocket launchers, as well as heavier weapons like... ( gunpolicy.org )
West Africa, United Nations, World
West African ECOWAS Nations to Fight for Global Gun Trade Treaty at UN
This Day (Lagos)
19 June 2007
LAGOS, Nigeria -- President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has called on West African states to support the global move towards an Arms Trade Treaty. He made the call at the ECOWAS recent Heads of State Summit in Abuja, Nigeria. The call was also made during the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence (11-17 June) when governments, UN agencies and civil society groups highlighted the problems of gun violence... ( gunpolicy.org )
Liberia, West Africa
West African Nations Call for Greater Restrictions on Global Gun Trade
United Press International
18 June 2007
ABUJA, Nigeria -- More West African nations are supporting efforts for greater restriction of the global arms trade. The head of the Economic Community of the West African States said that by having an international arms trade treaty, violence in the region could be reduced significantly. "West Africa has suffered from gun proliferation and misuse for too many years," said ECOWAS president Mohammed Ibn Chambas, adding that... ( gunpolicy.org )
Gambia, West Africa
West African NGOs Promote Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence
Daily Observer (Banjul)
18 June 2007
The West African Network on Peace-building (Wanep) The Gambia, has joined the rest of the world in observing the Global Week of Action Gun Violence from June 11 to 17. According to a press release from Wanep, people across the globe have united against guns during the annual Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence (11-17 June 2007). "IANSA members in over 100 countries are highlighting the human cost of small arms proliferation... ( gunpolicy.org )
Namibia
Namibia Must Invoke Strong Gun Control, Support Global Arms Trade Treaty
Namibian (Windhoek), Editorial
15 June 2007
This week is being observed as Global Week against Gun Violence by several non-governmental organisations including the Namibia Non-Governmental Organisations Forum (Nangof) and other southern African groups. Gun control is of course a vitally important issue in not only Namibia, but other southern African societies, especially those that have emerged from struggle and war, and where there is a proliferation of small arms. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
Namibia
Namibian NGOs Push Govt to 'Get With the Programme' on Gun Control
Namibian (Windhoek)
14 June 2007
Representatives of civil society have called on Government to urgently review the Fire Arms Act of 1996 and to submit its views on the Arms Trade Treaty. The Namibia Non-Governmental Organisations Forum (Nangof), International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and the Gun Free Southern Africa observe this week as the Global Week Against Gun Violence. In a statement yesterday, Pauline Dempers of Nangof said gun crime... ( gunpolicy.org )
World, Australia, Pacific, Africa
Global Campaign Promotes United Nations Arms Trade Treaty [Part 1 of 2]
ABC TV Lateline (Australia) [Part 1 of 2], Transcript
7 May 2007
TONY JONES: 800 million small arms are in the hands of rebel groups, bandits and terrorists worldwide. That extraordinary total is fuelling the push by the United Nations for a treaty which will regulate the production and sale of small arms. The only country which opposed last year's resolution kick-starting the treaty process was the United States. For Australia, the problem is closer to home than many realise, with Australian... ( gunpolicy.org )
World, Australia, Pacific, Africa
Global Campaign Promotes United Nations Arms Trade Treaty [Part 2 of 2]
ABC TV Lateline (Australia) [Part 2 of 2], Transcript
7 May 2007
TONY JONES: Mary Robinson is the former United Nations high commissioner for human rights and the former president of Ireland. She is now the Honorary President for Oxfam International and she heads the Ethical Globalisation Initiative. Last year on the 55th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights she led the call for the creation of a new international arms trade treaty, one that closes the loop holes that allow... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Liberia, United Nations, World
Liberian President Urges Americans to Support UN Global Gun Trade Treaty
Boston Globe, Opinion
2 May 2007
My country, Liberia, has a coat of arms that shows the sun rising behind a 19th-century sailing ship bringing Africans back from slavery in America to start a new life in Africa. That voyage was the result of a movement by many countries that agreed slavery was a terrible wrong done to the people of Africa. They worked together to stop slavery and in 1847 Liberia became the first independent Republic in Africa. Today, 160 years... ( gunpolicy.org )
World
UN Readies for Draft Treaty to Place Limits on Global Gun Trade
InterPress Service News Agency
25 April 2007
UNITED NATIONS -- Against the backdrop of a new national poll calling for stricter gun control in the wake of the mass killings of 32 people on a U.S. university campus last week, the United Nations is getting ready to formulate a new international treaty regulating the proliferation of small arms worldwide. "There is not yet a draft," said Jennifer Abrahamson of Oxfam International, one of the lead organizations campaigning for... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, World
