United Nations,United States
Obama, Clinton Join UN Treaty Push to Set Global Gun Trade Controls
Defense News (USA)
18 February 2010
The United States is working with other countries and the United Nations to impose uniform controls on international sales of conventional arms. But the U.S. State Department said it is likely to be years before an Arms Trade Treaty takes effect. The United States is committed to pursuing a "robust treaty" that sets "the highest possible legally binding standards" for international sales of conventional weapons, U.S. Ambassador... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Professor Targeted by US Gun Lobby Over Her UN Human Rights Report
Minnesota Daily (Minneapolis)
18 February 2010
The polarizing and powerful emotions surrounding gun ownership hit close to home Friday for University of Minnesota Professor Barbara Frey. Frey, director of the University's Human Rights Program through the Institute for Global Studies, was a special rapporteur on small arms for the United Nations from 2002 to 2006 and advocated for tighter gun regulation. Last Friday, Frey started to receive "hate mail" from people, she... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Indian Campaigners Call for Global Gun Trade Treaty, Fewer Firearms
Hindustan Times (Delhi)
15 February 2010
NEW DELHI - Twenty-one organisations from across the country have come together to appeal to the Government to go for welfare instead of warfare. In a parallel event to the Defence Expo-2010 starting this Monday, these organisations, representing civil society, are gathering for "Delhi disarmament events and conference for an arms trade treaty," which will focus on the consequences of arms trade and the way military spending is... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
In 'Significant Shift' at UN, US Votes to Support Global Gun Trade Treaty
Arms Control Today (USA)
10 December 2009
The Obama administration's voting record this year at the First Committee of the UN General Assembly marked a departure from the Bush administration in several key ballots. In other votes, however, the new administration's vote was the same as its predecessor's. The First Committee is responsible for drafting resolutions on arms control and international security issues. One of the shifts was on a resolution on disarmament... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Oxfam Chief Calls for Global Gun Trade Treaty to Protect Human Rights
Reuters AlertNet, Opinion
10 December 2009
Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland, is Honorary President of Oxfam International and heads the Ethical Globalisation Initiative. On the 55th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, she calls for the creation of a new treaty to control the global trade in small arms. On this 55th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, threats of new... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States,United Nations
Fear, Fundraising Drive US Misinformation Attack on UN Gun Trade Treaty
FactCheck.org (USA), Fact sheet
5 December 2009
International Gun Ban Treaty? Q: Has Obama found a "legal way around the Second Amendment"? A: The administration's agreement to talk about writing a United Nations treaty to regulate arms exports and imports is a far cry from banning possession of firearms, which Obama says he doesn't want to do and the Supreme Court has said can't be done anyway. FULL QUESTION Is this correct? Obama Finds Legal Way... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States,United Nations
Colorado Ballot Would Warn Obama, Oppose Global Gun Trade Treaty
Washington Times
4 December 2009
DENVER -- Former Rep. Tom Tancredo, best known for his tough stand in Congress against illegal immigration, has taken up a new cause since his retirement from the House last year: defending American gun owners against international treaties. The Obama administration is moving forward on two treaties that Mr. Tancredo and other gun rights advocates see as a threat to the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. His response is a 2010... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
British, French Foreign Ministers Write: 'Time for an Arms Trade Treaty'
Guardian (UK) / Comment is Free, Blog
11 November 2009
One of the great tragedies of our times is the uncontrolled spread of weapons, often from illegal markets, sometimes in violation of international embargoes. Up to a thousand people a day -- mostly women and children -- are killed by such arms, most of them in the world's poorest countries. These weapons fuel conflict, break down societies and prevent families climbing out of poverty. There is an urgent moral imperative to grip a global... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
US Consensus Redline Rules the Global Gun Trade Treaty. Or Does It?
Disarmament Insight (Geneva), Blog
11 November 2009
The recent adoption of a United Nations resolution to produce legally binding international standards for the transfer of conventional arms is a real boost to the cause of international peace and security. Overwhelming support in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly for the negotiation of these new rules has set the scene for a series of preparatory meetings leading to the convening in 2012 of the United Nations Conference on the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Gambia,West Africa,United Nations
West Africa, 153 UN Member States Promote Global Gun Trade Treaty
Daily Observer (Banjul)
9 November 2009
Every year, millions around the world suffer as a result of the non-regulation of the global arms trade. This year, on 30th October, 2009 at the United Nations, after years of discussions and debates, the vast majority of governments -- 153 in total -- agreed on a timetable to establish a"strong and robust Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with the highest common standards to control international transfers of conventional arms, a press release... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ghana
Gun Registries to Be Installed Nationwide by Ghana Police
Daily Graphic (Ghana)
4 November 2009
The Ghana Police Service has been directed to instal arms registries across the country as part of measures by the government to properly control weapons. Additionally, the government is also taking steps to ensure a good stockpile management, as well as branding and tracing of official weapons, to deal with the impunity with which small arms are being used for violent crimes and conflicts in the country. The President,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ghana,West Africa
Ghana to Ratify West African Regional Convention on Gun Control
Ghana News Agency
3 November 2009
ACCRA -- President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday said government would soon put before Parliament the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms for ratification. To this end, government has scheduled the Convention as one of the key issues on the agenda for discussion at the next Cabinet meeting. President Mills gave the assurance in a speech read for him by Mr Cletus Avorka, Minister of the Interior, at the inauguration of the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Praise for US, Jubilation, Caution as UN Agrees Global Gun Trade Treaty
Asian Tribune / Inter Press Service News Agency
1 November 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations, which is pursuing a proposal for "a world without nuclear weapons", will soon turn its attention to another new goal in the field of disarmament: creating a legally-binding treaty on conventional arms. The proposed new treaty, which is expected to be ready for a U.N. Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty in 2012, will regulate the global trade in conventional arms, including fighter planes, combat... ( gunpolicy.org )
Germany,United Nations,Russia,China
Germany Backs Global Arms Trade Treaty, China and Russia Abstain
Deutsche Welle
31 October 2009
Germany, along with other key United Nations members, has backed talks on a global treaty to regulate the global trade of weapons. Two major arms suppliers, Russia and China, refused to support the measure. The United Nations resolution calls for talks aimed at agreeing a treaty to police the world's $55-billion (37-billion-euro) arms trade. The UN General Assembly's first committee on disarmament and peace passed the resolution... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Key UN Committee, US Diplomats Back Global Gun Trade Treaty
Associated Press
31 October 2009
A key General Assembly committee voted Friday to allow the U.N. to start negotiations on a new treaty regulating the global arms trade to help prevent the illegal transfer of guns that kill and maim thousands every day. John Duncan, Britain's ambassador for multilateral arms control and disarmament, hailed the 153-1 vote with 19 abstentions in the General Assembly's disarmament committee, saying the international community is now... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Clinton Backs UN Global Gun Trade Treaty, Abandons Bush Opposition
Bloomberg (USA)
30 October 2009
The Obama administration voted today to support United Nations-sponsored talks on a treaty to regulate the $55 billion-a-year trade in conventional weapons, reversing prior U.S. opposition to negotiations begun in 2006. The General Assembly, consisting of all 192 UN member governments, adopted a resolution setting out a timetable for talks during the next two years on the proposed Arms Trade Treaty, including a UN conference to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States,Russia
US On Board, Russia Abstains in UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Talks
Reuters
30 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- The world's top weapons exporters agreed to back negotiations on a global treaty to regulate the world's $55 billion arms trade, but Russia refused to show support, diplomats said on Thursday. The deal came after negotiators from four of the top arms traders -- the United States, Britain, France and Germany overcame sharp disagreements on the wording of a U.N. General Assembly resolution that will guide negotiations... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Obama, Clinton Stir 'Perfect Storm' at UN for Anti-US Gun Control Agenda
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia), Blog
26 October 2009
The folks at United Nations headquarters in New York City, and our "allies" at Number 10 Downing Street in London, must be rubbing their hands with glee. Gun control groups here and abroad likewise are at last quietly cheering. Why? After a decade and a half of pushing unsuccessfully to secure America's support for a legally-binding, international instrument to regulate the marketing, transfer and brokering in firearms, they are now on the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Global Gun Trade Treaty Could Be Powerful Tool to Protect Children
Inter Press Service News Agency
25 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- The impact of global weapons trafficking on children and their recruitment as fighters should be on the agenda of talks for an international Arms Trade Treaty, say United Nations experts and non-governmental organisations. Formal negotiations on the treaty have not gotten off the ground since the vast majority of U.N. member states approved a proposal to target illicit small arms trafficking three years ago. But... ( gunpolicy.org )
Costa Rica,United Nations,United States
Costa Rica's Arias Celebrates US Support for Global Gun Trade Treaty
Daily News (Costa Rica)
20 October 2009
President Oscar Arias is viewing the United States' interest in an Arms Trade Treaty as one more trophy to put on his wall. The disarmament advocate celebrated a statement made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, which announced the commitment of her country to the establishment of international standards for arms trading. Arias said the U.S. interest "is encouraging" because it represents "a radical" change from... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya,United Nations
Kenya Leads UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Against 'Merchants of Doom'
East African (Nairobi)
19 October 2009
Kenya is pressing within the United Nations for the start of talks on a binding global treaty to restrict the illegal transfer of small arms that take scores of lives in eastern and central Africa every day. The UN's disarmament committee will decide this month whether to endorse formal negotiations on such a treaty. Continuing in the leadership role it has played on this issue for several years, Kenya has joined Britain,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,Africa,United States
US U-turn on Global Gun Trade Treaty 'Great News for Africa' - IANSA
Xinhua
16 October 2009
Africa campaigners against gun violence hail the U. S. decision to join the negotiations for a comprehensive Arms Trade Treaty. In a joint statement issued in Nairobi, Kenya, the campaigners also urged governments to control deadly trade in weapons. "The U. S. decision to support strong global controls on the arms trade is great news for Africa," said Joseph Dube, Africa coordinator for IANSA, the global movement against... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Clinton Backs Global Gun Trade Treaty Only If Any One Nation Can Veto It
Washington Post
15 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced late Wednesday that the United States is prepared to begin negotiations on a global treaty regulating trade in conventional weapons but said Washington would sign the accord only if all other states agreed. The move marks a shift in policy from the Bush administration, which staunchly opposed U.N. negotiations to regulate the $55 billion-a-year arms trade. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
Statement of US Support for UN Global Gun Trade Treaty by Hillary Clinton
US Department of State (Washington, DC), Media release
14 October 2009
Conventional arms transfers are a crucial national security concern for the United States, and we have always supported effective action to control the international transfer of arms. The United States is prepared to work hard for a strong international standard in this area by seizing the opportunity presented by the Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations. As long as that Conference operates under the rule of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations,United States
US Reverses Stance on Global Gun Trade Treaty, But Pushes Veto for All
Reuters
14 October 2009
WASHINGTON -- The United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto. The decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department, overturns the position of former President George W. Bush's administration, which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that... ( gunpolicy.org )