Hopes That US Massacre Will Advance UN Global Gun Trade Treaty
Associated Press
24 April 2007
UNITED NATIONS -- The former U.N. human rights chief hopes that last week's massacre at Virginia Tech will generate U.S. support for a global treaty to control the international small arms trade. Mary Robinson, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002, noted Monday that the U.S. was the only country to oppose a U.N. General Assembly resolution that could lead to the first international convention on regulating... ( gunpolicy.org )
Bahrain, World
Bahrain Gun Control Campaign Sends 40,000 SMS Arms Treaty Messages
Gulf News (Dubai)
21 April 2007
People in Bahrain are being urged to support a campaign calling for arms control around the world, three weeks after the shooting of nightclub security guard Abbas Ali Salman Al Shakhoori and just days after a high school massacre in the US. More than 40,000 text messages have already been sent to residents asking them to help with efforts to introduce an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), in what is said to be the biggest SMS... ( gunpolicy.org )
West Africa
Disarmament Convention Hears Nigeria's Call for Global Gun Trade Treaty
Vanguard (Lagos)
21 March 2007
GENEVA -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Joy Ogwu has called on international community, includding manufacturers of Small Arms and Light Weapons as well as brokering firms to take a cue after the ECOWAS Covention, which imposes a ban on arms transfers into, from or through the West African sub-region. The Convention, which was adopted last June, places outright ban on the transfer of these small arms and light weapons... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, World
UK Spearheads Drive for Global Pact to Stem Gun Sales to Conflict Zones
Financial Times (UK)
20 March 2007
GENEVA -- The government yesterday launched a blueprint for an international pact to control the burgeoning global arms trade, which would ban transfers likely to fuel conflict, human rights abuses, violent crime and terrorism. The UK move follows an overwhelming vote at the United Nations general assembly in December to start work on an arms trade treaty intended to stem the worldwide carnage caused by illicit or unregulated weapons... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda, Sudan, Kenya
An AK-47 Now Costs Only 2 Cows on Uganda, Sudan, Kenya Borders
New Vision (Kampala)
19 March 2007
The trafficking in small arms along the Uganda, Sudan and Kenya borders is thriving to the extent that the cost of an AK-47 assault rifle has dropped from 10 cows in 1986 to two cows today. On the Uganda-Sudan border, an AK-47 rifle goes for sh100,000, a pistol for sh50,000 and a bullet for a mere sh200. Inside Sudan, an AK-47 rifle goes for a few chickens. No East African country has as yet submitted a proposal to the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda, East Africa
Cooperation Needed Among East African Nations to Curb Illegal Gun Trade
New Vision (Kampala), Editorial
19 March 2007
KAMPALA -- Are they 200,000 or 400,000? The number of small arms in circulation in Uganda might be debatable. What is not debatable, however, is that the proliferation of small arms in the hands of unauthorised people is a huge problem in Uganda and the whole region. Security sources cite the number of illegal arms in Karamoja at 40,000. That alone is a major threat. Weapons continue to flow in from South Sudan, Kenya and the Democratic... ( gunpolicy.org )
World
Arms Trade Treaty Badly Needed to Curb Global Gun Running - Martin Bell
Independent (UK), Opinion
16 March 2007
Where are the weapons coming from? It was a question that crept into my mind more and more as I reported on conflicts around the world. I used to pick up bullets and shells at the scene of shootings and bring them home -- although I have stopped doing so these days on security grounds. Of course, arms supplies are not the stuff of three-minute TV reports, but they are the fuel that keeps wars alive. And, the manufacturers' markings... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Conservative Commentators Review the Washington, DC Gun Law Ruling
National Review (USA) on line symposium, Opinion
14 March 2007
Randy E. Barnett: When discussing with my wife the Supreme Court justices' possible reaction to the Parker case, she observed that "it would be really exciting if they followed the Constitution." Indeed! But I predict they won't hear the case. True, the federal circuits now disagree about the original meaning of the Second Amendment. But there is no "circuit split" on the constitutionality of either the D.C. statute or... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
Uganda Plans to Revamp Its Gun Laws to Counter Regional Gun Running
New Vision (Kampala)
14 March 2007
KAMPALA -- The Government is designing a comprehensive firearms policy to replace the current obsolete Firearms Act of 1970, which will among other things curb the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the country and the Great Lakes region. Speaking at a media meeting at Hotel Africana on Tuesday, the coordinator of the Uganda National Focal Point, Richard Nabudere, said the new policy is in its final stages. "We... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya, East Africa
100,000 Illegal Guns Reported in Kenya, 'Widening Market' in East Africa
Nation (Nairobi)
11 March 2007
NAIROBI -- There is one illegal gun to every 300 Kenyans, according to government estimates. And it is these 100,000 illegal weapons which have facilitated the spike in crime and been used in the killing of many Kenyans. A Sunday Nation investigation in Nairobi revealed that there are tens of gangs which provide a deep and widening market for illegal weapons. Guns for use in carjackings and robberies are readily... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
Philippines Legislator Calls for Curbs on Global Gun Trade
Official Blog of Rep. Etta Rosales (Manila), Blog
7 February 2007
I would like to thank all of you for taking the time to attend this very relevant gathering. The issue of illicit trade in small arms and light weapons could not come at a more opportune time. It has been reported that 638 million small arms around the world, and that by 2020 the number of deaths caused by these weapons will outnumber of deaths caused by malaria, for example. In the Philippines, the small scale gun manufacturing... ( gunpolicy.org )
Haiti, Jamaica
More Evidence of Drugs-for-guns Trade Between Jamaica and Haiti
AlterPresse (Port-au-Prince)
6 February 2007
LONDON -- Jamaican police have carried out a series of arrests and seizures of firearms that appear to confirm long-held suspicions of the existence of an extensive criminal network smuggling marijuana and guns between Jamaica and the nearby nation of Haiti. On February 4th, following a shoot-out between Jamaican police and an unidentified man in Spanish Town in the central parish of St Catherine, a gun was recovered from the man... ( gunpolicy.org )
Europe, World
EU Lawmakers Call for Tougher Action on Global Arms Trade
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
18 January 2007
STRASBOURG -- European Union lawmakers on Thursday urged member states to step up their support for establishing an international arms trade treaty and underlined the bloc's determination to keep up the disputed arms embargo against China. "The embargo imposed on China should not be lifted until there is a clear and lasting improvement in the situation regarding human rights and social and political freedoms," said a report adopted... ( gunpolicy.org )
Africa, World
Illegal Small Arms Trade Fuelling African Conflicts, Says Amnesty Study
Voice of America
4 January 2007
GENEVA -- The major wars of the 20th century gave a boost to the legal arms trade. But the end of the Cold War and the move from international to local and regional conflicts pushed trade in small arms and light weapons into a gray zone where oversight is difficult. Today, brokers and their networks of intermediaries and sub-contractors are increasingly involved in trafficking weapons to rebel groups fighting in developing countries. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World, United States
UN Approves Global Gun Trade Treaty Talks, Only US Votes Against
Associated Press
7 December 2006
UNITED NATIONS -- Over U.S. objections, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Wednesday that could lead to the first international treaty on controlling the trade in assault rifles, machine guns and other small arms. The nonbinding resolution asks the secretary-general to seek the views of the 192-member General Assembly on the feasibility of a comprehensive treaty "establishing common international standards for the import,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World, United States
UN General Assembly Approves Next Moves on Global Gun Trade Treaty
Reuters
6 December 2006
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to let work begin on a new treaty to bolster arms embargoes and prevent human rights abuses by setting uniform worldwide standards for arms deals. The vote in the 192-nation assembly was 153-1, with the United States casting the sole "no" vote. Twenty-four other nations abstained, including major arms sellers China and Russia and emerging exporters... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World, United States
UN Votes 153-1 for Global Gun Trade Treaty Talks: US Sole Vote Against
United Nations (New York)
6 December 2006
The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution effectively kicking off a diplomatic process aimed at promulgating a new international treaty on the global trade in conventional arms -- a move immediately hailed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan -- as it acted on a series of resolutions adopted at the recommendation of its Disarmament and International Security (First) Committee. "The Secretary-General welcomes today's... ( gunpolicy.org )
World, Iraq
Global Gun Trade: Reducing Demand for Firearms is 'Smart for Business'
Baltimore Sun (Maryland), Opinion
3 December 2006
Last week marked an unfortunate anniversary: The U.S. presence in Iraq is now longer than U.S. involvement in World War II. A major reason for the length of our stay in Iraq has been the widespread use of large numbers of small arms and light weapons as the primary tool of war. These weapons are devastating in terms of lives lost, but in Iraq, and many other conflict areas, small arms proliferation also has substantially hindered economic... ( gunpolicy.org )
World, United Nations
Guns are the World's Most Serious Weapon-Related Security Threat
Arms Control Today, Opinion
1 December 2006