Oceania,South East Asia,United Nations
Asia-Pacific Countries to Discuss Arms Transfers, Gun Trade Treaty
Bernama (Malaysia)
12 October 2009
KUALA LUMPUR -- Representatives of 28 Asia-Pacific countries will begin a two-day seminar here tomorrow to discuss global transfers of conventional arms as well as controls, according to a statement. The seminar will be officially opened by officials from the European Union and the United Nations, and will be attended by high-level representatives of the relevant ministries of the participating states, international and regional... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
United Nations Meeting Strengthens Push for Global Gun Trade Treaty
Associated Press
11 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- Seven countries have launched a campaign for the U.N. to start negotiations on a new treaty regulating the global arms trade to help prevent the illegal transfer of guns that kill and maim thousands every day. John Duncan, Britain's ambassador for multilateral arms control and disarmament, said the four-week meeting of the General Assembly's disarmament committee, which started Monday, will be "pivotal" in deciding... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
NGOs Hold Gun Exporters to Account for Abuses, Seek Arms Trade Treaty
Inter Press Service News Agency
8 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- With 2,000 people dying daily in armed violence fuelled by irresponsible arms transfers, talks to create an international treaty regulating these weapons can no longer be delayed, says a coalition of NGOs in a new report "Dying for Action" published Wednesday. While nuclear disarmament is high on the U.N. agenda these days, 90 percent of casualties in conflict areas are caused by small arms such as submachine guns,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Claim: Armed Violence Kills 2,000 a Day
Reuters
7 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- More than 2,000 people around the world are dying from armed violence each day, on average, advocacy groups said on Tuesday, urging nations to launch negotiations on a treaty to regulate the arms trade. A report by the 12 groups was issued as a U.N. General Assembly committee began considering a draft resolution that would set a timetable for negotiations with the aim of concluding a treaty in 2012. RKBA The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Campaigners Press United Nations for Global Gun Trade Treaty
Agence France Presse
6 October 2009
LONDON -- Some 2.1 million people have died either directly or indirectly from armed violence over the last three years as talks on a global arms trade treaty have stalled, campaigners said Wednesday. More than 2,000 people have died from such violence every day since 2006, when governments agreed on the need to regulate the arms trade, said British charity Oxfam and 11 other non-governmental organisations. "Eight out of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, United Nations
America is Right to Oppose United Nations Global Gun Trade Treaty
Tribune-Review (Pittsburgh), Editorial
15 September 2009
Conventional arms control, United Nations-style, won't stem the proliferation of guns that get into the wrong hands. More likely, it will only make bad situations worse. The United States was one of only two nations that voted against the U.N. resolution last year. Its support among member states could advance a legally binding U.N. treaty creating "common international standards" for the import and export of small arms and light... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
UN Mexico Meeting Tackles Global Gun Trade, Security, Development
United Nations
11 September 2009
MEXICO CITY -- Taking weapons out of the hands of those who used them would help save lives everywhere, but that alone would not stop the thriving global arms trade and make the planet safer, Alfredo Ferrariz Lubang, Regional Representative of the Bangkok-based Nonviolence International South East Asia, said as the sixty-second annual DPI/NGO Conference continued in Mexico City this morning. Speaking during a round-table discussion... ( gunpolicy.org )
India, United Nations
13 Nations Feed Guns to North Indian State, Arms Trade Treaty Needed
Morung Express News (Nagaland)
25 July 2009
DIMAPUR -- Poor regulatory mechanisms, looped policies and national fiscal interests in the arms trade are translating into human costs, fuelling conflicts in war-torn zones like the North East region of India. The United Nations' General Assembly has been reminded of the urgency for an international arms trade treaty and greater humane accountability. Scholar and peace activist from Manipur Binalakshmi Nepram in her speech delivered... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, Congo (DRC)
Zimbabwe, Congo Fuelling Gun, Ammo Trafficking in East, Central Africa
Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg)
21 July 2009
Arms and ammunition manufactured in Zimbabwe could be finding its way to Western markets, despite sanctions on President Robert Mugabe's government, according to a new international report. Zimbabwe -- Arms and Corruption: Fuelling Human Rights Abuses, prepared by conflict researchers International Peace Information Service (IPIS), states that Mugabe is still able to profit from an arms trade that includes agents from Europe and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
United Nations Working Group Inches Towards Global Gun Trade Treaty
Inter Press Service News Agency
16 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations concluded an open-ended working group for an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Thursday, part of a lengthy and politically contentious process to nail down a basic framework for curbing deadly illegal weapons sales. "An open-ended working group in the U.N. is where all states can come to a meeting, it's an open invitation," Amnesty International spokesperson Brian Wood explained to IPS. "They... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Congo (ROC), Montenegro, United States
US, Congo, Zimbabwe, Montenegro All Involved in Gun Running - Report
Sunday Independent (South Africa)
12 July 2009
Zimbabwe is not only stockpiling modern weapons, but is circumventing sanctions by exporting arms to the US via Eastern Europe, according to a report to be released this week. According to the International Peace Information Service (IPIS), a Belgian research hub, the situation in Zimbabwe is a good example of why the UN-proposed Arms Trade Treaty needs to be as comprehensive as possible. Throughout last year, when the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ghana, United Nations
Ghana Backs Global Gun Trade Treaty to Curb African Arms Trafficking
Ghana News Agency
7 July 2009
Mr Cletus Avoka, Minister for the Interior, on Tuesday said Ghana had a moral obligation to support other states on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that would ensure responsibility and fairness in the import, export, trans-shipment and transit of conventional weapons. He said that support would also ensure the guarantee of human rights including the economic, political and social rights of persons around the world. In a speech... ( gunpolicy.org )
Cameroon
Communities in Cameroon Urged to Join Global Gun Control Campaign
Cameroon Tribune
29 June 2009
Granting a press briefing in Yaounde recently on the dangers of the gun in most communities, as part of activities of the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence, the Executive director of the Cameroon Youths for Peace (CAMYOSFOP), Eugine Ngalim Nyuydine recalled the United Nations efforts to stop Small Arms and Light weapons (SALW). Taking questions from journalists on the week long activities against gun violence, he said they... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ghana, United Nations
West African Arms Control Groups Promote Global Gun Trade Treaty
Daily Graphic (Ghana)
29 June 2009
The West Africa Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA) has expressed grave concern over the misuse of arms worldwide. A statement issued by WAANSA to mark the Global Week of Action which fell from June 15-21, 2009, said armed violence and misuse of illicit small arms and light weapons continued to pose a serious challenge in Ghana. The week of action is set aside for civil society around the world to undertake activities... ( gunpolicy.org )
Tanzania, United Nations
Tanzania Promises to Tackle Global Gun Trade in East Africa and the UN
Arusha Times
27 June 2009
ARUSHA -- The government of Tanzania through Tanzania National Action Network on Small Arms (TANANSA), together with the international community of 80 countries, is taking action against the proliferation of conventional arms in order to make the world a safer place to live in. The country joined the global week of action against gun violence, organized by the International Action Network on Small Arms on June 15-21. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
Sierra Leone, United Nations
Global Gun Trade Treaty 'Bedrock' to Curbing Gun Violence in West Africa
Concord Times (Freetown)
22 June 2009
FREETOWN -- Policy makers, including members of parliament, representatives from various ministries of government, the military, police and civil society organizations Wednesday discussed the arms trade treaty as bedrock to the maintenance of peace and stability in the country. The roundtable conference was organized by the Sierra Leone Network on Small Arms, SLANSA as part of this year's global week of action in raising awareness... ( gunpolicy.org )
Nigeria, West Africa, United Nations
NGOs Urge Nigeria, West Africa to Support UN Global Gun Trade Treaty
Leadership (Abuja)
21 June 2009
ABUJA -- The West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), Nigeria chapter, has called on government to express vocal support for a comprehensive Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in a move to broaden the base of the national assault against gun violence with reference to the restive Niger Delta region. The group's president, Mr. Dickson Orji, who made this call at a briefing to mark the global week of action on small arms and light... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, United States
Eight US Senators Push Clinton to Support Global Gun Trade Treaty
Export Industry News (USA)
19 June 2009
A bipartisan group comprised of eight senators is urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be a strong proponent of an international Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the interstate transfer of conventional weapons. The second session of the United Nations' Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Arms Trade Treaty is scheduled to convene at the United Nations July 13-17. The OEWG is tasked with creating international regulations... ( gunpolicy.org )
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone NGOs Promote Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence
Awoko (Freetown)
18 June 2009
As the Sierra Leone Action Network on Small Arms (SLANSA) commenced their Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence, they have raised awareness and campaign for better gun laws and push for stronger regulations of the Global Arms Trade. At a round table discussion with Policy makers, on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) Conference hall, SLANSA Coordinator Florella Hazeley stated that the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, West Asia
Weapons for Warlords: Gun Running, Arms Trafficking in the Gulf of Aden
Jamestown Foundation (USA) / Terrorism Monitor Volume 7, Issue 17, Web page
18 June 2009
In the Hobbesian anarchy that has been the norm in Somalia since the late 1980s, the proliferation of weapons has been associated not only with the pursuit of political power but also with international terrorism and the protection and furtherance of economic objectives in the region. Somalia lies at the heart of regional arms trafficking networks that include governments and private traders in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Developed... ( gunpolicy.org )
Gambia, United Nations
Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence Underway in Ghana
Daily Observer (Banjul)
17 June 2009
The Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence, organised by the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) runs from 15-21 June 2009. In the course of this period, events are held in over 80 countries across the world, aimed at drawing attention to the human costs associated with proliferation and misuse of guns. Campaigners in The Gambia are also in the thick of things, joining their colleagues around the world... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Global Arms Trade Treaty 'Not Gun Control,' Vows British Foreign Minister
Arms Control Today (USA)
1 June 2009
Bill Rammell serves as minister of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs in the United Kingdom. His responsibilities encompass the Middle East, including Iraq and Iran; counterterrorism; counterproliferation; the Far East and Southeast Asia; North America; drugs and international crime; and migration policy. Arms Control Today met with Rammell May 5 to discuss the United Kingdom's efforts on an arms trade treaty and other international... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Twelve Indians Shot Each Day: Gun Control Needs to Be a Top Priority
Hindu (India)
18 April 2009
NEW DELHI -- India's former Ambassador to the United Nations, Arundhati Ghose, on Friday said control of firearms needs to be a matter of top priority for our country. Speaking after releasing a book titled "India and Arms Trade Treaty: Making Disarmament Meaningful to People's Lives" edited by Control Arms Foundation of India secretary-general Binalakshmi Nepram, Ms. Ghose said: "When Binalakshmi asked me to release the book, I... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Campaign Groups Urge Pakistan to Endorse Global Gun Trade Treaty
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
7 March 2009
ISLAMABAD -- A day long, National Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Consultation on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) organised by Community Appraisal & Motivation Programme (Camp) here on Friday urged the government to endorse Arms Trade Treaty. The objectives of the event were to build civil society interest in national and international arms export control issues, strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations at provincial... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Civil Society Groups Urge Pakistan to Support Global Gun Trade Treaty