What is the most serious weapons-related security threat? The answer depends on who you are and where you live. For many Westerners, the biggest worry may be catastrophic nuclear terrorism. But for millions of people in conflict-ridden developing regions, the greatest threat emanates from the free flow of and trade in conventional weapons. With global arms sales soaring to more than $44 billion in 2005 and hundreds of thousands of people... ( gunpolicy.org )
Russia, United States, China, World
Russia Tops US, Europe, China in Gun Trade to Developing World
National Post (Toronto) / CanWest
6 November 2006
UNITED NATIONS -- Ask anyone to guess who's the biggest arms supplier to developing countries and chances are the answer will be the United States -- the world's biggest arms trader. But the latest figures on new arms deals show Russia is now the biggest peddler of weapons to what used to be called the Third World, and the United States comes in third behind France. In fact, when it comes to sub-Saharan Africa, host to... ( gunpolicy.org )
World, United Nations
Licensed to Kill: The Global Gun Trade and the UN Arms Trade Treaty
Radio Netherlands, Transcript
5 November 2006
The international arms trade is big business. Each year, arms manufacturers produce enough bullets to kill every human on the planet twice. Those who profit most from the industry are also some of the world's most powerful -- countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, China and Russia. Together, they produce almost 90 percent of arms exports. Yet a lack of proper regulations means millions of weapons are... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nigeria, West Africa
Nigerian NGO Mobilizes National Assembly on ECOWAS Gun Control
Vanguard (Lagos)
3 November 2006
Nigeria Action Network on Small Arms (NANSA) in collaboration with Oxfam GB recently organised a round table discussion on the need for Nigeria Government to ratify the ECOWAS Convention on small arms and light weapons, and also to champion Africa's support for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations. The programme which was a product of the efforts by individuals, government and non-governmental organisations across the world,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
UN Vote Paves Way for Global Gun Trade Treaty: 164 Voted 'Yes,' USA 'No'
Guardian (UK)
28 October 2006
An overwhelming UN vote paving the way to an arms trade treaty controlling the growing international trade in conventional weapons was welcomed enthusiastically yesterday by Britain, human rights groups and aid organisations. The UN general assembly's first committee, responsible for disarmament and international security, voted by 139 votes to one on Thursday in favour of the move. The British government has been at the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
UN Approves Global Gun Trade Treaty: US the Only Country to Vote 'No'
Associated Press
27 October 2006
UNITED NATIONS -- A key United Nations committee on Thursday approved a resolution that could lead to an international treaty on small-arms control, a move hailed by gun-control advocates but opposed by the U.S. and gun-rights groups. The measure would begin studies of a possible treaty, and must be approved by the General Assembly, which is likely to take it up next month. Human-rights campaigners said such a treaty would go a... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
UN Panel Backs New Treaty on Global Gun Trade, Voting 139 to 1
Reuters
26 October 2006
UNITED NATIONS -- A U.N. General Assembly committee voted on Thursday to let work begin on a new treaty intended to strengthen arms embargoes and prevent human rights abuses by setting uniform global standards for arms deals. The assembly's Disarmament and International Security Committee voted 139 to 1, with the United States casting the sole "no" vote, to approve the start of work on a new arms trade. Another 26 nations... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World, United States
UN, World Kicks Off Global Gun Trade Treaty: Sole 'No' Vote Cast By USA
InterPress Service News Agency
26 October 2006
UNITED NATIONS -- United Nations member states voted Thursday to create an international treaty to curb the illicit trade in guns and other light weapons, despite strong opposition from the United States and other big powers. On Thursday, a vast majority of delegates to the U.N. General Assembly's first committee endorsed the resolution calling for the establishment of a treaty to stop weapons transfers that fuel conflict, poverty... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Fifteen Nobel Peace Laureates Call for UN Global Gun Trade Treaty
Independent (South Africa) / AFP
24 October 2006
Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize laureates on Tuesday urged United Nations member states to back a draft resolution aimed at controlling international arms sales. The draft, co-sponsored by Argentina, Australia, Britain, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan and Kenya, comes to a vote on Wednesday in the UN General Assembly's First Committee, which deals with disarmament. The Nobel laureates, including the Dalai Lama, South African Archbishop... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
United Nations Vote Nears on Global Gun Trade Treaty Resolution
Voice of America
24 October 2006
WASHINGTON -- On Thursday a UN panel is expected to vote on whether to begin work on a global arms trade treaty. The treaty would control the sale and trade of small arms and some conventional weapons. This week, 15 Nobel Laureates -- including Archbishop Desmond Tutu -- announced their support for a treaty. Helen Hughes is the arms policy advisor for Amnesty International and has been lobbying in favor of the treaty resolution.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, United States, United Nations