Daily Times (Lahore)
10 February 2009
KARACHI -- Various members of civil society organisations have decided to initiate an advocacy and lobbying campaign to urge the government to become a part of the Global Arms Trade Treaty and ratify the United Nations CRC Optional Protocol-II, which deals with the involvement of children in conflicts. According to a press statement issued after the concluding session of the two-day provincial civil society consultation on the Arms... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, United States, United Nations
Obama, Support Global Gun Trade Treaty - Oxfam, Saferworld, Amnesty
Times (UK), Letter
10 February 2009
Sir, President Obama's moves to cut America's stockpiles of nuclear weapons and to engage in a "legally binding arms reduction process" must be welcomed ("Obama to seek cuts in nuclear warheads", report, Feb 4). Cutting nuclear weapons will make the world a safer place in the long term, but in the short term the control of conventional weapons and small arms could have a massive impact on the lives of millions of people around the... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Civil Society Groups Urge Pakistan to Support Global Gun Trade Treaty
International News (Karachi)
7 February 2009
KARACHI -- Civil society organisations have urged the Pakistan government to be part of Global Arms Trade Treaty and to ratify the Optional Protocol-II UN Convention regarding the involvement of children into armed conflict. This was stated in the concluding session of a two-day provincial civil society consultation on Arms Trade Treaty, organised by the Society of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) in collaboration with a Peshawar-based... ( gunpolicy.org )
Pakistan
Curb Demand for Weapons in Pakistan: Global Gun Trade Treaty Urged
News (Karachi)
29 January 2009
PESHAWAR -- Speakers at a daylong seminar here Wednesday urged the government to come out with a well-contrived policy to put a leash on proliferation of small arms, which was fuelling violence and terrorism in the society. "The unhindered spread of small arms is furthering the culture of violence, honour killings and human rights violations in our society," they observed during a seminar on 'Arms Trade Treaty' held here under the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Global Gun Control Campaign Spotlights AK-47: 'Today's WMD of Choice'
Straits Times (Singapore)
25 December 2008
Terrorists used it in the recent attacks on Mumbai. Pirates have used it to attack merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden uses it as a background prop whenever he broadcasts another fiery denunciation of the United States and the West. Weapons of mass destruction such as the atomic bomb have stoked fears of a nuclear apocalypse. But when the history of the late 20th century is finally written, the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Critical Nations Stall as UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Creeps Forward
Arms Control Today (USA), December
1 December 2008
More than 140 countries voted at the UN First Committee to continue discussion next year on the creation of a global arms trade treaty, marking some progress on a resolution first passed in 2006. The United States voted against the measure and has not yet decided whether to continue its participation in the discussions. With or without the world's top arms trader, significant hurdles exist in reaching a legally binding instrument. Continued... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom
Father of Boy Killed by a Stray Bullet Takes On the Global Gun Trade
Edinburgh News
8 November 2008
It would have been easier, certainly less distressing, for David Grimason to have quietly grieved the loss of his young son, who was shot dead by a stray bullet as he slept in his buggy at a Turkish holiday resort café, and left the fight against the horrors of guns to someone else. He might then have managed to avoid the misery of witnessing first-hand the horrors the international arms trade has inflicted on some of the poorest... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Zimbabwe, United Nations
US, Zimbabwe Unite as Sole 'No' Voters on UN Global Gun Trade Treaty
Los Angeles Times
1 November 2008
UNITED NATIONS -- The United States and Zimbabwe united briefly Friday against the world to oppose creating a treaty that would control international sales of arms. In a United Nations General Assembly vote, 147 of its 192 members voted in favor of creating a global treaty that would impose rules on the import, export and transfer of weapons among nations. Only the U.S., long an opponent of such a treaty, and Zimbabwe voted against... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, United States
Landslide UN Vote Kicks Off Treaty to Set Global Gun Trade Standards
Xinhua
31 October 2008
UNITED NATIONS -- The first committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Friday to try to establish agreed standards on arms trade, British Ambassador John Sawers said. The resolution, which was initiated by Britain, received an overwhelming support at the Committee on Disarmament and International Security, with 145 member states voting in favor. Only the United States and Zimbabwe voted against, Sawers... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, United States
Lopsided UN Vote Kicks Off Negotiations for Global Gun Trade Treaty
Agence France Presse
31 October 2008
UNITED NATIONS -- A UN General Assembly panel on Friday overwhelmingly backed steps to draft a treaty establishing international standards for the arms trade. It endorsed a resolution urging UN member states to consider how to implement "the highest possible standards to prevent the diversion of conventional arms from the legal to the illicit market, where they can be used for terrorist acts, organized crime and other criminal activities."... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, United States
United States, Zimbabwe Alone in Opposing UN Global Gun Trade Treaty
Reuters
31 October 2008
UNITED NATIONS -- The United States and Zimbabwe may not be on the best of terms, but they had a rare moment of unity on Friday when their U.N. envoys joined forces to vote against establishing global arms trade standards. Nearly 150 nations voted in favor of drafting a legally binding arms trade treaty that would tighten regulation of, and set international standards for, the import, export and transfer of conventional weapons.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, United States, Zimbabwe
UN Votes for Global Gun Trade Treaty: 147 in Favour, 2 Against
Associated Press
31 October 2008
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly endorsed the idea of an unprecedented treaty regulating the global arms trade Friday, despite opposition from the United States. Of the U.N.'s 192 member nations, 147 voted in favor of drafting the treaty. Only the U.S. and Zimbabwe voted against it, with the other nations absent or abstaining. Proponents say they hope to adopt a treaty within five years imposing... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, United Nations
UN Global Gun Trade Treaty Faces 'Crucial Vote, Make-or-break Moment'
Guardian (UK) / Comment is Free, Opinion
27 October 2008
In these days of giant bank bail-outs and financial calamity involving sums in the billions, 1,000 seems like a small number. Except it is the average number of people killed by small arms every day, and to me that number is devastating. Many of these deaths happen because armed weapons are too easy to buy and sell. There are at least 640m firearms in existence in the world today and up to 14bn bullets are manufactured every year,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, United Nations
UN Gun Trade Treaty: As of Last Week, 111 of 192 States Had Signed Up
Sunday Herald (Glasgow), Opinion
26 October 2008
Someone has just been killed. Soon their family will know. Their mother and father, or sons and daughters, or husband or wife will face the grief of a loved one lost, the expected future ended, and potential hardship as they face life without them. Today, as you are reading the Sunday papers and hopefully relaxing after your week, somewhere someone has been killed by firearms. Not just one person, but about 50 this hour and every... ( gunpolicy.org )
Philippines
NGOs in Philippines Promote United Nations Global Gun Trade Treaty
ABS-CBN News (Manila), Column
24 October 2008
On October 21, the UN General Assembly's Disarmament and International Security Committee received the report of the commissioned Group of Government Experts that examined the feasibility, scope and parameters of a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The ATT is a new legal regime in the making that will determine whether or not we can expect in the next decades more loose firearms killing or maiming more people around the world. To... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Tutu Urges 192 UN Ambassadors to Support Global Gun Control Treaty
Agence France Presse
22 October 2008
NEW YORK -- South Africa's retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday appealed to UN member states to "end the slaughter" resulting from the uncontrolled small arms trade by backing a global arms trade treaty. In a message delivered to all 192 missions to the United Nations here, he pointed out that "in the last two years almost three quarters of a million people have died as a result of armed violence. "You can and must... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Unchecked Gun Trade Fuels Conflict, Poverty: UN Treaty Seen As Urgent
Inter Press Service News Agency
11 October 2008
UNITED NATIONS -- With 1.3 trillion dollars spent every year on the world's militaries, countries enmeshed in conflict are often flooded by weapons which are then turned against helpless civilian populations, say human rights organisations pushing for an international treaty to closely regulate arms sales. "If a country is likely to be involved in warfare, then it is unjustifiable to sell arms. There must be regulation or control... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
How, Why UN Small Arms Meeting Made Headway - Chairman Speaks
Arms Control Today (USA)
10 October 2008
When I was nominated in December 2007 as the chair-designate of the third biennial meeting of states (BMS3),[1] my team and I immediately focused on the task of ensuring a successful outcome. This, of course, is the duty of any meeting chair; but in this case, the need for success was acute. The first two biennial meetings held to consider the implementation of the Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, United Nations
UK Union Boss, Amnesty International Call for Global Gun Trade Treaty
Guardian (UK), Letter
10 October 2008
This week marks the start of crucial discussions at the UN on whether or not to start work on a treaty that would stop weapons ending up in the hands of abusers, and that would tighten controls on the huge number of weapons flooding our planet (China warns US over plan for $6.5bn arms sale to Taiwan, October 8). Such a treaty is desperately needed. Every day 1,000 people die as a result of armed violence. And 639m small arms are in circulation... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Global Gun Trade 'Out of Control,' Fueling Conflict, Poverty, Says Oxfam
Press Association (UK)
8 October 2008
The arms trade is "out of control" and is destroying global attempts to tackle poverty, according to a new report. International aid agency Oxfam said many developing countries will not reach their fundamental targets for human advancement because of "irresponsible" arms dealing. Its report, Shooting Down The Millennium Development Goals, said weapons trading had damaging consequences far beyond the immediate effects of... ( gunpolicy.org )
Caribbean
Caribbean Countries Call on UN to Launch Global Gun Trade Treaty
Caribbean Net News
6 October 2008
ST JOHN's, Antigua -- Representatives from several Caribbean governments, regional NGOs and law enforcement agencies have conducted landmark talks in Antigua on international arms transfers, development and the Arms Trade Treaty. According to the statement read on behalf of the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, the prime minister wished to assure "that my government will do all in its power to support the Arms... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Nukes, WMD Make the Headlines, But Guns Kill 1,000 a Day - UN Treaty
The World Today (UK) October 2008, Vol 64, Issue 10
1 October 2008
By tightening and universalising the trading rules of a 'responsible' international arms market, a[n arms trade] treaty would aim to crowd out illegal and informal arms trafficking and, over time, dry up the pool of illegal conventional weapons and limit the death and damage with which we have become too familiar. Of the 192 member states of the United Nations, 153 voted for the resolution at its launch, and a remarkable hundred or so have... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Political Will Required for India to Promote Global Gun Trade Treaty
Hindu (India), Opinion
30 September 2008
Over 1,000 people are killed every day by arms. Eight million small arms and light weapons are produced every year. Each year at least a third of a million people are killed directly with conventional weapons and many more are injured, abused, forcibly displaced and bereaved as a result of armed violence. Based on an evaluation of the value of total exports for 2005-07, as officially reported by the authorities of each country, listed for... ( gunpolicy.org )
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Government, NGOs Promote Global Gun Trade Treaty
Concord Times (Freetown)
25 September 2008
Representatives from government and civil society organisations met this week at the China House in Freetown to discuss the arms trade treaty. The consultation was part of several activities to mark the arms control week of action in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights. Funding for the consultation was provided by OXFAM-Great Britain based in Dakar, Senegal. A release... ( gunpolicy.org )
Iraq, United States
US Pays Clandestine Gun Dealers to Flood Iraq with Millions of Weapons
Asia Times / Inter Press Service News Agency
24 September 2008
SAN FRANCISCO -- Clandestine gun suppliers, funded by the United States and Iraqi governments, have flooded Iraq with millions of weapons since 2003, charges a new Amnesty International investigation. Because of faulty or non-existent government tracking systems, many of those guns have gone missing, and some have turned up in the hands of insurgents. Contracts with one of these companies, Taos Industries, account for almost... ( gunpolicy.org )
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Guatemala