Britain to Defy US Over UN Resolution on Global Gun Trade
Guardian (UK)
21 October 2006
The UK is next week expected to push through the United Nations a resolution to open the way for a landmark arms trade treaty, in spite of opposition from the US, Russia and China. Campaigners have been pressing for years for such a treaty. An attempt at the UN three years ago had to be abandoned because of the level of hostility and failure to win sufficient backing. But a British government source said, as of yesterday,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Fiji, Pacific
Pacific Islands Forum Nations Urged to Back UN Global Gun Trade Treaty
Fiji Times
21 October 2006
Pacific Island Countries have been asked to support United Nations resolution for an arms trade treaty to regulate the production and sales of arms. The Pacific Concerns Resource Centre (PCRC) is disappointed that Pacific states have not come out publicly to support it. Spokeswoman Adi Ema Tagicakibau said PCRC was urgently calling on Pacific UN member states to throw their weight in support of the resolution. She... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pacific, United Nations
Guns and the Pacific: Wasteful Hiccup, Distractions at the United Nations
Austral Policy Forum, Nautilus Institute, Opinion
19 October 2006
At the recent United Nations small arms Review Conference in New York, [1] a global process to link the proliferation of small arms with international development, public health and human rights slid into an inconclusive and wasteful hiatus. In addition, a spin-off Arms Trade Treaty could distract from more direct and localised efforts to curb gun violence. Given current events in East Timor, South East Asia and the Pacific, these... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Big Powers Split on Proposed United Nations Global Gun Trade Treaty
Asian Tribune / IPS
18 October 2006
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations is responding positively to a call from peace activists and human rights organisations for a new international treaty to monitor the world's growing 1.1-trillion-dollar global arms trade. A resolution calling for the creation of a group of governmental experts to explore the feasibility of starting work on such a treaty has been gathering strong support. As of last week, "more than 80... ( gunpolicy.org )
Congo (DRC), United Nations
Congo Rebels Use Guns, Bullets from South Africa, US, China, Russia
Sunday Times (South Africa) / AFP
16 October 2006
LONDON -- Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are fighting with bullets and small arms from South Africa, the USA, Greece, China, Russia and Serbia despite a UN and other embargos, a report said on Monday. The Control Arms Campaign report did not suggest that firms in these countries were violating a UN arms embargo imposed in 2003, but suggested the equipment was being diverted to the DRC from third countries. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
World, United Nations
Global Gun Trade Treaty Needed to Reduce Conflict, Says Control Arms
Reuters AlertNet
16 October 2006
DAKAR -- Only a tough international arms trade treaty can stem the flood of weapons into conflict zones like Congo, where rebels blamed for rights abuses use weapons and munitions from across the globe, campaigners said on Monday. Oxfam International, Amnesty International and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) said in a statement that United Nations' arms embargoes against countries in conflict were not enough,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Preliminary Debate Begins on UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Resolution
Voice of America
12 October 2006
WASHINGTON -- At the United Nations, preliminary debate begins Thursday on a resolution to initiate work on a global arms trade treaty. Nearly 80 governments have co-sponsored the resolution, including South Africa, Liberia and Rwanda. Anna MacDonald is a policy adviser for OXFAM International. From New York, she spoke to VOA English to Africa Service reporter Joe De Capua about the resolution. "The resolution is calling... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Arms Before Aid: Globalisation of Gun Trade Avoids Arms Export Controls
Guardian (UK)
10 October 2006
Worldwide spending on weapons is expected to reach record levels this year at a time when the arms industry is increasingly able to avoid export controls, human rights and aid agencies say in a report published on Monday. By the end of the year, military spending is estimated to reach $1,058-billion, about 15 times the amount spent on international aid, say Amnesty, Oxfam and the International Action Network on Small Arms (Iansa).... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Like Land Mines, the Global Gun Trade Must be Curbed by UN Arms Treaty
Toronto Star (Ontario), Opinion
8 October 2006
Remember the excitement nearly 10 years ago when the treaty to ban land mines was signed in Ottawa? What began as a small, grassroots campaign had achieved a legally binding international agreement to banish the scourge of anti-personnel mines from the planet. October offers a similar opportunity to tackle the horrific excesses of the arms trade. Later this month, the UN will vote on a resolution to start work on an Arms Trade Treaty, exactly... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Religious Leaders Urge Global Gun Trade Curbs, UN Arms Trade Treaty