Amnesty International Criticises Czech, Slovak Gun Exports to Guatemala
Prague Monitor / CTK
17 September 2008
LONDON/PRAGUE -- The Amnesty International (AI) criticises the Czech Republic and Slovakia for arms exports to Guatemala in its latest report that CTK received from an AI spokeswoman Tuesday. The report says the Czech Republic and Slovakia were among the biggest exporters of small handguns to Guatemala in 2004-2006 when over 15,000 were killed, mainly by firearms. According to AI, there are some 1.8 million firearms in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, United Nations
Amnesty Urges Global Gun Trade Treaty at United Nations Next Month
Financial Times (UK)
17 September 2008
LONDON -- The world's nations must urgently agree an international treaty regulating the trade in arms if they are to prevent more than 300,000 people being shot dead each year and millions more suffering humanitarian abuses, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. In a report published ahead of a debate on the issue at the United Nations in a few weeks' time, Amnesty says the signing of an arms trade treaty is critical if the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Kingdom, United Nations
Just Like Other Weapons, Guns Should Be Controlled by a Global Treaty
Guardian (UK) / Comment is Free, Opinion
17 September 2008
It seems far too often we see images on our television screens of the impact of the devastation caused by weapons, which have ended up in the wrong hands and fuelled dreadful human rights abuses. The carnage caused by sectarian violence in Iraq; the shocking image of a young boy carrying an AK-47, a gun almost the same height as himself; and the account of traumatised women and girls who have suffered horrific sexual abuse, often... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Afghanistan, Iraq
Lax Management by US, UK, Italy Armed al-Qaida, Says Amnesty Report
Middle East Times (Cairo) / UPI
17 September 2008
WASHINGTON -- Weak oversight of arms deals by the United States, England and Italy resulted in the illicit arming of al-Qaida, a new report by Amnesty International says. The international non-governmental organization says that despite new measures implemented to regulate arms deals, thousands of weapons have ended up in the hands of al-Qaida militants operating in Iraq, Amnesty International reported. The report, titled... ( gunpolicy.org )
Iraq, United States, United Nations
Pentagon Floods 530-000-strong Iraqi Forces with Another Million Guns
Sydney Morning Herald / AFP
17 September 2008
World governments should pledge to actively prevent sales of weapons that are likely to be used in human rights violations in a new arms treaty under negotiation, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Whether used by the military in Burma to disperse protesters in September 2007, or by Somali armed factions terrorising the streets of Mogadishu, the human rights group warned small weapons had "catastrophic" effects worldwide.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ireland
Politicians from All Irish Parties Support Call for Global Gun Trade Treaty
Irish Times (Dublin)
17 September 2008
Politicians from all the main parties have given their support to a global campaign to ban the sale of arms to conflict zones such as Darfur and Burma, where they are likely to be used for violations of human rights. Launching a report which details the catastrophic effect of unrestrained arms trading on human rights in conflict zones, Amnesty International said 56 TDs, senators and MEPs had signed a parliamentary declaration supporting... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, United Kingdom, Iraq, United Nations
US, UK Failing to Monitor Flood of Million Guns into Iraq, Amnesty Warns
Guardian (UK)
17 September 2008
Iraq is being flooded with weapons despite human rights violations by all parties in the conflict there, and without any proper monitoring by the US and Britain over where the weapons end up, Amnesty International says today. There is no clear accountable audit trail for some 360,000 small arms supplied to the Iraqi security forces, many by the US and UK, it says. Subcontracting makes the arms trade even less transparent. Among... ( gunpolicy.org )
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Urged to Support United Nations Global Gun Trade Treaty
New Nation (Bangladesh)
14 September 2008
The government has been urged to play its due role in pursuing the enactment of the proposed arms trade treaty in the General Assembly of the United Nations next month. The proposed treaty after enactment would reduce availability of the small and light arms, which are mostly used in anti human rights activities, as a total of seven lakh people killed across the globe in a year with bullets from small and light arms by both legal... ( gunpolicy.org )
India
Groups, Lawmakers Gather in New Delhi, Urge Global Gun Trade Treaty
Kangla Online / Imphal Free Press
14 September 2008
NEW DELHI -- Civil Society, Parliamentarians and Gun Survivors urge Indian Government to support an International Arms Trade Treaty to stop the inflow of illegal small arms and light weapons. On Saturday, 13 September 2008, Control Arms Foundation of India (CAFI) commemorated the Global Day of Action for an International Arms Trade Treaty at the India International Centre, New Delhi, and urged the Government of India to support... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
UK Pushes Treaty to Curb 'Irresponsible Trade' in Guns, Weapons
Associated Press of Pakistan
13 September 2008
LONDON -- The current negotiations on the global arms trade treaty under the auspices of the United Nations is aimed at curbing irresponsible trade and transfer of conventional weapons, ammunition and the technology to make them. This was stated by a senior British Foreign Office official at his briefing here last night. The official explained the salient feature of the treaty in offing and its effect on the flourishing global arms... ( gunpolicy.org )
Turkey, United Kingdom
Scottish Gun Death Toddler's Dad in Plea to End Turkish Arms Culture
Evening Times (Scotland)
11 September 2008
The father of a Scottish toddler shot dead on holiday today called on the Turkish government to tackle the country's "enormous" gun culture. David Grimason, from East Kilbride, travelled to Izmir, in Turkey, to join a demonstration calling for tighter gun controls. In July 2003 his two-year-old son Alistair was shot dead after a gunfight broke out in a café in the coastal resort of Foca. His mother and grandmother... ( gunpolicy.org )
Uganda, East Africa, United Kingdom, United Nations
Britain Urges UN Members to Urgently Endorse Global Gun Trade Treaty
Daily Monitor (Kampala)
10 September 2008
KAMPALA -- The UK government is rallying the 192 UN-member countries to urgently endorse the draft resolution on global Arms Trade Treaty to streamline international sale of guns, which protagonists claim will choke supply of deadly weapons to terrorists and dictators. Mr David Miliband, the British Foreign Secretary, says the unregulated marketing of military hardware has inflamed devastating civil wars, mainly in poor countries,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
We Badly Need a Global Gun Trade Treaty, Says UK Foreign Secretary
Independent (UK), Opinion
9 September 2008