Edmonton Journal (Alberta) / AFP
7 October 2006
LONDON -- A group of religious leaders including Nobel winner Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama called Tuesday for urgent agreement on a global arms trade treaty, saying it could save hundreds of thousands of lives. The call came a day after a report warned that arms traders are profiting from a lack of international rules to supply weapons to unscrupulous groups and bypass arms embargoes on countries. "The world is awash... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Global Gun Trade Under Fire in Run-up to UN Arms Trade Treaty Vote
Washington Times / UPI
6 October 2006
Global rights and aid groups, ahead of U.N. debate on the subject, seek a clampdown on globalization of arms industries they say contribute to rights abuses. The "Arms Without Borders" report was issued by the umbrella Control Arms Campaign, whose members include Oxfam International, Amnesty International and International Action Network on Small Arms. Its release coincided with the beginning of U.N. debate on an arms trade treaty.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Weapons of Mass Destruction: Guns, Small Arms in the Wrong Hands
Scoop Independent News (New Zealand), Opinion
6 October 2006
In the time it will take you to read this article, five people will have been shot dead. It seems if nothing else, humans have perfected the efficiency of killing; one can now eradicate life with a slight movement of the finger. As Ronald Reagan's would be assassin, John W. Hinckley, Jr. once said, "Guns are neat little things, aren't they? They can kill extraordinary people with very little effort." However, the reality is they kill many... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda
Deadly Arms Entering Uganda, Says Globalisation of Gun Trade Report
Monitor (Kampala)
4 October 2006
Uganda is one of the "sensitive" destinations for deadly weapons purchased through a scrappy arms trade framework, a report by the Control Arms Campaign says. The report, Arms Without Borders, says globalisation of the arms industry had opened up loopholes in all current arms trade regulations, allowing sales to human rights abusers and countries under arms embargoes. "Excluding China, for whose companies there is insufficient... ( gunpolicy.org )
Israel
Israeli Firms Join Top 100 Arms Dealers' List in Global Gun Trade Report
Ha'aretz (Tel Aviv)
3 October 2006
Four Israeli companies appear in a list of the top 100 arms dealers in the world, according to a report published yesterday by Amnesty International. The companies are Israel Aircraft Industries, Rafael Arms Development Authority, Elbit Systems and Israel Military Industries. The report, entitled "Arms without Borders," was launched as the United Nations opened its annual session on arms control, in the run-up to a landmark vote... ( gunpolicy.org )
Canada
Canadian Arms Sales Fly Through Loophole: Global Gun Trade Pact Needed
Toronto Star (Ontario)
2 October 2006
Aircraft-parts maker Pratt & Whitney Canada cannot legally sell attack-helicopter parts to Sudan because the Sudanese government has used such helicopters against its own civilians. But Canadian law allows the company to sell turbo shafts to China, helping that country develop its Z-10 attack helicopter. And China can sell the Z-10 to Sudan whether Canada likes it or not. Globalization has taken the arms industry beyond... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Top 5 UN States Run the Global Gun Trade Which Threatens the World
al Jazeera
2 October 2006
Latest studies showed that the international arms trade has increased in shocking percentages since the end of World War II and the beginning of the American President's so-called "War on Terror". What is truly disturbing is that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, supposedly responsible for maintaining global peace, account for 85% of weapons exports. A recent report titled "The Arms without Border"... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
World Has Unique Chance to Curb Global Gun Trade, Says Report
Reuters
2 October 2006
LONDON -- The world has a unique chance starting on Monday to begin to curb the trade in guns and military hardware that kills at least 300,000 people each year and ruins the lives of millions more, campaigners said. Exploiting legal loopholes and unscrupulous dealers, deadly weapons are finding their way from legal manufacturers to countries like Sudan, Indonesia and Uganda which are subject to international arms embargoes, Control... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, World
Control Arms Pushes UN Bid to Block Bloody Global Gun Trade
News24 (Cape Town) / Reuters
1 October 2006
LONDON -- The world has a unique chance starting on Monday to begin to curb the trade in guns and military hardware that kills at least 300 000 people each year and ruins the lives of millions more, said campaigners. Exploiting legal loopholes and unscrupulous dealers, deadly weapons are finding their way from legal manufacturers to countries like Sudan, Indonesia and Uganda, which are subject to international arms embargoes, said... ( gunpolicy.org )
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