War was a defining symbol of the 20th century, with tens of millions dead. Today conflicts still blight large parts of Africa and Asia. We have seen the fighting in Georgia, on Europe's doorstep. Are we destined to repeat the last century's mistakes? Oxfam has calculated that Africa loses around $18bn (£10bn) per year due to wars, civil wars, and insurgencies. According to Oxfam's research, globally, an estimated 1,000 people die... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya, Africa
African Nations Discuss Curbs on Gunrunning, Global Gun Trade Treaty
African Press Agency
5 September 2008
NAIROBI -- A two-day conference which brought together ministers and civil society organizations from 50 African countries, United Nations officials and arms control groups to help form a united position on a convention on arms proliferation, ended in Nairobi on Thursday night with African countries agreeing to propose imposing sanctions to countries behind irresponsible arms transfers leading to the destabilization of African governments.... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya, Africa, United Nations
African Nations, UN Meet in Kenya to Canvass Global Gun Trade Treaty
BBC News
3 September 2008
African ministers are due to meet UN disarmament officials and arms control groups to help form a united position on a conventional arms trade treaty. The talks in Nairobi have been called by the Kenyan government. Arms control groups argue that Africa has lost billions of dollars in conflicts fuelled by unregulated weapons sales. They also say that a proposed treaty could significantly reduce the human and economic... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya, West Africa
Kenya Calls Influx of Illegal Guns 'Main Cause of Instability' in West Africa
Xinhua
3 September 2008
NAIROBI -- Kenya said on Wednesday the proliferation of small arms and light weapons were the main cause of instability in the region. Speaking at a meeting which brought together African ministers, UN disarmament officials and arms control groups in Nairobi, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula blamed the influx of uncontrolled trade of arms in Africa to European and Asian countries. Wetangula said Asian and European nations... ( gunpolicy.org )
Kenya, Africa
Loopholes Aid African Gunrunners: Kenya Touts Global Gun Trade Treaty
African Press Agency
3 September 2008
NAIROBI (Kenya) -- Serious arms proliferation in most African countries go unchecked due to loopholes in national laws, Kenya Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula said on Wednesday at the opening of an arms treaty conference in Nairobi. Reading a speech on his behalf, his deputy Richard Onyonka said African countries lose $264 million annually in human life and economic potential due to arms proliferation. He said conventional... ( gunpolicy.org )
Africa, United Nations
UN Arms Trade Treaty Conference Seeks to Regulate Global Gunrunning
Voice of America
3 September 2008
NAIROBI -- Ministers and civil society leaders from 18 African countries, U.N. disarmament officials, and arms-control advocates are meeting in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to try to form a united position on a proposed treaty to regulate the global arms trade. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from Nairobi, the arms treaty is viewed as a critical element in international efforts to reduce the human and economic cost of conflicts, especially... ( gunpolicy.org )
East Africa
East African States to Mark, Trace All Imported Guns to Curb Trafficking
East African (Nairobi)
23 August 2008
NAIROBI -- All firearms imports into the Great Lakes Region will have to be vetted to determine their origin and destination. The Regional Centre on Small Arms, which now enjoys observer status at the UN, says suppliers of arms into the region will also be gazetted and the countries procuring the weapons obliged to notify the centre to eliminate gunrunning. The centre, funded by Western countries among them the UK and US,... ( gunpolicy.org )
Ghana, West Africa
Gun Trafficking, Misuse 'Major Threat to Regional Security' in West Africa
Statesman (Accra)
22 August 2008
It has been reiterated once again that what the people of Ghana want, and are struggling hard to achieve, is development and not conflicts. Besides this, the country is also concerned about promoting safety and the well-being of her populace, while increasing her investment inflows and foreign direct investment. The Minister of State at the Ministry of the Interior, Nana Obiri Boahen, made these observations in a speech read on... ( gunpolicy.org )
West Africa, Ghana
West African Nations Urged to Share Gun Control Experiences, New Law
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
20 August 2008
A two-day sub-regional meeting on Arms Control has opened in Accra with a call on ECOWAS States to share their success story in disarmament with the international community. The Regional Development Programme Manager of Oxfam-Great Britain, Samuel Musa who made the call, stressed the need to build the capacities of civil society organizations to better manage local conflicts and improve the living conditions of the people. He said... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations, China, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Myanmar
World's Human Rights Abusers Rely on China as Key Arms Supplier
Inter Press Service News Agency
6 August 2008
UNITED NATIONS -- As China tries to boost its international image, playing host to a summer Olympic games, the government in Beijing is being singled out as a key arms supplier to some of the world's worst human rights abusers, according to a new study released here. Although China controls only 2 percent of the global arms market, Beijing's impact "is measured less by the value of its sales than by the character of its clients,"... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
UN Global Gun Control Meeting Not Such a Success: Mainly Old Rhetoric
SIPRI Update: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Newsletter
1 August 2008
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) inflict death and hamper development throughout the world. International gatherings to combat the illicit trade in SALW are therefore to be welcomed. But the Third Biennial Meeting of States (BMS) on SALW, held in New York in July, had a mixed outcome. While a carefully constructed agenda and pre-drafted outcome document meant that the meeting was a nominal success, few new ideas emerged. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United Nations
Did UN Gun Control Conference Boost Prospects of Arms Trade Treaty?
World Politics Review / Arms Control Association, Web Page
31 July 2008
In mid July, the international community renewed its efforts to curb the spread of small arms and light weapons (SALW). After failing to even adopt a report at their last meeting in 2006, this year's delegates found a way through Iranian procedural objections to vote for modest next steps on a program of action to address the illicit trade of the deadly devices. Watchers of the small arms trade will now be looking to see if successful conclusion... ( gunpolicy.org )
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, Commonwealth Discuss Global Gun Trade Treaty
ABC Radio Australia (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 )
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 )
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